Interesting Formula One story going around...

[Len Colombo]

One of the F1 websites has a story about an all U.S. Formula One team starting up.It's supposed to have it's launch later this month.Peter Windsor(one of the F1 announcers on SPEED)is supposedly involved with the team.The headquarters will be in Charlotte N.C. and they're scheduled to satrt racing in 2010.

[purplehornies]

That would be interesting to see. But we'll have to wait and see if the reports hold any sort of water at all. With the current climate in the US it certainly will be a hard road for any US team to get to the starting grid. Look how many major corporate sponsors have already shrunk their support for existing teams everywhere.

Hopefully the F1 "powers that be" will recognize the huge mistake they have made in removing both the US and Canadian G.P's this year.

[CAL]

One of the F1 websites has a story about an all U.S. Formula One team starting up.It's supposed to have it's launch later this month.Peter Windsor(one of the F1 announcers on SPEED)is supposedly involved with the team.The headquarters will be in Charlotte N.C. and they're scheduled to satrt racing in 2010.

Who'd they buy? Because that is the only forseeable way to get into F1 and there is a number to choose from.

Super Aguri

Honda

Jaguar

In recent history.

And many many more from the past, that are still around but couldn't keep up in F1.

Where is the money coming from?

It takes a cool 100M easy (before every seeing race 1) just to develop a team much less campaign one. I don't see it happening in this economy.

Not that I wouldn't like to see it happen.

[eburg_Dub]

they have time money and resources to develop a car in a year. id like to see new teams in the f1 this might be good for usgp coming back

[CAL]

There has been a US F1 Constructor, since 1980. Shadow/Ford which only won 1 race in 7 years the program ran.

In fact, there has only been 3 countries who ever produced a WCC title, when England at the top of the list.

If they are starting from scratch it would take more than a year.

[Nick F40]

This is my chance! It would be sweet, but like Chris said, in our economy, I don't know, over there it's not that bad.

Jaguar would be sweet again. We have the resources, it's just the money, good millions, even sponserships I think we could get pretty easily.

Bringing back the GP's, I don't think that so....maybe

[Zoom Zoom]

*Sarcasm Alert*

If there is any shred of truth to this story whomever is in charge of financing it might as well start stuffing Bernie and Max's pockets, pay the royalty stipend to Ferrari and just move on and not bother with the racing part of it. Or dump all the money in a bonfire. End result will be the same and they'll waste far less of everyone's time

[Peter Lombardo]

Sorry, but I do not see this ever seeing the light of day.

F1 has not had any real support in the US. This is a kin to soccer. Everyone here has their kids play it but that is where it stops. Americans, like football, our style football because it is brutal, not civilized like soccer. We like NASCAR cause the fans are mainly interested in “tradin’ paint†and pushing the guy in front of you out of the way. F1 is so tightly controlled and besides it is all about the money for Bernie and Max. F1 has its birth rights in the European market, and has now found favor in Asia, mainly because for the last few years’ Asian countries could show Bernie “the moneyâ€, that is not the case in the US now. Look, there are no American drivers to bring out the fans here in America. That was the downfall of CART. American’s did not enjoy watching South American drivers racing American cars on American streets. That problem is now plaguing the LPGA tour. Most fans complaint that most players are Asian. Many Americans lose interest way too fast if it is not a North American controlled deal.

And even it there were a few Americans looking to lose their investment money on an F1 team deal, long term investment today in sports is still a risky business. Look at Citibank. They are catching huge flack over the naming rights deal with the New York Mets…$400,000,000.00 over twenty years. Just watch, golf sponsorship is way down, and all sports are feeling the pinch at the gate…will fans pay the outrageous ticket prices just to watch a “back marker†F1 team with no chance of winning in the next 10 years? Will the Europeans support an American team? I doubt it. F1 is set up to showcase a few teams, and the rest of the field is there to provide color and the illusion of a competitive field.

[eburg_Dub]

i found this

American team planning F1 entry

By Steven English Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 13:09 GMT

An American group is looking at putting together a team to enter Formula One in 2010, sources have confirmed to autosport.com.

The team, which is set to be called USF1, will be fronted by American design engineer Ken Anderson and former Williams team manager Peter Windsor.

Although there has been no official announcement about the plans yet, nor an official entry lodged, sources suggest that their bid has been approved by rival Formula One bosses and that they are currently attempting to raise sponsorship funding for the project in America.

An official USF1 website has already been produced. Investigations by autosport.com have revealed that the website is owned by Anderson, although at this stage it only has a logo.

Anderson was technical director of Ligier in 1988 and also worked for the Onyx F1 team before moving back to America. He was technical director of both Chip Ganassi Racing and AJ Foyt Racing before designing the G-Force IRL car in 1996 - which went on to win the 1997 Indy 500 with Arie Luyendyk - and the next generation chassis in 2000. Anderson then became technical director of NASCAR team Haas CNC Racing in 2003.

He is also the part owner of the Wind Shear Inc. full scale, 180mph rolling road wind tunnel in North Carolina which has been used by F1 and NASCAR teams.

Sources indicate that USF1 plan to construct their own chassis at their North Carolina base, with the ban on in-season testing making it more feasible for an F1 team to be based outside of Europe for all but the stretch of European races between May and September.

The Formula One Teams' Association's (FOTA) recent confirmation that each manufacturer is willing to supply customer engines for 5 million Euros per season and gearboxes for 1.5 million Euros now make is more feasible than it has been for years for an independent team to enter F1 in 2010.