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[NateDawg80126]

YouTube still operates as its own entity under the ownership of Google, Chad Hurley still has the power to make decisions for YouTube and he is the one involved with USF1, so I would disagree with you, I think it is far more likely that YouTube would be the sponsor, not Google (Google would be awesome though).

You are right about one thing, neither YouTube or Google need the advertising, but they recently broke their TV silence on Super Bowl Sunday, so I don't think its too crazy to think that they would continue to branch out to other venues. I also don't think that Chad Hurley would put forward so much money if he didn't expect to get something in return.

But your right, no formal announcements have been made so until the car is released I guess we won't know for sure.

[darwin dali]

They were supposed to test this week or next week in home sweet Alabama?

Actually that would be "sweet home Alabama" .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWUOmk7wO0

[LifeW12]

This USF1 thing is just a farce and if they make it to Bahrain and complete more than 70 laps between both drivers for the whole weekend (Prac, Qual, Race), may god have mercy on us all.

[NateDawg80126]

[Rivelution]

I found this on another forum, and I think you guys should see this. As one of the members said, it's too detailed to be fake.

It got hot in the kitchen for a while because of my posts, but the situation is now so chaotic and the lying taking place borders on complete fraud.

The car is easily 2 months away from being complete--and thats if they had the money and manpower to complete it and they gave decision making to the appropriate people.
Ken couldn't make payroll at the end of January and finally paid everyone 1/2 of what they were owed this past Monday, the 2nd half is promised this Monday--I'm not holding my breath. About 2/3rds of staff are showing up semi-regularly…who can blame them..there is little to work on.

Everything is hand to mouth -- all of the suppliers are on COD terms if they will supply at all. We haven't seen a Cosworth because they still owe 2.5M euros for them. We have no materials to turn into parts--but assumes that we'd have drawings to produce parts from Anderson Jr….another complete incompetent that barely got his High School diploma!

The boys in the carbon shop don't have the drawings or the tooling they need to produce the tub, let alone the entire car. The tub alone is weeks away from being able to send for FIA testing. At least they don't have to worry about making the suspension pieces--they are all going to be crafted from steel! No wheels, tires or brakes are in the shop, the transmission hasn't been seen either.

Poor Pechito…he shows up yesterday and there is no tub for him to sit in or to get a seat fitting in. He's told--"thats what happens when the money comes in late"

Like it's his fault…Peter and Ken are perhaps the worst managers F1 has ever seen. Peter and Ken convince themselves that they are brilliant businessmen, when they don't understand the basics of an org chart, chain of command, delegation of responsibility..not a single person knows their role, responsibility or job function and if they are--they aren't allowed to do it. The basics of management require that in order to make people accountable, they must have the authority and the financial ability to make decisions in their area of responsibility---Ken will have none of that!.

Ken makes every decision himself despite being surrounded by real F1 engineering, production and marketing & communications experts that would do a much better job if left to do it. When challenged on any decision or direction, your job is usually threatened or he leaves for Starbucks to avoid the confrontation. We were all told the team had 3 years funding and Ken professed he wanted to be, "the dumbest guy in the room", nothing could be further from the truth…the whole adventure has been built on one lie after another and tightly controlled by Ken and his flavor-of-the-day believers.

When he can't make payroll…he goes to Daytona to try and drum up money from unsuspecting gentleman racers who think they are "investing" in something…the dream has turned into a con job.

We think Bernie is on to them and Hurley must be at this point too. Any reasonable person could see how mis-managed the whole operation is.

Its all so sad--the opportunity lost, the dream investor scammed….. dream to nightmare due to extreme mismanagement and the egos of K & P.

If the cancer were removed, real management and investment installed-we could make a go of it--but not until Spain……at the earliest.

I can't wait to see what kind witch hunt transpires from this post! Screw them--getting the truth out will hopefully create some transparency to their scheme.

Others at the shop are talking too http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/ ... 28&page=12

Here's the link to the forum, it's post #2992.
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=115762&st=2960&p=4123537&#entry4123537

[Stealthgate007]

Thats heart breaking to think about.. I think I am gonna be delusional now...

There gonna make it.. Everything is fine.. don't you worry..

[LifeW12]

There's something going on:

The only thing that would prevent USF1 from making its Formula One debut in Bahrain next month is a crash test.

That’s according to the manager for newly signed USF1 driver Jose Maria Lopez.

With also Campos and possibly Lotus similarly struggling ahead of their debut F1 seasons, the FIA said this week that teams could miss up to three races in 2010 without penalty.

"For now the team is still working normally because the idea is to be in Bahrain," Lopez's manager Felipe McGough, told the El Diario Hoy newspaper.

He said USF1's car would undergo official crash tests in England next week.

"I don't know. Maybe if the crash test will present problems, the
team will begin to analyze the possibility of postponing the debut, but for now there is nothing (to indicate this) and work continues for the race in Bahrain," McGough added.

There is also talk that Campos' car constructor Dallara, believed to be already talking with Stefan GP about a deal, may also have commenced negotiations with USF1, at the request of team sponsor Chad Hurley.

Dallara's chief executive Andrea Pontremoli told motorsport-total.com: "We are talking with several people. I cannot say more."

This could mean that they're on track and they're staying quiet deliberately

[Gilles 27]

There's something going on:

The only thing that would prevent USF1 from making its Formula One debut in Bahrain next month is a crash test.

That’s according to the manager for newly signed USF1 driver Jose Maria Lopez.

With also Campos and possibly Lotus similarly struggling ahead of their debut F1 seasons, the FIA said this week that teams could miss up to three races in 2010 without penalty.

"For now the team is still working normally because the idea is to be in Bahrain," Lopez's manager Felipe McGough, told the El Diario Hoy newspaper.

He said USF1's car would undergo official crash tests in England next week.

"I don't know. Maybe if the crash test will present problems, the
team will begin to analyze the possibility of postponing the debut, but for now there is nothing (to indicate this) and work continues for the race in Bahrain," McGough added.

There is also talk that Campos' car constructor Dallara, believed to be already talking with Stefan GP about a deal, may also have commenced negotiations with USF1, at the request of team sponsor Chad Hurley.

Dallara's chief executive Andrea Pontremoli told motorsport-total.com: "We are talking with several people. I cannot say more."

This could mean that they're on track and they're staying quiet deliberately

Lotus seem to be doing OK to me! Even if this article was written before Lotus got their car running, they at least had a launch date and a testing schedule, which USF1 and Campos don't seem to.

[7UpJordan]

That article does seem fairly old news in regards to Campos as well because Stefan GP haven't bought the Dallara chassis. And now there's the talk about the VW takeover of Campos too.

[Gaz]

any news on Campos did they get their problems sorted?

[Gilles 27]

any news on Campos did they get their problems sorted?

i would assume in the cases of Campos and USF1 that at this stage, no news=bad news

[Jabberwocky]

the campos website is rather non existent

http://www.camposmeta.com/

[Gaz]

Good News?

[texasmr2]

Man it is eerie how much Bruno resembles Ayrton.

Anyway back to USF1 unless some sort of info/update is released soon I do not see them racing in Bahrain.

[Jensonb]

Weren't USF1 supposed to be testing on their own in the US this month? Or was that next month? Either way, shouldn't we have heard more about that by now?