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Originally Posted by davyboy
there are too many series around the same level aiming at the same driver
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Get rid of GP3, F2 (but make F3 more like F2 in many ways), and keep 'career' drivers out of BARC Renault. Get Formula Ford back to its roots (low cost, low tech), and get Formula Renault back with a much simpler car. If F3 can reduce the budgets by at least 50% by coping what F2 has done in many cases, then the single seater ladder is simple.
FFord. FRenault. F3. GP2 (but rename it F2). F1.
As 99% of F1 wannabes will have to do most of these, you guarantee big grids and competitive prices from the teams, particularly if a way can be found to stop some teams using windtunnels or making special bespoke parts, or having 300 'mechanics' per car when 2 will do fine. Ban datalogging on FFord and maybe even FRenault. The drivers do need to learn about it, and they can do that at F3 level upwards. Ban paddleshifters too, even though if (ha) they got to F1 they would have to learn - I don't think anyone has ever had trouble moving from h-shift or sequential to paddle!! It's a ladder; add complexity and difficulty at the higher levels.
Just my uninformed opinion.