The 2019 W Series was the inaugural motor racing season of the W Series, an all-female Formula 3-level racing series.

Driver selection

55 drivers were initially entered in a qualifying longlist for the 2019 season, with a further six added later on. 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— selecting a shortlist of drivers that would get to test the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo T-318. Drivers completed 10 'modules' that tested their skills in racecraft, fitness, media training and sponsorship pitches, before a final knockout series of races that would decide the 28 drivers that advanced to the next stage at the in Almería, Spain. The final stage held over 22–27 March, which saw additional fitness testing and data analysis alongside traditional testing, would decide the 18-driver line-up as well as four additional substitute drivers who would be on standby in the event of a regular driver's absence. The evaluation format drew mixed opinions from the competitors. Eliminated driver Charlotte Poynting labelled the process "confusing" and that the judges "obviously weren't looking for the fastest drivers", whereas compatriot Caitlin Wood claimed the evaluation was "as fair as they could make it".

Eliminated drivers

;Withdrew before evaluation *

Amna Al Qubaisi Amna Al Qubaisi (; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati racing driver. On the 16th of December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia. This wa ...

* Michelle Gatting * Angelique Germann * Michelle Halder *

Carmen Jordá Carmen Jordá Buades (born 28 May 1988) is a Spanish motor racing driver. From 2015 to 2017, she was a development driver for the Lotus and Renault Sport Formula One teams. Her appointment by Lotus saw her become just the eleventh woman in hist ...

* Sheena Monk * Carrie Schreiner ;Eliminated after evaluation *

Ayla Ågren Ayla Ågren (born 23 July 1993 in Bærum) is a Norwegian-Swedish female racing driver. Representing Norway, she currently competes in the W Series. Biography Following a decade in karting across Europe and Scandinavia, Ågren moved to the Unit ...

* Chelsea Angelo * Carmen Boix * Toni Breidinger * Alessandra Brena * Ivana Cetinich * Veronika Cichá * Courtney Crone * Mira Erda *

Carlotta Fedeli Carlotta Fedeli (born 3 February 1992) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series & SEAT León Cup Italy. Having previously competed in the TCR Italian Series, SEAT Ibiza Cup Italy & MINI Challenge Italy am ...

* Cassie Gannis * Samin Gómez * Fabienne Lanz * Milla Mäkelä * Alexandra Marinescu * Marylin Niederhauser *

Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya Lyubov Daniilovna Ozeretskovskaya (née Andreyeva, born 21 November 1996) is a female racing driver and sim racer from Kazakhstan. Career Having started her career in karting in her native Kazakhstan, Andreyeva moved to Russia to contest the ...

* Taegen Poles * Charlotte Poynting * Sharon Scolari * Doreen Seidel * Siti Shahkirah *

Sneha Sharma Sneha Sharma (born 1 August 1990) is an Indian racing driver who competes in Formula 4 National Racing Championship, she is also professionally a Pilot with IndiGo Airlines (since 2012). Sneha was born in Kolkata however, since childhood sh ...

* Inès Taittinger * Bruna Tomaselli * Hanna Zellers ;Eliminated after testing * Natalie Decker * Grace Gui *

Natalia Kowalska Natalia Kowalska (born 31 December 1989 in Koszalin) is a Polish racing driver. Career Kowalska started her career in Kart racing in Poland. In 2007, she moved to formula racing, driving a partial program in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern Eu ...

* Stéphane Kox * Francesca Linossi * Milou Mets *

Shirley van der Lof Shirley van der Lof (born November 7, 1986 in Haaksbergen, Overijssel) is a racing driver from the Netherlands, and grand daughter of former Formula One-driver Dries van der Lof. Besides her racing career, she has studied "real estate and brok ...

* Alexandra Whitley

Qualified drivers

All drivers competed with the Tatuus– Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 operated by

Hitech GP Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...

and fitted with Hankook tires. –

Megan Gilkes Megan Gilkes (born 6 November 2000 in Richmond Hill, Ontario) is a Canadian former racing driver who last competed in F1 Academy. She previously competed in the now defunct W Series in 2019. Biography A third-generation racer, Gilkes began kar ...

, normally a regular driver, was demoted to reserve driver duties at Round 4.

Vivien Keszthelyi Vivien Keszthelyi (born 7 December 2000) is a Hungarian racing driver who started her career at the age of 13. She is a member of the Audi Sport Racing Academy. Keszthelyi started her professional career in 2014, in the Suzuki Swift Cup Europe ...

, normally a reserve driver, was promoted to regular driver duties at Round 4.

Calendar and results

A single championship race was held at six rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, with an additional non-championship race at TT Circuit Assen to test different event formats.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Notes

References

External links

* {{Formula Regional W Series W Series W Series