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So how about just the old IndyCars? they are pretty much all lying around NA so the logistics are very simple in comparison to the others. Would also serve well for driver development/future driver selection. Kind of like doing things like the F1/GP2/GP3 Abu Dhabi test, just meet up at a place, and take off those restrictors while IndyCar team representatives observe and take notes. V8SC already does this with the Dunlop Development series running old cars.
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Dallara are introducing a new car for 2015. If they "beefed it up" then it could be better.
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For Indy Lights to have "sucess" ( meaning not going bankrupt), it needs to stop tagging along the indycar train to every race weekend. Indy Lights needs to go to other major races during the season like F1 ( Montreal & Austin), 24 Hours of Daytona, Sebring 12h, & Petit Le Mans...
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If high speed ovals were not a consideration something like the final Mazda powered Atlantic series (Swift 016) would be a closer to meeting the need series than anything else. Whatever Andersen takes us to will be an improvement on the last couple of years of Indy Lights. Not because of the cars but simply having some ambition and purpose and running the Indy Lights series with some vision. |
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But Indy Lights drivers have a single goal: jump into IndyCar. With only 10 rounds in 2013, it's the best to join IndyCar weekends only. Plus, missing the major sports car races means that Indy Lights drivers could enter those races as a third or fourth driver. |
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I don't see them ever abandoning the single chassis formula - GP2 - and they wouldn't let any GP2 America undercut them by doing it either.
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- So my thoughts about it:
+- GP2 America could be more attractive for F1 and United Sports car Championship than Indy Lights is now (only for IndyCar). The cars are not as fast as GP2 cars and for many European drivers going to Indy Lights is a step back, GP2 America would not be a step back - GP2 America would also help IndyCar to become more popular as it could become the first option if F1 doesn't function. -. I think there would be interest in such series as Carlin is considering Indy Lights for 2015 and if the cars are the same as in Gp2 Main Series many teams could also compete there. America is a popular market for teams, sponsors and so on. - GP2 America must be a support series for F1 races (now Austin and Montréal, perhaps also Interlagos, Mexico and New Jersey), IndyCar (Indianapolis, Long Beach and Texas) and United Sportscar Championship (Daytona, Sebring and Road Atlanta). - The problem: In America Formula Racing is not very popular any more, as NASCAR is dominating. So will there be money for such series? Perhaps we need more than one chassis and engine supplier and a budget cap as in LMP2 class. [ |
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IMHO, American GP2 will be simply a support series for the Formula 1 races. It can't be a support for IndyCar because people in GP2 don't race on ovals, and besides IndyCar has its own support series. TUSCC has its support series too (Continental Challenge). Almost no one will show up for a stand-alone GP2 race, except uber-nerds. So, there could be 4-6 GP2 America races each year at best as long as so many F1 GPs exist: 2 in US, 1 in Canada, 1 in Mexico, and perhaps one in Brazil or Argentina. It could be kind of like the GP2 Asia series that folded a couple of years ago, but without a GP of New Jersey and Mexico, it's just a pipe dream.
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America needs a healthy Formula 3 type series before it can even think of propping up a GP2 series.
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