Interesting news from IPS open test

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Originally Posted by mountainstar

I wish I could remember where and with what F1 boss it was, but there was an interview with one of them and ips was mentioned in regards to the indy support race. He answered that no one took notice of the race or the drivers. F1 guys hardly take notice of champcar or the irl, much less atlantics or ips.
I think as a driver, if one wants to race F1, your best chance is with GP2 or world series by renault ...

If you read my posts with a bit more attention ms, You'll find it clear that I never considered IPS as direct passage to F1, but as a pre-WSR/GP2.

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Originally Posted by Dudley

Interesting.

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Sutil - Some F3000 somewhere...

Not correct: he comes from Japanese F3

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Ah, so an even more worthless series. I didn't keep track of him in 2006 after his comprensive arse kicking by Lewis.

Yes and all drivers, excepting Davidson (who has grown old testing)who have had long term support. What do you suggest the others do, pack up and go home. You simply have no chance in F1 without either long term financial support or connections.

I suggest nothing. The reason for the post was simply to answe where F1 is getting its drivers from right now. The answer unfortunately largely appears to be "From themselves".