Jamie Chadwick has made history by becoming the first woman to win a British Formula 3 race.

The Gloucestershire-based 20-year-old started fourth on the grid in her Douglas Motorsport car and crossed the finish line in second place.

Chadwick was able to celebrate after Double R Racing's Pavan Ravishankar was judged to have made a false start and given a 10-second penalty, losing the victory.

Chadwick said: "I'm on top of the world, it's a massive weight off my shoulders and something I've been chasing for a long time.

"To get it at Brands Hatch, a legendary circuit and one that I've always enjoyed racing on is an amazing feeling.


"I've gone through my career and there's always been a burden with various records, but I just want to win races, it's all I've ever wanted to do, so to get my first British F3 win, female or not, is great.

"It was one of the easier races I've had, I knew Pavan was going to get a penalty and my position was fairly safe so I just stayed with him and kept a clear head, kept on chipping away and came away with the win."

Ravishankar dropped to 10th place and Chadwick was given the win by 0.439 seconds from another Double R driver, Krishnaraaj Mahadik.

Chadwick's victory came in the second race of the season, after finishing third in the first season at Oulton Park.