Dont forget that its not official or anything. As you can see it says ''COULD'' not ''WILL'' so don't get too worked up so early. Would be cool indeed.

And btw, theres another thread about this as DeKo said :P.

Good luck to them. F1 needs privateer teams.

http://www.crash.net/Formula+O ... ose_to_first_signing.html

"USF1 close to first signign"

Crash.net speculates with these names: Charlie Kimball, Jonathan Summerton, Jake Rosenzweig, Marco Andretti.

Quote from UncleBenny :

We have plenty of tracks to test on over here, unless F1 teams are only allowed to test on approved tracks. What's a 1T circuit?

Because american cars can't turn, they suppose to go straight down

Quote from deggis :

http://www.crash.net/Formula+O ... ose_to_first_signing.html

"USF1 close to first signign"

Crash.net speculates with these names: Charlie Kimball, Jonathan Summerton, Jake Rosenzweig, Marco Andretti.

I'm not sure if plucking guys from European F3 is a good idea, although they are probably a better choice than Marco Andretti who is racing against a limited talent pool. Compare Bourdais' performances to Vettel's, and then remember that Bourdais won ChampCar ...

Marco might be good enough some day, but hasn't proven much to me yet. What did he win, one race three years ago? And that's in IndyCar. It might be the best open wheel series over here, but he wouldn't stand a chance against the F1 guys. Putting Marco in the car might be good for publicity, but I'd rather see an American F1 team have a good performance than get a lot of press and not be able to back it up.

If Marco wants to go in to F1, he needs to take the step up from IRL to GP2 first. He'll be able to learn the European circuits and then that would advertise his talents to the F1 community.

However, I don't think he would find it that easy to get a paid seat at all though, it's more like bring your own chequebook and see what sponsors you bring ...

sweet, I'd love to see an F1 car with a live rear axle :hide:

I think Bourdais would be a good choice. I mean You say compare him to Vettel? Well I think Vettel is Probably the most talented driver in F1, Hes at least as good as anyone, and Bourdais was Very close to his pace, He made q3 in the last 3 or 4 races as well, In a STR thats pretty good driving, Plus hell have 2 years exp to help the team a bit. For the other driver, Charlie Kimball is very talented and fast, but I dont know if hes had enough training to step up to f1 in a year.
And if they were gonna grab A guy for publicity I think Rahal is a lot better then Andretti. I think he actually has some talent.

Marco Andretti, Is a typical open wheel American race car driver. Little talent, lots of money, and training. We have tons of Really talented drivers over here, its just no one over here is willing to help the talented guys make it.

Maybe this can pressure the americans into making proper race curcuits.

Imo this will be a good thing and I think there budget will equal the factory teams if they get decent coverage in the us which will lead to alot of big companys from there sponsering them.

Saw an article that said Danica Patrick is the favourtie for the seat.
That bitch has no talent, really i hate it when teams think they can make a full patriotic team striaght up, it never works look at Force India.

Imo sign up Button and Senna for race drivers and Marco for test driver to shut up the americans.

Quote from Mustafur :

Maybe this can pressure the americans into making proper race curcuits.

Do you mean the last bastions of proper circuits should be tilkenized?

Quote from Modoff :

I think Bourdais would be a good choice. I mean You say compare him to Vettel? Well I think Vettel is Probably the most talented driver in F1, Hes at least as good as anyone, and Bourdais was Very close to his pace, He made q3 in the last 3 or 4 races as well, In a STR thats pretty good driving, Plus hell have 2 years exp to help the team a bit. For the other driver, Charlie Kimball is very talented and fast, but I dont know if hes had enough training to step up to f1 in a year.
And if they were gonna grab A guy for publicity I think Rahal is a lot better then Andretti. I think he actually has some talent.

Marco Andretti, Is a typical open wheel American race car driver. Little talent, lots of money, and training. We have tons of Really talented drivers over here, its just no one over here is willing to help the talented guys make it.

just one problem with Bourdais thru, he's French after all and it sounds like they want an American~?

and continue on the Marco bashing of sort, he is in A1GP now and he hasn't done anything special yet, and A1GP is already filled with second-rated drivers most of the time anyway...

id love to see Danica Patrick in a F1 car.
just to see how good she really is.

Quote from JCTK :

just one problem with Bourdais thru, he's French after all and it sounds like they want an American~?

and continue on the Marco bashing of sort, he is in A1GP now and he hasn't done anything special yet, and A1GP is already filled with second-rated drivers most of the time anyway...

Well bourdais would still have a huge rep in the US, afterall he basically owned the Champcar series.

Quote from deggis :

Do you mean the last bastions of proper circuits should be tilkenized?

alteast they won't be on abanded airfileds or oval in-fields

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

id love to see Danica Patrick in a F1 car.
just to see how good she really is.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/ ... /f1/news/story?id=3909107

She, like Marco, has proven nothing other than the fact that she can get a lot of press. I can't believe they'd even consider her.

Quote from UncleBenny :

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/ ... /f1/news/story?id=3909107

She, like Marco, has proven nothing other than the fact that she can get a lot of press. I can't believe they'd even consider her.

Because that's what F1 is about, and always has been about....

Danica going into F1 makes perfect F1 sense... it's a show above anything else... like WWF. If USF1 were serious about winning races in F1 they wouldn't be looking at Danica.

You just ahve to count yourself thankful when real talent makes it into F1 - Lewis/Alonso/Vettel/Senna etc....

Quote from TexasLTU :

Because american cars can't turn, they suppose to go straight down

No drag strips are 0T, 1T circuits are ovals cause the 1 turn is always left

Seriously though, the more teams in F1 the better IMO. As long as they don't have any expectations to be challenging for the win in their first season and stick it out to improve I don't see any reason why the couldn't do well. Will be interesting to see though.

Quote from Mustafur :

alteast they won't be on abanded airfileds or oval in-fields

Forget infields, I mean normal road courses. But "suitable for latest excessive F1 safety standard" and "proper track" seems to be quite the opposite.

i cant wait. THIS WILL BE A JOKE

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

id love to see Danica Patrick in a F1 car.
just to see how good she really is.

Judging by her record, she will be a back-marker. Even in a championship-winning car, she will do well in mid-field.

I'd like to see Ryan Briscoe in it. Completely apart from being Australian, he is the only driver in the IndyCar top-6 to have had success in Europe (Euro F3 champ in 2003). Otherwise, Scott Dixon would be a promising bet too.

Wouldn't it be funny for Danica to pair up with Jenson?
haha i know this is impossible but remember what Jenson said about women/danica driving an F1 car?

Jokes aside, which american race car driver would do a decent job in F1? because apart from Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick I haven't heard of anyone else from America.

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

Jokes aside, which american race car driver would do a decent job in F1? because apart from Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick I haven't heard of anyone else from America.

Marco has it in his blood, if he got into F1 I think he could do okay, Danica would just be a publicity stunt. There are probably plenty of potential American drivers they could use, we just don't know their names because single seater racing is not that big in America unless they go in circles and turn left.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

single seater racing is not that big in America

I think it's bigger than a lot of people think, it's just in the doldrums because of the IRL/CART split a decade ago. The foundations of the Indycar heyday of the 1990s are still here, it just needs rebuilding. There are millions of fans of non-stock car motorsport (open wheel, ALMS, etc) in the US, but we're being overshadowed by the NASCAR monolith. There's a ton of open wheel expertise and experience here as well. It will take a long time to get back to where it should be, but any US F1 effort will do a lot to get us going in the right direction.

I think USF1 should spend a few months simply testing a bunch of drivers, rather than trying to sign two as soon as possible. Danica will probably get a test but it will be a publicity stunt, not a serious effort. Everything she's done so far indicates that she simply doesn't have the skills required for F1.

If USF1 materialises, it will need sponsors. Considering how hard large sponsors are to get these days, I'll bet they'll be looking for money-haulers than truly talented drivers. Obviously any driver they get will need to be good enough for a Superlicense, but there are plenty of those around and not all are genuinely good enough for F1 (Yuji Ide, anybody?).