Almost official: USF1 wouldn't race in 2010

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25th February 2010, 18:28
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

Government backing of F1 from the East is pretty solid. Generally these nations do not have a squeamish population worrying that the sky will fall as does Europe and the Unoted States.

Those ruling tend to do so for quite a while and consider something like F1 to be a great way to promote the country.

But, your enthusiasm for these countries notwithstanding, their economic sky can very easily fall in, as demonstrated on several occasions.

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

Branson said that he is in it to succeed and he understands well given his ventures. I dont see the point of worrying what may not happen in three years time.

Well he opted out of Brawn because he likes new ventures and this is one that he owns. He is like Mallyah and Mateschitsz, the new F1 independent.

And, again, not everything Branson touches turns to gold. He is well known for enjoying short bursts of big publicity. I hope the Manor F1 tie-up turns out to be one of his longer-term ventures. It deserves to be.
25th February 2010, 21:46
Mia 01

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

USF1 "on the verge of collapse" according to the BBC:

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8536567.stm

Meanwhile the few remaining staff are whiling away the time making a toaster:

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/02/25/u...g-the-toaster/

It´s only a confirmation.
26th February 2010, 15:13
Riley

It's D Day today. Big staff meeting after CW's visit on Wednesday.
26th February 2010, 16:08
truefan72

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Originally Posted by Riley

It's D Day today. Big staff meeting after CW's visit on Wednesday.

I think we will get an announcement Monday stating that Stefan GP is in, which of course will be tough for them as they will miss official testing. I hope the fIA allows them to do their own necessary testing in Portugal as planned
26th February 2010, 17:11
Riley

It's not over yet, it would seem. Details for others to fill in, if you know what I mean.
26th February 2010, 20:47
ykiki

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Originally Posted by Riley

It's not over yet, it would seem. Details for others to fill in, if you know what I mean.

Dang - I don't know what you mean!
27th February 2010, 15:19
nigelred5

Sounds like the FIA wants to save face and allow USF1 to continue on in some form. Dallara anyone? :rolleyes:
27th February 2010, 17:49
jens

The biggest weaknesses in the F1 projects of USF1 and Campos has been the management - and the incompetence of team principals Campos and Windsor. There has been one major flaw in their pursue of F1 dream. Nowadays if you want to start an F1 team from scratch, a strong partnership with a big-name sponsor must exist right from the getgo (Stewart - Ford, Super Aguri - Honda, Lotus - AirAsia/Malaysia, Manor - Virgin, even that disastrous Lola - MasterCard effort). Talks like "don't worry, we will find some money soon", counts for nothing and will scare all potential backers further away due to lack of seriousness of the project. An F1 project must have some guarantees already from the planning-phase.

To be honest, USF1 has looked like a "project of hopeless dreamers" from day one, when Windsor and Anderson introduced the team in February '09 - "We have wanted to have an F1 team for ages, so let's see, what we can do. We claim to have some money, but we don't say, from who it is. We will prove that Americans can do it on their own. Blah-blah-blah." If I was a potential sponsor looking F1 exposure, I would have avoided them like plague from then on.
27th February 2010, 18:28
Mia 01

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Originally Posted by jens

The biggest weaknesses in the F1 projects of USF1 and Campos has been the management - and the incompetence of team principals Campos and Windsor. There has been one major flaw in their pursue of F1 dream. Nowadays if you want to start an F1 team from scratch, a strong partnership with a big-name sponsor must exist right from the getgo (Stewart - Ford, Super Aguri - Honda, Lotus - AirAsia/Malaysia, Manor - Virgin, even that disastrous Lola - MasterCard effort). Talks like "don't worry, we will find some money soon", counts for nothing and will scare all potential backers further away due to lack of seriousness of the project. An F1 project must have some guarantees already from the planning-phase.

To be honest, USF1 has looked like a "project of hopeless dreamers" from day one, when Windsor and Anderson introduced the team in February '09 - "We have wanted to have an F1 team for ages, so let's see, what we can do. We claim to have some money, but we don't say, from who it is. We will prove that Americans can do it on their own. Blah-blah-blah." If I was a potential sponsor looking F1 exposure, I would have avoided them like plague from then on.

Agreed!
27th February 2010, 18:33
Dave B

8th October 2009:

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Call me an old cynic, but I'll be amazed if they're present for more than a couple of races. Actually I'll be amazed if the turn out to be any better than 1997-stylee Lola.

I hate to say "I told you so" :uhoh:

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