Six weeks since Jamie Chadwick continued her perfect start to the 2022 W Series season by winning the third race of the year in Barcelona, Spain, the reigning double champion will attempt to extend her record-breaking run of W Series race victories to six at her home race at Silverstone this weekend.
If the previous race in Spain is anything to go by, there is every chance that the crowd – which is expected to exceed 400,000 spectators across the Formula 1® Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022 weekend – will see a British driver stood atop the W Series podium. Jamie just held off compatriot Abbi Pulling at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where Alice Powell was third.
That trio occupies the top three spots in the championship standings in that same order. Abbi trails Jamie by 37 points and will look to reduce the arrears by taking her maiden W Series victory at Silverstone, the circuit where she finished eighth on her W Series debut last July. Abbi’s mentor Alice dominated her home race 12 months ago, taking pole position and recording the fastest lap on her way to an emotional victory watched by her family in the grandstands.
The top three will be joined by three more British drivers looking for a home win on the 3.660 miles (5.891 kilometres) Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. There may have been no W Series races in June, but throughout Pride Month Yorkshire-born team-mates Sarah Moore and Abbie Eaton have been busy in their role as driver ambassadors for Racing Pride – a movement which promotes LGBTQ+ inclusivity within motorsport. On 26 June last year, Sarah became the first openly LGBTQ+ driver to stand on a podium at an F1 race weekend, and she will go for the second podium finish of her W Series career at Silverstone.
The same is true for Jessica Hawkins. The Aston Martin F1 Team’s driver ambassador recorded her best W Series result (second) and maiden podium finish at this year’s opening race in Miami, and she is eighth in the championship standings after the first three races.
The Silverstone race will be broadcast live on both Sky Sports and Channel 4 in the UK for the first time, and feature an all-female presenting team of Naomi Schiff, Lee McKenzie, and Amy Reynolds. It is the second of four straight W Series races in Europe, with events in France and Hungary to come before F1’s summer break. Following that, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers – which has its headquarters…
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