‘The biggest weekend of my career’ – Chloe Chambers on returning to Miami fighting for the F1 ACADEMY title and the ‘Drive to Survive effect’

“Personally, I don’t like to watch myself,” she says. “In the Netflix documentary [filming], they asked how I felt about being on such a big stage and seeing myself and I said, ‘I’m okay with it as long as I look cool’ and I’m sure they’ve done that.

“It’s really cool to have F1 ACADEMY on such a main platform. I can almost use it like a name drop type of situation. People ask ‘what’s F1 ACADEMY?’ I don’t know, go watch the Netflix documentary, it’ll tell you everything you need to know.

“It’s worked in Formula 1 so well that it has to work for us… as they say, any publicity is good publicity, right? So, even if people are watching it kind of out of spite, it’s still bringing in more viewers, it’s still bringing in more attention to F1 ACADEMY and I think in the end, it’ll be a really positive thing for all of us.”

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Keeping the title within reach

Two rounds down and it’s clear Chambers and her Campos Racing team have become one of the season’s leading title protagonists. Three podiums in four races, alongside her first pole position last time out in Jeddah, have bolstered her hunt for glory.

Third in the Standings on 47 points, she sits 12 points adrift of Ferrari-backed Maya Weug and five points behind Mercedes junior Doriane Pin. Finishing her rookie campaign in sixth last year, Chambers recognises that this is her only chance at a do-over, with the 20-year-old set to depart the series at the end of her maximum two-season stint.