2021 Silverstone W Series round

2021 W Series Silverstone round
Event 3 of 7 of the 2021 W Series
Race details
Date	17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)
Official name	2021 W Series Silverstone round
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent circuit
Course length	5.891 km (3.661 miles)
Distance	16 laps, 94.256 km (58.576 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Alice Powell	Racing X
Time	1:57.235
Fastest lap
Driver	Alice Powell	Racing X
Time	1:58.094
Podium
First	Alice Powell	Racing X
Second	Fabienne Wohlwend	Bunker Racing
Third	Jamie Chadwick	Veloce Racing

The 2021 W Series Silverstone round was the third round of seven in the 2021 W Series, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2021. The event was an undercard to the 2021 Formula One World Championship round at the same circuit.

Report

Background

Abbi Pulling replaced Gosia Rdest at the Puma W Series Team.

Jamie Chadwick led the championship on 33 points, 3 points ahead of Sarah Moore.

Race

Fabienne Wohlwend took the fight to polesitter Alice Powell off the line, the Liechtensteiner prevailing in a side-by-side fight that lasted three corners. Beitske Visser once again struggled to get away from the line and dropped into the midfield, whereas Miki Koyama remained stuck on the grid for a lengthy period with gearbox issues that had been persistent through practice and qualifying.

Koyama lapped some six seconds off the pace with her issues at the back of the field before her gearbox cried enough on lap 8, forcing her to pull off the circuit at Village. This brought out the safety car, which proved Wohlwend's undoing as she had been gapping Powell but destroyed her tyres in the process. On lap 12, Wohlwend ran wide at Vale, allowing Powell to get the undercut at Club and muscle past for the lead.

On the final lap, Jessica Hawkins attempted to pass Belén García for 10th place and the final point at The Loop, but clattered into the side of the Spanish driver and put her out with suspension damage on the spot. Hawkins received a 20 second time penalty for the incident, making her the only British driver not to score points.

Powell won the race from Wohlwend and Jamie Chadwick. Visser recovered to sixth and Abbi Pulling scored points on her début with eighth.

Classification

Practice

Session	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Source
Practice 1	27	Alice Powell	Racing X	1:57.098

Qualifying

Abbi Pulling made her series début.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	27	Alice Powell	Racing X	1:57.235
2	5	Fabienne Wohlwend	Bunker Racing	+0.362
3	55	Jamie Chadwick	Veloce Racing	+0.525
4	95	Beitske Visser	M. Forbes Motorsport	+0.704
5	7	Emma Kimiläinen	Écurie W	+0.772
6	32	Nerea Martí	W Series Academy	+0.791
7	26	Sarah Moore	Scuderia W	+0.854
8	49	Abbi Pulling	Puma W Series Team	+0.967
9	22	Belén García	Scuderia W	+0.995
10	19	Marta García	Puma W Series Team	+1.035
11	21	Jessica Hawkins	Racing X	+1.059
12	44	Abbie Eaton	Écurie W	+1.225
13	11	Vittoria Piria	Sirin Racing	+1.313
14	17	Ayla Ågren	M. Forbes Motorsport	+1.391
15	97	Bruna Tomaselli	Veloce Racing	+1.404
16	51	Irina Sidorkova	W Series Academy	+1.573
17	54	Miki Koyama	Sirin Racing	+1.622
18	37	Sabré Cook	Bunker Racing	+2.185
Source:

Race

Fabienne Wohlwend led most of the race but finished second.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	27	Alice Powell	Racing X	16	32:39.244	1	25
2	5	Fabienne Wohlwend	Bunker Racing	16	+1.919	2	18
3	55	Jamie Chadwick	Veloce Racing	16	+4.030	3	15
4	7	Emma Kimiläinen	Écurie W	16	+5.784	5	12
5	32	Nerea Martí	W Series Academy	16	+8.483	6	10
6	95	Beitske Visser	M. Forbes Motorsport	16	+9.090	4	8
7	26	Sarah Moore	Scuderia W	16	+10.491	7	6
8	49	Abbi Pulling	Puma W Series Team	16	+11.088	8	4
9	44	Abbie Eaton	Écurie W	16	+12.145	11	2
10	11	Vittoria Piria	Sirin Racing	16	+14.495	12	1
11	97	Bruna Tomaselli	Veloce Racing	16	+15.022	15
12	19	Marta García	Puma W Series Team	16	+15.887	13
13	37	Sabré Cook	Bunker Racing	16	+16.489	18
14	51	Irina Sidorkova	W Series Academy	16	+17.102	16
15	17	Ayla Ågren	M. Forbes Motorsport	16	+30.223	14
16	21	Jessica Hawkins	Racing X	16	+33.9911	10
DNF	22	Belén García	Scuderia W	15	Collision	9
DNF	54	Miki Koyama	Sirin Racing	8	Mechanical	17
Fastest lap set by Alice Powell: 1:58.094
Source:

• ^1 – Hawkins received a 20 second time penalty for causing a collision.

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Alice Powell	54
2	Jamie Chadwick	48	-6
3	Sarah Moore	36	-18
4	Fabienne Wohlwend	34	-20
5	Emma Kimiläinen	27	-27

See also

• 2021 British Grand Prix

External links

• Official website Archived 2022-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Race replay