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Danica Patrick has finally spoken some more about the USF1 project, made official by Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor last week on Speed TV. Danica, who has been put on USF1’s list of possible candidates for one of the drives, said that although she is still yet to receive a communication from the new team, a move from IndyCar to Formula One would require very careful consideration. Something many of BlogF1’s readers felt last week when USF1’s Anderson commented about the American racer. Continue Reading

Formula One’s potentially newest team, USF1, is set to make a grand announcement on February 24th about their plans to enter the sport for the 2010 season. Much talk has already been made of the new squad, basing themselves in North Carolina but also having a factory in Spain for convenience purposes. Much talk has also been made of the apparent process the team will employee in deciding their drivers. And already one name has been mentioned more than others. Continue Reading

Last October I posted about the history of the fairer sex in Formula One. It wasn’t a long post though, there have only been five ladies to have competed alongside their male counterparts, and only one who has scored a world championship point. And even then it was just a half-point as the race was stopped early. So I think it’s fair to say that the ladies have been vastly under-represented in Formula One for a very long time. Approximately 58 years, actually (and that’s just the organised championship). But over in America, female racers are getting more of a look-in, and recently a race was won by a woman; Danica Patrick. Continue Reading