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We've had all this 'goodbye British F3' stuff before, when the British F3 Championship became the British F3 International Series.
Despite the stories of doom and gloom, however, the fact is that the Series is currently the strongest out there and the reason is that SRO has listened to the teams and the teams have respected the wishes of the people who pay their budgets, the drivers.
So far as the MSV circuits are concerned, BF3 has managed without them before and will do so again if that's what it comes to. A couple of facts: as you would expect of a shrewd businessman, Mr Palmer charges more for BF3 to race on his circuits than any other circuit owner and you can't cherry pick. You have to take all three - Oulton Park, Snetterton and Brands Hatch GP.
As drivers' circuits, Oulton and Brands are great, but that's where it stops. There's hardly any overtaking and there's no such thing as a cheap accident there. These things count. It's also a fact that having the Easter Monday slot at Oulton is not great. A couple of years ago it was the coldest meeting I can remember.
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