filed in News, Opinion on Jul.05, 2010
Tony Purnell, a former technical advisor to the FIA and Jaguar F1′s old Team Principal, has slammed modern F1 for being ‘ugly’ and ‘scandelous’. He also reportedly told his mommy that F1 called him a rude name and took his lunch money too. Purnell left his post as an FIA advisor earlier this year and [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on Jun.25, 2010
As we all know, USF1 were meant to be this great big American F1 sensation. They were going to design and build their car in the NASCAR heart of Charlotte, NC, get established American drivers to make the switch to F1 and do it all bankrolled by YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley’s money. Well, in the [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on Jun.15, 2010
According to an interview over at Autosport today, Parris Mullins – the mythical advisor to YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley and his billions of dollars – was in the paddock at the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend. The reason for his visit? He was drumming up interest for some super secret American Formula One project. All [...]
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filed in News on May.28, 2010
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but apparently the new USF1 team might be in some kind of trouble. I mean I don’t have anything firm on it just yet, but I get a sneaking suspicion that somehow USF1 may never materialise. I kid, I kid. Of course USF1 are dead and never going to [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on May.24, 2010
According to an by awesome interview with Parris Mullins over at Autosport (full credit to ‘em, go read it here… come back after, though!) Chad Hurley, YouTube co-founder and former backer\victim of the failed USF1 experiment, is still looking to get involved in F1. However, rather than starting up a team, Hurley is now looking [...]
filed in News, Opinion on Apr.26, 2010
Serbian outfit Stefan GP still won’t take ‘no’ for an answer and are, once again, trying to get into F1. This will be the second time of asking for the team, who initially tried to take USF1′s slot on the grid when the American outfit failed to turn up in Bahrain. This time, though, they [...]
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filed in News on Apr.13, 2010
Hey you, fancy owning your very own Formula One truck? Then all you need to do is hit eBay! Yup, that’s right. There are two pristine F1 transportation trucks available on eBay. One of them has the capacity to carry three F1 cars and some equipment, while the second has some office space, a workshop [...]
filed in News on Apr.09, 2010
The first name has been thrown into the hat for a slot on the 2011 F1 grid, and it is former GP2 team Durango. Durango have a solid history working in single seater racing feeder series, including Formula 3000, Formula 3 and up until last year GP2. Unfortunately, the team had to pull out of [...]
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filed in News on Mar.19, 2010
There is currently one slot open on the Formula One grid, that left by USF1′s spectacular faliure to appear in Bahrain. There is also talk adding another to give 28 cars while, in this climate, who knows which teams may drop out by the start of the 2011 season. Because of all that, the FIA [...]
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filed in News on Mar.18, 2010
Why is it that whenever the grown ups fight, it is always the kids who suffer? The one person who has been dicked around the most from the fallout of the USF1 debacle is Jose Maria Lopez, their one confirmed driver. He has gone from achieving his dream and having a full F1 drive to [...]
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