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There is a wider issue, too, especially in FJunior, and even more so , in FF1600. Modern single seater racing is rare; we have -
- no F.Renault
- a lame F3
- the quick but achingly tedious Formula Ford Ecoboost /F4 /whatever it is called this week
It is also stupidly expensive , has poor grids and cars that depreciate. So it is no surprise that there are now plenty of young, fast and not very well off drivers in FF1600 especially. It does mean some of the older stagers are now outpaced , but that is a price worth paying for the sustainability of the series . And it provides for wonderful racing.
Goodwood is sui generis really , and such is its profile that it was inevitable that superstar drivers and hot rod cars would become ubiquitous. But take a typical HSCC or CSCC meeting and things are much saner , and people like Needell , Attwood and Watts (et al )seem to rub along fine with 'civilians ' .
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