Jonathan Palmer has been giving more details about the new Formula 2, which will start in May next year. Palmer has won the FIA tender process to not only supply the cars to the championship, but also to be the commercial rights holder to the new series.
His aim is to extend the concept he has pioneered with Formula Palmer Audi in the course of the last nine seasons in Britain. Palmer, who also controls a number of circuits and is promoter of the British Superbike Championship, will negotiate the TV deals for F2 and organise the calendar of races.
It is unlikely that we will see F2 running in conjunction with Formula 1, but it is likely that the new series will run alongside the FIA World Touring Car Championship at some events, perhaps with the Le Mans Series or DTM and there will also probably be a number of stand-alone Formula 2 events in the course of the year.
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