Britain’s Jamie Chadwick made an ideal begin to her bid for a 3rd W Sequence title by successful the season-opening race of the all-female championship with a final lap overtake on the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday.

The 23-year-old defending champion, representing Caitlyn Jenner’s Jenner Racing crew, took the chequered flag after seizing again the lead from Finland’s Emma Kimilainen on the Miami Dolphins’ Exhausting Rock Stadium.

Kimilainen, who had handed Chadwick earlier than a second security automotive interval, then collided with Spaniard Marta Garcia who completed second.

Britain’s Jessica Hawkins, a driver ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 crew, took the ultimate podium place.

The half-hour lengthy race got here earlier than qualifying for Miami’s inaugural Formulation One grand prix, with a second W Sequence race to be held on Sunday.

Britain’s Alice Powell, total runner-up to Williams F1 growth driver Chadwick final season, stalled on the entrance row after which crashed into the wall at flip seven, bringing out the protection automotive after which pink flags.

Spaniard Nerea Marti made a poor begin from pole, with Chadwick seizing the lead, and completed eighth.