21 May 2022
Reigning double champion Jamie Chadwick continued her perfect start to the 2022 W Series season by taking a lights-to-flag victory in race three at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
The Briton – who celebrated her 24th birthday yesterday – backed up her two wins at the season-opening double-header in Miami a fortnight ago with a flawless weekend in Spain where she topped all three sessions, led every lap and recorded the fastest lap in Saturday’s race. The ninth victory of Jamie’s W Series career – and her fifth in a row – sees her extend her lead at the top of the championship standings to 37 points with seven of this season’s 10 races remaining.
Jamie made a perfect getaway from pole position, expertly controlled her pace from the front, and held off a late charge from Abbi Pulling – who overtook Alice Powell at the start – to beat her compatriot by half a second. Alice – runner-up to Jamie last season – was a further 0.7 seconds back in third place to complete an all-British podium. Abbi’s second W Series podium moves her into second place in the championship, five points ahead of Alice who took the 11th podium finish of her W Series career.
Emma Kimiläinen finished fourth and Beitske Visser was fifth. Marta Garcia in sixth was the best-placed of W Series’ trio of Spanish drivers competing at their home race in support of the Formula 1® Pirelli Gran Premio de Espana 2022. She was closely followed by compatriots Belen Garcia in seventh and Nerea Martí in eighth, as Fabienne Wohlwend and Sarah Moore completed the top 10.
The only change to the starting grid saw Tereza Babickova start 16th having received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision during the last race in Miami.
Using cars supplied by Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand (TGRNZ) for the first time this weekend, all 18 drivers got away cleanly at the start, and none more so than Jamie who took full advantage of her pole position to comfortably…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at LATEST NEWS – W Series…