3 May 2022
W Series at the double in Miami as record 2022 season begins
The waiting is finally over and, 195 days since the nail-biting finale to W Series’ second season, the international single-seater motor racing championship for women drivers’ 2022 campaign begins this weekend with a double-header in support of Formula 1’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
W Series’ third on-track season starts where the second left off in October 2021 – in the USA. But, where the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, was the stage when Jamie Chadwick (UK, 23) became a two-time W Series champion in front of a record 400,000 fans, the Briton will begin her title defence 1,326 miles (2,134km) away in Florida at the brand-new Miami International Autodrome. The atmosphere will be as electric as it was that day more than six months ago, with a capacity crowd expected to attend the first F1 race in the country’s southeastern most state since Bruce McLaren won the 1959 United States Grand Prix at Sebring.
“Last year’s season finale in Austin – W Series’ first event in the USA – was spectacular, as our women racing drivers showcased their skills in front of 400,000 people across the weekend,” said W Series’ Chief Executive Officer Catherine Bond Muir. “We will carry all that momentum into the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. W Series Miami presented by Hard Rock will be the biggest event we’ve ever staged – the interest from commercial and media partners to be part of it has been incredible and I can’t wait for the racing to start.”
W Series Miami presented by Hard Rock kick-starts W Series’ record 2022 season, which includes 10 F1 support races – the most that the series has ever staged in a single season. From Miami, W Series will stage races at the F1 grands prix weekends in Spain, the UK, France, Hungary, Japan – W Series’ first race in Asia – USA (COTA), and Mexico where the season will end as it begins, with a…
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