Nothing new though

Forix does that, Grandprix.com does that, F1db does that

you have to pay for Forix which is stupid.
Grandprix has limited stats - mostly results.. and F1db has career results for drivers.. Personally I prefer statsf1.com
How could you be so sure that this is the exact same information that will be presented here.. ?

Nothing new though

Forix does that, Grandprix.com does that, F1db does that

I suspect you know this, but it's also cobblers:
Renaultf1.com
www.toyota-f1.com
www.forceindiaf1.com

I just dispute the impact these stats will make to USF1 except put up their bandwidth costs

A hardcore fan is going to know where to get every single result from and a newbie to F1 isn't going to care about who qualified where and using what fuel in 1967

and I dispute that hardcore fans are the minority.. A team website with stats will be a first for any team..

Is a a sure new Guiness Récord

15 days ago, José won the Title in TC 2000 superTouring Championship

Yesterday, José run two races, won one and hit second in the other., and won the Top Race V6 Championship., (V6 engines, 370 Hp)
In the TRV6 run four ex F1 drivers, and nine ex F3000 drivers.,

The same touring series as already sings a support for López with two Millions US Dollars.,

The next Sunday, Pechito will win the Turismo Carretera Championship (the most old racing series of the World, race since 1937)., and for sure this is a Guiness Récord..,

Pardon my ignorance, but does this have anything to do with F1 ?
I understand you need to have some extensive experinece in open-wheel race cars before you can get a super license, no ?
TC racing is a whole different thing - retiring F1 drivers might get into TC, but TC drivers don't get to go F1, correct ?

Anyways, right now USF1 looks like a bubble - with no website, it doesn't exist - outside Crotia, that is .;)

Is a a sure new Guiness Récord

15 days ago, José won the Title in TC 2000 superTouring Championship

Yesterday, José run two races, won one and hit second in the other., and won the Top Race V6 Championship., (V6 engines, 370 Hp)
In the TRV6 run four ex F1 drivers, and nine ex F3000 drivers.,

The same touring series as already sings a support for López with two Millions US Dollars.,

The next Sunday, Pechito will win the Turismo Carretera Championship (the most old racing series of the World, race since 1937)., and for sure this is a Guiness Récord..,

Yesterday, in Paraná:

It is still a gimmick though, even if it is a great resource of stats it would be a distraction as people will be reading the F1 history as opposed to reading the news and information about USF1 which would surely be the object of the exercise for a corporate site ?

And I doubt it will happen -

Windsor promised us American drivers, where are they ?
Windsor promised us thousands of hours of footage of the construction of the car and creation of the team, where is it ?
Windsor promised a live webcam of the factory so fans could see what was going on, where is it ?
Windsor promised a USF1 YouTube channel, where is it ?

I will see a flying pig before this database ever goes live based on Windsor's promises so far

This thread has been taken over by teenage girls. It's filled with whining, crying, and bitching.

Well, that's an intelligent response to my post.

Why don't you comment on the lack of USF1 info, instead of just being a d...

Who cares that they haven't commuicated enough (for you). What matters is will their car be on track March 12th. All the whining, crying, and bitching isn't going to change it. If you really care then drive on over to their shop and check it out for yourself.

Have you?

I'm not the one whining and carrying on. I don't care enough to bother to go to Charlotte. Call Peter and ask him about the tours. Here's SpeedTV's # (704) 731-2222. They can probably put you in touch with him.

Or you can just watch all these YouTube videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/BrianKerramba

The complete absence of any new information from this team is not good. They have a new slightly modified logo though, anyone noticed it on the FOTA website?
http://www.teamsassociation.org/

So Anthony Reid is deserving of an F1 seat ?

Reid is a major reason for Lopez's success

Reid what?! He destroyed the car in practice in TC2000's last round! Just when he had to be cautios! Thank God the Honda team repaired the car on time. Without mentioning the fact that he is A LOT slower than López. I'm sure he wiould have prefered Cacá Bueno as his car mate.

Well Reid is old enough to be Lopez's father

Being a bit better than a man who is nearly 50 does not make Lopez F1 quality

Well Reid is old enough to be Lopez's father

Being a bit better than a man who is nearly 53 does not make Lopez F1 quality

Here is the story. There is a guy on a croatian national TV station that has a lot of insight on F1. He usually comments before and after the race in studio. His name is Mladen Jergovič*. And he also has a column on croatian F1 dedicated website. So, you migth ask, what has he to do with USF1? Well he is now an important member of that team and recently made a visit to the Charlotte HQ's. He wrote an article about that and here it is:

F1-hr.com

It's in croatian but i can give you some punchlines:

All you ever wanted to know about USF1...

- Despite all the negativism in media (official reports on FIA page included), the progress is positive. The work is going fine.

- Although the time was tight, due to all that FIA vs. FOTA strugle and recession going on in background they manage to get serious sponsors onside most important of all Chad Hurley (and Youtube). Geting Hurley onboard also ment geting green light from FIA. Hurley is now as most of you might know on top of the FIA's "new media" project.

- Financially the team is solid. They have arround 70 people currently working on 72-hours per week working regime, the maximum number of workers never to exceed 140 people (this is the philosophy of Windsor and Anderson). The reason behind this philosophy is in position of Charlotte HQ's with a lot of specialised companys in one-hour drive reach. Some of the most important outside cooperants (software, suspension, electronics...) are close enough that USF1 didn't have to introduce specialised subdivisions (and employ new people) within team. The most important cooperant is clearly Windshear (windtunel and aero department), which is currently said to be the best in the world.

- The car for 2010 is fully designed with about a third of it parts allready produced. By Anderson words (as one of the world's leading specialists in racing suspension) the car will have one or two distinct technical characteristics dividing him from all the other cars on the grid in Bahrain.

- About the drivers: the project is focused on (young) amercan drivers but the problem is that currently no one has superlicense. In the time of his visit Jose Maria Lopez was there too (he goes on then about his brief racing history) and he recons he could be interesting candidate with his argentinian industrial financial background.

- About the website problem: Bernie and his FOM blocked the usage of domain which includes "patented" F1 in it's adress, although the company can name itself USF1. So the domain will have another name and that explains why it took so long to establish USF1 website and even print buisness cards with team logo on them! The page will start fully functioning in the middle of december.

- He found a lot of optimism in the structure of the project: small team with enhusiasm and pure love for F1, cunningly maximising the resources arround them.

- At the end he reveals his role in the team: he will be the director for strategy and policy of the team, his domain being about strategical decisions about teams work and cooperating with FIA, FOM, FOTA and other teams.


*About Mladen Jergovič. He started his career as a reporter, working for a few years for Reuters until in 1991 Bernie offered him a job in newly established FOM Televison. After five years he become the chief manager for TV production and executive producer for digital multichannel direct F1 broadcast until the end of 2002. After that he returned to Croatia. In his career he visited over 180 GP's and has a lot of connections with drivers, managers, reporters and TV people inside F1. For sure he knows his way arround F1.

Hope i shed some light on USF1 mistery and i appologise for all the typos and "translation" errors in the process. I have never done this in such extend.

you have to pay for Forix which is stupid.

We hear nothing from them. Meaning that they have lost their track, I assume. The car looked more like Indy car on their screen. They can be fighting within the team. It is after all all new collaboration.

..maybe because we all want the things for free in life... but if you are subscribed to Autosport.com or the magazine that's an 'all-in'.

Have you digged very deep into Forix information,
what is available and why professional related people use it?
... discovered how detailed it is?

According to this video When asked "What if we don't find the money in time?" Windsor replied "Well we'll give you more time". Or words to that effect.
Also interesting is that Lopez was contacted on the direct suggestion of Bernie. And the admission that despite the "No Americans have super licenses" rhetoric, they are relying on a dispensation for Lopez.

Is there a deadline for USF1 to be in or out the F1 in 2010 according to FIA standards ?

All teams ( except Sauber ) have at least 1 racedriver confirmed for 2010, USF1 is only a big air bubble it seems to me,
it is about time FIA take her responsability. According to media reports Stefan GP is waiting in the wings with a lot of money
and able to compete in F1 in 2010 !

If FIA wait too long for USF1, there is a great possibility we have only 12 instead of 13 F1 teams in 2010.

EDIT : After the Kobayashi announcement of Sauber this morning, all 2010 F1 teams except USF1 ( and Stefan Grand Prix ? )
have at least 1 race driver confirmed

If USF1 hadn't come out promising the unrealistic – oodles of coverage, an all-American line up, some kind of vague ideas about revolutionizing how F1 is presented to audiences – then I think there'd be a lot less questioning now. This is what happens when you set overambitious expectations. At this point, what I'm hoping is that this bunch doesn't embarrass all of us over here on the opposite side of the Atlantic. I don't want European fans thinking we're a bunch of scammers or inepts or media whores when it comes to racing in North America, all because somebody promised too much and slapped an overtly nationalistic name on the team. Right now, I'd actually prefer USF1 stay quiet until they have something worth showing (I also wish they'd reconsider their name, since it makes me cringe the same way Force India does...but so be it). They've really gotten themselves stuck with having made a poor early impression on an awfully lot of people.

What is the situation with Lopez? I thought he had to sort money out within a time limit, anyone know if this has happened?

Advanced Composites Group Inc. (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is proud to announce the signing of a long term supply agreement with US F1 Team, the only US-based team to take the grid for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

With strong backing and a solid team to enable it to meet the challenges of building a new car in an extremely short timeline, US F1 Team is focused on challenging the world’s best drivers and teams.

Ken Anderson, US F1 Team President, CEO and Team Principal, said: "US F1 Team is pleased to announce ACG as a technical partner in the design and construction of our 2010 Formula One car. The team faces a tremendous challenge to design and produce the first American-based Formula One car in more than 40 years, and ACG's composites expertise will be critical for us to meet our goals and expectations in 2010 and beyond."

ACG’s heritage in Formula One goes back many years; the Group’s philosophy of providing outstanding product development, application-specific, customised products and technical support at all stages of development and manufacture has placed it at the forefront of the motorsport industry.

Adrian Potts, President of ACG Inc, said: “There is an exciting time of change in Formula One racing and this has created the opportunity for new teams to enter the grid. US F1 Team is the sole American entry, and we are proud to support them from our Tulsa facility. I’m confident that the new team has signed up with the very best support and service in the industry, and we will demonstrate that their confidence in us is well placed.”

Jon Mabbitt, Managing Director of Umeco Composites Structural Materials, said: “It’s reassuring to know, in these turbulent times for Formula One, that ACG remains a strong technology leader in the field and that the motorsport industry can still provide exciting, new business opportunities such as US F1 Team. We wish the team every success in their endeavor.”

Good news!
But Tulsa is something like 1,7 km apart from Charlotte, right?

So Anthony Reid is deserving of an F1 seat ?

Reid is a major reason for Lopez's success

For my own part, I'd not really believed the stories of how far behind they were until last week.

When Radio Le Mans' F1 correspondent (who's been in the sport 20+ years and has genuine relationships wth the people invovled) is saying that a recent FIA-requested inspection of the USF1 operation by people from another major racing car manufacturer concluded along the lines of "If we were where they are now, it would be 5 races into the season before we had a car ready" I trust him. You may not, though, and that's fair enough.

I don't know how true this is - it's something posted by someone on another forum, so it's second-hand information:

Now, if true, this is cause for concern. You may wonder why I've changed my tack slightly; in the past I've backed USF1, now I'm showing the first signs of doubt. But that's only because the situation has changed. The animosity towards USF1 has, in the past, been born out of a dislike of Peter Windsor and Americans in Formula One. Now though, there seems to be a reliable (if second-hand) report that the team may be struggling. That's why I've changed tack. I've only gone from confident to cautious - not confident to catastrophic - but it's something to keep an eye on.