Beitske Visser dominates again in Round 4 of the W Series E League

Beitske Visser of the Netherlands extended her lead in the points standings with another dominant performance on Thursday as W Series 2020 continued its inaugral E-League competition with drivers racing from their homes in Round 4 at a virtual Interlagos circuit in Brazil.

The format comprises 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 to 15th) and one point for fastest lap.

Race one qualifying: 1st 95 Beitske Visser, 2nd 31 Marta Garcia, 3rd 20 Caitlin Wood

Race one top three: 1st 95 Beitske Visser, 2nd 31 Marta Garcia, 3rd 20 Caitlin Wood

Race two qualifying: Reverse grid from race one results

Race two top three: 1st 51 Irina Sidorkova, 2nd 95 Beitske Visser, 3rd 19 Tamsin Pepper

Race three qualifying: 1st 95 Beitske Visser, 2nd 31 Garcia, 3rd 51 Sidorkova

Race three top three: 1st 95 Visser, 2nd 31 Garcia, 3rd 51 Sidorkova

Round 5 takes place at a virtual Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on 9th July.

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.