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      02-17-2010, 07:08 PM   #1
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USF1 could skip the entire championship...

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-...p-2010-season/

Is anyone really surprised at this point?
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      02-17-2010, 09:37 PM   #2
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US+F1=Fail
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Looks like USF1 may on the auction block to StefanGP, as Campos having shake up in the camp to get on the grid...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81569
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US+F1=Fail
+1 Probably saved the US a ton of embarrassment
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      02-18-2010, 09:28 AM   #7
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Disappointed...but not surprised...
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Hopefully Peter Windsor can still get his job back as grid-microphone-lackey for SPEED this year
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      02-18-2010, 03:27 PM   #9
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Hopefully Peter Windsor can still get his job back as grid-microphone-lackey for SPEED this year
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Hopefully Peter Windsor can still get his job back as grid-microphone-lackey for SPEED this year
I would prefer one of the pit babes get that job.
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Hopefully Peter Windsor can still get his job back as grid-microphone-lackey for SPEED this year
I would prefer Martin Brundle to do that job...
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I enjoyed Peter doing the pre-race grid walk, he really did a great job. Sometimes enjoyed the pre-race more than the actual race.

Seriously, anyone know who is taking his place?
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Hopefully Peter Windsor can still get his job back as grid-microphone-lackey for SPEED this year
I would prefer ANYONE to Peter "I love Lewis Hamilton to Death" Windsor.
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I would prefer ANYONE to Peter "I love Lewis Hamilton to Death" Windsor.
Really? I never got that feeling about Peter.
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Really? I never got that feeling about Peter.
Me neither. Always thought he was fairly impartial. I enjoyed his pre-race shows and his commentary.
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wonder if they'll be allowed to skip 4 races.
Not looking good for Peter's team.
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Doesn't look good...

http://planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5976747,00.html

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A senior staff member at USF1 claims the beleaguered American outfit have done "very little in the way of planning" in the past few months.

The 2010 season gets underway in the middle of March and the team are yet to launch their debut car. Rumours are rife that they are poised to announce their withdrawal from the sport. However, team co-founder Ken Anderson has denied the reports, but admitted that they could miss up to four races this year.

The financial problems at USF1 though seems to go as far back as October, according to the staff member.

"Going back to early December, it was pretty evident that something was up, in as much as we kept expecting a big push in production starting some time in mid-December, but it never materialised," he told Autosport on condition of anonymity.

"Figure [that] we're all pretty experienced in various aspects of car design and build, and we all know what it takes from a time-line standpoint. So when it became apparent the drawing office wasn't releasing drawings at the rate we expected, it started to become clear we could be in trouble.

"All engineering decisions were having to be funneled through [Ken] Anderson before anything could be signed off. And that's where the hold up was.

"Tooling for the tub was completed in early December, but then it sat for nearly a month before the laminate schedules for the outer skin were approved.

"Now Anderson himself wasn't designing the laminate schedule, but he was in the wings... as early as last October the production manager was collared about the lack of resources, but the managers were put off by saying: 'Well, Ken has a plan'.

"The irony of all this is that there has been precious little in the way of formal planning and documentation. No production schedules, simply very little in the way of planning."

He added: "Our January 15 pay cheque was late. It was paid by the 20th or so, but it certainly caused commotion and people started asking questions.

"That's when all the company's issues came to a head, and the conclusion was... yes, we had been lied to about the long-term budget, and indeed the company had a cash flow issue. But as mentioned, that really was a secondary issue.

"Think of it this way, ignoring the fact that we were lied to about the budget, if you don't have a car or can't show serious progress in that direction, potential sponsors aren't going to have a tendency to give you money.

"At the moment there are still 60 people working in Charlotte, but 10 have already left."

Team principal Anderson told Autosport that everyone knew what they were getting into when they signed up.

"The story that the employee tells is certainly twisted and one-sided," he said. "There are also contradictions. Everybody that signed up here knew exactly what they were getting into, i.e. to have two cars on the track in Bahrain."
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Me neither. Always thought he was fairly impartial. I enjoyed his pre-race shows and his commentary.


actually he was a big fan of Webber. Both being Ausi and all
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