Next Step, F3 Americas for Baltazar Leguizamon
Next Step, F3 Americas for Baltazar Leguizamon
TRANSLATED FROM ITS ORIGNINAL SPANISH CONTEXT FROM CARBURANDO Times change and the international context of motorsport has too. The premise that Europe is the only way to get to Formula 1, is no longer such. To the meccas of England, Germany and Italy, the United States has now joined, and Argentine, Baltazar Leguizamón, makes his way that aims at the highest category. The North American panorama offers an interesting and cheaper proposal.
The arrival of Liberty Media to the F-1 overturned a historical paradigm. The American company got the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to approve the North American promotions to award points for the Super License that enables a driver to run in F-1.
Leguizamón, 17, debuted last year in Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda. He was sixth in the tournament among 18 drivers and made two podiums. This season he won in Virginia with more than 30 competitors in the field. His trainer is Brazilian Bruno Junqueira (champion F-3 Sudam., F-3000 and two runners-up in the CART) and from his arrival in the USA he is accompanied by coach Tito Pérez, "father" of the cars that are racing in Formula Renault 2.0.
His father is Alejandro, the former driver and owner of the DM Team in the Top Race, next project goal is to expand into the brand new Formula 3 Americas Powered by Honda. The plan is to run two seasons in that specialty.
The F4 U.S. and F3 Americas have FIA regulations similar to their European peers. The new F3 Americas was presented in Austin, Texas, under the F.1 Grand Prix next weekend. There Leguizamón, closed his F4 U.S. championship and finalized details for the entrance of his son to the major division.
While the data and realities of US and European promotional offers an interesting analysis in sports and economics, the has picture changed. Europe now has a strong competitor to reach the top. The United States not only handles the IndyCar and breaks into a market that decades ago was unthought. There is Leguizamón, who will seek in two years to achieve the goal of Super License. In the middle his father Alejandro also must work hard to add sponsors and to reach the final goal: Formula 1.