Motorsport: Visser steals the show as W Series Esports League gets underway

2019 W Series runner-up Beitske Visser stole the show as W Series 2020 got underway with their inaugural E-League competition on Wednesday night, with drivers racing from their homes at 'The Temple of Speed' Monza, in Italy. The format comprised of three races - 15 minutes for race one, 15 minutes for a reverse grid race two (determined by the finishing positions from race one) and a 20 minute third and final race. Championship points are allocated as follows for each race - 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (1st – 15th) & one point for fastest lap. Race one qualifying: 1st Caitlin Wood, 2nd Beitske Visser, 3rd Nerea Marti Race one top three: 1st Beitske Visser, 2nd Irina Sidorkova, 3rd Nerea Marti Race two qualifying: Reverse grid from race one results Race two top three: 1st Emma Kimilainen, 2nd Fabienne Wohlwend, 3rd Gosia Rdest Race three qualifying: 1st Caitlin Wood, 2nd Beitske Visser, 3rd Ayla Agren Race three top three: 1st Beitske Visser, 2nd Nerea Marti, 3rd Irina Sidorkova Visser's two race wins means she tops the championship on 49 points after round one - with Sidorkova second (46pts) and Rdest third (36pts). Round two takes place at the USA's Circuit of the Americas on June 18th. The full list of drivers: Ayla Agren (Norway), Jamie Chadwick, Alice Powell, Sarah Moore, Jessica Hawkins, Abbie Eaton (all GB), Sabre Cook (USA), Belen Garcia, Marta Garcia, Nerea Marti (all Spain), Emma Kimilainen (Finland), Miki Koyama (Japan), Tasmin Pepper (South Africa), Vicky Piria (Italy), Gosia Rdest (Poland), Naomi Schiff (Rwanda), Irina Sidorkova (Russia), Bruna Tomaselli (Brazil), Beitske Visser (Netherlands), Fabienne Wohlwend (Liechtenstein), Caitlin Wood (Australia). W Series Esports League aims to inaugurate, publicise, promote and empower a shared commitment to raising female sim racing visibility in order to encourage more women and girls everywhere to take up eracing, thereby opening up a new world of equality and diversity in what has previously been seen as a predominantly male-dominated activity.