I’m intrigued by Formula 2. When it was first announced, it sounded like the FIA wanted it to be like the GP2 Series - which that Bernie Ecclestone is involved in - but magically much cheaper.

Some more details have come along, and it’s a bit clearer. The intention is that it be a “one-make arrive-and-drive category”: there would be a pool of cars, from which teams would be assigned cars randomly for each race weekend, all maintenance being taken care of by the manufacturer between races. Teams would only have to repair accident damage over the course of the weekend. This has inevitably caused teams to question what exactly would be the point of them being there.

But my question is whether, like that, it could be a true Formula 1 feeder series. GP2 and Formula 3 have a similar team set-up to Formula 1. Without experience of that team relationship at a sufficiently advanced level, could a driver really step straight up to Formula 1 from this idea of Formula 2? It seems to me like more of a GP2 feeder series. And I’m sure that’s not the FIA’s intention.