2021 Budapest W Series round

The 2021 W Series Budapest round was the fourth round of seven in the 2021 W Series, and took place at the Hungaroring in Budapest on 31 July 2021.[1] The event was an undercard to the 2021 Formula One World Championship round at the same circuit.[2]

2021 W Series Budapest round
Event 4 of 7 of the 2021 W Series
Race details
Date 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
Official name 2021 W Series Budapest round
Location Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest County, Budapest
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance 19 laps, 83.239 km (51.718 miles)
Pole position
Driver Veloce Racing
Time 1:42.735
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing
Time 1:43.611
Podium
First Veloce Racing
Second Racing X
Third W Series Academy

Report

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Background

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Caitlin Wood replaced Abbi Pulling in the Puma W Series Team.[3]

Alice Powell led the championship on 54 points, 6 points ahead of Jamie Chadwick.

Race

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Chadwick stormed away from pole position to take a commanding lead into the first corner, while Irina Sidorkova hung around the outside of Beitske Visser to take fourth. Further back, Ayla Ågren and Fabienne Wohlwend ran wide – the Norwegian slowed suddenly and caused Wohlwend to hit the back of her car, launch into the air and broke her front wing in the process, requiring a pit-stop.

Chadwick and Powell began to sprint away from Nerea Martí in third by around a second a lap, as Sidorkova and Visser began battling over fourth. Other battles in the field included Marta García and Emma Kimiläinen for sixth, as well as Belén García and a slow-starting Bruna Tomaselli for eighth. Sabré Cook meanwhile had made up five places from the start but began to fall back through the field as Miki Koyama overtook her for 13th, not helped by her side mirrors bending from an impact with a kerb. A bad day was made worse for the Bunker team when Wohlwend, who was suffering from further damage after the first lap incident, went a lap down after her pit-stop and then chose to retire the car after half-distance.

Marta García had begun to pull away from Kimiläinen but a mistake from the Spaniard saw her run wide at turn 11, allowing the Écurie W driver to draw alongside and overtake into turn 13. Another driver making moves was Koyama, who closed on the back of Abbie Eaton quicker than she was expecting – light front to rear contact was made at turn 2, before the Japanese driver also braved it around the outside of turn 3 to pass The Grand Tour test driver for 12th.

Chadwick eased to victory with a ten-second gap to title rival Powell in second. Martí scored her first podium and the second for the Academy team, team-mate Sidorkova holding out Visser and coming in 5 seconds behind Martí. Series returnee Caitlin Wood started and finished 17th after some mechanical issues on the rear end of her car led to misaligned tracking.

Classification

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Practice

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Session No. Driver Team Time Source
Practice 1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 1:43.317 [4]

Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Gap
1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 1:42.735
2 27   Alice Powell Racing X +0.269
3 32   Nerea Martí W Series Academy +0.307
4 95   Beitske Visser M. Forbes Motorsport +0.445
5 51   Irina Sidorkova W Series Academy +0.644
6 97   Bruna Tomaselli Veloce Racing +0.875
7 19   Marta García Puma W Series Team +1.055
8 7   Emma Kimiläinen Écurie W +1.129
9 22   Belén García Scuderia W +1.163
10 21   Jessica Hawkins Racing X +1.173
11 11   Vittoria Piria Sirin Racing +1.474
12 17   Ayla Ågren M. Forbes Motorsport +1.573
13 5   Fabienne Wohlwend[a] Bunker Racing +1.607
14 44   Abbie Eaton Écurie W +1.846
15 54   Miki Koyama Sirin Racing +2.101
16 26   Sarah Moore Scuderia W +2.134
17 20   Caitlin Wood Puma W Series Team +2.336
18 37   Sabré Cook Bunker Racing +2.687
Source:[7]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 55   Jamie Chadwick Veloce Racing 19 32:59.370 1 25
2 27   Alice Powell Racing X 19 +10.237 2 18
3 32   Nerea Martí W Series Academy 19 +15.395 3 15
4 51   Irina Sidorkova W Series Academy 19 +20.931 5 12
5 95   Beitske Visser M. Forbes Motorsport 19 +21.618 4 10
6 7   Emma Kimiläinen Écurie W 19 +26.423 8 8
7 19   Marta García Puma W Series Team 19 +28.706 7 6
8 22   Belén García Scuderia W 19 +30.790 9 4
9 97   Bruna Tomaselli Veloce Racing 19 +31.172 6 2
10 21   Jessica Hawkins Racing X 19 +37.368 10 1
11 17   Ayla Ågren M. Forbes Motorsport 19 +38.356 12
12 54   Miki Koyama Sirin Racing 19 +42.047 15
13 44   Abbie Eaton Écurie W 19 +47.892 14
14 37   Sabré Cook Bunker Racing 19 +48.615 18
15 26   Sarah Moore Scuderia W 19 +49.265 16
16 11   Vittoria Piria Sirin Racing 19 +50.722 11
17 20   Caitlin Wood Puma W Series Team 19 +51.506 17
DNF 5   Fabienne Wohlwend Bunker Racing 9 Collision damage 13
Fastest lap set by Jamie Chadwick: 1:43.611
Source:[8]

Championship standings

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Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1   Jamie Chadwick 73
2   Alice Powell 72 -1
3   Nerea Martí 37 -36
4   Sarah Moore 36 -37
5   Emma Kimiläinen 35 -38

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Wohlwend races with a Swiss licence however is a Liechtenstein citizen and passport holder.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "HUNGARY RACE REPORT". W Series. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "W Series to support F1 in 2021 and beyond". ESPN.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "CAITLIN HUNGRY FOR W SERIES COMEBACK IN BUDAPEST". W Series. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Practice". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Fabienne: Ein Podium für die Nachbarn". Autosprint.ch (in German). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "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 prize‐giving ceremonies.
  7. ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Race". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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