Steve Campbell wrote:
I been saying all along Williams would piss in a few fuel tanks....I mean....it's not like Cosworth ever built a V8 F1 engine that remained in service for over 30 years (albeit the last few as a v10)
Wonder how stupid Ford feel for letting Cosworth go, dumb move designed to stem temporary cashflow as far as I can tell.
So Scott Speed is the very best you seppo's can send us...COME ON!!!! there HAS to be better than that...what about Danika Patrick?
Mind you after Indy last year...we're lucky the USAF didn't bomb f1-valley, and rightly so.
PS...speed wont finish last while there are two japanese drivers in a japanese team run by a japanese driver....I dunno wht it is about those guys....over dose of enthusiasm or something...but I predicted a clown show from them and they didn;t dissappoint, and I'm confident there is better cabaret to come from them
As a disciple of Unlce Henry, it pisses me off to no end that they dealt away Cosworth. To your point about cash flow, I also blame them for cutting off their financial noses to spite their face when they underfunded, poorly managed and then pulled the plug on the Jag-yoo-uh F1 program. 
As for American drivers that can turn left and right you have to look at what racing has been popular in the States over the last 30 years. In my opinion, the popularity of open wheel oval racing (although now waning) and the explosive growth of NASCAR over the last decade combined to suck up all the talent into a left turing vacuum. At this same time, Can Am and the original form of IMSA takned. The result was big time, factory backed road racing going the way of the dino. SCCA still put on their show, but it wasn't anything that attracted crowds or television ratings.
However, ALMS, the new IMSA and Grand Am are standing on their own two feet and grooming young drivers. I think the fruits of their collective efforts are 5-10 years away.
The good news for us Yanks is that Bernie wants a piece of the American pie. And, as we've seen in the past, what Bernie wants, Bernie gets.