Grid Talk Reporter 16:48 16/07/2021

Alice Powell will start her home W Series race from pole position after taking top spot on the grid at Silverstone.

The Brit, driving for Racing X, went quickest during the 30-minute session with a time of 1m57.235s, repeatedly shaving tenths off her own personal bests to take the top spot for the second time so far this season. Powell will start alongside Fabienne Wohlwend, the Bunker Racing driver recording her second equal best starting position in the series.

Reigning champion Jamie Chadwick will start third for Veloce Racing, with 2019 series runner-up Beitske Visser (M Forbes Motorsport) in fourth. Ecurie W’s Emma Kimilainen starts fifth, with W Series Academy member Nerea Marti in sixth and Brits Sarah Moore (Scuderia W) and Abbi Pulling, making her W Series debut having been listed as a reserve, in seventh and eighth respectively.

Britain's Jessica Hawkins found herself in a Garcia sandwich, with Marta ahead of Hawkins and Belén behind the Racing X driver. Abbie Eaton (Ecurie W) stopped for a ride height change with 12 minutes to go, gambling on a late stop to put her up to 12th, while Vicky Piria of Sirin Racing had a front wing change. 


The race is at 13:25 BST tomorrow.

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