2020 W Series

The 2020 W Series was a planned motor racing championship that was scheduled to be the second W Series season. The championship was to be exclusively open to female racing drivers as a Formula 3-level racing series.
On 4 June, the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A 10-event eSports championship was held on "iRacing" in its place, won by Beitske Visser.
Driver selection.
The top twelve finishers from the 2019 championship were automatically eligible to compete in the 2020 season, leaving eight vacancies in the driver line up. Forty new drivers applied to take part in the season; however, only fourteen of those took part in the first test which took place between 16 and 18 September 2019 at the Circuito de Almería, Spain.
Applications.
The following eight drivers competed in the 2019 W Series but did not automatically qualify for 2020:
The following eight drivers attempted to qualify for the 2020 W Series, having not competed in 2019 but were unsuccessful or elected not to race in W Series:
Calendar.
The series was scheduled to continue support 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for most races. Races at Hockenheimring, Circuit Zolder and Misano World Circuit will be replaced by races at Igora Drive, Anderstorp Raceway and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. On 16 January 2020 the series announced it would stage races in the Americas, operating as a support category for the United States and Mexico City Grands Prix.