W Series First round selection

First 3 day qualifying round results

The new W Series, all female F3 race series has just completed its first three days of qualifying selection. This was carried out at the Wachauring at Melk in Austria.
The drivers spent a couple of days getting to know each other and getting fitted out in race suits etc.
It is a little unclear how many initially took part, with 60 names on my list taken from the W Series website. The CEO, Catherine Bond Muir, mentions 60 odd contestants from 30 countries and the website says 54 took part (54 was the original number).
The contest of selection was judged by Alex Wurz and contained 10 modules, including driving Ford Fiesta STs and Porsche Cayman S around the snowy track. The modules also included tests and the drivers' ability to present themselves to media etc.
The 28, selected from 15 countries, are highlighted here and it is great to see all the UK entrants got through, showing the quality of British drivers.
The next stage is in March at Almera, Spain, driving the new W Series Tatuus Formula 3 car. From these trials, 20 drivers will be selected, with 18 competing and 2 in reserve.

Ayla Agren, 25, Norway
Amna Al Qubaisi,18, UAE
Chelsea Angelo, 22, Australia
Carmen Boix, 23, Spain
Sarah Bovy, 29, Belgium
Toni Breidinger, 19, USA
Alessandra Brena 23 Italy
Ivana Cetinich, 22, South Africa
Jamie Chadwick, 20, UK
Veronika Cicha, 31, Czech Republic
Sabre Cook, 24, USA
Courtney Crone, 17, USA
Na​talie Decker, 21, USA
Mira Erda, 18, India
Carlotta Fedeli, 26, Italy
Cassie Gannis, 27, USA
Marta Garcia, 18, Spain
Michelle Gatting, 24, Denmark
Angelique Germann, 27 Germany
Megan Gilkes, 17, Canada
Samin Gomez, 26, Venezuela
Grace Gui, 27, China
Michelle Halder, 19, Germany
Esmee Hawkey, 20, UK
Jessica Hawkins, 23, UK
Shea Holbrook, 28, USA
Carmen Jorda, 30, Spain
Vivien Keszthelyi, 17, Hungary
Emma Kimilainen, 29, Finland
Natalia Kowalska, 28, Poland
Stephane Kox, 24, Netherland
Miki Koyama, 21, Japan
Fabienne Lanz, 32, South Africa
Francesca Linossi 26 Italy
Milla Mäkelä, 25, Finland
Alexandra Marinescu, 18, Romania
Milou Mets, 28, Netherlands
Sheena Monk, 29, USA
Sarah Moore, 25, UK
Marylin Niederhauser, 22, Germany
Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya 22 Kazakhstan
Tasmin Pepper, 28, South Africa
Vicky Piria, 24, Italy
Taegen Poles, 20, Canada
Alice Powell, 25, UK
Charlotte Poynting, 20, Australia
Gosia Rdest 25 Poland
Naomi Schiff, 24, Belgium
Sharon Scolari, 23, Switzerland
Doreen Seidel, 33, Germany
Siti Shahkirah, 24, Malaysia
Sneha Sharma, 28, India
Ines Taittinger 28 France
Bruna Tomasell, 21, Brazil
Shirley Van Der Lof, 31, Netherlands
Beitske Visser, 23, Netherlands
Alexandra Whitley 25 Australia
Fabienne Wohlwend, 21, Lichenstein
Caitlin Wood, 21, Australia
Hanna Zellers, 21, USA