Eurosport - Fri, 07 Aug 12:01:00 2009
US F1 has turned down the opportunity to sign lucrative deals with pay-drivers for its Formula One championship debut next year.
"We've been offered well over three-quarters of our racing budget by two drivers already, neither of whom have raced in Formula One but have both won races in GP2," co-principal Peter Windsor told Sports Illustrated, adding that neither driver was American.
"Both of them have massive sponsorship they can bring us from their home country.
"Ken (Anderson) and I have got to be very strong, look one another in the eye and say, 'no, we're not going to accept that money, we're not going to hire those guys because we're going to remain true to our convictions'."
US F1's aim is to give both cockpits to young American hopefuls. In 2010, however, one of the seats could go to an experienced non-American veteran, for instance Austrian Alex Wurz.
Favourites for the second seat are Americans including Jonathan Summerton, Graham Rahal and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Another oft-mentioned candidate is the female IndyCar star Danica Patrick, but she recently played down her interest and revealed that US F1 has not made an approach.
"A lot of people are saying to us 'are you interested in Danica?' and my reply is in some respects, Danica is too big for us now," Windsor added.
"She'll probably go to NASCAR and she'll probably do very well there and she'll probably make a fortune.
"For her to do Formula One, it's a huge commitment at this stage of her career and her expectation level would be very high.
"We're not going to be fighting for the World Championship in year one."
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HANK I LIKE THE BIT ABOUT THE SEARCHERS ESP AS IT WAS THE SHADOWS ORIG NAME
OH MY GOD HANK MARVIN is now talking to himself on here & HE HAS THE CHEAK TO CALL ME THICK
John Maynard Keynes, sorry but I have no idea where he is. I asked Cliff and he asked The Searchers but to no avail.
Anyone know what happened to Kwjibo, I know he was a stupid @rsehole and an unpleasant little scroat but I do miss him. NOT.
Come on Shaun C you can enter, did you ever tell us what the C stood for? Well I think we could all make a pretty good guess @#$%! lmfao
There is a clue about the ID kwijbo is currently using in the question. Please dial 999 with the answer, calls will cost £1.50 but mobile charges will vary. Do not dial after 21 Aug 2045 because you might still be charged but have fek all chance of winning.
Putting in 2 untried in F1 american drivers would be madness they need someone who has driven in F1 before to help with set up if you take on 2 green drivers then neither kmows what to expect so even if they think the car is great they could still not be getting the best from it
ineedspanking2 I know you are a hell of a muppet but I have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with your last post. I am not a septic so this is not a nationalistic outburst or anything like that.
You can add the GREAT Mark Donohue to your list, the man who tamed (ish) the mighty Penske/Porsche 917/30. Great driver, who I think may have been WDC if it hadn't been for his untimely death.
PEGEZ you say there has never been a good american F1 driver thanks for the information all my life I had thought PHILL HILL was american thanks for putting me right
bsinn did I understand you right when you said Danica has dominated US open wheel racing? Certainly that is not my take on the situation in the US, Scott Dixon has been pretty dominant over the last couple of years, but then he is a Kiwi of course. So, no good to the American public they will want a second rater US born driver.
If they chose Marco Andretti let's just hope he is much better than Michael who was the worst F1 driver I have ever seen.
Your NOT spoilt for choice in US born drivers at the moment.
The sun of dawn needs to realize he's an idiot. Danica, Marco, Graham, Ryan Hunter, to name a few are all good canidates. I'm sure by what I see that you have written/commented on, you must have alot of time on your hands, and again maybe you might be crewing for some really great up and coming nobody. Whoever USF1 picks will have an uphill battle, the same as Micheal had, its a European sport, and as long as its being run by the likes of who's ruuning it now, it will continue to leave those from the United States out of the loop.
i see some people have some female issues.
look,bottom line is Danica is just not that great a road racer.shes better on ovals.
Wurz is a good choice,and Rahal isnt the worst choice for an american driver.
Their challenge will be to break through to the American sports fan. When F1 left Indy few people cared. There were no prominent American drivers while the constructors were taking jobs aay from workers at American car companies. I doubt that Danica will be interested in taking low wages with a start up F1 team. She dominated American open wheel racing and the next rung is probably NASCAR. The one name that would make sense would be Andretti... as in Marco , Mario's grand son. A lot of Americans have heard of Mario and would probably be curious about his off spring. Marco has a decent, if not spectacular, record with Indy Cars. And he is still in his early 20's. The other driver should be Sebastien Bourdais... He was Champ Car champion 3 years in a row and he played well ( OK I assume that most American thought he was from Quebec not France). He is an "American racing champion" and does know the ins and outs of F1. Lets hope Peter and Ken can cut a decent deal.
Their challenge will be to break through to the American sports fan. When F1 left Indy few people cared. There were no prominent American drivers while the constructors were taking jobs aay from workers at American car companies. I doubt that Danica will be interested in taking low wages with a start up F1 team. She dominated American open wheel racing and the next rung is probably NASCAR. The one name that would make sense would be Andretti... as in Marco , Mario's grand son. A lot of Americans have heard of Mario and would probably be curious about his off spring. Marco has a decent, if not spectacular, record with Indy Cars. And he is still in his early 20's. The other driver should be Sebastien Bourdais... He was Champ Car champion 3 years in a row and he played well ( OK I assume that most American thought he was from Quebec not France). He is an "American racing champion" and does know the ins and outs of F1. Lets hope Peter and Ken can cut a decent deal.
well here we go again. why not hire some of the more astute individuals on these threads who not only know it all, but, would or definitely should work for extremely cheap wine and bath tub beer. take the idiot, son of the dawn shall rise, take it, and do what you will, take it and put it out of its miserable existence.
get graham rahal.. he is a good road racer..
u not going to fight for world gloryy in year one ,two , or year 20.....u just gonna be at the back and thats it,,,,
lmfao jbolanbum.
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Eventually this team will become known as U Sh it Faggots 1.
Eventually this team will become known as U Sh it Faggots 1.
It must be only tart's on the forum tonight.
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