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I hope they (or the FIA) get a move on with confirming that they won't compete in order to clear the way for Stefan.
It is a shame they haven't made it though, I was looking forward to seeing how the "great American technology and knowhow" we were promised were going to perform.
Hopefully this will help Campos make the grid now with the Lopez money.
Lets not rejoice in the misery of Windsor.
Sometimes he is a "motor mouth" but he loves F1 deeply and he risked publicly.
Let us rather forget what has gone before and if this is the correct picture, then welcome him back to F1 in whatever capacity he will return.
It is not easy to launch and build something like an F1 team and not making it is no disgrace.
Just like Flavio, rather focus on his positives for they surely outweigh the negatives. Hein?
If Campos-Meta can be saved, even with Lopez, it will be excellent because out of all these teams I do have sympathy for Bruno Senna.
I think looking at how F1 works today, it requires someone like a Branson or Mateschitz, if not the only racing team I think in the US that could be effective in F1, Penske Racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Pity Bill Gates is not interested in F1 - a Microsft sponsored Penske :D
I know a team has to talk big just get a look in but I am not surprised that the team are in this position. They always appeared to be more attractive as a proposition or an idea than an actual functioning team - perhaps the US is just too far away from traditional F1 bases.
I always like seeing new teams in F1. A shame really.
Lets not be too harsh on Windsor here... ok look it was a complete failure and was frankly never ever going to work anyway, but sh!t at least he was giving it a go!
HOW MAN OF YOU GAVE IT A GO!
thats right...
The bloke has an un-dieing passion for this sport, he has tried so hard to be successfull in it for so long now, this is his latest failure and I feel very sorry for him, in a lot of ways as I said at least he is having a go and you just have to respect that because frankly, none of you have!
This is a guy who was bundled into the back of a van, driven to the middle of no where, had the hell beaten out of him, dumped on the side of the road, and he is STILL made keen about the sport and giving it a go!
I tell you one thing, if nothing else, he is gonna write one HELL of an autobiography one day!
I agree that this news needs to be signed, sealed, and delivered to and then by the FIA ASAP to clear the path for StefanGP's official entry. Let's just hope that those guys are really the real deal, and not a bunch of pretenders, but signs are good.
What's stopping StefanGP now from buying out USF1's operation including their official entry spot?
The suggestion that they may not have as much money as they like to make out?Quote:
Originally Posted by maximilian
This is silly and quite disgusting really. Why oh why did they even start this if they didnt have the financial backing to see it through.
The FIA should make it mandatory to present guaranteed financial backing for an entire season.
I think WTF1 went into this thinking a whole bunch of companies would jump on board with giant novelty cheques. Why would they think that? Easy, theyre fracking stupid thats why.
Sorta bummed with the way this is panning out, but not suprised.
The worst thing is others saying that Penske or Ganassi would do better, because they wouldn't even bother in entering in the first place.
and why is that? Simple, because they wouldn't get paid. That's the reason why they're involved in US-based motorsports (NASCAR, Indycar, Grand Am) and ONLY US-based Motorsports. You get the money before, during and after the race, the season, and the championship. Why should we give that up just to go trapsing all over the globe, spending a boatload of cash, and getting very little response from your own nation, when you can be more profitable just 'staying home' and doing your racing in front of your own; that's the mentality of modern day american racing team owners.
The only exception seems to be those invoilved in ALMS or motorcycle racing, as they know that there is a connection between what they do and others across the pond. That was the main reason why I liked the concept of what an american-based F1 team would represent. Unfortunately, that has not panned out very well. But, I don't hold the view that the aforementioned persons would have done a better job, for if they did it would've been done a long time before 2008, or for that matter 2006.
So now, many of us over here will be returning back to our former positions: watching from afar, while we are stuck with media-driven 'sell-a-thons' masquerading as motorsport staring 'Idol'-type darlings like Danica Patrick.
It's just sad.