Chadwick takes lights-to-flag home W Series win as rivals clash · RaceFans

Jamie Chadwick received her residence W Collection spherical from pole, extending her title lead with a fourth consecutive victory.

Chadwick had taken pole from Emma Kimilainen, with Alice Powell third after her qualifying lap had been reinstated by stewards after being initially deleted for observe limits.

At the beginning, Chadwick acquired away with the lead, Kimilainen initially trying as if she had a greater launch however unable to beat the title chief into the primary nook. Powell held onto third however Pulling was overwhelmed to fourth by Fabienne Wohlwend into flip one.

Earlier than the top of the primary lap, Powell was famous as below investigation for being out of place forward of the Security Automobile line through the formation lap. She was issued a ten-second stop-go penalty, successfully ending her race.

Jessica Hawkins flew previous Abbie Eaton by means of Copse to take sixth, feeding Eaton again into the chasing pack. A lock up for Wohlwend with 22 minutes to go noticed her lose locations to Abbi Pulling and Beitske Visser, dropping her all the way down to fifth.

Marta Garcia was compelled to pit for a brand new entrance wing with 19 minutes left within the race, following contact with Emely de Heus. Her authentic wing was trapped beneath the automotive, her race successfully destroyed by a protracted cease that turned an prolonged mechanical operation.

By the midway level within the race, Chadwick had a greater than 5 second lead. Nevertheless, with 13 and a half minutes remaining, rain began falling round Silverstone.

Chadwick, out forward on her personal, was in a position to prolong her lead by one other second, whereas the centre pack of drivers continued to combat. Eaton made an try and take again sixth from Hawkins however in any other case drivers appeared to settle because the rain failed to scale back grip ranges by sufficient to trigger drivers an excessive amount of difficulties.

Simply earlier than the beginning of the ultimate lap, Pulling and Kimilainen collided into Membership whereas battling over second place, spinning Kimilainen and stopping each on observe quickly. Nevertheless, each had been in a position to get going once more. Pulling was now in second however appeared to sluggish alongside the outdated pit straight, permitting Kimilainen again into second. The incident between Pulling and Kimilainen is below investigation by the stewards.

Chadwick, in the meantime, had crossed the road 19.4 seconds forward of Kimilainen, extending her clear sweep of W Collection wins to this point this season. Pulling crossed the road in third place to finish the rostrum, simply forward of Wohlwend.

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