The single-make all-electric series was founded and debuted in Sweden last year using MINI Cooper SE road cars which had been developed by the Lestrup Racing Team.
The centrally run series would have been for male and female drivers aged 15-25 and was due to be held in support of Formula E at four rounds, including Berlin, Monaco, London and beginning with this weekend’s Misano E-Prix.
But prior to the event, Formula E announced that the fledgling category would not be joining the championship in Italy due to “unexpected constraints”.
“Sadly they couldn’t make it happen,” Dodds told Autosport in Misano. “The reality of it is they had constraints on their side, nothing from our side, we were ready to do it, we were all good to go. The team put a lot of effort into getting it ready, they just couldn’t hit the deadline.
“I’m still optimistic that we can work out all the things they have to work out to be able to do it fully next year.
“They’d already agreed some stuff with DTM [with two rounds planned], so they were probably further down the line with that so I hope they’re still able to race on the DTM calendar but for us, if it’s going to happen it won’t happen until next year.”
Running the NXT Gen Cup would have marked the first time that Formula E had a regular support series since the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy disbanded in 2020 after two seasons.
Source: Autosport