More adverse rumors about USF1 emerge
The USF1 team has confirmed that its European base will be located at Spain's Motorland Arag¢n circuit. With the main facility of the American team in Charlotte, the Spanish site will be used for operations during the European season, which in 2010 will run from May to September with the exception of the Canadian Grand Prix in June.
With USF1 headed by Team Principal Ken Anderson and Sporting Director Peter Windsor, the latter explained to reporters in Abu Dhabi that the base in Spain will be used chiefly for development and logistics jobs, as well as some (permitted) testing at the track.
"It's is the ideal motorsport complex for USF1's European operation," Windsor said on Friday. "From the excellent location and weather to the rich racing heritage and diverse track configurations, Motorland will provide the first American team in over 40 years with the perfect facility to manage the 2010 season plus train for 2011 and beyond.
"We're thrilled to call it our European home," Ken Anderson added of the venue which is found in the province of Teruel, roughly halfway between capital Madrid and Barcelona, host city of the Spanish Grand Prix.
10/27/09 (GMM) Peter Windsor has rubbished suggestions that USF1 is trying to terminate its contract with engine supplier Cosworth.
Reports in the German press mentioned the rumor last week, amid speculation the new American team's sporting director Windsor believes switching to Toyota power would be a better option.
However, it has also been suggested that USF1 is trying to cancel contracts in anticipation of failing to make it to the 2010 grid.
"The rumors are not true, I'm afraid," Windsor told the GPWeek magazine. "We are fully committed to Cosworth — which is why we are delighted to have Bernard Ferguson working for us."
Until 2007, Ferguson was Cosworth's director of motor sport.
10/22/09 (GMM) Negative rumors about the health of the new USF1 team persist.
Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that Alex Wurz, once strongly linked with a race seat in 2010, has now given up on that opportunity.
Also claimed by the magazine is that the Charlotte based outfit wants to terminate its contract with engine supplier Cosworth, while the 60 on-site staff are currently employed only on a month-by-month basis.
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