Who will drive for USF1 team?
Danica Patrick, Kyle Busch and Scott Speed have ruled out their involvement. Windsor has a short list, but he's not revealing who is on it. It seems likely that in the first year, US F1 will have a young American teamed with a veteran F1 driver, and a second American will be the reserve and test driver. The team likely would evolve into two American drivers by the second or third season.
"We're looking at that scenario right now," Windsor said. "We need to make the effort to get Americans in our car. That was always our goal and it still our goal."
Jonathan Summerton, Graham Rahal and Ryan Hunter-Reay are the leading American candidates, according to sources. Summerton has a European racing background, with a victory in Euro Formula 3. He's also the only American to have won in A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. Other drivers who have raced in the series for A1 Team USA include Speed, Marco Andretti and Buddy Rice. Rahal and Hunter-Reay have both won IndyCar races. SI.com
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08/21/09 The USA F1 team already has picked an American and it's not Marco rumors Robin Miller.
08/18/09 An anonymous tipster tells us we should not leave Marco Andretti off our list of drivers that will drive for the USF1 team in 2010. The teams wants to hire at least one experienced F1 driver and one young American. Marco's contract with the IRL AGR team is up after this year, so the timing is perfect.