The World Series Formula V8 3.5, the motorsports class that Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo and Stoffel Vandoorne all champions, has been scrapped for the 2018 season. The series used to be known as the Formula Renault 3.5 series until Renault pulled the plug in 2015 in order to focus on their Formula 1 commitments and, since then, there has been a constant struggle for race entries. The 2017 season finale in Bahrain, one of the support acts for the World Endurance Championship, had just 10 competitors lined up on the grid and that has proven to be the final piece of evidence to show that a full 2018 campaign cannot be sustained. A statement read: “Neither World Series Formula V8...
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