# 2022 W Series Le Castellet round

The 2022 W Series Le Castellet round was the fourth round of a planned eight in the 2022 W Series, and took place at Circuit Paul Ricard in France on the 23rd of July 2022. The event was an undercard to the 2022 Formula One World Championship round at the same circuit.

## Classification
### Practice

| Session | No. | Driver | Commercial entrant | Time | Source |
| Practice 1 | 95 | Beitske Visser | Sirin Racing | 2:03.744 | |

### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Commercial entrant | Time/Gap |
| 1 | 55 | Jamie Chadwick | Jenner Racing | 2:02.235 |
| 2 | 95 | Beitske Visser | Sirin Racing | +0.011 |
| 3 | 32 | Nerea Martí | Quantfury W Series Team | +0.104 |
| 4 | 19 | Marta García | CortDAO W Series Team | +0.124 |
| 5 | 22 | Belén García | Quantfury W Series Team | +0.337 |
| 6 | 44 | Abbie Eaton | Scuderia W | +0.683 |
| 7 | 5 | Fabienne Wohlwend | CortDAO W Series Team | +0.687 |
| 8 | 21 | Jessica Hawkins | Bristol Street Motors Racing | +0.751 |
| 9 | 26 | Sarah Moore | Scuderia W | +0.774 |
| 10 | 7 | Emma Kimiläinen | Puma W Series Team | +0.783 |
| 11 | 27 | Alice Powell | Bristol Street Motors Racing | +0.904 |
| 12 | 49 | Abbi Pulling | Racing X | +1.110 |
| 13 | 97 | Bruna Tomaselli | Racing X | +1.240 |
| 14 | 10 | Juju Noda | W Series Academy | +1.436 |
| 15 | 63 | Tereza Bábíčková | Puma W Series Team | +1.593 |
| 16 | 4 | Emely de Heus | Sirin Racing | +1.781 |
| 17 | 8 | Chloe Chambers | Jenner Racing | +1.792 |
| 18 | 9 | Bianca Bustamante | W Series Academy | +3.424 |
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* ^1 – Chadwick was given a two-place grid penalty for crossing the pit exit line.

### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Commercial entrant | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
| 1 | 55 | Jamie Chadwick | Jenner Racing | 14 | 33:14.804 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 22 | Belén García | Quantfury W Series Team | 14 | +2.400 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 32 | Nerea Martí | Quantfury W Series Team | 14 | +3.233 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 95 | Beitske Visser | Sirin Racing | 14 | +5.581 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | 27 | Alice Powell | Bristol Street Motors Racing | 14 | +6.972 | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 19 | Marta García | CortDAO W Series Team | 14 | +10.506 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Fabienne Wohlwend | CortDAO W Series Team | 14 | +12.126 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 26 | Sarah Moore | Scuderia W | 14 | +13.061 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 49 | Abbi Pulling | Racing X | 14 | +13.307 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | Jessica Hawkins | Bristol Street Motors Racing | 14 | +13.792 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 97 | Bruna Tomaselli | Racing X | 14 | +15.199 | 13 | |
| 12 | 7 | Emma Kimiläinen | Puma W Series Team | 14 | +16.731 | 10 | |
| 13 | 10 | Juju Noda | W Series Academy | 14 | +17.493 | 14 | |
| 14 | 63 | Tereza Bábíčková | Puma W Series Team | 14 | +23.715 | 15 | |
| 15 | 9 | Bianca Bustamante | W Series Academy | 14 | +28.667 | 18 | |
| 16 | 4 | Emely de Heus | Sirin Racing | 14 | +1:02.536 | 16 | |
| DNF | 8 | Chloe Chambers | Jenner Racing | 3 | Crash | 17 | |
| DNF | 44 | Abbie Eaton | Scuderia W | 0 | Crash | 6 | |
| Fastest lap set by Jamie Chadwick: 2:02.893 ||||||||
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## Championship standings

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Jamie Chadwick | 125 | |
| 2 | Abbi Pulling | 55 | -70 |
| 3 | Beitske Visser | 53 | -72 |
| 4 | Belén García | 46 | -79 |
| 5 | Nerea Martí | 44 | -81 |