‘Eighteen women on the grid is groundbreaking’: W Series lifts off

Britain’s Jamie Chadwick sets the pace and fans flock to the paddock as the new W Series gets under way at Hockenheim

There was neither fanfare nor fireworks when the cars took to the track for practice at the Hockenheim ring on Friday morning, but for the 18 female drivers of the new W Series there was a sense the real business had started.

Announced and promoted with grand ambitions, the women’s-only W Series began the task of attempting to change the landscape for women in racing on a grey, chilly morning in Germany.

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