Alice Powell held off Jamie Chadwick in a nail-biting sixth race of the 2022 W Series season at the Hungaroring to take her first win of the year and end her compatriot’s long unbeaten run.
A day after securing her first pole position of the season, Alice controlled the race from the front and expertly negotiated two safety car restarts to win the fifth W Series race of her career. Despite seeing her perfect start to the season and seven-race winning streak come to an end, Jamie’s second-place finish extended her run of W Series podium finishes to 13, and stretched her lead at the top of the championship to 75 points.
Alice’s victory – her first since September last year when she won at Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands – moved her up to second in the standings, level on points with Beitske Visser who finished third for her second podium of the season.
Marta Garcia recorded her best result of the season in fourth having survived a late onslaught from fifth-placed Abbi Pulling who is now fourth in the championship, three points behind mentor Alice with four races remaining this season.
Fabienne Wohlwend scored points for the fourth straight race in sixth place. She was followed by Sarah Moore and Abbie Eaton, although the team-mates were being investigated after the race for overtaking under the safety car. Juju Noda and Bruna Tomaselli completed the top 10, the former scoring the first points of her W Series career in ninth.
Heavy rain fell throughout the morning and, although it had stopped by the 14:40 CEST start time, the track surface remained damp and Saturday’s race of 30 minutes plus one lap began behind the safety car.
All of the drivers started on slick tyres and, as they struggled to find grip on the first lap behind the safety car, Nerea Martí spun at Turn 10 and collided with a marker board before regaining control and returning to the track.
The safety car pulled into the pit-lane with 25 minutes left on the clock, and pole-sitter Alice retained her lead from Beitske at the opening corner. Marta followed the leading pair having been promoted on the formation lap due to Nerea’s error.
Jamie overtook Nerea for fourth at Turn 3, and Abbi followed her past the Spaniard, who made contact with Belen García two corners later, relegating the team-mates out of the top 10. That incident was being investigated after the race in support of the Formula 1® Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2022.
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