Eight races, five new circuits for W Series in 2022
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[January 27, 2022] (Reuters)
- The all-female W Series visits five
new circuits in 2022 as part of an eight-race calendar that will see
it compete on the same weekends as Formula One for the second
successive year.
The series begins in Miami from May 6-8 as a support event for the
inaugural Formula One Miami Grand Prix around the Hard Rock Stadium.
It will also race for the first time at Spain's Circuit de Catalunya,
French Grand Prix venue Paul Ricard at Le Castellet, and make its
Asian debut at Japan's Suzuka.
Mexico's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, another new venue on the
calendar, will host the season finale on Oct. 28-30.
Britain's Silverstone, Hungarian Grand Prix host Hungaroring and the
Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, which featured on last
year's schedule, will return in 2022.
The Texas race, however, remains subject to contract.
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The series put on eight races at six circuits last year, with Austin
the only non-European venue.
"We have always stated our intention to make the series a truly
global movement and this calendar is the next step towards achieving
that," said W Series Chief Executive Catherine Bond Muir in a
statement.
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Jamie Chadwick of Great Britain in action during the W Series race
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"Last year, we began a landmark partnership with
Formula One and our talented grid of female racing drivers proved
that they belong on motor racing’s greatest stage."
The W Series, which uses identical cars homologated to FIA Formula
Three specifications, was launched in 2019 to help women climb the
motorsport ladder to Formula One, which has not had a female race
driver since Italian Lella Lombardi in 1976.
Inaugural W Series champion Briton Jamie Chadwick successfully
defended her title last year, with the series not racing in 2020 due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It has been incredible to witness the championship progress as we
continue to champion diversity across motor sport, and it is
exciting to see the series will visit five new venues next year,
including its debut in Asia," said Formula One's motorsports
managing director Ross Brawn.
(Reporting by Abhishek Takle; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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