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Daily Mirror
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Liam Prenderville

W Series CEO speaks out as ongoing financial difficulties threaten championship’s future

W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir is hopeful the championship can overcome its current financial difficulties and continue in its current format.

The 2022 Series is due to conclude later this month but there are doubts over whether the next race can be held in Austin, Texas. The all-female competition takes place on the same circuits as the F1 across the same weekends - but does not share anywhere near the same wealth and faces an uncertain future in the current climate.

"Getting to Austin has become increasingly difficult because we budgeted US Dollars a year ago and because of the devaluation of the pound we have hit increasing problems," Bond Muir told BBC Radio 4. "We hope it is going to go ahead. But there are lots of factors that are adversely affecting us."

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