Masters Stroke: How GP Masters became a reality
This weekends' inaugural Grand Prix Masters race at Kyalami, South Africa, has the potential to kickstart one of the most exciting motor racing championships in recent years, with more Grand Prix winners and Formula One World Champions on the starting grid than F1 itself. Dieter Rencken finds out how the masters idea came about, what the organisers have installed for the fans, and why the star drivers have agreed to make a comeback
This year, new racing series seem a touch like the Number 7 bus: nothing for ages, then three arrive at the same time.
It could, of course, be argued, that GP2 is nothing other than F3000 updated, but a quick peek at cars and teams, and, more importantly, GP2's spectacle and format, shows the series introduced at Imola in April is a totally different animal. Then, regardless of reception given to A1 Grand Prix, it cannot be disputed that this (European) winter-centric series is a brand new formula.
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