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On February 26, journalist Adam Cooper reported that Chad Hurley was in discussion with Zoran Stefanović to try and merge US F1 with [[Stefan Grand Prix]] - Anderson and Windsor were said to be against the move.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurley, Stefan Talking USF1 Merger|url=http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-hurley-stefan-talking-us-f1-merger/|work=speedtv.com|publisher=[[Speed (TV channel)|Speed]]|date=2010-02-26|accessdate=2010-02-26|first=Adam|last=Cooper}}</ref> Stefanović subsequently acknowledged that negotiations had taken place, but that they had been unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rencken|first=Dieter|coauthors=Beer, Matt|title=Villeneuve set for Stefan seat fitting|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81769|date=2010-02-27|accessdate=2010-02-27}}</ref> Subsequently on February 28, it was revealed that Ken Anderson and primary investor Chad Hurley has formally asked the FIA to defer their entry until 2011, offering to post a seven figure bond as proof of their intentions to race. The FIA subsequently announced, however, that the entry process for 2011 will be fully re-opened.<ref>{{cite web|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|title=FIA re-opens 2011 selection process|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81991|date=2010-03-11|accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref>
On February 26, journalist Adam Cooper reported that Chad Hurley was in discussion with Zoran Stefanović to try and merge US F1 with [[Stefan Grand Prix]] - Anderson and Windsor were said to be against the move.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurley, Stefan Talking USF1 Merger|url=http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-hurley-stefan-talking-us-f1-merger/|work=speedtv.com|publisher=[[Speed (TV channel)|Speed]]|date=2010-02-26|accessdate=2010-02-26|first=Adam|last=Cooper}}</ref> Stefanović subsequently acknowledged that negotiations had taken place, but that they had been unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rencken|first=Dieter|coauthors=Beer, Matt|title=Villeneuve set for Stefan seat fitting|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81769|date=2010-02-27|accessdate=2010-02-27}}</ref> Subsequently on February 28, it was revealed that Ken Anderson and primary investor Chad Hurley has formally asked the FIA to defer their entry until 2011, offering to post a seven figure bond as proof of their intentions to race. The FIA subsequently announced, however, that the entry process for 2011 will be fully re-opened.<ref>{{cite web|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|title=FIA re-opens 2011 selection process|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81991|date=2010-03-11|accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref>


On March 2, the team personnel was dismissed from duties.<ref name="staff sacked"/> Neither Ken Anderson nor Peter Windsor were found to comment on the subject. José María López, the team's only driver, was freed from his contract with the team the day before the factory shut down. He went on to blame Anderson for the downfall of the team and for "deceiving the FIA."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=359090&FS=F1 |title=Lopez exits USF1 contract, eyes Friday role with Campos |work=motorsport.com |date=2010-03-02 |accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=40043|title=USF1 closed down?|work=pitpass.com|publisher=Pitpass|date=2010-03-02|accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref> The FIA published an updated 2010 entry list on March 3 which did not include US F1, and included an addendum that the team "have indicated that they will not be in a position to participate in 2010".<ref>{{cite news|title=FIA Formula One World Championship - Entry List|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]]|work=fia.com|url=http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_2010_entry.aspx|date=2010-03-03|accessdate=2010-03-03}}</ref> Also on March 3, Ken Anderson spoke to [[Autosport]], explaining why US F1 would not be on the grid for the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rencken|first=Dieter|title=Exclusive interview with Ken Anderson|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81831|date=2010-03-03|accessdate=2010-03-04}}</ref>On March 11, the FIA announced it would be conducting an investigation into USF1 under the WSMS (World Motorsports Council) to see if any disciplanary action would be taken against the team. This makes a possible 2011 by USF1 even more unlikely.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Adam|url=http://www.adamcooperf1.com/news/|title=FIA Will Take Action Against USF1|publisher=[[(Wordpress.com)]]|work=adamcooperF1.com |date=2010-03-011 |accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref>
On March 2, the team personnel was dismissed from duties.<ref name="staff sacked"/> Neither Ken Anderson nor Peter Windsor were found to comment on the subject. José María López, the team's only driver, was freed from his contract with the team the day before the factory shut down. He went on to blame Anderson for the downfall of the team and for "deceiving the FIA."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=359090&FS=F1 |title=Lopez exits USF1 contract, eyes Friday role with Campos |work=motorsport.com |date=2010-03-02 |accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=40043|title=USF1 closed down?|work=pitpass.com|publisher=Pitpass|date=2010-03-02|accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref> The FIA published an updated 2010 entry list on March 3 which did not include US F1, and included an addendum that the team "have indicated that they will not be in a position to participate in 2010".<ref>{{cite news|title=FIA Formula One World Championship - Entry List|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]]|work=fia.com|url=http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_2010_entry.aspx|date=2010-03-03|accessdate=2010-03-03}}</ref> Also on March 3, Ken Anderson spoke to [[Autosport]], explaining why US F1 would not be on the grid for the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rencken|first=Dieter|title=Exclusive interview with Ken Anderson|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81831|date=2010-03-03|accessdate=2010-03-04}}</ref>On March 11, the FIA announced it would be conducting an investigation into USF1 under the WSMS (World Motorsports Council) to see if any disciplanary action would be taken against the team. This makes a possible 2011 by USF1 even more unlikely.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Adam|url=http://www.adamcooperf1.com/news/|title=FIA Will Take Action Against USF1|publisher=[[Wordpress.com]]|work=adamcooperF1.com |date=2010-03-011 |accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref>


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==References==

Revision as of 18:48, 11 March 2010

United States US F1-Cosworth
Full nameUS F1 Team
BaseCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Alcañiz, Aragon, Spain
Team principal(s)Ken Anderson
Peter Windsor
Managing DirectorJohn Anderson
"US F1" redirects here. For the human gene, see USF1.

US F1 Team was a proposed Formula One team that was granted entry to the 2010 season.[1] However, the team has stopped work on its car and will not compete in 2010. It has informed the FIA that it is not in a position to race and has been removed from the official entry list.[2]

The team is fronted by former Haas CNC Racing technical director Ken Anderson and journalist (and former Williams and Ferrari manager) Peter Windsor.[3] US F1 was aiming to be the only F1 team based outside of Europe, with their factory located in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was part of Anderson and Windsor's plan to promote American drivers and technology, as did their initial aim to run two American drivers in the 2010 season.[4]

Origins

On February 24, 2009, Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson appeared on the American cable television network SpeedTV to announce their intent to file an entry of a new Formula 1 team named US F1 for the 2010 Formula One World Championship.[5]

On June 12, 2009, Team US F1 was granted entry. Due to the political controversy between the FIA and FOTA during the summer of 2009, US F1 was unable to sign the Concorde Agreement until July 29, 2009.[6] This caused some delays in the planned schedule for production with certain budget caps and technical regulations still under debate at that time that were dropped in the final agreement.

Team US F1 set up shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a building that at one time housed NASCAR Joe Gibbs/Toyota Racing operations. The team has a secondary base at Motorland Aragón in Spain[7] to allow simplicity of operations during the European portion of the calendar without transport of materials back to North Carolina.

2010 season

On December 22, 2009, Bernie Ecclestone, F1 CEO, among others, expressed doubts about the team making it to the grid for 2010.[8] Windsor has denied these doubts[9] and on the same day finally unveiled a completed team website. Over the Christmas holiday, Windsor's blog proudly stated that the development team had only taken off 2 days "when European-based teams might break for a few weeks" that he would not allow "16 valuable days lost in the too-short life of the F1 European winter" be wasted.[10]

Originally the team planned on running two American drivers.[4] Windsor later retracted that goal, stating that they may employ more experienced, non-American driver in their first season to help speed up future development.[11] The team had denied the possibility of using so-called pay drivers.[12] On November 21, 2009, Argentine driver José María López announced that he has a conditional deal in place with the USF1 team to drive in the 2010 season, provided he secures an eight million-dollar sponsorship package, contradicting the earlier claim.[13] On January 23, 2010 it was reported that Lopez completed a deal with USF1 to drive in the 2010 season,[14] and on January 25, 2010 it was officially announced that he would drive for the team.[15] Windsor confessed that "securing 'Pechito' Lopez for our debut season has been a goal of ours for a long time" at an official release on the team website. At the same time the team signed the former Honda test driver James Rossiter however it was never confirmed.[16] Rossiter has since signed for KV Racing Technology in the IndyCar Series.

The team's chassis, to be known as the Type 1, will utilize the Cosworth CA2010 engine.[1] In September, the first images of the US F1 Type 1 appeared in an interview on SpeedTV's Windtunnel program.[17] A blog entry by senior engineer Scott Bennett revealed that the car will not simply be a design clone of many current cars, but will be very innovative in development. US F1 is the only of the new teams in 2010 to feature their own gearbox, produced by EMCO Gears, Inc.[18]

Windsor's team blog confirmed that one of the team's initial investors are the advertising agency of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, while millionaire Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, will be the team's primary investor.[19] On December 23, US F1 fulfilled one of their promises in launching their official YouTube channel.[20] The first two-and-a-half minute video shows the team setting up their base of operations and the initial construction of the car's nosecone. In the following days, Windsor made clear that the prior silence surrounding the team had been deliberate, focusing on in-house organizational and other private details rather than public announcements. Speaking in regards to the politics of the sport he commented that "there seemed little or no point in adding to the situation from the perspective of a new team", and compared the team's heads-down time to new home construction, "[where you] don’t invite all your neighbours and family around to see it at least until you’ve got the living room almost done."[21]

Team shutdown

By mid-February, It was widely reported that the team was in imminent danger of collapse due to financial problems, and that Hurley had withdrawn his backing from the project.[22][23][24] On February 20, Ken Anderson said that the team were asking the FIA if it could miss the first four races of the season and begin at the Spanish Grand Prix. He said the FIA were working with him to evaluate options for the team. Furthermore, Anderson said that Peter Windsor was still in the project, and that Chad Hurley remained with the team. He also weighed up the fact that López could take his money to rival team Campos Meta but he hoped he'd stay with US F1.[25]

In late February, senior team personnel accused Windsor and Anderson of fundamentally mis-managing the team,[26] with any and all decisions having to go through Anderson before they could be approved, creating a hold up in the design and build process. The personnel claim the team had known it was in trouble as early as December, but it was not until February that Windsor and Anderson were made aware of the danger - when all of the staff members unanimously expressed doubts that USF1 would arrive in Bahrain - and that the future of the team rests with YouTube founder Chad Hurley. On February 24, FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting inspected the team's facilities in order to assess its readiness for the 2010 season.[27] A week later it was revealed the team "was not capable of competing".[28]

On February 26, journalist Adam Cooper reported that Chad Hurley was in discussion with Zoran Stefanović to try and merge US F1 with Stefan Grand Prix - Anderson and Windsor were said to be against the move.[29] Stefanović subsequently acknowledged that negotiations had taken place, but that they had been unsuccessful.[30] Subsequently on February 28, it was revealed that Ken Anderson and primary investor Chad Hurley has formally asked the FIA to defer their entry until 2011, offering to post a seven figure bond as proof of their intentions to race. The FIA subsequently announced, however, that the entry process for 2011 will be fully re-opened.[31]

On March 2, the team personnel was dismissed from duties.[28] Neither Ken Anderson nor Peter Windsor were found to comment on the subject. José María López, the team's only driver, was freed from his contract with the team the day before the factory shut down. He went on to blame Anderson for the downfall of the team and for "deceiving the FIA."[32][33] The FIA published an updated 2010 entry list on March 3 which did not include US F1, and included an addendum that the team "have indicated that they will not be in a position to participate in 2010".[34] Also on March 3, Ken Anderson spoke to Autosport, explaining why US F1 would not be on the grid for the 2010 season.[35]On March 11, the FIA announced it would be conducting an investigation into USF1 under the WSMS (World Motorsports Council) to see if any disciplanary action would be taken against the team. This makes a possible 2011 by USF1 even more unlikely.[36]

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  2. ^ "The full 2010 Formula 1 entry list". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  3. ^ Tom Jensen (2009-02-24). "USF1 Ready To Roll". SpeedTV.com. Speed. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. ^ a b Damon Lavrinc (2009-02-04). "USF1 Exclusive: The pitch behind the American F1 team". Autoblog. Weblogs, Inc. Network. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  5. ^ Kallmann, Dave (2009-02-24). "Full speed ahead at USF1". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Journal Communications. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ^ "US F1 Team Principal Ken Anderson signs Concorde Agreement". usgpe.com. US F1 Team. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  7. ^ "US F1 Team choose Spain as a European base". Formula 1 Administration Ltd. 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  8. ^ "Ecclestone has doubts over US F1 and Campos". ESPN F1. ESPN EMEA Ltd. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
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  23. ^ Bernstein, Viv (2010-02-17). "Sponsorship Woes Threaten Future of U.S. Formula 1 Team". The New York Times. The New York Times Company; Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
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  25. ^ Bernstein, Viv (2010-02-19). "U.S. Team Struggling to Reach Start Line". The New York Times. The New York Times Company; Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
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  27. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-02-24). "FIA inspects US F1's ability to join grid". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ a b "Team US F1 shuts down operation". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  29. ^ Cooper, Adam (2010-02-26). "Hurley, Stefan Talking USF1 Merger". speedtv.com. Speed. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  30. ^ Rencken, Dieter (2010-02-27). "Villeneuve set for Stefan seat fitting". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-27. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-03-11). "FIA re-opens 2011 selection process". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  32. ^ "Lopez exits USF1 contract, eyes Friday role with Campos". motorsport.com. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  33. ^ "USF1 closed down?". pitpass.com. Pitpass. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  34. ^ "FIA Formula One World Championship - Entry List". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  35. ^ Rencken, Dieter (2010-03-03). "Exclusive interview with Ken Anderson". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  36. ^ Cooper, Adam (2010-03-011). "FIA Will Take Action Against USF1". adamcooperF1.com. Wordpress.com. Retrieved 2010-03-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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