Verschoor with solution: 'F2 champion should get seat at in F1'

Formula 2 is known as the stepping-up class to Formula 1, but that is not always the case. Richard Verschoor tells Ziggo Sport Race Café what he thinks of the fact that Formula 2 champions do not always get a chance in Formula 1.

It has been repeatedly shown that good performances in Formula 2 do not guarantee a chance at the pinnacle of motorsport. Nyck de Vries became champion in 2019 but only got the chance for a permanent seat this year. Oscar Piastri, who became champion in F2 in 2021, also could not board an F1 team immediately. Felipe Drugovich now faces the same fate. The 2022 F2 champion is now a reserve driver at Aston Martin, and for now, it is far from certain that there will be room for him to join an F1 team next year.

Therefore, Richard Verschoor thinks there should be special rules to promote the flow to Formula 1: "Actually, there should just be a rule that whoever becomes champion in Formula 2, whoever that may be, should just go to Formula 1, whether that is in a general team or in a team that joins."