US based Formula 1 team

[oestek]

First time in 2 decades...

http://www.v8tvshow.com/forum/index....8.html#msg7378

[novanutcase]

Cool....this should be interesting. I've heard dealing with the F1 sanctioning bodies can be....trying!

John

[DJW32]

This team will need a lot of American support. I look forward to watching an American team in F1. I dont know about Danica...is she the best fit for this?

How am I going to cheer for anyone other an King Louis Hamilton?

[Damn True]

One not so little benefit of the timeline here is that until they are actually engaged in F1 the wind tunnel and track testing restrictions placed on current active teams do not apply. They can do a lot to bring themselves up to speed so to speak before they ever hit the track in anger.

[Damn True]

This team will need a lot of American support. I look forward to watching an American team in F1. I dont know about Danica...is she the best fit for this?

How am I going to cheer for anyone other an King Louis Hamilton?

No. There is no way she has the talent to compete at that level. She's mid-pack in a series where the best of the best struggle to survive at the F1 level.

It's a gambit to draw interest from the press and potential sponsor dollars. Nothing more.

[jknight16]

Former F1 driver Scott Speed has said he has no interest in leaving Nascar for this venture. He was pretty average in F1 as well.

[CraigMorrison]

Former F1 driver Scott Speed has said he has no interest in leaving Nascar for this venture. He was pretty average in F1 as well.

Before you bag on Scott too much on his F1 career keep in mind that he had coilitis for the most of the year while he was training and learning the car - yes that did mean he had to wear an adult diaper while driving. Also there were some BIG personality conflicts in the Torro Rosso team. Things aren't going to go well when people see the team manager hitting you in the back of the head and talking smack about you. Great story about Scott in either Road & Track or Car & Driver a few months back.

It would be cool to see an American in F1 for more than just one season at a time!

Was lucky enough to speak to Bob Bondurant at SEMA this year and heard some great stories about F1 back in the day.

[Rybar]

Good to hear, wish them all the best. It's going to be a tough long road for sure.

Hopefully they bring F1 races back to North America.

[Damn True]

Good to hear, wish them all the best. It's going to be a tough long road for sure.

Hopefully they bring F1 races back to North America.

....at a real road racing circuit as opposed to "that thing" in Indiana.

[buickfunnycar.com]

There was talk of bringing F-1 to Laguna Seca years ago which was in part why the track was lengthened from 1.9 to 2.2 miles but there is no way the roads leading into the track could handle that kind of traffic.
Would love to see them run at Infineon...

[Rybar]

....at a real road racing circuit as opposed to "that thing" in Indiana.

Always thought Laguna Seca would be cool for the US, and of course it needs to come back to Montreal for Canada. What a joke that they dropped it for this year.

[Damn True]

There was talk of bringing F-1 to Laguna Seca years ago which was in part why the track was lengthened from 1.9 to 2.2 miles but there is no way the roads leading into the track could handle that kind of traffic.
Would love to see them run at Infineon...

You think the draw would be much more than for the nightmare that is USGP?

[jknight16]

Before you bag on Scott too much on his F1 career...

I had no intention of bagging on him at all. In all honesty, by calling him average I think I may have been kind, given he didn't score a point in 28 races. His health issues are truly unfortunate, as I would have liked to see an American driver have success in modern day F1.

[JEFFTATE]

The 2010 F1 Schedule indicates an F1 race in the United States , but no details have been posted.
It would be nice to have a state of the art F1 track in the U.S..
Like the new ones in Spain , Malaysia and China .
Maybe they could improve an existing track ???

F1 is hard to be competitive in , to say the least..

I hope it works well for the U.S. team.
I wanna' go see them Live !!

[Rybar]

The 2010 F1 Schedule indicates an F1 race in the United States , but no details have been posted.
It would be nice to have a state of the art F1 track in the U.S..
Like the new ones in Spain , Malaysia and China .
Maybe they could improve an existing track ???

F1 is hard to be competitive in , to say the least..

I hope it works well for the U.S. team.
I wanna' go see them Live !!

Jeff, where is the 2010 schedule? is Montreal, Canada listed on there??

[JEFFTATE]

I got the info. from Wikipedia .
I'm hope it's correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Formula_One_season

The Canadian and U.S. Grand Prix are "unconfirmed" , but listed on the schedule.

[LateNight72]

http://nascar.fanhouse.com/2009/02/2...ica-and-shrub/

It will be the biggest flop in history if they take Danica...

[fishtail8]

Even though it wouldn't be all USF1, what about hauling Jacques Villeneuve out of retirement? He knows his way around the F1 stuff.

[DJW32]

[quote=Damn True;497240]No. There is no way she has the talent to compete at that level. She's mid-pack in a series where the best of the best struggle to survive at the F1 level.
quote]

I agree with the mid-pack statement. I think Marco Andretti would be a very marketable young man for F1 in the states.

[Damn True]

Marketable perhaps. Competitive....doubtful.