17 May 2022
Less than a fortnight since reigning double champion Jamie Chadwick celebrated the second of her two wins and a perfect start to her title defence at the spectacular 2022 season-opening double-header in Miami, USA, W Series travels to Barcelona, Spain, this weekend (20-21 May).
The third race of season three – in support of the Formula 1® Spanish Grand Prix – starts a run of four straight W Series races in Europe, with events in the UK, France, and Hungary to come before F1’s summer break. Following that, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers will stage a race in Asia for the first time – in support of the Japanese Grand Prix – before finishing the season in the USA and Mexico.
This may be W Series’ first race in Spain, but the 18 drivers on the grid are familiar with the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as it staged this year’s pre-season test in March. A popular testing venue for the world’s leading motor racing series due to its all-round challenge, the 4.675km (2.9 miles) circuit has 16 turns and has staged F1’s Spanish Grand Prix since 1991.
W Series’ trio of Spanish drivers – Belén García, Marta Garcia, and Nerea Martí – will be eager to perform well in front of their home fans, from whom they can expect strong support, particularly Belen who lives only 15km (9.3 miles) away in L’Ametlla del Vallès, Barcelona.
W Series’ trio of Spanish drivers –Nerea Martí, Marta Garcia and Belén García,
All three will try to build on their strong starts to the season. Nerea is second in the championship standings having recorded the first pole position and second podium finish of her W Series career in Miami. Belen is seventh after backing up a top-10 finish in race one by equalling her best W Series finish of fourth place in race two. Marta is 12th but proved her speed in race one when she finished second before receiving a 10-second penalty for causing a collision, dropping her…
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