- 20 Feb 10, 11:10#186376
I hope Stefan GP finally get a spot in the grid. They seem to be ready and determined, and they'd bring Jacques Villeneuve + tons of canadian F1 fans back to F1 
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NateDawg80126 wrote:Hold everything! We have a small glimmer of hope: http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3 ... 33,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;If I was USF1 right now and everything is as good as they are saying, I would open the doors and let the press in to see how good everything is.
Here is there twitter page: http://twitter.com/usf1team" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

scotty wrote:This is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport FFS. Give the slot to a competent team already, even Lotus have got their act together in a far, far shorter period of time than these idiots have had to prepare.I'll remind you that USF1 is the only team to start with absolutely nothing, all of the other new teams had to develop a new car sure, but they already had most of the facilities and team existing. USF1 really cannot be compared to any of the other new teams, what they are doing is a much bigger undertaking.
NateDawg80126 wrote:To be honest I believe that argument is null and void as USF1 has had a much longer lead time so had plenty of time to develop their facilities, it does seem like a massive lack of organisation, it seems they didn't think through their plans thoroughly. My personal opinion is that all teams participating in the 2010 F1 season should be on the grid for the first race or forfeit their place. Especially given the news that USF1 have asked the FIA to make a special rule for them to miss the first four races.scotty wrote:This is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport FFS. Give the slot to a competent team already, even Lotus have got their act together in a far, far shorter period of time than these idiots have had to prepare.I'll remind you that USF1 is the only team to start with absolutely nothing, all of the other new teams had to develop a new car sure, but they already had most of the facilities and team existing. USF1 really cannot be compared to any of the other new teams, what they are doing is a much bigger undertaking.
myownalias wrote:Yeah, you've got a journalist at the helm, something is wrong.NateDawg80126 wrote:To be honest I believe that argument is null and void as USF1 has had a much longer lead time so had plenty of time to develop their facilities, it does seem like a massive lack of organisation, it seems they didn't think through their plans thoroughly. My personal opinion is that all teams participating in the 2010 F1 season should be on the grid for the first race or forfeit their place. Especially given the news that USF1 have asked the FIA to make a special rule for them to miss the first four races.scotty wrote:This is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport FFS. Give the slot to a competent team already, even Lotus have got their act together in a far, far shorter period of time than these idiots have had to prepare.I'll remind you that USF1 is the only team to start with absolutely nothing, all of the other new teams had to develop a new car sure, but they already had most of the facilities and team existing. USF1 really cannot be compared to any of the other new teams, what they are doing is a much bigger undertaking.
myownalias wrote: To be honest I believe that argument is null and void as USF1 has had a much longer lead time so had plenty of time to develop their facilities, it does seem like a massive lack of organisation, it seems they didn't think through their plans thoroughly. My personal opinion is that all teams participating in the 2010 F1 season should be on the grid for the first race or forfeit their place. Especially given the news that USF1 have asked the FIA to make a special rule for them to miss the first four races.They had exactly the same amount of time as everyone else, the new teams were all announced at the same time so how can you argue that USF1 had more time? Would you throw millions of dollars into building facilities if you were not 100% sure you would be accepted?
deMuRe wrote:Yeah, you've got a journalist at the helm, something is wrong.He worked as the general manager for Ferrari and the team manager for Williams, hes no Ross Brawn but the guy knows F1.


Jensonb wrote:Every time I hear the USF1 4-Race Delayed Start story, I raise a mental objection to 1 key point:Perhaps it's just BS spin to buy themselves more time... which would certainly fit in with some of their past actions.
Why would funding be triggered at the news of a delay that was not in place before?
NateDawg80126 wrote:I know they started with nothing which is fair enough, but noises about USF1 started as early as 2008 - and look how little they still have to show for it!scotty wrote:This is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport FFS. Give the slot to a competent team already, even Lotus have got their act together in a far, far shorter period of time than these idiots have had to prepare.I'll remind you that USF1 is the only team to start with absolutely nothing, all of the other new teams had to develop a new car sure, but they already had most of the facilities and team existing. USF1 really cannot be compared to any of the other new teams, what they are doing is a much bigger undertaking.
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