Peter Windsor has admitted USF1 should have considered racing Toyota’s 2010 package this season rather than close its doors.<\/p>\n
A principal of the ill-fated American outfit, British journalist Windsor has resurfaced as a new writer for the online F1 magazine GP Week.<\/p>\n
He was asked in an interview if he regretted not pursuing the Toyota option more seriously once the Charlotte-based team’s plans for its own chassis began to founder.<\/p>\n
“Yes, it would have been better than doing nothing at all, in retrospect,” said the former Williams and Ferrari team manager.<\/p>\n
“One of the problems was that it wasn’t just the chassis on offer; the Toyota engine deal was an integral part of the package,” explained Windsor.\u00a0 “And by that stage, of course, we were contracted to Cosworth.”<\/p>\n
The USF1 debacle has been heavily criticised, particularly for damaging F1’s chances of prospering within the US, an important but difficult market for the sport to penetrate.<\/p>\n
And Prodrive’s David Richards this week said all of F1’s struggling new teams have “prejudiced” other hopeful outfits’ efforts to enter the sport.<\/p>\n
Windsor responded on his Twitter page: “David Richards harmed fund-raising prospects for F1 in general when he walked away from his franchise (in 2008) with hardly a word”.<\/p>\n
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