Marcin Budkowski stepped down as CEO of Alpine F1 early last year and has not been heard from since. However, now there are reports in the British press that he is involved in an attempt to revive the A1GP racing series, which lasted from 2005 to 2009.
The special thing about A1GP was that the teams were formed according to the national principle, i.e. there were teams from Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, etc. But the monoseries, otherwise known as the “Motorsport World Cup” was called, was held for a short time and ceased to exist due to financial problems.
According to Sky News, Sir Keith Mills, a British businessman known as one of the leaders of the organizing committee of the 2012 London Olympics, decided to try to revive the A1GP. And now it was he who attracted Marcin Budkowski to a new racing project, entrusting one of the director’s posts.
The idea of A1GP is that there will be 20 national teams in the series, each with two drivers from a specific country, one a more experienced professional, the other a beginner in motorsport. The stages of the series are believed to be held between December and July.
Keith Mills is in talks to raise $100 million in initial funding for the series, and potential investors are already rumored to be showing some interest. If all the necessary arrangements have been made, the debut race of the revived series could take place towards the end of 2024.
It is already known that the A1GP teams will be provided with the same, but quite powerful machines, which should exceed the F2 technique in terms of speed, but, of course, be inferior to the F1. It is also believed that their engines will run on biofuel.
Mike Gascoigne, another Formula 1 veteran, may be involved as a technical adviser. In addition, a prototype of the future car is rumored to have already been built, although there is no information yet on who was involved in the development.
It is worth adding that the organizers of the future series have so far refused to make official comments.
Source: F1 News
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