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Revision as of 11:37, 31 August 2021

Jamie Chadwick is the reigning drivers' champion.

The 2021 W Series is a motor racing championship that is the second W Series season, after the 2020 season was abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The championship is exclusively open to female racing drivers as a Formula 3-level racing series.[2]

Entries

The following drivers and teams make up the grid for the 2021 W Series season. All teams use Hankook tyres, and run two mechanically-identical Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 cars with two drivers.[3][4]

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Puma W Series Team 3 Poland Gosia Rdest Template:Rookie 1–2
19 Spain Marta García 1–5
20 Australia Caitlin Wood Template:Rookie 4–5
49 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling Template:Rookie 3
Bunker Racing 5 Switzerland Fabienne Wohlwend[a] 1–5
37 United States Sabré Cook 1–5
Écurie W 7 Finland Emma Kimiläinen 1–5
44 United Kingdom Abbie Eaton 1–5
Sirin Racing 11 Italy Vicky Piria 1–5
54 Japan Miki Koyama 1–5
M. Forbes Motorsport 17 Norway Ayla Ågren 1–5
95 Netherlands Beitske Visser 1–5
Racing X 21 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins 1–5
27 United Kingdom Alice Powell 1–5
Scuderia W 22 Spain Belén García 1–5
26 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 1–5
W Series Academy 3 Poland Gosia Rdest Template:Rookie 5
32 Spain Nerea Martí 1–5
51 Russia Irina Sidorkova 1–5[b]
Veloce Racing 55 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick 1–5
97 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 1–5
Source:[7]
Reserve drivers
No. Drivers
3 Poland Gosia Rdest
20 Australia Caitlin Wood
31 South Africa Tasmin Pepper
49 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling
99 Rwanda Naomi Schiff
Icon Class
Template:Rookie Reserve driver

Driver changes

The top twelve drivers from the 2019 championship were all qualified for the 2020 season,[8] leaving eight vacancies in the driver line-up. Forty new drivers applied to take part in the season; however, only fourteen of those took part in the first test which took place between 16 and 18 September 2019 at the Circuito de Almería, Spain.[8][9] The final 18 drivers were announced on 17 December 2020, with the possibility of more being announced at a later date.[10] A list of five reserve drivers was announced on 11 June 2021, comprising 2019 drivers Gosia Rdest, Naomi Schiff and Caitlin Wood, British F4 podium finisher Abbi Pulling, and Tasmin Pepper, who is unable to race full-time as originally planned due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.[11]

Championship changes

Hitech GP announced on 14 November 2020 that they would discontinue their involvement for 2021 as they moved into new series,[12] and Fine Moments took over their role for the 2021 season.[13] The series continues to use the same Tatuus T-318 Formula 3 chassis and Alfa Romeo engines.[14] On 24 June 2021 W Series announced it would pivot from a centrally-run series format to a team-based structure with assigned drivers and control over the car livery and team overalls, as well as the team name. The 2021 season would be used as a transitional season, with an unofficial teams' championship and three outfits still being centrally run, but with a vision for a fully team-structured grid and a legitimate teams' championship for the 2022 season.[3] Prioritising the importance of driver skill within the championship, and to ensure technical equality, all 18 cars, although sporting a variety of liveries and team names, will remain mechanically identical, with preparation and maintenance managed by W Series Engineering.[3] Hankook was initially dropped as the tyre supplier for the 2021 season due to the move from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters to F1 support bill,[12] and W Series was reportedly "speaking to a number of tyre suppliers". On 5 May 2021, however, W Series announced Hankook would continue to supply tyres for the 2021 season.[4]

Calendar and results

The series management announced on 12 November 2020 that the season would consist of eight rounds all held in support of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.[15] A provisional calendar was then revealed on 8 December 2020.[16] After Formula One made slight amendments to its calendar, the W Series moved its first event from Circuit Paul Ricard to the Red Bull Ring.[17]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Austria Red Bull Ring 26 June United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Alice Powell Racing X
2 3 July United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing
3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 17 July United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Alice Powell Racing X
4 Hungary Hungaroring 31 July United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 28 August United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Finland Emma Kimiläinen Finland Emma Kimiläinen Écurie W
6 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort 4 September
7 United States Circuit of the Americas 23 October
8 Mexico Autodrómo Hermanos Rodriguez 30 October

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver RBR1
Austria 		RBR2
Austria 		SIL
United Kingdom 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		COA
United States 		MEX
Mexico 		Points
1 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick 6 1 3 1 2 91
2 United Kingdom Alice Powell 1 8 1 2 4 84
3 Finland Emma Kimiläinen 13 3 4 6 1 60
4 Spain Nerea Martí 7 7 5 3 8 41
5 Switzerland Fabienne Wohlwend 3 10 2 Ret 7 40
6 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 2 4 7 15 13 36
7 Russia Irina Sidorkova 8 2 14 4 WD 34
8 Spain Marta García Ret 12 12 7 3 21
9 Spain Belén García 4 9 17† 8 14 18
10 Netherlands Beitske Visser 12 11 6 5 DNS 18
11 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 11 5 11 9 15 12
12 Japan Miki Koyama 5 18 Ret 12 9 12
13 United Kingdom Abbie Eaton 15 6 9 13 10 11
14 Australia Caitlin Wood 17 5 10
15 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins 16 16 16 10 6 9
16 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling 8 4
17 Poland Gosia Rdest 9 17 16 2
18 Norway Ayla Ågren 10 14 15 11 DNS 1
19 Italy Vicky Piria 17† 15 10 16 12 1
20 United States Sabré Cook 14 13 13 14 11 0
Pos. Driver RBR1
Austria 		RBR2
Austria 		SIL
United Kingdom 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		COA
United States 		MEX
Mexico 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Notes

  1. ^ Wohlwend is a Liechtenstein driver competing under a Swiss licence.[5]
  2. ^ Sidorkova was entered for the Spa-Francorchamps round but withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19. She was replaced by Gosia Rdest.[6]

References

  1. ^ "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "All-female motor racing series offers potential F1 pathway". CNN. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "W Series pivots towards new 'Team' structure". W Series. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hankook continue as global tyre partner". W Series. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Fabienne: Ein Podium für die Nachbarn". Autosprint.ch (in German). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "STATEMENT ON COVID-19 TEST RESULT FOR W SERIES ACADEMY DRIVER IRINA SIDORKOVA". W Series. 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ "W Series begins move to team-based format for new season · RaceFans". RaceFans. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "W Series to limit 2020 new driver test to less than 20 drivers". Highway F1. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Legge, Eaton, Agren among 2020 W Series applicants". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Driver Line-Up Announced". W Series. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Reserve driver line-up confirmed for 2021". W Series. 11 June 2021.
  12. ^ a b Wood, Ida (14 November 2020). "Hitech confirms discontinuation of W Series involvement for 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ^ "W Series makes branding change to allocate drivers into 'teams'". Formula Scout. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Preparations Hit The Home Straight". W Series. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  15. ^ "W Series to support F1 in 2021 and beyond". ESPN.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  16. ^ "2021 race calendar announced". W Series. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Preparations Hit The Home Straight". W Series. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

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