Yesterday there was this bit of news on Autosport that the FIA is to inspect USF1’s preparations for the 2010 season. For this assignment, technical delegate Charlie Whiting is flying to the team’s headquarters. While the FIA has neither confirmed or denied it, the other bit of news is that USF1’s main backer and You Tube owner Chad Hurley is trying to make a deal with either Campos or Stefan GP for a possible merger and somehow save the team.
Both are interesting bits. What if the FIA at this late stage finds that the team cannot make it to the grid at Bahrain? Would they grant them permission to miss the first three or four races? Are they prepared enough to show their face in the fifth race of the season or will that end in a no-show as well? These are some of the questions that will be answered by this visit.
Why it is important to answer them is because the governing body certainly wouldn’t want egg on their face. A big nuisance was created last year with this issue being one of the talking points and if the chosen new teams can do nothing to increase the value of the sport that is Formula One, then what is/was the FIA intending to do in the first place?
The other issue here is of the team itself. Chad Hurley wouldn’t want to be remembered as an associate of a non-starting organization and therefore it is understandable that he is pulling out all stops to see the You Tube name in F1 atleast for a season. Of course there is the small matter of the staff as well and keeping them buoyant so that their move to this team doesn’t prove an entire failure.
If there is a merger then, what team should it be? Stefan GP, for all their readiness and money, do not inspire confidence enough for they have just bought Toyota’s plans and come to race. What next on their agenda? Where will the development come from? Then there is Mike Coughlan as one of the major players in the team and one gets the feeling that not too many people in the paddock would appreciate seeing him there after Spygate 2007. In that sense then, Campos and USF1 coming together with the blessing of Bernie Ecclestone seems a match made in heaven.
Look at it this way: even Sir Frank Williams will be happy for there will be two cars less on the grid.
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