The FIA Formula O World Championship is the all-new series which hopes to crown a definitive World Champion of oval racing. The series will have a thirty-car grid and a ten-race season, culminating in an exciting Grand Final at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All it needs is a field of teams.
Fourteen applications have been received:
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NAME REM. BUDGET NOTES
Alpine Renault 7,750,000 (Renault works team)
Amlin Stefan 10,000,000
Carlin Saxo 10,000,000
Corse Ferrari 6,250,000 (Ferrari works team)
Dragon McAfee 10,000,000
DHL Andretti Honda 7,750,000 (Honda works team)
KC Manor 10,000,000
Kolles Itaipava 10,000,000
Newman Haas 10,000,000
Red Bull DAMS 10,000,000
Sahara Hilmer 10,000,000
Target Ganassi 10,000,000
Verizon Penske Chevrolet 7,000,000 (Chevrolet works team)
Virgin Racing Team 10,000,000As you can see, there are four engine suppliers to go with the two tyre suppliers for the series:
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AVAILABLE ENGINES
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NAME NAT PRICE REPUTATION
Ferrari ITA 5,000,000 * * * * * *
Chevrolet USA 4,000,000 * * * *
Honda JAP 3,000,000 * * *
Renault FRA 3,000,000 * * *
AVAILABLE TYRES
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NAME NAT PRICE REPUTATION
Goodyear USA 200,000 * * * *
Bridgestone JAP 100,000 * * *
There has also been a huge number of drivers to announce their interest in the series; of course, half of them will miss out:
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AVAILABLE DRIVERS
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NAME NAT PRICE REPUTATION
Mikhail Aleshin RUS 1,500,000 * * *
Philo Armand IDN 500,000 *
Nathanael Berthon FRA 750,000 * *
Sebastien Bourdais FRA 3,000,000 * * * * *
Matthew Brabham AUS 1,000,000 * * *
Alfonso Celis Jr MEX 500,000 * *
Michela Cerruti ITA 500,000 * *
Max Chilton GBR 1,500,000 * * *
Heamin Choi KOR 1,000,000 * *
Conor Daly USA 1,000,000 * * * *
Jerome d'Ambrosio BEL 2,000,000 * * *
Zachary DeMelo CAN 250,000 *
Simona de Silvestro SUI 1,000,000 * *
Mitch Evans NZL 1,500,000 * * *
Alex Fontana SUI 500,000 * *
Antonio Garcia ESP 1,500,000 * * *
Sean Gelael IDN 500,000 * *
Antonio Giovinazzi ITA 1,000,000 * * *
Davey Hamilton Jr USA 250,000 *
Jack Harvey GBR 750,000 * *
Jack Hawksworth GBR 1,000,000 * * *
James Hinchcliffe CAN 2,500,000 * * * *
Ed Jones UAE 750,000 * *
Narain Karthikeyan IND 1,000,000 * * *
Dalton Kellett CAN 250,000 *
Nicholas Latifi CAN 1,000,000 * *
Katherine Legge GBR 500,000 * *
Vitantonio Liuzzi ITA 2,500,000 * * * *
Andre Lotterer GER 2,500,000 * * * * *
Pastor Maldonado VEN 4,000,000 * * * * *
Pippa Mann GBR 500,000 * *
Rafaelle Marciello ITA 1,000,000 * * *
Roberto Merhi ESP 1,000,000 * * *
Franck Montagny FRA 2,000,000 * * * *
Juan Pablo Montoya COL 4,000,000 * * * * * *
Norman Nato FRA 500,000 * *
Vitaly Petrov RUS 2,000,000 * * *
Arthur Pic FRA 1,000,000 * * *
Charles Pic FRA 1,500,000 * * *
Juan Piedrahita COL 1,000,000 * * *
Antonio Pizzonia BRA 1,000,000 * * *
Sean Rayhall USA 250,000 * *
Felix Rosenqvist SWE 2,000,000 * * * *
Alexander Rossi USA 2,000,000 * * * *
Oliver Rowland GBR 2,000,000 * * * *
Stephane Sarrazin FRA 1,000,000 * * *
Takuma Sato JAP 3,000,000 * * * * *
Felix Serralles PUE 750,000 * *
Oriol Servia ESP 1,000,000 * * *
Sergey Sirotkin RUS 2,000,000 * * * *
Marco Sorensen DEN 750,000 * *
Scott Speed USA 1,500,000 * * * *
Richie Stanaway NZL 1,000,000 * * *
Will Stevens GBR 1,000,000 * * *
Dean Stoneman GBR 1,500,000 * * * *
Ho-Pin Tung CHN 500,000 * *
Santiago Urrutia URU 1,000,000 * * *
Giedo van der Garde NED 2,000,000 * * * *
Stoffel Vandoorne BEL 3,000,000 * * * * *
Sakon Yamamoto JAP 1,000,000 * The ten-race calendar has been confirmed thus:
American 500 - Daytona International Speedway (200 laps)
Mexican 500 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Oval (500 laps)
Argentine 500 - Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez No. 7 (309 laps)
South African 500 - Phakisa Freeway Oval (333 laps)
Australian 500 - Calder Park Thunderdrome (500 laps)
Japanese 500 - Motegi Oval Course (323 laps)- United States 500 - Pocono Raceway (200 laps)
German 500 - Lausitzring Superspeedway (247 laps)
British 500 - Rockingham Motor Speedway (338 laps)- The Grand Final - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (200 laps)
Points will be awarded to the top 20 cars in any given race as follows:
100 / 70 / 50 / 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 / 17 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
For the Grand Final at Indianapolis, the top ten drivers in the standings will have their points reset to 900 (with 10 points added for each race win in the main season), ready for a winner-takes-all Championship decider at the world's oldest Motor Speedway.
Successful teams will also earn prize money:
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PRIZE MONEY
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SEASON FEE
For competing in the season 5,000,000
PER RACE
Race Victory 250,000
END OF SEASON
Drivers Championship (1st) 2,000,000
(2nd) 1,200,000
(3rd) 600,000
(4th) 300,000
(5th) 100,000
Teams Championship (1st) 2,000,000
(2nd) 1,200,000
(3rd) 600,000
(4th) 300,000
(5th) 100,000
Per Championship point earned 10,000To register your interest, please fill out the following form. First ten applications will be accepted.
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Team name:
Engine supplier:
Tyre supplier:
Driver 1:
Driver 2:
Driver 3:
Vitaly Petrov, 
Juan-Pablo Montoya, 
Michela Cerruti, 
Stoffel Vandoorne, 
Roberto Merhi, 
Sebastien Bourdais
Ed Jones
Dean Stoneman, 
Giedo van der Garde, 
James Hinchcliffe, 
Ho-Pin Tung
Pastor Maldonado (Verizon Penske Chevrolet)
