7 May 2022
JAMIE CHADWICK MAKES WINNING START TO W SERIES TITLE DEFENCE IN MIAMI
Reigning double W Series champion Jamie Chadwick made the perfect start to her title defence by winning a dramatic first race of the season-opening double-header at W Series Miami presented by Hard Rock.
Jamie took the lead on the first lap and regained it on the last lap of the race – which featured two safety car periods and one red flag – to take her third straight W Series race victory and seventh overall. Jamie beat Marta Garcia – who started 10th on the grid – by three seconds as the Spaniard secured the fourth podium of her W Series career. Jessica Hawkins took third place on the final lap to score her maiden W Series podium finish.
Beitske Visser (Sirin Racing W Series Team, 27, NED) – runner-up to Jamie in the inaugural W Series season in 2019 – went from 12th on the grid to fourth. Abbi Pulling (Racing X, 19, UK) was fifth, one place above her team-mate Bruna Tomaselli (Racing X, 24, BRA) who progressed from 14th on the grid to sixth.
Chloe Chambers (Jenner Racing, 17, USA) – one of five drivers making their W Series debuts this weekend in support of the inaugural Formula 1® Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix – was the best-placed rookie in seventh. Pole-sitter Nerea Martí (Quantfury Racing W Series Team, 20, ESP) recovered from a poor start to finish eighth ahead of compatriot and team-mate Belen Garcia (Quantfury Racing W Series Team, 22, ESP), and Sarah Moore (Scuderia W, 28, UK) completed the top 10.
Nerea secured her maiden W Series pole position in qualifying on Saturday morning, but the Spaniard couldn’t capitalise. At a baking hot Miami International Autodrome – where the track temperature soared past 50 degrees Celsius – both Nerea and Alice Powell (Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing W Series Team, 29, UK), who started third, were slow away from the starting grid, allowing Jamie to take the lead at the start.
Alice was relegated…
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