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Female-only ‘W Series’ announces list of 55 drivers for shortlist

Thomas Maher by Thomas Maher
30th November 2018
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W Series, the all-female championship set to go racing in 2019, has announced a long-list of more than 50 drivers who will compete for a place on the grid of 18 when the season kicks off in May next year.

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The qualifying drivers were carefully selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants from 30 countries around the world, including the USA, China and India as well as the UK, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia.

Catherine Bond Muir, W Series CEO said:

“We are thrilled but perhaps not surprised by the response.

“Even today there is a massive gender imbalance in motorsport and W Series is making the first step to correct that.  Drivers from all over the world have stepped forward, so it’s clear that with the right framework we can make the changes this sport desperately needs.”

Not only is W Series a free-to-enter competition, but a total prize fund of $1,500,000 has been assigned, with the overall series winner taking $500,000.  W Series will also fund travel and subsistence costs, which opens the competition to drivers from all economic backgrounds across the world.

The hopeful drivers will now have just two months to prepare for the next step in the selection process – a three-day on-and-off-track trial including fitness tests and psychometric profiling, as well as multiple driving skill tests. Former F1 stars David Coulthard and Alex Wurz will be among the judges, alongside Dave Ryan, W Series Racing Director.

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David Coulthard, W Series Advisory Board Chair said:

“We designed W Series specifically to shine a light on female talent right around the world.

“I can’t wait to be part of the next stage and to see some of that talent in action.”

The final grid will be determined following a series of track tests in the W Series race car – a 2019 Tatuus T-318 – ahead of the season’s first race, at Hockenheim in Germany on May 3.

Full qualifier list
  • Ayla Agren, 25, Norway
  • Amna Al Qubaisi,18, UAE
  • Chelsea Angelo, 22, Australia
  • Carmen Boix, 23, Spain
  • Sarah Bovy, 29, Belgium
  • Toni Breidinger, 19, USA
  • Ivana Cetinich, 22, South Africa
  • Jamie Chadwick, 20, UK
  • Veronika Cicha, 31, Czech Republic
  • Sabre Cook, 24, USA
  • Courtney Crone, 17, USA
  • Natalie Decker, 21, USA
  • Mira Erda, 18, India
  • Carlotta Fedeli, 26, Italy
  • Cassie Gannis, 27, USA
  • Marta Garcia, 18, Spain
  • Michelle Gatting, 24, Denmark
  • Angelique Germann, 27 Germany
  • Megan Gilkes, 17, Canada
  • Samin Gomez, 26, Venezuela
  • Grace Gui, 27, China
  • Michelle Halder, 19, Germany
  • Esmee Hawkey, 20, UK
  • Jessica Hawkins, 23, UK
  • Shea Holbrook, 28, USA
  • Carmen Jorda, 30, Spain
  • Vivien Keszthelyi, 17, Hungary
  • Emma Kimilainen, 29, Finland
  • Natalia Kowalska, 28, Poland
  • Stephane Kox, 24, Netherland
  • Miki Koyama, 21, Japan
  • Fabienne Lanz, 32, South Africa
  • Milla Mäkelä, 25, Finland
  • Alexandra Marinescu, 18, Romania
  • Milou Mets, 28, Netherlands
  • Sheena Monk, 29, USA
  • Sarah Moore, 25, UK
  • Marylin Niederhauser, 22, Switzerland
  • Tasmin Pepper, 28, South Africa
  • Vicky Piria, 24, Italy
  • Taegen Poles, 20, Canada
  • Alice Powell, 25, UK
  • Charlotte Poynting, 20, Australia
  • Naomi Schiff, 24, Belgium
  • Carrie Schreiner, 20, Germany
  • Sharon Scolari, 23, Switzerland
  • Doreen Seidel, 33, Germany
  • Siti Shahkirah, 24, Malaysia
  • Sneha Sharma, 28, India
  • Bruna Tomaselli, 21, Brazil
  • Shirley Van Der Lof, 31, Netherlands
  • Beitske Visser, 23, Netherlands
  • Fabienne Wohlwend, 21, Lichenstein
  • Caitlin Wood, 21, Australia
  • Hanna Zellers, 21, USA

Further details of all the drivers can be viewed here.

Autosport Awards 2018

Six drivers, Alice Powell (UK), Shea Holbrook (USA), Naomi Schiff (Belgium), Emma Kimilainen (Finland), Stephane Kox (Netherlands) and Vicky Piria (Italy), have been chosen as ambassadors to represent all the W Series qualifiers and attend the glittering 2018 Autosport Awards event in London on Sunday December 2.

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