W Series launches all-female Esports League

W Series champion Jamie Chadwick is pictured at home on her Esports League set-up, in her apartment in Mayfair, London, Britain May 5, 2020. Jamie Chadwick/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - The all-female W Series is launching an Esports League for women drivers only in the absence of any on-track action due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With its second season on hold and no start date set, organisers hope to maintain the series' profile and encourage more women to compete in the male-dominated virtual world as well as the real one.