US F1 bite the bullet and try to defer their entry until 2011
US F1 have finally held up their hands and said that they’re not going to make Bahrain, they might next year though and so have applied to the FIA to have their entry deferred for a year. What on earth are they playing at? I think that the whole saga should just be put to bed now – you failed.
Why should US F1 get the leeway to have another year to make the grid? I think that it does depend on how the FIA deal with the last slot on the grid, they should give it to Stefan GP if they can make it in time and then give US F1 a backup slot for next year. If the FIA are serious on the number of teams on the grid then they can’t give US F1 a guaranteed slot for next year.
What will happen if they turn down the request? Is that it for US F1, the end? I suspect that they will attempt to get something to Bahrain if they are refused but it’s effectively saying that they don’t expect it to run. I wonder what constitutes turning up? Minardi pulled out of a weekend after practice once when they had issues with the car and all those teams didn’t run in the US GP that year so I wonder what they would have to do to meet the rules.
It’s all in a sorry state and as I’ve said before this year should be exciting and the build up should be about the drivers and not about a team that can’t put a car together.
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I also believe that a guaranteed slot should not be given to USF1 for 2011. However, I am not sure that FIA should give the entry to Stefan GP for 2010 either. At first, there are rumours that Stefan has only one car ready. And even if they have two cars, it does not seem very wise to go to race with cars that have never been tested before. I think that FIA should give both Stefan GP and USF1 an opportunity to apply for 2011 championship. But the applicant selection criteria really needs to be revised.
I guess that USF1 without appropriate cars would not be able to pass scrutineering on Thursday before the race weekend. And it looks like they have told all the employees to go home so there should be noone in place who can bring the “cars” to Bahrain anyway.
I see what you’re saying about Stefan F1 but then Campos haven’t tested their car either and they can just turn up at Bahrain to race, it seems unfair to use that as an argument to exclude a team that might have a pretty decent car.
You’re right about the cars though, I’ve heard that the US F1 car hasn’t passed the crash tests and so I guess that would rule them out as their cars wouldn’t be legal.