2022 W Series

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Jamie Chadwick is the defending champion, having won her second title in 2021.

The 2022 W Series will be the third season of the W Series motor racing championship. The championship is exclusively open to female racing drivers as a Formula 3-level racing series in support of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.[1]

Jamie Chadwick is the reigning champion, having won her second title in 2021.[2]

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The following drivers and teams are currently confirmed for the 2022 W Series season. All teams will use Hankook tyres, and run two mechanically-identical Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 cars with two drivers. All cars are operated by the same organisation, and 'teams' are purely for sponsorship and identification purposes.[3]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Sirin Racing 4 Netherlands [4] TBC
95 Netherlands Beitske Visser[5] TBC
CortDAO W Series Team[6] 5 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[6] TBC
19 Spain Marta García[7] TBC
Puma W Series Team[8] 7 Finland Emma Kimiläinen[8] TBC
63 Czech Republic [9] TBC
Jenner Racing[10] 8 United States Chloe Chambers[11] TBC
55 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[12] TBC
W Series Academy 10 Japan Juju Noda[13] TBC
91 Philippines Bianca Bustamante[13] TBC
Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing[14] 21 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins[15] TBC
27 United Kingdom Alice Powell[14] TBC
Quantfury W Series Team[16] 22 Spain Belén García[17] TBC
32 Spain Nerea Martí[17] TBC
Scuderia W 26 United Kingdom Sarah Moore[18] TBC
TBA TBA TBC
Racing X 49 United Kingdom Abbi Pulling[19] TBC
97 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli[20] TBC

Driver selection[]

The top eight finishers from the 2021 championship, as well as the two W Series Academy drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova, are guaranteed a place in the 2022 season.[21] Sidorkova was later confirmed to not be competing as a result of the restrictions on the participation of Russian drivers following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[22]

From 31 January to 4 February, a five-day test with a Crawford F4-16 car for 15 prospective drivers was conducted in Arizona, United States.[23] The following drivers took part:

  • United States Madison Aust
  • Brazil Júlia Ayoub
  • Czech Republic Tereza Bábíčková
  • United States Lindsay Brewer
  • Switzerland Léna Bühler
  • Philippines Bianca Bustamante
  • Uruguay Maite Cáceres
  • United States Chloe Chambers
  • Netherlands Emely de Heus
  • Austria Jorden Dolischka
  • United States Hannah Greenemeier
  • Canada Nicole Havrda
  • United Kingdom Jem Hepworth
  • Austria Corinna Kamper
  • France Lola Lovinfosse

A second pre-season test took place at Barcelona on 2–4 March, with the nine automatic qualifiers from 2021 joined by 12 potential drivers — of which five had previous W Series experience and six were present at the Arizona test; Juju Noda the only driver to receive a free pass:[24][25]

The full driver line-up was revealed on 22 March 2022, with a roster of reserve drivers set to be announced at a later date.[22]

Championship changes[]

Though there were initial plans to introduce FIA-registered standings for formal teams for the season after 2021 was based on unofficial outfits,[26] the championship is set to remain fully centrally-run for a third consecutive year, with 'teams' continuing to be purely for sponsorship and identification purposes.[27] The first of these teams to be announced was Jenner Racing, owned by media personality, Olympic champion and former racing driver Caitlyn Jenner.[10] Three further entries joined the championship: Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing and the cryptocurrency-backed Quantfury and CortDAO teams.[14][16][6]

Calendar[]

The provisional calendar was announced on 27 January 2022. W Series will continue its partnership with Formula One, so all eight events will be part of Grand Prix weekends.[28]

Round Circuit Date
1 United States Miami International Autodrome 8 May
2 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 22 May
3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 3 July
4 France Circuit Paul Ricard 24 July
5 Hungary Hungaroring 31 July
6 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course 9 October
7 United States Circuit of the Americas 23 October
8 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 30 October
Source:[29]

References

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  29. ^ White, Megan (27 January 2022). "W Series adds Suzuka round to eight-race 2022 calendar". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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