Formula 2 or Formula Poo?

GP2…The unofficial Formula 2. The new official one is set to arrive next year.

Formula 2 will once again grace the circuits in 2009, since it was replaced by Formula 3000 back in the '80s. But will this new and revived formula feel like those cheap two-striped track suits from the market?

1984 saw the final Formula 2 race, where diminishing grids were its demise. But it is being resurrected to inject some new talent into the sport and into Formula 1.

Why?

GP2 has provided F1 with most of its new generation. Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock, Heikki Kovalainen, Nelson Piquet, Lewis Hamilton and Lucas Di Grassi (Renault test driver) have all joined the sports elite since its first race at the San Marino GP on April 23, 2005.

The new generation are fast, with every single newcomer (except Di Grassi, who has yet to compete) from the series getting on the podium of a Formula 1 race at some point. It's clear to see GP2 has produced some top quality racers.

I just don’t see why the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) thinks that we need another formula to fill the hopefuls' heads with false hope, let alone another race series that pollutes the ever-declining climate.

With the FIA pushing for a cleaner F1 to clean up their planet-damaging image, wouldn’t it be better for them to develop a new Formula that is clean and environmentally friendly?

The way the cars will look is similar to that of the previous GP2 cars and the previous Formula Renault cars. This seems like a step backwards in terms of new and exciting things.

There is just no need for a series that runs like so many others, such as the World Series by Renault, Formula Renault, and Formula BMW. Why do we need another single-seater, single-manufacture formula?

It seems to me that the cheapness is already showing through and it will be as successful as those two striped track suits you used to be able to get, not quite the three-striped brand…

Not quite GP2…