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However Bond Muir admitted she could not be “100 percent” sure the series will be able to award Chadwick and her fellow drivers their prize money for their championship standings. “As far as we’re concerned at the moment, we want to keep the DNA of W Series going and it is our intention to still be providing all of the expenses for the drivers.” We’ve had promises of money, we’ve had contractual commitments for money and they haven’t come through’. “But really the feeling that came out of it was ‘this is rubbish but, Catherine, this is what we’ve dealt with for 20 years. At the same time as them being upset, they were understanding. In their blood, all they want to do is race and they were incredibly upset. “It was incredibly similar to the conversation that I had with them about cancelling 2020 because of Covid,” she said. We’re definitely racing next year and hopefully in the United States.”īond Muir informed the W Series drivers about the cancellation of the final rounds in an online meeting held this afternoon. W Series’ third season concluded in Singapore“I am extremely confident that W Series will be here next year,” she said. So we could have kept it on for a couple of weeks, but we just had to make a pragmatic today.”Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-freeīond Muir says she is sure that the championship will continue to run into a fourth season in 2023 and wants to return to race in North America. “So we believed up until this weekend there was a possibility for us to get to Austin and we’ve just had to call it because obviously there are deadlines on payments to things that need to be done. People have got to go through due diligence. “We’ve had offers from a number of people, but the problem is getting money in doesn’t happen at the shake of a ‘money tree’. “I’ve said that we were speaking to a number of people and we have continued those discussions,” she said. She said talks are ongoing with potential backers, but they had to make the call last week to cancel the final rounds as the deadline for transporting equipment to North America loomed. Bond Muir had been hopeful of receiving financial support from backers that would allow the championship to conclude as planned in North America. W Series’ financial concerns came to light prior to the most recent round in Singapore. So, yes, Jamie is now the de facto champion.” “Under our regulations, to have a completed championship, we need six races,” Bond Muir explained.
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However she remains “extremely confident” that W Series will return for a fourth season in 2023.Ĭhadwick, who comfortably led the W Series drivers’ standings following its last race weekend in Singapore, has secured her third successive championship, remaining the only driver to have been crowned champion in three seasons of the all-women single seater series. The series’ CEO Catherine Bond Muir said next week’s race in Austin and the planned double-header season finale in Mexico City, both supporting Formula 1 events, will not take place due to financial concerns.
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