W Series Britain: Chadwick eases to Silverstone win as Kimilainen and Pulling clash

Chadwick produced a lights-to-flag victory, maintaining her 100% record this year and extending her winning run in W Series to six consecutive races counting back to 2021, as he bolted clear of the challengers behind.

After a brief rain shower mid-race threatened to shake up the running, Chadwick put in a flawless performance to win by a healthy margin, aided by a late collision between the two other podium finishers.

Kimilainen switched from attack to defence as Pulling produced a late charge, closing to within half a second of the Finn over the final two laps.

After looking up the inside of Kimilainen at Copse on the penultimate lap, Pulling ran into the rear of her rival into the Vale chicane which saw both drivers spin around.

With minimal damage for each driver’s car, both Pulling and Kimilainen rejoined the race with the Finn taking second place as Pulling held off Fabienne Wohlwend over the final lap to take the final podium spot.

Wohlwend, who earlier in the race held third before running wide, had to settle for fourth place but it still marked her best result of the season.

Alice Powell, Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing

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Alice Powell’s race started in disaster as she stalled on the grid at the start of the formation lap, only to get going again but failed to retake her place in third before the first safety car line, meaning she was slapped with a 10-second stop-and-go penalty.

Powell fought back to 14th place at the finish as her title challenge took a heavy blow with Chadwick winning and Pulling on the podium.

Beitske Visser claimed fifth place having challenged the frontrunners early on, but she kept clear of a charging Jessica Hawkins who made an impressive start to jump to sixth place.

Abbi Eaton came out on top of a late-race tussle with Belen Garcia for seventh place, with Nerea Marti and Sarah Moore rounding out the points places.

Marta Garcia had her race ruined by contact with Belen Garcia on the third lap, picking up front wing damage, and was shown the black and orange flag meaning she had to pit and fell two laps down.

W Series Britain - Race Results

Cla	Drivers	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jamie Chadwick	17	33'30.881
2	Emma Kimilainen	17	33'50.439	19.558	19.558
3	Abbi Pulling	17	33'51.843	20.962	1.404
4	Fabienne Wohlwend	17	33'52.325	21.444	0.482
5	Beitske Visser	17	33'55.415	24.534	3.090
6	Jessica Hawkins	17	33'56.872	25.991	1.457
7	Abbie Eaton	17	33'57.950	27.069	1.078
8	Belén García	17	33'58.729	27.848	0.779
9	Nerea Martí	17	33'59.083	28.202	0.354
10	Sarah Moore	17	34'00.149	29.268	1.066
11	Bruna Tomaselli	17	34'06.526	35.645	6.377
12	Tereza Bábíčková	17	34'07.071	36.190	0.545
13	Chloe Chambers	17	34'07.701	36.820	0.630
14	Alice Powell	17	34'22.134	51.253	14.433
15	Emely de	17	34'24.103	53.222	1.969
16	Juju Noda	17	34'27.821	56.940	3.718
17	Bianca Bustamante	17	34'40.053	1'09.172	12.232
18	Marta Garcia	15	34'00.648	2 Laps	2 Laps