Welcome to US F1 Team

US F1 Team headquaters in Charlotte, North Carolina
Welcome to the world of US F1 Team! You are about to meet the first American F1 team to design and build its cars in the U.S.A. since Dan Gurney did so with his Eagle back in the ‘60s. A lot has changed since then. Or has it?

Yes, F1 has firmly established itself as the biggest sport on the planet in terms of TV numbers, and, yes, there is no bigger sport in the world than F1 when it comes to gross annual revenue.

Ultimately though F1 is about passion – an instinct to excel in perhaps the most demanding sport of them all and a desire to push the frontiers of technology. It is the purest of all marriages – the one between man and machine. Even to enter the FIA Formula One World Championship – to be granted one of only 13 team franchises in the world – is to be an F1 team that designs and builds its own cars. A mini-NASA, in other words (or SkunkWorks, as we would prefer to be known!).

F1 is not only about some of the best racing drivers in the world - it is also about brilliant engineers, machinists, fabricators, composite technicians, tire engineers and mechanics. There is nothing proprietary about F1 - it is still as much about clear-headed, lateral technical thinking as it is about a driver’s perfect use of the brake pedal, steering and throttle.

When we first talked about an American F1 team there were of course many variables to consider. One of them, though, from the start was non-negotiable - at US F1, our car would be built in the USA, taking advantage of much of the hidden US technology already in the F1 pit lane and introducing a whole new raft of great companies, talented people and cutting edge technology. We’re not setting out to change the world of F1, we’re setting out to join the world of F1 with the best that America can produce. It’s a huge challenge – and that’s what makes it worthwhile.

America’s F1 heritage is vast. Phil Hill and Mario Andretti won World Championships, and Dan Gurney won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix with his Eagle. These men are our heroes - it is because of them, and those like them, that we first grew to love F1. If we’re fortunate, we work hard and we remain positive, we may recapture a small part of what these great Americans achieved before us.

In the meantime, as we watch the US F1 Team grow, as parts are made and the first race approaches, we’re already beginning to find ourselves lucky enough to be able to taste – just a little – of what it was that made Phil the perfectionist he was at Ferrari, or Dan the still-innovative owner of a Santa Ana race shop that still breathes the same racing air that it inhaled back in 1966, or Mario the driver who could jump from sprint cars to USAC Indy cars to Ferrari prototypes to F1 Lotus 79s and win with ease in all of them.

Join us as we take the essence of that heritage and launch a new, American team onto the 21st century F1 global platform. Ahead lies an enticing new world: Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will be pitted against Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at McLaren-Mercedes. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are continuing their battles at Red Bull-Renault. Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg will be strong forces at Mercedes. F1 has not only survived the global recession, it is expanding still further, with new races in new countries and a 26-car grid.

We invite you to share our journey into F1 – the good moments and the bad, the successes and the defeats. It’ll all be here on this site, and we’re going to cherish every minute of it.