The second round of the FIA W Series takes place this weekend in support of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand (TGRNZ) is supporting the W Series with the logistics required to get racing cars to F1 race weekends in the most sustainable way this season.
Eighteen of its FT60 cars will be on track this weekend and at Suzuka, Japan, in October. It is the first time that series have worked together in this way to stage a championship.
W Series uses identical Tatuus chassis to the Toyota Racing Series, but with different engines, and the cars being shipped for those two events will retain their Toyota engines. Sharing cars between the two championships helps to manage logistics and enables the use of sea, as opposed to air, freight, keeping the series’ carbon footprint as low as possible.
The W Series is currently led by British driver, Jamie Chadwick, who celebrated the second of her two wins and a perfect start to her title defence at the spectacular 2022 season-opening double-header in Miami, USA.
W Series’ schedule for this weekend starts on Friday 20 May with a 30-minute practice session at 10.40 (local time, CEST), followed by qualifying from 19.25 to 19.55 on the same day. The race starts at 14.40 on Saturday 21 May and will be 30 minutes plus one lap.
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