W Series Austria: Chadwick Takes Dominant Win

Calum Gill 16:14 03/07/2021

Jamie Chadwick took a lights-to-flag victory in the second 2021 W Series race in Austria, starting on pole before building up a lead of more than five seconds to win.

The reigning champion, driving for Veloce Racing, dominated the second consecutive weekend at the Red Bull Ring, leading every session while also taking the bonus points for fastest lap to take her third W Series win. It came as redemption after she had a difficult weekend last time out, starting eighth after a cracked carbon pipe scuppered her qualifying, before fighting her way back through the field after a second lap shunt to finish seventh.

Irina Sidorkova, one of the rookies driving for W Series Academy, finished in second to take her first W Series podium, while Emma Kimilainen (Ecurie W) finished in third. Sarah Moore (Scuderia W) eventually swept past Chadwick’s team-mate Bruna Tomaselli after putting on laps of intense pressure to finish in fourth and fifth respectively, with Abbie Eaton (Ecurie W) passing Academy member Nerea Marti with minutes to go to take sixth.

2021 W Series Drivers Championship As It Stands

1. Jamie Chadwick (Veloce) 33pts

2. Sarah Moore (Scuderia W) 30pts

3. Alice Powell (Racing X) 29pts

4. Irina Sidorkova (W Series Academy) 22pts

5. Fabianne Wohlwend (Bunker Racing) 16pts