USF1? A new team.

jdh · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:33 pm

PAXTON wrote:

Schumifan wrote:

Has/is the press conference happened/happening then?

http://www.justin.tv/badbeat4

Is it only an audio thing? I'm getting no picture on that stream.

farruquito · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:34 pm

I watch it perfectly. Thanks for the link!

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:34 pm

I do, but it keeps cutting every couple of seconds.

Barre · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:35 pm

jdh wrote:

PAXTON wrote:

Schumifan wrote:

Has/is the press conference happened/happening then?

http://www.justin.tv/badbeat4

Is it only an audio thing? I'm getting no picture on that stream.

I get video.

Tamusz · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:37 pm

PAXTON wrote:

Schumifan wrote:

Has/is the press conference happened/happening then?

http://www.justin.tv/badbeat4

Thanks for the stream!

jdh · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:38 pm

Barre wrote:

jdh wrote:

Is it only an audio thing? I'm getting no picture on that stream.

I get video.

I've got it working now, it was just not working on Firefox. Works on IE.

EDIT: And now it's finished. Oh well. :lol:

Schumack · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:39 pm

just came back from UNI. So what they said during that PC except for they gonna try to start in 2010? any sponsorship? drivers?designers?

farruquito · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:39 pm

Finished?

EDIT: Finished

Tamusz · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:40 pm

Only got there at the end. So what's actually been said?

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:03 pm

I think it was just a presentation of the proyect. No info on drivers or powerplants or anything.

They talked a bit about the wind tunnel facility in Charlotte.

There were a lot of media in the studio and they got to make questions to Anderson and Windsor. Hopefully somebody capped it and will be available in the next hours.

Barre · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:34 pm

jdh wrote:

Barre wrote:

jdh wrote:

Is it only an audio thing? I'm getting no picture on that stream.

I get video.

I've got it working now, it was just not working on Firefox. Works on IE.

EDIT: And now it's finished. Oh well. :lol:

For the record, i was using Firefox.

NC24 · PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:51 pm

Here's some more:

Quote:

Some NASCAR drivers linked with new US F1 team: With the new prospective American team USF1 set to be announced officially on Tuesday [Live press conference on SPEED 12noon/et], attention is already turning to the possible occupants of the Charlotte-built race cockpits in 2010. Indycar star Danica Patrick has already played down her reported link with the outfit, but other notable American names have also been mentioned in various quarters of the racing world. #44-AJ Allmendinger's has been another name associated with USF1, but he said he is concentrating on his NASCAR foray even though he views a formula one opportunity as "intriguing". The motor sport writer for the Toronto Star claims #18-Kyle Busch should be "a shoo-in" for a USF1 seat, while the 26-year-old veteran of 28 grands prix #82-Scott Speed has also been linked with Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor's project, as have Conor Daly and Marco Andretti. Windsor is quoted by Britain's The Independent newspaper as clarifying that no decisions about details including engines and drivers have been made. "We have yet to speak to any drivers, but we are looking at every American with the right credentials, and Danica is definitely on the list,"

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:49 am

NC24 wrote:

Here's some more:

Quote:

Some NASCAR drivers linked with new US F1 team: With the new prospective American team USF1 set to be announced officially on Tuesday [Live press conference on SPEED 12noon/et], attention is already turning to the possible occupants of the Charlotte-built race cockpits in 2010. Indycar star Danica Patrick has already played down her reported link with the outfit, but other notable American names have also been mentioned in various quarters of the racing world. #44-AJ Allmendinger's has been another name associated with USF1, but he said he is concentrating on his NASCAR foray even though he views a formula one opportunity as "intriguing". The motor sport writer for the Toronto Star claims #18-Kyle Busch should be "a shoo-in" for a USF1 seat, while the 26-year-old veteran of 28 grands prix #82-Scott Speed has also been linked with Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor's project, as have Conor Daly and Marco Andretti. Windsor is quoted by Britain's The Independent newspaper as clarifying that no decisions about details including engines and drivers have been made. "We have yet to speak to any drivers, but we are looking at every American with the right credentials, and Danica is definitely on the list,"

From that we can infer "the right credentials" are some solid results or a pair of tits.

Mercedes5CLR · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:53 am

Speedtv.com has the whole pressconfrence online to watch. :thumbsup:

MaTT · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:46 am

I would be really interested to see Kyle Busch have a go in an F1 car - was a shame his Toyota test last year got canned due to him having to be at some sort of NASCAR award ceremony. He's not that popular, granted, but he is young and he is obviously a heck of a good driver.

Shaddix · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:53 am

I wonder if a good Nascar driver would make a good F1 driver, aftherall, I'm not saying one series is better then the other, but it's a totaly different kind of racing

MaTT · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:01 pm

It would be quite difficult for them to make the jump, but I am fairly sure with enough testing they'd get the hang of things. When Jeff Gordon hopped into a Williams a few years back he was pretty damn quick and Frank Williams was very impressed.

What might spoil the deal (as it did with Gordon, I believe) is that as a big American star in NASCAR, a driver can make more money and be far more renowned in NASCAR than in F1. It'd be a big step out of a very lucrative, very close-knit environment.

Joe A · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:25 pm

Personally, I'd love to see Kyle in F1 too - he's one hell of a driver, and he's got talent that I don't think he can properly show in NASCAR. He'd be a blast to watch, given the right equipment.

micha · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:05 pm

Shaddix wrote:

I wonder if a good Nascar driver would make a good F1 driver, aftherall, I'm not saying one series is better then the other, but it's a totaly different kind of racing

I somehow have the feeling that condition-wise it should be a piece of cake. They do a whole lot more racing in a season + the races are longer and despite popular believe, racing on ovals can be just as intensive as racing on roadcourses if not more intensive.

Shaddix · PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:14 pm

I certainly believe it's as intensive as F1, but my concern is the variety of corners on a traditional track compared to the ovals

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