Completely agreed. That's pretty much the same reason why I don't think it'll happen. If anyplace in the US had the money to do it though, it would have to be Vegas.

 

i've never been to vegas before either, but it sure sounds like a great place for a venue when you put it like that sign me up to your petition for vegas F1

 

A vegas race would be fun from a spectator stand point but there is 0% chance of it ever happening

 

http://www.crash.net/f1/News/156934/...d_a_death.html

bye bye usf1, it was fun

 

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,1895...956816,00.html

 

dammit.

 

Darn, I didn't think they'd be competitive in 2010, but hoped they would disprove the troll's statements...

 

After all the hype it would have been nice to see them at least test a car

 

Those reports aren't the final deal yet. Those are just more established sites reporting the same stuff we have been talking about here on the forums. I still think they are dead, but waiting to hear it from them. Their stupid twitter says "The US F1 Team web server is down and is being repaired as this is written. We are not gone, as many have reported. More news soon." Get real.

 

Sounds like USF1 needs a bailout or stimulus grant. I think that's the only way to save those engineer's and mechanic's jobs at this point.

 

yea it would have been nice but i hate to say it was expected and let the finger pointing begin.

 

FERRARI ROAD CARS FEEL ALONSO EFFECT

With the new F1 season just weeks away, sources in Italy say Ferrari is set to capitalise on the arrival of Fernando Alonso at the team with a brand new driving mode for its next generation of road cars. Sniff Petrol?s spies say the new setting will have an immediate effect on all aspects of the car, most notably making it instantly faster whilst at the same time more treacherous. And grumpy.

Ferrari insiders say that putting the car into Alonso mode will have other effects, such as increasingly hairy sunvisors and a sat-nav voice that suddenly develops an irritating lisp. However, it?s in the complex electronics of the suspension, engine and gearbox that Alonso mode really shows its stuff. Normally, these three entities work as one to the benefit of dynamics. However, in Alonso mode each area of the car ceases to be a team player and selfishly looks after itself.

Maranello engineers are said to be particularly excited about the Alonso mode?s stability control system which is understood to wait until you are in trouble and then just bugger off to another car. The same system is also said to feature a unique ability to wait until it detects that you are breaking the speed limit and then automatically call the authorities to grass you up. Ferrari insiders say that in early testing Alonso mode is already worth another five tenths of a lap around their Fiorano test track, although at the end of the lap the car then came into the pits in a massive sulk for no apparent reason.

The Alonso setting is likely to first appear on the forthcoming 599 GTO, due later this year. It is thought that the new mode will be engaged by turning Ferrari?s distinctive manettino control to the marking which depicts a duplicitous **** stabbing everyone in the back.

 

roblem is billionaire, Youtube boy has suddenly withdrawn his support leavign the team out in the cold. What a ******!

 

May not be final but there is recent evidence that USF1 is gone: Lopez, their only signed driver with $9 mil, has defected and is negotiating for a seat with Campos Meta 1 ; see http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...-be-confirmed/

Later, Ken

 

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,1895...960033,00.html


USF1 says they are not done, but offers no proof