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2009 FIA Formula 2 Championship - Imola
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Author:  JB-F1 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:36 pm ]
Post subject:  2009 FIA Formula 2 Championship - Imola
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Races
1 30 May Valencia
2 31 May Valencia
3 20 Jun Brno
4 21 Jun Brno
5 27 Jun Spa-Francorchamps
6 28 Jun Spa-Francorchamps
7 18 Jul Brands Hatch
8 19 Jul Brands Hatch
9 15 Aug Donington
10 16 Aug Donington
11 5 Sep Oschersleben
12 6 Sep Oschersleben
13 19 Sep Imola
14 20 Sep Imola
15 31 Oct Catalunya
16 1 Nov Catalunya

Entry List
3) Jolyon Palmer
4) Julien Jousse
5) Alex Brundle
6) Armaan Ebrahim
7) Jack Clarke
8) Tobias Hegewald
9) Pietro Gandolfi
10) Nicola de Marco
11) Sebastian Hohenthal
12) Robert Wickens
15) Mikhail Aleshin
16) Marco Zipoli
18) Natacha Gachnang
24) Henry Surtees
31) Jason Moore

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Formula Two is a new international single seater championship, derived from an FIA initiative to provide young, talented drivers with the opportunity to compete in top-level racing on a competitive budget.

The FIA’s overall concern was that the cost of competing in motor racing at a level to progress directly to Formula 1 today is so high that it prevents many talented drivers from having the opportunity to participate. Compared to rival series, Formula Two will cost significantly less per season whilst allowing drivers to prove their skill and develop their racecraft in identical 1.8-litre Audi-powered turbocharged vehicles, designed by a six man team from Williams F1, led by Director of Engineering Patrick Head.

In September 2008 the FIA tender to supply the cars and operate the FIA Formula Two Championship was awarded to MotorSport Vision, which has years of experience of organising the Formula Palmer Audi Championship, in addition to running four major UK race circuits and the British Superbike Championship.

The F2 vehicles will be assembled and prepared between races at MotorSport Vision’s Bedford Autodrome facility, with testing sessions scheduled at circuits around the UK prior to the opening race of the inaugural championship in May 2009.


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MotorSportVision, Jonathan Palmer's organisation, has been awarded the contract, with Williams designing the Audi-powered cars

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20779.html
Author:  RtN [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:37 pm ]
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Interesting. Should work out well.
Author:  KK3869 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:39 pm ]
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Looking forward to it.
Author:  jdh [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:39 pm ]
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All we've heard is that the car's performance will be somewhere in between F1 and F3, do we know what it's performance is estimated to be compared to GP2? As 'between F1 and F3' is quite a big area.
Author:  Ted2 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:44 pm ]
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Who was the governing body for Formula 2 before?
Author:  Georgie [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:47 pm ]
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Ted2 wrote:
Who was the governing body for Formula 2 before?


FIA I think.
Author:  Shaddix [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:55 pm ]
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yeh FIA, competing against Eccelstones GP2 & GP3

it is getting more and more sereous, we can never have enough feederseries, looking forward to it :)
Author:  aerogi [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: FIA Formula 2 Discussion
JB-F1 wrote:
with Williams designing the Audi-powered cars



the article says that Williams will not design the cars.

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The FIA says that the new cars will be "built to Formula 1-level safety standards" although it is not clear who will actually build them. Williams is not going into the chassis manufacturing business as it needs to concentrate all its resources to improve the F1 programme. The original Palmer Audi cars, which are still being used, were built for the series by Van Diemen International, but it is not clear at the moment who will building the F2 cars.
Author:  RtN [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:59 pm ]
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Maybe Williams are designing with an external contractor building?

Autosport still says that Williams are designing.
Author:  Shaddix [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:01 pm ]
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indeed

Quote:
The new car will be designed by the Williams Formula One team and will incorporate a turbocharged 1.8 litre Audi engine and be built to Formula One-level safety standards.


also gpupdate says they will be developed by Williams
but they copy news from autosport most of the time :p
Author:  JB-F1 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:06 pm ]
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It said Williams was designing but not building the cars
Author:  Shaddix [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:08 pm ]
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lol, wathever :p

btw, I was thinking: 1.8 Audi engines.
Both Formula 3 and Formula Renault 2.0 have 2 litre engines, Formula Renault 3.5 has 3,5 litre (duh), GP2 even has 4 litre engines.

Sow that wouldn't put the F2 cars between F3 and F1 :o
Unless they make the engines better by increasing other specs.
Author:  JB-F1 [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:14 pm ]
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It's turbocharged
Author:  RtN [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:14 pm ]
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Size doesn't necessarily = bhp.

If they put a turbo on it or some other tricks, it should be quite powerful. But the main aim of F2 is low costs, because that's currently a major problem in GP2.
Author:  Beezle [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:18 pm ]
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Imo if its called Formula 2 it should be similar to formula 1 and it should behave like a small f1 car. With turbos they dont do that.
Author:  LucasWheldon [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:23 pm ]
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the engine will be similar to those used in Formula Palmer Audi?


BTW Jacky Ickx will be always the first champion, the first cursed driver
Author:  Shaddix [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:25 pm ]
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I don't hope so, I saw the Palmer Audis, realy cool cars, but they aren't as fast as F3s
Author:  LucasWheldon [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:27 pm ]
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the used to have those turbo boosts just like the last Champ Cars and A1GP
Author:  Shaddix [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:32 pm ]
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yeh, they have it for years, pretty cool
Author:  ellis [ Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:38 pm ]
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PALMER. BASTARD.
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