Ngemuva komzamo wokubuyisa lo mdlalo, iFormula 2 ikhanseliwe. Lezi zindaba zithuthukiswa ngababhekele lo mqhudelwano, iMotorSport Vision.
Isivumelwano ne-FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) sokukhansela i-Formula 2 senziwe esidlangalaleni kuleli sonto, unyaka ngaphambi kokuphela kwenkontileka, ngemva kokuhlaziywa okwenziwe kulo mncintiswano. U-Jonathan Palmer, owayengumshayeli we-F1 waseBrithani futhi oyinhloko ye-MotorSport Vision, ukholelwa ukuthi enye yezinkinga ezinkulu ze-Formula 2 ukusebenza ngaphandle kwamaqembu.
I-Formula 2 “entsha” bekuwumzamo wokuvuselela ezemidlalo. Kwasetshenziswa phakathi kuka-1948 no-1984, kwaba yimpumelelo yangempela kanjalo nezimoto zabo. Ngezinkathi zonyaka ka-1952 no-1953, ngenxa yokushintsha kwemithethonqubo, iFormula 1 kwaze kwadingeka ukuthi iphendukele ezimotweni ezisetshenziswa kuFomula 2.
Ukuvuselelwa kweFormula 2 kwaphela amasizini amane. Ukuba khona kweminye imiqhudelwano emazingeni afanayo enikeza izimo ezingcono kubashayeli bezindiza - njengeGP3 kanye neWorld Series yakwaRenault - kwenze ukusinda kwalo mncintiswano kube nzima. Kokubili i-FIA ne-Palmer bacabange ukuthi le ndlela ngeke ibe nokuncintisana ngokwanele ku-2013. U-Luciano Bacheta wayengumpetha wesizini ka-2012.
Umbhalo: Diogo Teixeira