Emma🐷 Kimilainen became 🀅the latest W Series winner on Saturday after defeating Alice Powell in a close fight at the front of the pack at Assen.

After missing two races through injury🗹, Kimilainen returned with a fifth-place finish at the Norisring earlier this month before claiming her maid🌳en pole position in the series on Saturday at Assen.

Despite losing the lead to Powell at the start, Kimilainen was able to recover first position with a pass at Turn 2 on Lap 12 before pulling clear, ultimately taking the chequered flag fiv🙈ꦿe seconds clear of the pack.

"It was a really great weekend. From the first free practice sessi🍸on I knew I had the speed to win and, after a bad start, I was soon looking for a good moment to take back the lead from Alice," Kimilainen said.

“After the first race of the season, at Hockenh🗹eim, I was hugely disappointed to find out that I had been injured and I didn’t know how long it would be until I could race again. But at the same time, with the help of the best ever healthcare specialists, Hintsa Performance an🎃d my own doctor, I was able to come back stronger.

“Ultimat𝓡ely, I’m so glad and so pleased to be back racing – and winning.”

Powell was left to settle for sec♔ond place ahead of championship leader Jamie Chadwick, who finished six-tenths of a second clear of title rival Beitske Visser to take third place and edge tow🐓ards the series title.