Almost official: USF1 wouldn't race in 2010

[Alfa Fan]

I like the way they continue to try and have a dig at Campos..

[call_me_andrew]

Point is truefan72 if you agree with Saint Devore that becuase of deversity of US no one cares about US team in F1 ,why the hell you have botheret at all ??

You don't start a F1 team to make fans for F1. A race team is a buisness, and buisness exists to make profit. USF1 thought it would more profitable to operate in the United States than Europe.

[Saint Devote]

So USF1 now want the rules to accomodate THEM?

They seek to mold the rules with a cheap bribe - "a seven figure" bribe? And good people that have built racing teams and are WORTHY of F1, such as Pro-Drive and Lola must stay OUT?

This is effrontery to every single F1 racing fan and the two racing teams that worked day and night to MAKE it to the grid, Virgin and Lotus.

Exactly who do these cheap suits think they are?

What a disgrace. "THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!" I mean it.

[Alfa Fan]

Lets ask them to make it the 7 figure, $48,000,000 sum they would have already surrendered to the FIA by this point had they been entering a few years ago.

[beachgirl]

They seek to mold the rules with a cheap bribe - "a seven figure" bribe? And good people that have built racing teams and are WORTHY of F1, such as Pro-Drive and Lola must stay OUT?

The seven-figure amount almost put me on the floor laughing. That's not even piggy bank chump change for the likes of Bernie. What a joke!

I still want the carbon-fiber toaster.

[PSfan]

Europeans have a quaint idea of the United States. We live in a VAST nation in a country the size of a continent with such diversity that people in New York City can have little in common with folks in rural Georgia - other than being Americans.

So the "nation" as such "feels" nothing about whether there is an American F1 team or not or whether it would win or not.

But there is a hardcore of knowledgeable F1 supporters who love F1 and were responsible down the years of supporting the US GP in places like Watkins Glen and Long Beach and even somewhat Detroit for a while. They did not take kindly to Dallas or a Las Vegas car park.

For a team from the United States to make its presence in F1, it will probably take time to find finance, it will require the principal to be a Chip Ganassi or Roger Penske and only then, can any project begin to move.

And anyway, Penske is a winner as a constructor in F1. America's "Mclaren team" would succeed again.

My god, do you actually believe what you post... or are you just messing with us!!!

wait I forgot your Button posts... i can imagine you actually believe this... I'm Canadian so I live in an equally diverse society as the US and can say this is complete BS.


And as for your Ganassi/Penske closing statement... they are 2 years away from being just another Nascar team when the IRL folds... So look for your next great american team elsewhere...

[PSfan]

So USF1 now want the rules to accomodate THEM?

They seek to mold the rules with a cheap bribe - "a seven figure" bribe? And good people that have built racing teams and are WORTHY of F1, such as Pro-Drive and Lola must stay OUT?

This is effrontery to every single F1 racing fan and the two racing teams that worked day and night to MAKE it to the grid, Virgin and Lotus.

Exactly who do these cheap suits think they are?

What a disgrace. "THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!" I mean it.

My god... do you know the difference between a bond and a bribe?!?!

While if it came down to a 24 car field with the chance of USf1 showing up in 2011, or a 26 car field with Stephan F1 and tossing the USF1 out I would go with the latter, I find it interesting that the speedtv story suggests that campos also won't make the grid in 2010...

[Easy Drifter]

You have to wonder what is in that Starbucks Coffee. Maybe the the USFDA should be checking.
If they had been open about their problems and not constantly lying about what was going on I would be a little more sympathetic. As it stands I do not see how the FIA can trust them.
If they have money/sponsor problems as they have claimed where is the money to post a bond coming from?
Is there any truth to the story their phone has been disconnected?
Where is Windsor?
A car was supposed to be ready in Nov. and 4 months later they have nothing. That is a third of a year!
Now they want another full year!
They have had a year and apparently have not even produced a viable tub.
The only way I can see the FIA agreeing is if there is a complete change in the internal administration of the operation. Anderson(s) gone or only a figurehead. Windsor out.
With the quality of the employees they have to problem has to be top management or lack thereof.
There has been too much BS and far too little action.

[Dave B]

I want some of whatever Windsor's smoking. It's like being back at school: the dog ate my homework but I promise I'll have it tomorrow...

[Sonic]

I want some of whatever Windsor's smoking. It's like being back at school: the dog ate my homework but I promise I'll have it tomorrow...

But unlike a teacher the FIA have fallen for it hook line and sinker for over a year now!