2022 Miami W Series round explained

Flag:	USA
2022 W Series Miami round
Round No:	1
Season No:	7
Year:	2022 W Series
Series:	W Series
Track Map:	Hard Rock Stadium Circuit 2022.png
Date:	6–8 May
Location:	Miami Gardens, Florida, United States
Circuit:	Miami International Autodrome
Race1 Laps:	13
Race1 Dist:	70.330
Pole1 Time:	1:56.915
Winner1 Time:	43:06.650
Race2 Laps:	17
Race2 Dist:	91.970
Pole2 Time:	1:57.080
Winner2 Time:	33:19.605

The 2022 W Series Miami round (known for commercial reasons as W Series Miami presented by Hard Rock^[1]) was the first of seven rounds in the 2022 W Series, and took place at the Miami International Autodrome in the United States on the 7th and 8th of May 2022.^[2] The event was an undercard to the 2022 Formula One World Championship round at the same circuit.

Classification

		Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	55	13	43:06.650	2	25
2	21	13	+3.294	6	18
3	95	13	+3.385	12	15
4	49	13	+4.404	9	12
5	97	13	+6.264	14	10
6	32	13	+7.201	1	8
7	22	13	+7.572	7	6
8	26	13	+7.722	8	4
9	9	13	+8.254	17	2
10	4	13	+10.511	15	1
11	19	13	+13.123	10
12	10	13	+13.662	18
13	63	13	+15.137	16
14	8	13	+36.709	11
15	7	13	+53.950	4
DNF	5	8	Collision	5
DNF	44	8	Collision	13
DNF	27	0	Accident	3
Fastest lap set by Emma Kimiläinen: 1:58.979
Sources:^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

– Marta García received a 10-second time penalty for crashing into Emma Kimiläinen.
– Chloe Chambers and Abbie Eaton both received a 30-second time penalty for overtaking before the control line on a Safety Car restart.

		Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	55	17	33:19.605	1	25
2	27	17	+8.876	4	18
3	32	17	+2.997	2	15
4	22	17	+10.405	5	12
5	7	17	+11.093	3	10
6	49	17	+12.382	8	8
7	95	17	+12.589	7	6
8	26	17	+13.414	9	4
9	19	17	+14.073	11	2
10	8	17	+27.898	14	1
11	5	17	+28.360	10
12	4	17	+46.092	15
13	44	17	+50.270	12
14	9	17	+51.583	17
15	10	17	+1:29.150	18
16	63	17	+1:49.002	16
17	97	16	+1 lap	13
18	21	16	Stuck in pits	6
Fastest lap set by Abbi Pulling: 1:56.406
Sources:^[9] ^[10]

– Nerea Martí was relegated to third place for "making more than one change of direction whilst defending Car #27 (Alice Powell) between turns 3 and 4".
– Fabienne Wohlwend received a 5-place grid penalty for crashing into Abbie Eaton in the previous race.
– Did not finish the race, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.
– Jessica Hawkins entered the pit-lane on the penultimate lap and was unable to leave before the pit-lane closed at the chequered flag.