Formula 2: the proposed budget hypotheses are implausible

Some media outlets have expressed strong doubts about the possibility that the FIA ​​will be able to relaunch Formula 2 as a new preparatory series at particularly low costs. After Wednesday's meeting of the FIA ​​World Motor Sport Council, the intention to create a category competing with GP2009, the cadet championship headed by Bernie Ecclestone, was made official in 2.

In a report published by The Press Association, the project of containing the annual budget to field a single-seater of an adequate level to within 200.000 euros is declared practically unrealizable: "A manager of a GP2 team confirmed that 190.000 euros are needed just to run a car, without considering the expenses for engines” – the same source said, while the Reuters he spoke of 1,5 million euros as the necessary investment on an annual basis to be present in GP2 with a single single-seater.

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