USF1 -- F1's All-American Challenger

[Shredcheddar]

Public transport? This is the US we're talking about, don't kid yourself.

(I'm from Texas. Yes, it's frustrating. No, I'm not over it.)

[xpensive]

Makes you wonder how Windsor had planned for those "visiting-groups", with only 55 parking spots?

There must be some form of public transportation, anyone familiar with the area?

[madtown77]

Looks like we won't see USF1 at Valencia:

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article. ... 4581&FS=F1

Its about a 6 hour drive from their factory. In any case this will make comparisons between the car and its competitors impossible until the season starts.

Could be a good business move, considering they are probably saving a ton of money, but is still cause for concern.

[PNSD]

Cause for concern? How?
They very cleverly requested to test nearby and it was granted saving them lots of money, like you say.

Besides that I dont think their Spanish base is finished, so they would have gone to Valencia, then had nowhere to store the cars for the next test the next week. Logistically it would have been impossible for the team to attend all test days.

[bhall]

There must be some form of public transportation, anyone familiar with the area?

Charlotte has relatively decent public transportation for a Southern city. Not as good as Atlanta, but on par or better than anywhere else.

[WhiteBlue]

There must be some form of public transportation, anyone familiar with the area?

Charlotte has relatively decent public transportation for a Southern city. Not as good as Atlanta, but on par or better than anywhere else.

They also have the option to use nearby spaces that can be rented and use ferry busses.

[madtown77]

Cause for concern? How?

I just mean in terms of knowing where you are. Unless they are supremely confident of their preformance its usually a good idea to size up your competition before you get too far long a certain path.

But if it costs 1/10 the price then I can't really argue.

[xpensive]

There must be some form of public transportation, anyone familiar with the area?

Charlotte has relatively decent public transportation for a Southern city. Not as good as Atlanta, but on par or better than anywhere else.

They also have the option to use nearby spaces that can be rented and use ferry busses.

Taxi, bicycle or old-fashioned walking are other ways of getting to work in time. Or by helicopter, like Patrick Head used to, before he lost his big-buck sponsors and became a devoted crusader for low-budget racing?

But why would you wanna test here, http://www.barbermotorsports.com/track-maps.php, when there's Bristol nearby?

[Richard]

It has been reported in recent days that Argentine driver Jose Maria Lopez is close to finalising his sponsorship package for one USF1 race seat, while the Briton James Rossiter is rumoured to be in contention for the other.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article. ... 4581&FS=F1

Two rookies? Could be interesting .....

[madtown77]

Two rookies? Could be interesting .....

...or terrifying!

[bhall]

But why would you wanna test here, http://www.barbermotorsports.com/track-maps.php, when there's Bristol nearby?

Why would you test an F1 car on an oval?

[xpensive]

Why not, it would be kinda cool, like racing with 1000 Hp turbos in Ceasar's Palace parking lot in Vegas 1984?

[madtown77]

Lol, well we do need a place to have a potential US Grand Prix...

[xpensive]

Tell you what though, the Bristol crowd would forget the BBQ for a while!

[madtown77]

Who knows, maybe they will have the car used as a pace car at some NASCAR races to drum up interest in F1 here in the US.

Although, I suspect a lot of fans will wonder what a funny looking plane is doing driving around the track.