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cameraman
12-06-12, 03:44 PM
With no warning to any of the drivers involved...


MotorSport Vision, promoters of the Formula 2 championship, have announced the series will not run in 2013 after just four years of existence.

The championship, a revival of the former Formula 2 series that ran until 1984, was launched in 2009 as a one-make class using cars built by Williams and powered by Audi engines.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104751
Rogue Leader
12-06-12, 04:52 PM
Pro Formula Mazda may not be running next year either unless they get a buyer
opinionated ow
12-06-12, 07:08 PM
Gee theres a surprise. Another slow spec series; it was completely irrelevant. If it had been a true Formula 2 they'd have been bigger F3 cars running something like 3.2L 6 cylinder engines.
Indy
12-06-12, 08:07 PM
Didn't someone just propose having an American F2? That's what we need. More speccy goodness wrapped in a Eurotrash shell.
extramundane
12-07-12, 03:27 PM
Pro Formula Mazda may not be running next year either unless they get a buyer

Supposedly the USF2000 folks are taking over.
Easy
12-07-12, 08:04 PM
Dan Andersen bought the Mazda series. Not sure if the official announcement is out yet but they haven't exactly kept it overly quiet.

UPDATE: Andersen official: http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=11903



F2 reportedly had only 2 drivers signed for next year and not many more sniffing around. It would have been a financial disaster. MSV may sell the cars to individual teams and re-launch as a more traditional series rather than the Skip Barber style "one team" set up.