The reigning champion situation a 2m06.429s to e-book the first session in Austin for Veloce Racing, with title rival Alice Powell ending in seventh for Racing X.
Chadwick and Powell head into the season finale joint on 109 aspects, with the latter main with three wins, having won last time out at Zandvoort, to Chadwick’s two.
Pulling done second for the PUMA group in barely her third plod weekend in the series, 0.2s in the encourage of the chief. The Briton beforehand raced at Silverstone and Zandvoort, and become once competing in British F4 till she become once compelled to withdraw attributable to a lack of funds.
2019 runner-up Beitske Visser done in third for M Forbes Motorsport, with Scuderia W’s Sarah Moore fourth and Jessica Hawkins (Racing X) in fifth.
Emma Kimilainen, who sits third in the drivers’ standings for Ecurie W, done the session in 13th.
W Assortment Academy driver Nerea Marti become once first out heading in the suitable direction, whereas teammate Irina Sidorkova is changed by Caitlin Wooden this weekend after the Russian driver become once denied a US visa.
Fabienne Wohlwend led the self-discipline after the first 10 minutes of the session, with a 2m07.917 striking her a tenth determined.
However the Bunker Racing driver become once pipped to the head space minutes later by Chadwick, who situation a 2m07.449s at the midway level.
Song limits at Turn 19 caught out a lot of drivers, together with Powell, Chadwick and Hawkins, who all had lap cases deleted.
The yellow flags were waved after Wohlwend suffered a walk in Sector 1, running wide into the trail off earlier than the the same destiny befell Kimilainen seconds later in direction of the break of her lap.
Sabre Cook, riding at her dwelling plod, also suffered a walk in her Bunker Racing-backed automobile with three minutes final, ending in 17th.
Here is the first W Assortment tournament to have two races in a single weekend after a planned closing plod in Mexico become once cancelled attributable to logistical challenges.
