Hungary W Series: Chadwick dominates practice ahead of old rival Visser

The reigning champion, driving for Veloce Racing, set her quickest time in the first half of the session, with a 1m43.317s making her the only driver to break into the 1m43s.

Visser, driving for M Forbes Motorsport, was second-quickest in the half-hour session, with Fabienne Wohlwend, who took second in the last race at Silverstone, in third, almost a second behind Chadwick.

Marta Garcia was fourth-quickest in her Puma-sponsored car, 1.2 seconds off the pace, with current championship leader Alice Powell in fifth.

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Both W Series Academy drivers impressed, with Irina Sidorkova and Nerea Marti in sixth and seventh respectively.

Emma Kimilainen, who finished fourth at Silverstone, only managed 10th, while Sarah Moore, who currently sits third in the standings, finished in 16th with a 1m45.499s.

Marti was first out on track at the Hungaroring for the only practice session of the weekend, followed by the two Veloces of Chadwick and Bruna Tomaselli.

Moore, Eaton and Sidorkova all ran wide at Turn 4 – an area which also caused trouble in the earlier FIA Formula 3 practice session.

Alice Powell

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Halfway through the session, Chadwick was leading from Visser in a battle reminiscent of 2019.

There was a yellow flag in the final sector in the last seconds of practice when Belen Garcia, driving for Scuderia W, spun off the track and ended up in the run-off, but she managed to get the car going again to finish the session.

Chadwick will be hoping to regain the championship from fellow Brit Powell this weekend, with the latter having taken two wins to Chadwick’s one so far this season.

Vicky Piria was handed a 60-second penalty after the session for repeatedly exceeding track limits.

Qualifying for Saturday’s race will take place this afternoon.

Results

Cla	Drivers	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Jamie Chadwick	14	1'43.317
2	Beitske Visser	15	1'44.089	0.772
3	Fabienne Wohlwend	14	1'44.424	1.107
4	Marta Garcia	15	1'44.515	1.198
5	Alice Powell	15	1'44.613	1.296
6	Irina Sidorkova	14	1'44.842	1.525
7	Nerea Martí	16	1'44.959	1.642
8	Caitlin Wood	14	1'45.031	1.714
9	Abbie Eaton	14	1'45.065	1.748
10	Ayla Agren	14	1'45.260	1.943
11	Emma Kimilainen	13	1'45.267	1.950
12	Jessica Hawkins	14	1'45.372	2.055
13	Miki Koyama	13	1'45.402	2.085
14	Belén García	15	1'45.485	2.168
15	Bruna Tomaselli	15	1'45.487	2.170
16	Sarah Moore	15	1'45.499	2.182
17	Sabre Cook	17	1'46.013	2.696
18	Vicky Piria	15	1'46.764	3.447
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