Racecar Engineering

The numbers game

‘We have a whole bunch of cars being produced which can’t be raced anywhere and can’t go on the road’

Not so long ago the single seater ladder was a bit rickety, when it came to logic; with GP2, F3, GP3, FR 3.5 and various junior formulae. Recent changes have seen it simplified, and what could be more sensible than Formula 1, 2, 3 and then 4? In GT racing, as epitomised in the categories promoted and organised by SRO, there will next year also be categories ranging through one to four, with the addition of GT1 to the existing classes. So, it will be in the order of GT1, 2, 3 and then 4, right?

Not quite. Things aren’t that simple in the

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