W Series live on Sky Sports from 2022 season

Sky Sportshas announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership with W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for women.

W Series will include 10 races across eight Formula 1 Grand Prix weekends in 2022, and Sky Sports will broadcast live coverage of every qualifying and race session.

The season begins with a double-header in Miami, USA, on May 6-8.

The three-year partnership - through to the end of W Series' fifth on track season in 2024 - represents W Series' largest media investment to date and will include distribution of W Series content across Sky's channels, including linear, digital, and social.

The deal also increases the footprint of W Series coverage across Sky's global platforms. As well as the UK, W Series will begin a new partnership with Sky Italia this season, adding to the series' existing agreement with Sky Deutschland.

Sky is committed to the marketing and promotion of W Series coverage through its network of channels, as well as joint initiatives to promote women in motorsport. W Series will sit alongside Sky's premium sports portfolio, including elite women's sport such as the FA Women's Super League.

The W Series broadcast talent team for the 2022 season will be announced in due course.

"In addition to Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, Sky Sports are delighted to be growing our motorsport portfolio with this recently established elite women's series," said Jonathan Licht, Managing Director of Sky Sports.

"It feels like Sky Sports is a natural home for W Series, given we have such a dedicated motorsport audience and a dedicated motorsport genre channel.

"We pride ourselves in being a good partner to sport and it's been a privilege to work alongside Catherine and her team to