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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark
    Does beg the question then since they are based in Spain, have a British team boss and are not employing American drivers, why they did call themselves USF1?!
    "european base" is Spain - factory is in the US - they've split it to avoid paying over the odds to ship cars and parts to the European circuits from the US.
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    USF1 will still be more American than Force India is Indian!
    And Red Bull isn't particularly Austrian, either, while we are at it

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    Quote Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
    "european base" is Spain -
    Without checking, presumably Barcelona? It's fairly central for the European season and of course very handy for the circuit de catalunya for what limited testing they can do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark
    Does beg the question then since they are based in Spain, have a British team boss and are not employing American drivers, why they did call themselves USF1?!
    Windsor isn't the team boss. Ken Anderson is the boss and he is American.

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    No, Motorland Aragon complex in Alcatriz, Teruel, Spain.

    The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_...de_Arag%C3%B3n
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark
    ...and are not employing American drivers...
    From what Windsor said on TV the other night, apparently there are no American drivers currently available who have a superlicense, so they are unable to use an American driver next year.

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    Sad to say, there's also no US-Americans as of now that deserve an F1 ride. Perhaps Summerton will prove to be deserving in 2 years or so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ent
    From what Windsor said on TV the other night, apparently there are no American drivers currently available who have a superlicense, so they are unable to use an American driver next year.
    Can't they jump this getting the driver to do a certain km in testing? During the off season?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
    Because they are looking for Chinese sponsorship money?
    Just like everyone else in the US, including the US Treasury...... :\

    More seriously, even if they don't employ an American driver in F1 (as others have stated none are ready now), I'd like to seem them sponsor someone like Summerton in a series like GP2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark
    What is the point of this thread?
    Not sure about it.
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