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[[File:Jamie_Laura_Chadwick.jpg|thumb|[[Jamie Chadwick]] is the defending champion and current championship points leader, having won her second title in 2021.]]
[[File:Jamie_Laura_Chadwick.jpg|thumb|[[Jamie Chadwick]] won her third championship.]]


The '''2022 W Series''' is the third season of the [[W Series (championship)|W Series]] [[motor racing]] championship. The championship is exclusively open to [[List of female racing drivers|female racing drivers]] as a [[Formula Regional|Formula Regional-level]] racing series in support of the [[2022 Formula One World Championship]].<ref name="edition.cnn.com">{{Cite news|title=All-female motor racing series offers potential F1 pathway|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/10/motorsport/w-series-formula-one-women-in-motorsport-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>
The '''2022 W Series''' is the third season of the [[W Series (championship)|W Series]] [[motor racing]] championship. The championship is exclusively open to [[List of female racing drivers|female racing drivers]] as a [[Formula Regional|Formula Regional-level]] racing series in support of the [[2022 Formula One World Championship]].<ref name="edition.cnn.com">{{Cite news|title=All-female motor racing series offers potential F1 pathway|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/10/motorsport/w-series-formula-one-women-in-motorsport-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>


[[Jamie Chadwick]] is the reigning champion, having won her second title in [[2021 W Series|2021]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=COTA W Series: Chadwick champion after dominating finale|url=https://www.motorsport.com/w-series/news/w-series-us-chadwick-crowned-champion-after-dominating-finale/6708241/|date=2021-10-24|access-date=2021-10-24|website=[[Motorsport.com]]|last=White|first=Megan|language=en}}</ref>
[[Jamie Chadwick]] became a three time champion following the cancellation of the remainder of the season on 10 October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COTA W Series: Chadwick champion after dominating finale|url=https://www.motorsport.com/w-series/news/w-series-us-chadwick-crowned-champion-after-dominating-finale/6708241/|date=2021-10-24|access-date=2021-10-24|website=[[Motorsport.com]]|last=White|first=Megan|language=en}}</ref>


== Entries ==
== Entries ==

Revision as of 17:19, 10 October 2022

Jamie Chadwick won her third championship.

The 2022 W Series is the third season of the W Series motor racing championship. The championship is exclusively open to female racing drivers as a Formula Regional-level racing series in support of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.[1]

Jamie Chadwick became a three time champion following the cancellation of the remainder of the season on 10 October 2022.[2]

Entries

The following drivers and teams are competing in the 2022 W Series season. All teams use Hankook tyres, and run two mechanically-identical Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 cars with two drivers. The rounds at Barcelona and Singapore used Tatuus–Toyota FT-60 cars loaned by Toyota Racing Series organiser Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand.[3]

All cars are operated by Fine Moments, and 'teams' are purely for sponsorship and identification purposes.[4]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Sirin Racing 4 Netherlands Emely de Heus[5] 1–7
95 Netherlands Beitske Visser[6] 1–7
CortDAO W Series Team[7] 5 Switzerland Fabienne Wohlwend[a][7] 1–7
19 Spain Marta García[9] 1–7
Puma W Series Team[10] 7 Finland Emma Kimiläinen[10] 1–7
17 Norway Ayla Ågren[11] 7
63 Czech Republic Tereza Bábíčková[12] 1–6
Jenner Racing[13] 8 United States Chloe Chambers[14] 1–7
55 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[15] 1–7
W Series Academy 9 Philippines Bianca Bustamante[16] 1–7
10 Denmark Juju Noda[b][16] 1–7
Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing[17] 21 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins[18] 1–7
27 United Kingdom Alice Powell[17] 1–7
Quantfury W Series Team[19] 22 Spain Belén García[20] 1–7
32 Spain Nerea Martí[20] 1–7
Scuderia W 26 United Kingdom Sarah Moore[21] 1–7
44 United Kingdom Abbie Eaton[22] 1–7
Racing X 49 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling[23] 1–7
97 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli[24] 1–7
Reserve drivers
No. Drivers
17 Norway Ayla Ågren[22]

Driver selection

The top eight finishers from the 2021 championship, as well as the two W Series Academy drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova, were guaranteed a place in the 2022 season.[25] Sidorkova was later confirmed to not be competing as a result of the restrictions on the participation of Russian drivers following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[26]

From 31 January to 4 February, a five-day test with a Crawford F4-16 car for 15 prospective drivers was conducted at Inde Motorsports Ranch in Arizona, United States.[27] The following drivers took part:

A second pre-season test took place at Barcelona on 2–4 March, with the nine automatic qualifiers from 2021 joined by 12 potential drivers — of which five had previous W Series experience and six were present at the Arizona test; Juju Noda, the only driver to receive a free pass:[28][29]

The full driver line-up was revealed on 22 March 2022.[26] On 22 April 2022, Abbie Eaton was confirmed as the final driver, with Ayla Ågren announced as reserve driver.[22]

Mid-season changes

Tereza Bábíčková will not take part in the seventh race of the 2022 season in Singapore due to injury. Bábíčková sustained a spinal injury during an incident in the first race of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) held at the Red Bull Ring in early September.[30]

Championship changes

Though there were initial plans to introduce FIA-registered standings for formal teams for the season,[31] the championship remained fully centrally-run for a third consecutive year, with 'teams' continuing to be purely for sponsorship and identification purposes.[32] The first of these teams to be announced was Jenner Racing, owned by media personality, Olympic champion and former racing driver Caitlyn Jenner.[13] Three further entries joined the championship: Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing and the cryptocurrency-backed Quantfury and CortDAO teams.[17][19][7]

Calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 27 January 2022. W Series continues its partnership with Formula One, so all ten events will be part of Grand Prix weekends.[33] An updated calendar was announced on 30 March 2022, with the first and last rounds at Miami and Mexico City confirmed to be double-headers.[3] On 27 July 2022, it was announced that the Marina Bay Street Circuit would replace the Suzuka Circuit due to operational challenges.[34] On 10 September 2022 it was announced the final rounds in United States and Mexico had been cancelled for monetary reasons ttherby crowning Jamie Chadwick series champion for a third time.[35]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team Report
1 United States Miami International Autodrome 7 May Spain Nerea Martí Finland Emma Kimiläinen United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Jenner Racing Report
2 8 May United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Abbi Pulling United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Jenner Racing
3 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21 May United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Jenner Racing Report
4 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 2 July United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Abbi Pulling United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Jenner Racing Report
5 France Circuit Paul Ricard 23 July Netherlands Beitske Visser[c] United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Jenner Racing Report
6 Hungary Hungaroring 30 July United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick United Kingdom Alice Powell Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing Report
7 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 2 October Spain Marta García United Kingdom Alice Powell Netherlands Beitske Visser Sirin Racing Report
8 United States Circuit of the Americas Cancelled Report
9 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Cancelled Report
10 Cancelled
Source:[37][3]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points will be 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 MIA1
United States 		MIA2
United States 		CAT
Spain 		SIL
United Kingdom 		LEC
France 		HUN
Hungary 		SIN
Singapore 		COA
United States 		MXC1
Mexico 		MXC2
Mexico 		Points
1 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick 1 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 143
2 Netherlands Beitske Visser 3 7 5 5 4 3 1 93
3 United Kingdom Alice Powell Ret 2 3 14 5 1 2 86
4 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling 4 6 2 3 9 5 6 73
5 Spain Belén García 7 4 7 8 2 13 4 58
6 Spain Marta García 11 9 6 18 6 4 3 45
7 Spain Nerea Martí 6 3 8 9 3 12 12 44
8 Finland Emma Kimiläinen 15 5 4 2 12 Ret 9 42
9 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins 2 Ret 11 6 10 14 5 37
10 Switzerland Fabienne Wohlwend Ret 11 9 4 7 6 8 32
11 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 8 8 10 10 8 7 7 26
12 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 5 17 12 11 11 10 14 11
13 United Kingdom Abbie Eaton Ret 13 16 7 Ret 8 10 11
14 Denmark Juju Noda 12 15 13 16 13 9 Ret 2
15 Philippines Bianca Bustamante 9 14 15 17 15 Ret 15 2
16 United States Chloe Chambers 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 11 1
17 Netherlands Emely de Heus 10 12 14 15 16 16 13 1
18 Czech Republic Tereza Bábíčková 13 16 17 12 14 15 0
19 Norway Ayla Ågren 16 0
Pos. Driver MIA1
United States 		MIA2
United States 		CAT
Spain 		SIL
United Kingdom 		LEC
France 		HUN
Hungary 		SIN
Singapore 		COA
United States 		MXC1
Mexico 		MXC2
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 racing under a Swiss licence.[8]
  2. ^ Noda is a Japanese driver racing under a Danish licence.[8]
  3. ^ Jamie Chadwick set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a two-place grid penalty for crossing the white line at pit exit.[36] Beitske Visser was promoted to pole position in her place.

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  2. ^ White, Megan (24 October 2021). "COTA W Series: Chadwick champion after dominating finale". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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  7. ^ a b c Forbes, Gonzalo (4 March 2022). "W Series – CortDAO, dernière équipe à rejoindre la grille". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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  16. ^ a b "Bianca Bustamante and Juju Noda selected for Academy Team". W Series. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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