Victor Martins joins Williams after his exit from Alpine’s junior driver programme

Forward of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Williams Racing has introduced that 2022 FIA System 3 Champion Victor Martins can be becoming a member of the its Driver Academy.

Martin gained the intently contested 2022 FIA System 3 Championship, securing victory on the finale in Monza. The season noticed the Frenchman obtain two wins, six podiums and one quickest lap.

He then went on to make his debut in System 2 in 2023, closing the season as prime rookie and helped ART Grand Prix win the Groups’ Championship alongside teammate Théo Pourchaire. He continued in System 2 for 2024, stepping onto the rostrum 5 instances throughout the season, together with one victory within the Barcelona Dash race.

Martins will stay with ART Grand Prix racing in System 2, becoming a member of present Williams Racing Academy Driver Luke Browning who drives for Hitech GP within the sequence. Each drivers can be taking the wheel of the FW45 at as a part of the TPC (Testing of Earlier Vehicles) programme in Monza this weekend.

Commenting on the announcement, Martins famous: “I’m tremendous pleased to be becoming a member of the Williams Racing Driver Academy! This can be a new chapter for me, however my objective stays the identical – to push myself to the restrict, each as an individual and as a racing driver, and to make it to System 1.

„Williams is an iconic staff with an unbelievable historical past, and I’m assured that is the perfect place to be to assist me obtain my targets. This yr, I’ll put all my focus into profitable the System 2 Drivers’ Championship with ART Grand Prix and maximising this chance with the Driver Academy each on and off the monitor. I stay up for working with everybody at Williams as we embark on this new journey collectively.“

Reflecting on the brand new addition to Williams driver programme, the Grove-based outfit’s sporting director Sven Smeets insisted: “We’re thrilled to welcome Victor to the Williams Racing Driver Academy.

„He has repeatedly demonstrated that he’s a gifted driver who’s able to profitable championships. We are going to proceed to assist Victor’s improvement on and off the monitor as a part of the Academy and stay up for working with him in 2025.”

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