2019 Assen W Series round

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2019 Assen W Series Round
Race 5 of 6 of the 2019 W Series
TT Assen.svg
Race details
Date 20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)
Official name 2019 W Series Assen round
Location TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 4.555 km (2.829 miles)
Distance 19 laps, 86.545 km (53.751 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Time 1:34.758
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Emma Kimiläinen
Time 1:35.384
Podium
First
Second
Third

The 2019 W Series Assen round (also commercially referred to as #WRace5) was the fifth round of the 2019 W Series, and took place at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands on 20 July 2019. [1] The event was an undercard to the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters round at the same circuit. [2]

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Background

Heading into the event, Jamie Chadwick leads the championship on 83 points as the only driver to score a podium at all 4 events. Having beaten Chadwick to second in Nuremberg, Beitske Visser closed the gap to ten points with two races remaining. Norisring race winner Marta García sits third, a further thirteen points behind Visser but still within maximum points of the series lead. Mathematically, both Fabienne Wohlwend and Alice Powell are still in title contention – however Wohlwend sits more than an event's worth of points behind Chadwick whereas Powell needs to win both races and all four to finish outside the top ten in both races to win the championship on a countback.

On 28 June it was announced that an additional non-championship race would be held to assist the series in experimenting with new formats for future seasons. The race will be held on 21 July, with a full-field reverse grid set to the same race distance as previous events. [3]

The day before the event begun, W Series management would confirm the prize pool for the 2019 season as well as entry details for the 2020 season. [4]

Practice

Ahead of Practice, Megan Gilkes would be reinstated as 'main driver' having been demoted to 'reserve driver' in Nuremberg. Vivien Keszthelyi would return to the reserve driver role. [5]

Finnish driver Emma Kimiläinen dominated the opening session of the weekend, setting the first representative time and maintaining the top spot throughout. The only driver in the field to have raced at Assen previously, having done so in 2008, would finish nearly three tenths clear of Friday gun Jessica Hawkins and Norisring retirement Sarah Moore. [6]

Moore would finish on top of the second practice session. Despite the later than usual session time, laptimes would prove to be slower overall than in the first session. Vittoria Piria would be second fastest with a late time putting her 0.25sec adrift of Moore, with championship leader Chadwick third. Home favourite and championship contender Visser would end the session down in 12th place. [7]

Qualifying

Qualifying would commence at 9:30am CET. Kimiläinen would start Saturday where she left off on Friday, with the first fast representative time. With the lingering threat of rain, drivers began to push early on. Esmee Hawkey would find trouble, first spinning on the exit of turn five and later in the lap launching into a wheelie off one of the sawtooth kerbs. Alice Powell would then move to the top of the times, however the Finn would soon take the position back. Drivers would start pushing track limits, with Moore bouncing across the same kerb that caught out Hawkey whilst Fabienne Wohlwend would damage her front wing on another. With five minutes remaining in the session, Shea Holbrook would spin into the gravel and bring out a red flag. A closing minutes dash for times would ensue, however before drivers could complete their laps Piria would suffer from an engine failure out on the circuit and bring a premature end to the session. Kimiläinen would maintain pole ahead of Powell and Chadwick, with Caitlin Wood having her best result of the season with sixth. [8]

Championship race

Kimiläinen would make an average start from pole position, with Powell moving ahead and Chadwick attempting to drive between the two however would be unable to make the move work. Further back, a bottleneck at the first corner would see Tasmin Pepper lose the rear end on the wet kerb from earlier rain and spin, with an unsighted Miki Koyama crashing into her. Koyama would retire on the spot, whilst Pepper would make it back to the pits but the damage would be deemed terminal. Koyama's stranded car would bring out the safety car.

Having passed Visser at the start, Wood started to form a train from fourth place back. Wohlwend would attempt a move on Gosia Rdest for sixth, but broke her wing on a kerb and was forced into the pits to replace it. Holbrook would take a trip through the gravel at the final chicane at the back of the field, whilst Sabré Cook would receive a drive-though penalty for starting out of position. Visser managed to get past Wood not long after.

With ten minutes remaining, Kimiläinen would force Powell into an error at the first corner – the Briton running wide and ceding the lead to the Finn. Championship contenders Chadwick and Visser would start to battle over the final place on the podium, however with two laps remaining Visser would lock a front brake at turn five and would lose time on Chadwick.

Upon taking the lead, Kimiläinen would sprint away at nearly a second a lap and would take a comfortable win over Alice Powell, Jamie Chadwick and Beitske Visser. Caitlin Wood and Gosia Rdest would achieve season-best results behind with fifth and sixth, while Jessica Hawkins would score her first points of the season in seventh. The top ten would be rounded out by Vittoria Piria, Marta García and Sarah Moore. Poor results for García and Wohlwend would see the championship fight narrowed down to just Chadwick and Visser, with thirteen points separating the pair. Kimiläinen's dominant performance would also see her claim the first 'Grand Slam' (pole position, fastest lap of the race and race win) in W Series history. [9]

Non-championship race

The following day, a non-championship race was held in order to test a reverse-grid format. All 20 drivers would line up for a W Series race for the first time, with the grid set in reverse championship order. Megan Gilkes would therefore start the race from pole position, ahead of reserve driver Sarah Bovy and Shea Holbrook. [10]

Classification

Practice

SessionNo.DriverTimeCondts
Practice 17 Flag of Finland.svg Emma Kimiläinen 1:34.195Dry
Practice 226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Moore 1:34.247Dry

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTime/GapGrid
17 Flag of Finland.svg Emma Kimiläinen 1:34.7581
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Powell +0.1272
355 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick +0.1733
495 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Beitske Visser +0.1814
526 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Moore +0.34210 1
620 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Caitlin Wood +0.3535
731 Flag of South Africa.svg Tasmin Pepper +0.4976
85 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Fabienne Wohlwend +0.5137
919 Flag of Spain.svg Marta García +0.5508
103 Flag of Poland.svg Gosia Rdest +0.5719
1121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jessica Hawkins +0.58711
1211 Flag of Italy.svg Vittoria Piria +0.90212
1385 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama +0.96513
1437 Flag of the United States.svg Sabré Cook +1.12614
152 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Esmee Hawkey +1.13515
1699 Flag of Germany.svg Naomi Schiff +1.26916
1749 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Megan Gilkes +1.40017
1867 Flag of the United States.svg Shea Holbrook +1.59718
Source: [11]

Championship race

Pos.No.DriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts
17 Flag of Finland.svg Emma Kimiläinen 1932:20.386125
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Powell 19+5.767218
355 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick 19+8.762315
495 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Beitske Visser 19+9.363412
520 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Caitlin Wood 19+18.579510
63 Flag of Poland.svg Gosia Rdest 19+20.07798
721 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jessica Hawkins 19+22.481116
811 Flag of Italy.svg Vittoria Piria 19+25.105124
919 Flag of Spain.svg Marta García 19+25.63682
1026 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Moore 19+25.839101
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Esmee Hawkey 19+33.91915
1299 Flag of Germany.svg Naomi Schiff 19+41.86916
1337 Flag of the United States.svg Sabré Cook 19+50.61414
1449 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Megan Gilkes 19+55.45617
155 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Fabienne Wohlwend 19+1:04.6447
1667 Flag of the United States.svg Shea Holbrook 18+1 lap18
Ret31 Flag of South Africa.svg Tasmin Pepper 1Crash damage6
Ret85 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama 0Crash13
Fastest lap set by Emma Kimiläinen: 1:35.384 [12]
Source: [13]

Non-championship race

Pos.No.DriverLapsTime/RetiredGrid
149 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Megan Gilkes 1832:21.2831
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Powell 18+0.00317
337 Flag of the United States.svg Sabré Cook 18+0.3478
47 Flag of Finland.svg Emma Kimiläinen 18+0.53715
521 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jessica Hawkins 18+0.7157
631 Flag of South Africa.svg Tasmin Pepper 18+1.81712
799 Flag of Germany.svg Naomi Schiff 18+1.9665
855 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick 18+2.32420
911 Flag of Italy.svg Vicky Piria 18+2.70411
1026 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Moore 18+3.10113
1158 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sarah Bovy 18+5.2412
1220 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Caitlin Wood 18+5.51010
1319 Flag of Spain.svg Marta García 18+5.69518
1495 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Beitske Visser 18+6.08519
1585 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama 18+6.53014
162 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Esmee Hawkey 18+6.8796
1777 Flag of Hungary.svg Vivien Keszthelyi 18+8.0514
185 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Fabienne Wohlwend 18+8.16816
Ret3 Flag of Poland.svg Gosia Rdest 11Crash9
Ret67 Flag of the United States.svg Shea Holbrook 8Spun out3
Fastest lap set by Sabré Cook: 1:36.059
Source: [14]

Championship standings

+/-Pos.DriverPtsGap
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick 98
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Beitske Visser 85-13
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Flag of Spain.svg Marta García 62-36
1uparrow green.svg 14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Powell 51-47
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Fabienne Wohlwend 41-57

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