Could this be f1 car of the future

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...the-future.html

In a word, no

nearly every fan i've talked to online absolutely hates it.

TEST TIMES FROM DAY 1 AT JEREZ (3rd PRE-SEASON TEST)

* Time set in wet conditions
Drivers in red are test/reserve drivers

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull ................ 1m 22.593
2. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ................ + 0.424
3. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ................ + 0.611
4. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ................ + 0.729
5. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ................ + 0.774
6. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ................ + 1.210
7. Adrian Sutil - Force India ................ + 1.679
8. Paul Di Resta - Force India ................ + 2.495 *
9. Vitaly Petrov - Renault ................ + 3.734 *
10. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ................ + 4.727 *
11. Fairuz Fauzy - Lotus ................ + 9.255 *
12. Timo Glock - Virgin ................ + 9.824 *

TEST TIMES FROM DAY 2 AT JEREZ (3rd PRE-SEASON TEST)

Drivers in red are test/reserve drivers
All times set in wet conditions

1. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ................ 1m 27.145
2. Vitaly Petrov - Renault ................ + 0.683
3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull ................ + 1.017
4. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes ................ + 1.370
5. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ................ + 1.734
6. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ................ + 2.546
7. Paul Di Resta - Force India ................ + 3.199
8. Timo Glock - Virgin ................ + 3.331
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Force India ................ + 3.521
10. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ................ + 4.488
11. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ................ + 5.533
12. Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus ................ + 6.409

Also Campos Meta are about to be saved from bankruptcy with India's Karun Chandhok or Belgium's Bertrand Baguette (the reigning Renault World Series champion) in the running to partner Bruno Senna

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81569

And various American press outlets are reporting that USF1 are close to going bust.

If so, Bernie Ecclestone wants to replace them with Serbian upstarts StefanGP who have bought the design rights to what would have been Toyota's 2010 car, and thay have appraently already signed up Kazuki Nakajima for the number 1 seat.

http://en.espnf1.com/teamus/motorsport/story/9004.html

DAY 3 TIMES

1. Mark Webber - Red Bull ................ 1m 19.299
2. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari ................ + 0.816
3. Jenson Button - McLaren ................ + 1.095
4. Niko Hulkenberg - Williams ................ + 2.133
5. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ................ + 2.138
6. Robert Kubica - Renault ................ + 2.617
7. Adrian Sutil - Force India ................ + 2.640
8. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber ................ + 2.929
9. Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso ................ + 3.265
10. Lucas di Grassi - Virgin ............... + 4.205
11. Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus ................ + 4.222

OVERALL TIMES FROM 3rd JEREZ TEST (Not including test/reserve drivers)

* Best times set in wet weather

1. Jenson Button - McLaren .................... 1m 18.871
2. Robert Kubica - Renault .................... + 0.243
3. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber ................ + 0.317
4. Mark Webber - Red Bull ................ + 0.428
5. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Force India ................ + 0.779
6. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes ................ + 1.190
7. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari ................ + 1.244
8. Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso ................ + 2.182
9. Niko Hulkenberg - Williams ................ + 2.561
10. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ................ + 2.566
11. Adrian Sutil - Force India ................ + 3.068
12. Timo Glock - Virgin ................ + 3.562
13. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull ................ + 3.722
14. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ................ + 4.146
15. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ................ + 4.333
16. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ................ + 4.451
17. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ................ + 4.496
18. Jarno Trulli - Lotus ................ + 4.599
19. Lucas di Grassi - Virgin ................ + 4.633
20. Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus ................ + 4.650
21. Vitaly Petrov - Renault ................ + 7.366 *
22. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ................ + 8.274 *

USF1 in big big trouble

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...tid=67722813001

USF1 close to oblivion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8536567.stm

And Campos look like they're about to sign their 2nd driver, Indian yougnster Karun Chandhok

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8537003.stm

USF1 thats what happens when you try to push F1 in the US they dont care. They only care if the cars go round and round on a bloody oval track where you only need to keep the wheel at 2 places straight and left

Campos have finally taken delivery of their engines an will have their first test session during Bahrain Grand Prix practice. Plus it looks like Jose Maria Lopez will replace Bruno Senna in the lineup if he can produce more sponsorship cash, they will also confirm Karun Chandhok as number 1 driver by the end of next week at the latest but also probably as early as today.

The news was confirmed in a press release but it was broken first on Joanthan Legard's twitter page

http://twitter.com/legardj

OVERALL TIMES FROM FINAL PRE-SEASON TEST

1. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ................ 1m 20.472
2. Mark Webber - Red Bull ................ + 0.024
3. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ................ + 0.067
4. Adrian Sutil - Force India ................ + 0.139
5. Niko Hulkenberg - Williams ................ + 0.142
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari ................ + 0.165
7. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull ................ + 0.195
8. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes ................ + 0.214
9. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ................ + 0.273
10. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ................ + 0.398
11. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber ................ + 0.439
12. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ................ + 0.501
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Force India ................ + 0.584
14. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ................ + 0.941
15. Jenson Button - McLaren ................ + 0.978
16. Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso ................ + 1.099
17. Vitaly Petrov - Renault ................ + 2.051
18. Robert Kubica - Renault ................ + 2.703
19. Jarno Trulli - Lotus ................ + 4.587
20. Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus ................ + 4.779
21. Timo Glock - Virgin ................ + 5.470
22. Lucas di Grassi - Virgin ................ + 5.688

The article is in Spanish but translated, it confirms that Campos Meta have been renamed Hispania Racing

http://www.f1aldia.com/7666/campos-meta-se...nia-racing.html

EDIT: Here's the English article including news of the full driver lineup0 and car launch on Thursday

http://en.espnf1.com/campos/motorsport/story/9978.html

USF1 are no more, they've run out of money and put the rest of their workforce on "unpaid leave"

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819