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 | ||
| 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 |
 Jamie Chadwick | Veloce Racing | |
| Time | 1:43.611 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Veloce Racing | ||
| Second | Racing X | ||
| Third | W Series Academy | ||
Report
editBackground
editCaitlin 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
editChadwick 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
editPractice
edit| Session | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice 1 | 55 | Jamie Chadwick
|
Veloce Racing | 1:43.317 | [4] |
Qualifying
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "HUNGARY RACE REPORT". W Series. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "W Series to support F1 in 2021 and beyond". ESPN.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "CAITLIN HUNGRY FOR W SERIES COMEBACK IN BUDAPEST". W Series. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Practice". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Fabienne: Ein Podium für 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 prize‐giving ceremonies.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "W Series 2021 Budapest Classification – Race". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 14 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Race replay