20 May 2022
Reigning double champion Jamie Chadwick celebrated her birthday in perfect style by taking pole position for the third race of the 2022 W Series season in Barcelona, Spain.
The Briton – who turned 24 today – continued her scintillating form having won both races at the season-opening double-header in Miami, USA, a fortnight ago. Those victories gave Jamie a commanding 27-point lead at the top of the championship standings after two of this season’s 10 races, and she is now perfectly placed to extend that advantage in Saturday’s race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after securing the ninth pole position of her W Series career.
Jamie had the final say in a frantic qualifying session when several drivers held top spot. Her lap of 1:44.951 with less than five minutes remaining saw off a strong challenge from 2021 W Series runner-up Alice Powell by three tenths of a second. Abbi Pulling was a further two tenths back to make it an all-British top three.
Beitske Visser – runner-up to Jamie in W Series’ inaugural season in 2019 – was fourth and the only other driver to get within half a second of Jamie’s pole position time. Emma Kimiläinen overcame a pressure sensor issue from earlier in the day to be fifth, and she will line-up alongside Belen Garcia – who lives only 15km (9.3 miles) away from the circuit in L’Ametlla del Vallès, Barcelona – on the third row.
Fellow Spaniard Marta Garcia was seventh, as Sarah Moore, Jessica Hawkins and Fabienne Wohlwend completed the top 10. Nerea Martà – who is second in the championship – will start her home race from 11th on the grid.
Having staged pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at the start of March, a close battle was expected throughout the field this weekend – when W Series supports the Formula 1® Pirelli Gran Premio de Espana 2022 – and Friday’s qualifying session didn’t disappoint.
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