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Chloe Chambers (born June 14, 2004) is an American racing driver. She is currently competing in the 2024 F1 Academy season with Campos Racing. She is affiliated with the Haas F1 Team.
Chloe Chambers | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Guangdong, China[1] | June 14, 2004
F1 Academy career | |
Debut season | 2024 |
Current team | Campos Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 14 |
Starts | 10 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Previous series | |
2021 | Formula 4 United States Championship |
Chambers first tried karting at age 7. At age 8 she started racing at Oakland Valley Race Park in New York, winning the Kid Kart Championship in her first year. She pursued karting at the club and regional level mainly in the North East US and Canada in Rotax Micro, Mini and Junior Max categories. In 2018 and 2019, she competed select National level events in X30 and KA100 Junior categories.
In 2021, Chambers competed in a partial season of the Formula 4 United States Championship racing for Future Star Racing.[2] She finished the season in 26th place.[3]
From 31 January 2022 to 4 February 2022, Chambers competed in a W Series test in Arizona, United States along with 14 other prospective drivers.[4] She then participated in a second pre-season test in Barcelona on 2–4 March along with 11 other potential drivers and 9 automatic qualifiers from the previous W Series season.[5] On 22 March 2022, Chambers was confirmed to compete in the 2022 W Series season racing for Jenner Racing alongside Jamie Chadwick.[6][7] In the first race of the Miami double-header Chambers finished in 7th place, and was the best-placed rookie across the line. However, she was demoted to 14th after receiving a penalty for being out of position at the safety car line.[8] In the second race, Chambers claimed her first (and ultimately only) W Series points finishing in 10th place and being the highest-placed rookie.[9] Chambers spun out of fourteenth place into the gravel on the final lap of the third race in Barcelona, before finishing thirteenth at Silverstone. The American was then taken out of the race at Paul Ricard by Emely de Heus, before finishing the season with a pair of eleventh-place finishes in Budapest and Singapore.
In 2023, Chambers competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with Giles Motorsport. At the final round in Taupo, she started race 2 on pole and led the race throughout, becoming the first woman to both hold pole position and win in series history.[10] She ended the season in 9th, and was named the Most Improved Driver.
In 2023, Chambers competed in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America driving the Cayman GT4 Club Sport. Unable to race in the first round at Sebring, her first race was at rounds 3 and 4 at Barber Motorsports Park, where she qualified on pole and won both races. Over the partial season, she won 8 races and podiumed 9 times from 12 race starts. She was a Porsche Junior driver, raced with TPC racing and was supported by Monoflo International.
In 2024 she joined the series as a guest driver for round 2 at Barber Motorsports Park, where she once again claimed pole position and victory for both races.[11]
Chambers was confirmed for the 2024 season of F1 Academy, racing for Campos Racing and will be supported by Haas.[12] She won her first podium finish of the season by finishing in third in Race 1 of Round 2 at Miami.[13] Chambers won her first race of the series in Race 2 of Round 3 at Barcelona, overtaking pole-sitter Abbi Pulling at the start and leading throughout the race, finishing over six seconds ahead of Pulling while also winning the fastest lap.[14]
On October 2, 2024, it was announced that Chambers would be returning to F1 Academy in 2025, moving to the Red Bull Ford Academy Program.[15]
On September 17, 2022, Chloe Chambers took part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test, completing 50 laps at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France.[16]
She took part in a second test on July 12–13, 2024 at the Silverstone Circuit. Chambers drove 97 laps in a hybrid 2019 F3 car that had been modified to handle like the 2025 car.[17]
Chambers is set to make her Formula E debut in November 2024 with Andretti, driving during the Formula E Women Test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.[18]
Chambers was born in China but was adopted by Americans Matthew and Shannon Chambers from Monroe, New York at 11 months. Her siblings are also adopted. Her younger sister Emma is also from China and her younger brother Oliver is from Ethiopia.[19] She is an ambassador for the non-profit Gift of Adoption Fund.[20]
Chambers holds the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Vehicle Slalom. She set the record on August 21, 2020, racing a 2020 Porsche 718 Spyder and navigating 50 cones in 47.45 seconds.[21]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2014 | Florida Winter Tour - Micro Max | OVRP | 24th |
2016 | Florida Winter Tour - Mini Max | Ben Cooper Racing | 12th |
Canadian National Karting - Mini Max | 5th | ||
2017 | Florida Winter Tour - Mini Max | 7th | |
2018 | GoPro Motorplex Championship - IAME Junior | Mike Doty Racing | |
Florida Winter Tour - Junior ROK | 5th | ||
2019 | SKUSA SuperNationals XXIII - KA100 Jr. | ||
SKUSA SuperNationals XXIII - X30 Junior | 3rd | ||
Biloxi ROK Fest - Junior ROK | |||
ROK the Rio - Junior ROK | 21st | ||
Florida Winter Tour - Junior ROK | 8th | ||
SKUSA Pro Tour - KA100 Junior | 17th |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2021 | Formula 4 United States Championship | Future Star Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26th |
YACademy Winter Series | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10th | ||
Eastern Pro 4 Challenge | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 8th | |
2022 | W Series | Jenner Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16th |
2023 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | Giles Motorsport | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 9th |
Porsche Sprint Challenge North America - Cayman Pro/Am | TPC Racing | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 576 | 6th | |
2024 | F1 Academy | Campos Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 103* | 4th* |
Porsche Sprint Challenge North America - Cayman Pro/Am | TPC Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 217* | 9th* | |
IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge | Competition Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300* | 26th* |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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