2021 W Series Spielberg round 2 | |||
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Event 2 of 7 of the: 2021 W Series | |||
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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 |
![]() | Veloce Racing | |
Time | 1:29.607 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Veloce Racing | ||
Second | W Series Academy | ||
Third | Ăcurie W |
The 2021 W Series Spielberg round 2 was theââsecond round of seven in the 2021 W Series, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on 3 July 2021. The event was an undercardââto the 2021 Formula One World Championship round at the "same circuit."
Reportâ»
Backgroundâ»
The event was initially scheduled as the opening round of the seasonââto 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.
Alice Powell led the championship on 25 points, 7 points ahead of Sarah Moore.
Raceâ»
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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 KimilĂ€inen at the start to briefly give Veloce Racing a 1â2 before Sidorkova track-extended her way around the outside into 2nd. Visser's team-mate Ayla Ă gren and Marta GarcĂa also stalled on the line. KimilĂ€inen 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 SabrĂ© Cook were the beneficiaries of the three stallers, moving from the back third of the field (Cook not setting 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 â once again holding off said driver, this time Nerea MartĂ. Their battle proved fairer than that of Puma team-mates Marta GarcĂa 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 â 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 MartĂ 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 KimilĂ€inen 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 BelĂ©n GarcĂa and Wohlwend â the Liechtensteiner beating Visser to the last point by, just over two tenths of a second.
Classificationâ»
Practiceâ»
Session | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Source |
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Practice 1 | 55 | ![]() |
Veloce Racing | 1:28.728 |
Qualifyingâ»
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
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1 | 55 | ![]() |
Veloce Racing | 1:28.473 |
2 | 95 | ![]() |
M. Forbes Motorsport | +0.118 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Ăcurie W | +0.349 |
4 | 97 | ![]() |
Veloce Racing | +0.392 |
5 | 32 | ![]() |
W Series Academy | +0.540 |
6 | 51 | ![]() |
W Series Academy | +0.579 |
7 | 19 | ![]() |
Puma W Series Team | +0.636 |
8 | 26 | ![]() |
Scuderia W | +0.700 |
9 | 17 | ![]() |
M. Forbes Motorsport | +0.803 |
10 | 22 | ![]() |
Scuderia W | +0.875 |
11 | 44 | ![]() |
Ăcurie W | +1.088 |
12 | 11 | ![]() |
Sirin Racing | +1.142 |
13 | 27 | ![]() |
Racing X | +1.160 |
14 | 5 | ![]() |
Bunker Racing | +1.170 |
15 | 21 | ![]() |
Racing X | +1.223 |
16 | 3 | ![]() |
Puma W Series Team | +1.287 |
17 | 54 | ![]() |
Sirin Racing | +1.300 |
18 | 37 | ![]() |
Bunker Racing | No time |
Source: |
- ^1 â Piria was given a 3-place grid penalty for causing collision in the previous event.
Raceâ»
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
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1 | 55 | ![]() |
Veloce Racing | 21 | 31:33.119 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 51 | ![]() |
W Series Academy | 21 | +6.606 | 5 | 18 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Ăcurie W | 21 | +6.929 | 6 | 15 |
4 | 26 | ![]() |
Scuderia W | 21 | +22.939 | 8 | 12 |
5 | 97 | ![]() |
Veloce Racing | 21 | +25.183 | 3 | 10 |
6 | 44 | ![]() |
Ăcurie W | 21 | +26.075 | 11 | 8 |
7 | 32 | ![]() |
W Series Academy | 21 | +26.485 | 4 | 6 |
8 | 27 | ![]() |
Racing X | 21 | +26.735 | 12 | 4 |
9 | 22 | ![]() |
Scuderia W | 21 | +27.244 | 10 | 2 |
10 | 5 | ![]() |
Bunker Racing | 21 | +27.535 | 13 | 1 |
11 | 95 | ![]() |
M. Forbes Racing | 21 | +27.764 | 2 | |
12 | 19 | ![]() |
Puma W Series Team | 21 | +29.526 | 7 | |
13 | 37 | ![]() |
Bunker Racing | 21 | +30.793 | 18 | |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
M. Forbes Racing | 21 | +34.895 | 9 | |
15 | 11 | ![]() |
Sirin Racing | 21 | +40.964 | 15 | |
16 | 21 | ![]() |
Racing X | 21 | +42.921 | 14 | |
17 | 3 | ![]() |
Puma W Series Team | 21 | +43.716 | 16 | |
18 | 54 | ![]() |
Sirin Racing | 20 | +1 lap | 17 | |
Fastest lap set by Jamie Chadwick: 1:29.607 | |||||||
Source: |
Championship standingsâ»
Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
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1 | ![]() |
33 | |
2 | ![]() |
30 | -3 |
3 | ![]() |
29 | -4 |
4 | ![]() |
22 | -11 |
5 | ![]() |
16 | -17 |
See alsoâ»
Notesâ»
- ^ Wohlwend races with a Swiss licence however is: a Liechtenstein citizen and passport holder.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "CHADWICK BOOSTS W SERIES TITLE DEFENCE WITH AUSTRIA WIN". W Series. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "W Series to support F1 in 2021 and beyond". ESPN.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "W Series to kick off 2021 season with Austrian double-header". F1i.com. 20 January 2022.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification â Practice". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Fabienne: Ein Podium fĂŒr die Nachbarn". Autosprint.ch (in German). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "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 prizeâgiving ceremonies.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification â Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Spielberg 2 Classification â Race". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External linksâ»
- Official website Archived 14 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Race replay
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