The W Series has teamed up with F1 to host races in the USA and Mexico

The W Series will host two new races in the USA and Mexico this season, with both taking place on the same weekend as their respective Formula 1 Grands Prix.

The announcement breaks new ground for the all-female single-seater championship, which hosted a hugely successful first season in 2019, but where all six rounds were European-based.

“We at W Series are absolutely delighted that, in only our second season, our championship has been welcomed by Formula 1, and we’re utterly thrilled that the final two races of the 2020 W Series season will therefore take place as part of the Formula 1 platform,” said the championship’s CEO Catherine Bond Muir.

“Our two all-new races will follow six races on the DTM platform, making a very varied, extremely exciting and truly international eight-race championship, in eight countries across the globe. I’m particularly pleased that W Series will now stage races outside Europe, and the USA and Mexico are of course both very important new territories for us.”

The 2020 season kicks off in St Petersburg, Russia on 30 May, finishing with a same-week, championship-deciding ‘double header’ at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on 24 October, and the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on the 31st. 

Reckon Jamie Chadwick can retain her title? Or will we see a second champion crowned in as many years? Thoughts below please, Internet…