W Series has added extra races to its opening and closing rounds of 2022, creating its longest-ever calendar for its third season.
The all-female junior series originally announced eight races all running as Formula 1 support events for 2022. However, in a new update to the calendar, W Series confirmed it will run a double-header event at both the Miami Grand Prix and the Mexican Grand Prix, bringing the schedule to 10 races.
W Series has run two-race weekends on previous occasions. In 2019 an extra reverse-grid non-championship was held at Assen, won by Megan Gilkes. Last year the series concluded its second season of racing with double-header at Circuit of the Americas, awarding points at both races.
This year’s double-headers will also award championship points for both races. The mechanism for determining the grid for the second race is yet to be confirmed.
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