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2021 W Series Silverstone round
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Date
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17 July 2021
(
2021-07-17
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Official name
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2021 W Series Silverstone round
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Location
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Silverstone Circuit
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Silverstone
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Northamptonshire
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England
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Course
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Permanent circuit
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Course length
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5.891 km (3.661 miles)
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Distance
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16 laps, 94.256 km (58.576 miles)
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Driver
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Racing X
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Time
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1:57.235
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Driver
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Alice Powell
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Racing X
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Time
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1:58.094
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First
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Racing X
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Second
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Bunker Racing
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Third
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Veloce Racing
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Motor car race
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.
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The event was an undercard to the
2021 Formula One World Championship
round at the same circuit.
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Report
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Background
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Abbi Pulling
replaced
Gosia Rdest
at the
Puma W Series Team
.
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Jamie Chadwick
led the championship on 33 points, 3 points ahead of
Sarah Moore
.
Race
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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
Belen Garcia
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 debut with eighth.
Classification
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Practice
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Session
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Driver
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Team
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Time
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Source
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Practice 1
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27
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Alice Powell
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Racing X
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1:57.098
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Qualifying
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Abbi Pulling
made her series debut.
Race
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Fabienne Wohlwend
led most of the race but finished second.
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? Hawkins received a 20 second time penalty for causing a collision.
Championship standings
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See also
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Notes
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Wohlwend races with a Swiss licence however is a Liechtenstein citizen and passport holder.
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References
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External links
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