You can find more about upgrading paid seats to next level in this post. (takeoffwithmiles.com)
In 1997 he won a racing scholarship at Suzuka but passed up a fully - paid seat in Japanese F3 to head to Europe. (wtf1.com)
But it ran a separate, parallel process where other families applied directly at the school for paid seats, bypassing the citywide common application. (nola.com)