'A few pinch-yourself moments' - Jamie Chadwick on meeting W Series team boss Caitlyn Jenner

Jamie Chadwick has opened up about meeting Caitlyn Jenner for the first time, describing the star as «easy-going» and «cool». Chadwick, who drives for Jenner’s W Series team Jenner Racing, discussed how she was invited out to Malibu to meet her team boss for the first time. Ad/> Jenner, an Olympic decathlon gold medallist in 1976, is a huge media personality in the USA having appeared on ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ as well as attempting to run for governor of California in 2021.

MotorsportsChadwick: I want to reach F1 on talent and merit, not as a token femaleYESTERDAY AT 11:52 At the start of the year she founded Jenner Racing which competes in the W Series, an all-female racing championship. Speaking to Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford on The Breakdown podcast, 2021 W Series champion Chadwick revealed what it was like meeting such a huge celebrity after joining the team this season. “I'd had a few phone calls with her,” she said.

“So I kind of got to know her a little bit prior to going into the house and meeting her. But yeah, a little bit [nervous]. I think you always are, even if it's any team boss, aside from being Caitlyn Jenner.

“I think you're always a bit nervous. But yeah, fortunately, she's so cool. So yeah, that put me at ease.

“I just think she's actually so understated and easy-going, she's got an old classic car that we went out in and, honestly, there's a side of her that I would never have even known even though she's so well known. “I kind of got to know her a lot better. And yeah, it was kind of cool to just get that personality out of her.” Chadwick: I want to reach F1 on talent and merit, not as a token female Subscribe to The Breakdown podcast Chadwick, who also won the W Series title in