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Originally Posted by Dan Rear
F2 was a 'real' series with different chassis, engines, tyres. IMHO single make series have destroyed single seaters, they're bad enough for saloons, but I can at least see the manufacturers marketing logic for the latter.
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Dan, you're completely correct. Motor racing is about the combined challenge of man AND machine. Single make series' completely eliminate the engineering challenge. Sorry to rant on about days past, but the different car/engine/tyre combos of F2 and early F3000 performed differently depending on the weather, track etc... The race weekend was a lot busier in terms of driver and engineering problem solving. What's more, the best talent always showed their mettle over a season AND spectators could see genuinely interesting machinery at a meeting, and not just 30 Clio powered Taatus with different paint jobs ! Cost control in motorsport is directly related to how well conceived the technical regulations are and little else.