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F2 + F3 World Championships?
I was just wondering, in the long winded history of Formula One, if the idea of having Formula Two and Formula Three World Championships to support F1, using the same calendar F1 uses, has ever crossed the minds of the governing body?
They use a similar system in MotoGP, with 250cc and 125cc. I think its brilliant personally, it gives the fans more racing and provides a proper career ladder for the top category. They've already gone halfway with GP2 (which would presumably become F2), in my opinion a World F3 championship would help provide a good link between the various regional F3 series and F2/GP2. Has the idea ever been mooted? |
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I agree that MotoGP has got it right with the 250cc and 125cc supporting the main event.
I think Bernie is only interested in promoting F1 and F1 alone. He never cared about support races, except selling the race slots for ludicrous amounts of money to the support race promoters. The advantage of good support races is that it will help bring in a bigger crowd I think, but gate receipts are not Bernie's business so I guess he is uninterested. |
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Not so sure. Bernie is in into the Briatore/Michel business about GP2 Series.
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Can you imagine cost of F3 entry in 18 weekend all over the world calendar? Not to mention GP2.
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Sure. But no driver will find a budget of €1 million or more for a seat in Formula 3! Some drivers already have difficulties to find 400.000 to drive in the Euroseries, which have TV coverage.
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Who is offering Euroseries F3 at that price? Or is that for half a year?
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You sound sarcastick John ;-) F3 ES isn't Spanish F3.
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What about making F2 basically F3 Turbo?
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There are few companies with enough resources to challenge Dallara, Swift, Lola, Dome, but like you said, in reality you need to have contract with the series to support every team with chassis, other than that it's not worth it.
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GP2 already costs a lot, if it is not run a spec formula the cost will rise even higher.
Secondly, if one chassis turns out to have even a small advantage over the others, then every team/driver will want to use that chassis, eventually you are back to everyone using the same chassis and a spec formula... I really cannot see GP2/F2 becoming a non-spec formula. |
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But really Pingguest why messing? It's cheapper to have single chassis/engine formula, plus the bill for overatlantic/Pacific journeys would be enormous, it's good like it is now, although GP2 should be a bit cheapper IMO. We don't need GP2 World Series Championship on every circuit F1 compete.
Guys, do you know how tough it is to find backing for driver, not to mention hole team? |
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Oh man, IRL is spec series this days, Panoz is out of competition.
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