2019 W Series

[6][7][8] An evaluation was held at the Wachauring in Melk, Austria over 26–28 January, with series judges—including David Coulthard, Alexander Wurz and Lyn St. James—[9] selecting a shortlist of drivers that would get to test the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo T-318.

[16] Championship favourite Jamie Chadwick dominated proceedings at the series' first event at the Hockenheimring, topping both practice sessions, qualifying on pole position and winning the single race – however she did briefly lose the lead to Alice Powell during a safety car period.

[20] Fabienne Wohlwend qualified on pole position at the third round in Misano, but a slow start resulted in a first-corner collision with Alice Powell that sent the Briton airborne and out of the race.

[21] Powell's championship hopes took another nosedive at the fourth round in Nuremberg, starting at the back due to a broken gearbox in qualifying and failing to finish with a fuel-pump issues.

Powell jumped the Finn off the line and was aided by a safety car for an incident between Koyama and Tasmin Pepper, but Kimiläinen retook the lead with ten minutes remaining.

[23] A non-championship race was held the following day, with the grid based on reversed championship standings – Megan Gilkes beat Powell by 0.003secs in an incident-filled heat.