All-American USF1 drivers to be Scott Speed and Danica Patrick?
Here’s more details on the upcoming USF1 team! It seems that Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson have confirmed that they’re up to something and were actually surprised that their plans have been under the wraps for several years now. Well, not exactly completely under the wraps, since there was talk of these guys talking to Honda sometime last year, but still, many details have only just recently surfaced.
There is now talk that the team will be making the Charlotte region its home, where the Concord $40 million Windshear race-car testing tunnel is located, and that details on the new USF1 team might surface on the 24th of February 2009. A secondary base will be located in Europe, likely in northern Spain.
As for the drivers? The rumoured duo is a male and female team comprising of American ex-Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed and everyone’s favorite race car driver turned model Danica Patrick, motorsport’s very own Maria Sharapova. Other potentials include Conor Daly, son of former F1 driver Derek Daly and Josef Newgarden.
Peter Windsor said it has not been easy raising money for the team in a recession such as this but the team will adapt to the changing times much like how FIA is adapting F1 rules. He also added that F1 is primarily an entertainment business so every aspect of USF1 will reflect that, which probably explains the extreme appeal of Danica Patrick as a driver – tons of viewers not even interested in F1 could tune in just to see her strut her self before and after the race! In fact, Ken Anderson says Danica is “great and gets alot of press”.
February 17, 2009 @ 1:48 am
lol i seriously wonder if the americans know what they are doing, while most motorsports people pull out, this guys dunk their head in, lol!
February 17, 2009 @ 2:35 am
sexy driver like her… could cause accidents!
February 17, 2009 @ 3:12 am
best for them to jus stay out of f1…thy wil become a joke…even more so that what thy are now !
February 17, 2009 @ 8:55 am
hope both of them wont crash into the wall ..
February 17, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Can their drivers drive around chicanes? Do they know what that is? I guess they will be fighting with Force India – for last place.
On the bright side Danica will provide a lot of attention and glamor to the sport. I am sure those macho F1 guys don’t like to be beaten by a girl on the grid!
February 17, 2009 @ 9:58 am
danica, you can ride me all day long!!!
February 17, 2009 @ 10:24 am
Danica patrick is very the hottie … She can use and drive my gearstick anytime heheh
February 17, 2009 @ 11:34 am
Most people have forgotten one of the lap time record holders for Sepang was Juan Pablo Montoya. He made a lot of Europeans worry. Its easier to bring Americans to F1 than to bring F1 back to America.
February 17, 2009 @ 11:59 am
I hope Danica stays a model n grace covers of mags. Hardly can ’see’ her in full racing gear. Mmmmm……….
February 17, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
This two will probably the slowest drivers in Formula 1, add that with probably one of the crappiest chassis and engine package… Ladies and gentlemen, i present you Minardi v2.0.
February 17, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Danica won the Indy 500 – it might just be an oval race, but it’s a tough race. Plus, she didn’t exactly have a huge technical advantage ala Ferrari/McLaren. Give her a bit of credit, she’s definitely faster than most of the paid-for-my-seat drivers in F1.
Just my 2 sen…
February 17, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
Danica has never won the Indy 500. She was in contention and leading the race a few years ago, but was running low on fuel and had to back off just to finish the race.
February 17, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
Danica Patrick won the Motegi 500 race, not the Indy 500…although they’re kinda alike…
February 17, 2009 @ 2:56 pm
so its like driving straight without turning the wheel ! in america thy call this a TALENT ! btw , paul could have easily posted a pic of danica in her racing outfit rather than that saucy pic on top !
February 17, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
i love danica patrick
February 17, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
paultan oso wanna pancing people to make comment on these USF1.. see last posting.. i think that one receive the less hit.. now this posting has the most hit.. hahaha
February 17, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
nabill said,
February 17, 2009 @ 2:56 pm
so its like driving straight without turning the wheel ! in america thy call this a TALENT ! btw , paul could have easily posted a pic of danica in her racing outfit rather than that saucy pic on top !
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i think we need to differentiate between americans who only drive in a straightline (which are more well known), and the ones who can actually drive around corners.
also, danica has raced in indycars.. and not all the tracks are ovals.. they are also tougher cars to drive lacking in all the tech gizmos that f1 cars have. scott speed is probably the most experienced american currently internationally, having raced in A1GP, and also F1 for a while.
other than montoya, lets also not forget the legendary mario andretti. one of the most well known F1 champions of the past.
February 17, 2009 @ 8:11 pm
I like to see Danica beats Kimi.
February 17, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
Hope Bernie would do more promotion about Danica as it would probably help F1 to attract more viewer! She is Hot!
February 18, 2009 @ 12:26 am
nabill said,
February 17, 2009 @ 2:56 pm
so its like driving straight without turning the wheel ! in america thy call this a TALENT !
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funny that you think its easy racing at 350+ kph, even in an oval. and without many of the driver aids that were propping up a lot of F1 ’stars’ as this past season showed. you ever even been on a track?
February 18, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
danica patrick marry me
February 18, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
The first women to be in F1 car? Interesting.
February 19, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
danica patrick is tera patrick sister? XD
February 20, 2009 @ 7:23 am
Looks like Danica is losing weigh, she looks even better now… and she is hot……
March 30, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
It’s Peter Windsor of Bennetton and Speed Channel and Ken Anderson of everything racing. They know exactly what they are doing. If it’s marketing I say it’s a good choice of drivers. They have experience in road coarses now with the merge with CART, at least Danica does. Speed has been turning left for years now. He’s got some seat time coming though b/c he’s earned the right to drive. However, truth be told Juan Pablo Montoya SHOULD be the driver of choice if he can race as a US driver and not a Columbian. He’s not too old, has plenty of experience to get the team running and for at least a year he can offer some results. Neither of these other two choices know’s what it takes to score points and win championships. If we could just get Lewis Hamilton to expatriate and come to America it would be great. Actually, if we could get Dale Jr. to drive F1 and put some rubber in the wall more people would probably watch. Better yet Michael Schumacher is out of contract with Ferrari as of this year…he could still beat them all. Hmmm….Michael Schumacher….Peter Windsor are you listening!
August 27, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
Wow, Most of these people are stupid. Do some research on the owners and then tell me they will be slow.