In 2020, the W Series Esports League was formed for female drivers only.

Partnering with Logitech G (a global leader in PC and console gaming gear), Beyond Entertainment (a community-driven organisation that specialises in hosting high-calibre tournaments) and iRacing (the leading esports simulation platform), the W Series Esports League began during the summer of 2020, in the current absence of on-track motor racing anywhere in the world.

A brand-new initiative, the W Series Esports League aimed 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.

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The drivers

Unlike many other sim racing initiatives, the W Series Esports League was contested by women only, and all 18 drivers who qualified to race in the on-track W Series in 2020 as well as special guests took part.

The circuits

The W Series Esports League races was run on 10 of the greatest circuits in the world.

The cars

Working closely with Logitech, Beyond Entertainment and iRacing, the W Series Esports League featured digital versions of the Tatuus Formula Renault 2.0 race car, similar in performance to the W Series Tatuus Formula 3 race car, accurately modelled to replicate its looks, performance and driver ‘feel’, thereby creating an innovative state-of-the-art visual spectacle that further blurs the lines between real and virtual.

The racing

W Series Esports League points were awarded in every race. At the end of the W Series Esports League season, the driver who scored the most points was declared the winner of the W Series Esports League title.

Up to three races were run at each of the 10 circuits, of varying lengths/durations, the majority of them conventional races started on grids formed according to normal qualifying sessions, but some of them reverse-grid races started on grids formed in reverse order of current W Series Esports League points standings.

2020 W Series Esports League Standings