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Ecclestone considering GP2 plan to help rising stars

Bernie Ecclestone says he could establish a GP2 team with the objective of giving talented drivers who lack funding a better shot at progressing into Formula 1. Ever-rising budgets in F1’s traditional feeder categories have become an increasing issue for the sport in recent years, with numerous talents having been forced to abandon their Grand Prix ambitions and turn to alternatives such as endurance racing. A failure to address increasing costs at the highest level has also resulted in many of F1’s smaller teams having to prioritise signing drivers with healthy budgets over those with raw talent, an issue of which Ecclestone is very much aware. We can run a GP2 team, and if we can see...
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