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US F1 Team was a proposed Formula One team that was granted entry to the 2010 season.<ref name=2010EntryList>Template:Citation/core{{#if:|}}</ref> However, the team stopped work on its car and did not compete in 2010. It informed the FIA that it was not in a position to race and was removed from the official entry list.<ref name=March3-entry>{{#if: The full 2010 Formula 1 entry list
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The team is fronted by former Haas CNC Racing technical director Ken Anderson and journalist (and former Williams and Ferrari manager) Peter Windsor.<ref name="SpeedTV">{{#if: USF1 Ready To Roll
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Origins
On February 24, 2009, Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson appeared on the American cable television network SpeedTV to announce their intent to file an entry of a new Formula 1 team named US F1 for the 2010 Formula One World Championship.<ref>{{#if: Full speed ahead at USF1
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On June 12, 2009, Team US F1 was granted entry to the 2010 Formula One World Championship. Due to the political controversy between the FIA and FOTA during the summer of 2009, US F1 was unable to sign the Concorde Agreement until July 29, 2009.<ref>{{#if: US F1 Team Principal Ken Anderson signs Concorde Agreement
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Team US F1 set up shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a building that at one time housed NASCAR Joe Gibbs/Toyota Racing operations. The team announced its plans for a secondary base at Motorland Aragón in Spain<ref>Template:Citation/core{{#if:|}}</ref> to allow simplicity of operations during the European portion of the calendar without transport of materials back to North Carolina.
2010 season
On December 22, 2009, F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone was one of those to express doubts about the team making it to the grid for 2010.<ref>{{#if: Ecclestone has doubts over US F1 and Campos
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Originally the team planned on running two American drivers.<ref name="Lavrinc"/> Windsor later altered that goal, stating that the team might employ more experienced, non-American drivers in their first season to help speed up future development.<ref>{{#if: Wurz, de la Rosa in frame for US F1 seat
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The team's chassis, to be known as the USF1 Type 1, was to utilize the Cosworth CA2010 engine.<ref name=2010EntryList/> In September, the first images of the Type 1 appeared in an interview on SpeedTV's Windtunnel program.<ref>{{#if: USF1 2010 car design revealed
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Windsor's team blog confirmed that one of the team's initial investors was the advertising agency of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, while millionaire Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, was the team's primary investor.<ref name="Hurley">{{#if: YouTube co-founder backs Team US F1
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Team shutdown
By mid-February, it was widely reported that the team was in imminent danger of collapse due to financial problems, and that Hurley had withdrawn his backing from the project.<ref>{{#if: Has all-American dream USF1 died a death..?
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In late February, senior team personnel accused Windsor and Anderson of fundamentally mis-managing the team,<ref>{{#if: US F1 insider: Hurley can save team
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On February 26, journalist Adam Cooper reported that Hurley was in discussion with Zoran Stefanović to try and merge US F1 with Stefan Grand Prix - Anderson and Windsor were said to be against the move.<ref>{{#if: Hurley, Stefan Talking USF1 Merger
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On March 2, the team personnel were dismissed from duties.<ref name="staff sacked"/> Neither Anderson nor Windsor were found to comment on the subject. José María López was freed from his contract with the team the day before the factory shut down. His manager, Felipe McGough, blamed Anderson for the downfall of the team and stated that Anderson had "deceived the FIA".<ref>Template:Citation/core{{#if:|}}</ref><ref>{{#if: USF1 closed down?
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Further with the shutdown it was revealed that the team had bought two trailers for the transportation and support of Formula One cars from Brawn GP. As the team failed to make it to the grid the high court put them for sale on eBay to pay off one of the team's creditors.<ref>{{#if: USF1 trailers seized and put on eBay
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Rebirth as Cypher Group
In early 2010, plans emerged for a prospective American team known as Cypher, which was later confirmed<ref name="Parris Mullins">{{#if: Renewed American bid to break into F1
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See Also
External links
- Official Site
- @USF1blog on Twitter
