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The Drexler-Automotive F3 Cup ( formerly the Austrian F3 Cup ? ) also caters for Formula Three cars not complying with the current set of regulations . Races were held in Italy , Austria , Czech Republic and Hungary so these days it appears to be more of a Central European series and grid sizes appear to be larger than the British F3 Cup series . Whereas the British Series only sees Dallaras from the last two models ( F308 and F312 ) the Drexler series sees cars dating back to 2004 .
The biggest problem for any single seater series these days has to be the lack of availability of suitable machinery . Going back to the nineties ( God is it really thirty years ago ) F3 teams bought new cars every season and sold them at the end of the season to competitors in Class B and they in turn sold them on to club racers to compete in the nineties equivalent of the F3 Cup . This of course applied to other Formulae as well .
Until a decade or so ago things carried on in much the same way when gradually national Formula Three series died out to be replaced by the current one make so called Formula Three . The problem with one make series is that the cars are used for several seasons and thus don't enter the club racing single seater food chain with the result that club single seater racing is in danger of dying out . The whole single seater class structure needs restructuring or single seater racing at a national level will die out in the next decade or so .
Regarding Formula Three and GT cars not racing at Thruxton because of potential tyre problems , I'm slightly bemused that Pirelli wouldn't be able to cope with the circuits admittedly high demands . Much quicker cars have competed for many years and isn't a large part of motor racing the ability to look after your equipment ? More likely is the fact that MSVR run both series and seem reluctant to run races at other clubs circuits other than Silverstone .
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