Two US F1 team trailers have been put up for sale on eBay. The trailers were originally purchased from Brawn GP, and were planned to be used for the 2010 season. However, when USF1 ran into difficulties just weeks before the start of the season, which were discribed by the team as "serious economic and funding challenges", they were unable to make the grid in Bahrain.
The interesting thing would be how many more pages will be added to this thread now that we know USF1 is a dead project.raceman wrote:Errm
It's quite strange!! Now, this team seems to be the only one not to make it to the Bahrin grid and still we have clocked up 138 "useless" pages.....
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Since you mentioned it!!!!jddh1 wrote:The interesting thing would be how many more pages will be added to this thread now that we know USF1 is a dead project.raceman wrote:Errm
It's quite strange!! Now, this team seems to be the only one not to make it to the Bahrin grid and still we have clocked up 138 "useless" pages.....
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Hamlet:I received word that the team had just fired at least one of its PR men.
That most likely if an honest account from Speed was their PR men who they tasked with selling this facade.I also hear that Speed TV has hired a replacement for Windsor, who served for years as the network's F1 track reporter, and that it has no plans to ask the new man to step aside.
It wasn't intended that way, but it certainly fits. The same things do keep coming back over and over in this thread no matter who or what you apply them to.Pandamasque wrote:For a moment I thought you were referring to Peter Windsorsegedunum wrote:Create a new theory to fit the current situation and pretend that was what you believed all along.
It's now back up, and in all honesty it's not a particularly difficult or complex site to keep running. Portsmouth FC had their web site taken offline because of unpaid bills.How long does it take to fix a server and how is it the website is still up and unchanged?
Prodrive, Stefan GP, Lola.. even Litespeed made more financial sense than USF1.madtown77 wrote:Quick question then, putting the dislike of Anderson/Windsor aside, does anyone actually think Stefan GP makes more financial sense that having USF1 on the grid?
We'll have to put aside all we know about the whole team and their situation to think they might be a better thing for F1 than Stefan GP. Obviously having an F1 team from the US would be great for F1. But crucially Zoran Stefanovich has a few Formula1 cars. And that makes all the difference.madtown77 wrote:Quick question then, putting the dislike of Anderson/Windsor aside, does anyone actually think Stefan GP makes more financial sense that having USF1 on the grid?
Ken Anderson wrote:no plans to name a second driver
If there are looking for pay drivers and they haven't identified one yet, then that's a big hole in the accounts .. oopsYou could take this as sincere. It wouldn't be a surprise for a new team to live hand to mouth and struggle to pay meet the payroll on time. Anyone starting up a new business will tell you that cashflow is a nightmare. We've seen it before with small teams in F1.We have a timeline in place that if we get a decision quickly, that triggers funding and we’re good to go. If it takes another week or two to make a decision, it keeps backing up.
His argument does make sense.
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