The British stable Williams announced that it had recruited the French Formula 2 driver Victor Martins (23), who joined his academy.
Three months after leaving the Alpine Academy, Victor Martins joined the Williams Academy. The 23 -year -old French pilot caught the eye of the British stable, who decided to recruit him for this 2025 season, where he will continue his career in Formula 2. Crowned Champion of Formula 3 in 2022, then fifth and seventh of the last two Formula 2 seasons with the French stable Art, the native of Essonne remains at Art, with whom he took two points in the first two races of the season. “I am delighted to join the Williams Racing Driver Academy!” It is a new chapter for me, but my goal remains the same: to push my limits, as a person and as a pilot, and access Formula 1.
Williams is an emblematic team with an incredible story, and I am convinced that it is the best place to help me reach my goals. This year, I will focus entirely on the conquest of the Formula 2 pilot championship with Art Grand Prix and on the optimization of this opportunity with the Driver Academy, on and off the track. I can’t wait to work with everyone at Williams while we are going together in this new adventure, ”said French.
Martins in the footsteps of Stroll?
“Victor has repeatedly shown that he was a talented pilot, capable of winning championships. We will continue to support the development of Victor sur and outside the track as part of the Academy and we are impatient to work with him in 2025, “reacted Sven Smeets, sports director of Williams Racing. Victor Martins becomes one of the nine members of the Williams Driver Academy (with another Frenchman, Alessandro Giusti, aged 18 and who runs in Formula 3). He hopes to follow in the footsteps of the five pilots passed by the Academy and who then had their chance in Formula 1: Lance Stroll, Nicholas Latifi, Jack Aitken, Logan Sargeant and Franco Colapinto.
