2021 2nd Spielberg W Series round

The 2021 W Series Spielberg round 2 was the second round of seven in the 2021 W Series, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on 3 July 2021.[1] The event was an undercard to the 2021 Formula One World Championship round at the same circuit.[2]

2021 W Series Spielberg round 2
Event 2 of 7 of the 2021 W Series
Race details
Date 3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)
Official name 2021 W Series Spielberg round 2
Location Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 4.318 km (2.683 miles)
Distance 21 laps, 90.678 km (57.978 miles)
Pole position
Driver Veloce Racing
Time 1:28.473
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing
Time 1:29.607
Podium
First Veloce Racing
Second W Series Academy
Third Écurie W

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Background

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The event was initially scheduled as the opening round of the season to be held at Circuit Paul Ricard in conjunction with the 2021 French Grand Prix, however amendments made to the 2021 Formula One calendar resulted in the change.[3]

Alice Powell led the championship on 25 points, 7 points ahead of Sarah Moore.

Race

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Reigning champion Jamie Chadwick took her first win of the season.

The 2019 championship protagonists shared the front row of the grid but Beitske Visser stalled on the line and gave polesitter Jamie Chadwick a free kick heading into turn 1. Bruna Tomaselli and Irina Sidorkova leapfrogged Emma Kimiläinen at the start to briefly give Veloce Racing a 1–2 before Sidorkova track-extended her way around the outside into 2nd. Visser's team-mate Ayla Ågren and Marta García also stalled on the line. Kimiläinen re-passed Tomaselli on lap 2 and the oldest driver in the field set after the youngest driver in the field.

Bunker Racing team-mates Fabienne Wohlwend and Sabré Cook were the beneficiaries of the three stallers, moving from the back third of the field (Cook not setting a time in qualifying after she spun into a gravel trap) up to a battle for 10th. The American relegated her Liechtensteiner team-mate out of the points, whilst Sarah Moore found herself in a battle with a Spanish rookie for the second consecutive weekend – once again holding off said driver, this time Nerea Martí. Their battle proved fairer than that of Puma team-mates Marta García and Gosia Rdest; the Spaniard recovering from her earlier stall caught her Polish stablemate at the mid-point of the race and spun her out at turn 4.

The podium places were running away from the rest of the field – fourth-placed Tomaselli did not have the pace of the top three and formed a train with Moore next in line, who capitalised on the Brazilian's woes passing her for fourth on the penultimate lap. There was further movement within that pack as Abbie Eaton passed Martí for sixth. Cook meanwhile was struggling with balance issues late in the piece, resulting in both her team-mate and a hard-charging Visser passing her to battle over P10. A tough race for Miki Koyama was effectively ended after a pit-stop for a flat-spotted tyre left her a lap down.

Chadwick cruised to her first victory of the season, with Sidorkova holding out the much faster Kimiläinen for the entire race to finish second in her second W Series race. It was daylight back to the next group of cars; Sarah Moore some sixteen seconds behind the Finn as a result of Tomaselli's issues. The previous weekend's winner Alice Powell had an anonymous race, starting 12th and finishing 8th ahead of Belén García and Wohlwend – the Liechtensteiner beating Visser to the last point by just over two tenths of a second.

Classification

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Practice

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Session No. Driver Team Time Source
Practice 1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 1:28.728 [4]

Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Gap
1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 1:28.473
2 95   Beitske Visser M. Forbes Motorsport +0.118
3 7   Emma Kimiläinen Écurie W +0.349
4 97   Bruna Tomaselli Veloce Racing +0.392
5 32   Nerea Martí W Series Academy +0.540
6 51   Irina Sidorkova W Series Academy +0.579
7 19   Marta García Puma W Series Team +0.636
8 26   Sarah Moore Scuderia W +0.700
9 17   Ayla Ågren M. Forbes Motorsport +0.803
10 22   Belén García Scuderia W +0.875
11 44   Abbie Eaton Écurie W +1.088
12 11   Vittoria Piria1 Sirin Racing +1.142
13 27   Alice Powell Racing X +1.160
14 5   Fabienne Wohlwend[a] Bunker Racing +1.170
15 21   Jessica Hawkins Racing X +1.223
16 3   Gosia Rdest Puma W Series Team +1.287
17 54   Miki Koyama Sirin Racing +1.300
18 37   Sabré Cook Bunker Racing No time
Source:[7]
  • ^1 – Piria was given a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous event.

Race

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The podium ceremony.
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 21 31:33.119 1 25
2 51   Irina Sidorkova W Series Academy 21 +6.606 5 18
3 7   Emma Kimiläinen Écurie W 21 +6.929 6 15
4 26   Sarah Moore Scuderia W 21 +22.939 8 12
5 97   Bruna Tomaselli Veloce Racing 21 +25.183 3 10
6 44   Abbie Eaton Écurie W 21 +26.075 11 8
7 32   Nerea Martí W Series Academy 21 +26.485 4 6
8 27   Alice Powell Racing X 21 +26.735 12 4
9 22   Belén García Scuderia W 21 +27.244 10 2
10 5   Fabienne Wohlwend Bunker Racing 21 +27.535 13 1
11 95   Beitske Visser M. Forbes Racing 21 +27.764 2
12 19   Marta García Puma W Series Team 21 +29.526 7
13 37   Sabré Cook Bunker Racing 21 +30.793 18
14 17   Ayla Ågren M. Forbes Racing 21 +34.895 9
15 11   Vittoria Piria Sirin Racing 21 +40.964 15
16 21   Jessica Hawkins Racing X 21 +42.921 14
17 3   Gosia Rdest Puma W Series Team 21 +43.716 16
18 54   Miki Koyama Sirin Racing 20 +1 lap 17
Fastest lap set by Jamie Chadwick: 1:29.607
Source:[8]

Championship standings

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Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1   Jamie Chadwick 33
2   Sarah Moore 30 -3
3   Alice Powell 29 -4
4   Irina Sidorkova 22 -11
5   Fabienne Wohlwend 16 -17

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Wohlwend races with a Swiss licence however is a Liechtenstein citizen and passport holder.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "CHADWICK BOOSTS W SERIES TITLE DEFENCE WITH AUSTRIA WIN". W Series. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ "W Series to support F1 in 2021 and beyond". ESPN.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "W Series to kick off 2021 season with Austrian double-header". F1i.com. 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification – Practice". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Fabienne: Ein Podium für die Nachbarn". Autosprint.ch (in German). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "FIA International Sporting Code" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2013. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015. 9.5.2 All Drivers, irrespective of the nationality of their Licence, participating in any FIA World Championship Competition, shall retain the nationality of their passport in all official documents, publications and prize‐giving ceremonies.
  7. ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification – Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification – Race". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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