Gerhard Berger would like to make getting into F1 easier

Gerhard berger wants to make the arrival in F1 easier for young drivers.
The winner of 10 Grand Prix, former sporting director of BMW and co-owner of Toro Rosso is now the president of the single-seater commission FIA.

Jean Todt, president of the FIA ​​and Berger's former boss at Ferrari, declared in the latest issue of Inmotion magazine that he wants to create a "path that allows aspiring drivers to start from karting and move up to F1".

The problem has arisen in recent years with the birth of many junior series such as GP2, GP3, Renault World Series, F2, Formula Renault, Formula BMW, Formula Ford, F3, Auto GP and many others.

Getting to F1 was much easier in the fifty-two-year-old Berger's time, when he moved up from Formula Ford to German and then European F3 up to the ATS F1 team.

“The commission looks at everything between karting and F1, and that path is very slow,” Berger said.

“There are too many championships and attention has been divided too much. People complain about it so for example we can't just look at British Formula 3 to find new F1 drivers.”

“These days, great drivers are everywhere. The system doesn't do what it should do, which is to give a very talented driver a CV to be able to get to Formula One."

Berger said he was "confident" that he could solve the system's problems by virtue of "the contacts" and skills he has.

The Austrian pilot revived the European F3 Championship, and the next step could be the creation of a new one “Formula 4”.

“We're working on it,” Berger admitted.

Stefano Rifici