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[Port-A-Loo]

A1GP returns...as the A10 World Series.

http://www.autoblog....0-world-series/

So I'll ask the question the people behind A10 clearly didn't: is there really a need for this series?

The idea of racing in the off-season seemed nice on paper, but it didn't work out with A1, and the whole "World Cup" concept just doesn't work when the drivers aren't close to being the nation's best in most cases.  I didn't dislike A1 by any means, and I might maybe give this a chance if it really happens; I'm just not sure it serves a purpose right now.

[Rainmaster]

It's just as pointless as any other series, really. Whether it exists or not should (and will) just depend on how well it is run.

[JHS]

Superleague Formula is working pretty well, so I guess if A10 is managed right than it'll do okay.

[HandyNZL]

interesting news that

[Port-A-Loo]

So the last A1 car had a 600 hp V8.  A10 World Series say it will be a 600 hp V10.  I'm of the age of "daddyyyyyyyyy fix it for me," of the generation of computer vehicles, and of the mass Honda-driving crowd, so I can't pretend I've ever known anything about cars, street, racing, or otherwise.  Someone else prepared my karts for me when I used to race and the nice people at the Honda dealership take good care of my unmodified Honda.  So, that aside, can they run a V10 in the Lola/Ferrari chassis, or will they be using an entirely different vehicle?  It's way too late for something new to be built and I can't think of anything that ran a V10 recently, but if they can fit a V10 in a Lola/Ferrari, Panoz DP01, or any other idle chassis, I guess that's not an issue.

They have a website, too, that suggests the races will be streamed online like the A1GP ones were, which is good news.  As a whole, the website is underwhelming and unprofessional; that may be meaningless, sure, but not being able to even put a clean, modern design out there (it looks like it was made in TextEdit with basic HTML) doesn't do the series and those behind it any justice (though I'm sure I'll be criticized about how it's just about the racing blah blah blah when, in reality, it's a business.  You don't attract corporate partners when your website was designed by a 14-year-old in a semester Web Design 101 course).

Hopefully they make some formal announcement soon, though.  I'm cautious about it, but it wouldn't be a bad thing if it happened.

[HandyNZL]

You can get a V10 in where a V8 was...maybe the fuel tank is smaller, maybe the wheelbase longer, maybe a bit of both? Maybe the cylinders are smaller so the capacity is the same (or less) and it's got more rods? Who knows? Maybe it's a British Leyland Mini with the engine fitted transversely?