"...I put aside my writing for a couple of days. I was sick, I have to say, of the politics..." - Peter Windsor (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Media Question: What kind of support have you received from the two most powerful people in F1 … Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley?

Windsor: I first told Bernie Ecclestone about this in Brazil ’06, and he was his usual specific self and said, ‘Great, get it done.’ We’ve kept him in touch ever since and he’s always been very supportive and anything we need, he’s tried to help us with. A good example was the DVD he did on the ’08 Formula One season that we have been using in some of our presentations to investors here in the United States. It’s not for commercial use, but that’s a typical example of the type of help he has been giving us and that’s quite a big thing coming from FOM. The FIA equally have known about this in detail now for about five to six months and instantly grasped the program and accepted the program as we wanted to do it as, dare I say it, the poster child of how a Formula One team should be going into the next generation facing a recession and the rule changes. How we are approaching it – the lean, mean skunkworks approach – is exactly the sort of thing the FIA are looking for, so they say, for the future. So, we are working very closely with the FIA in every area of the team. We are keeping them informed of how we are doing the team, how we are selling the stakes of the team, the budgets involved. Having said that, we’ve assumed nothing in the budgets and we’ve got a very realistic approach to the commercial side for Max Mosley and particularly Nick Craw whose now Vice President of the FIA based in Denver, Colo. That’s a great thing for American motor sports. He’s done a fabulous job over the year and to have Nick in such a strong position on the world motor sports stage can only help us and it’s a great, timely move for American motor sports.

Media Question: What will the opportunities be for young American mechanics on your team?

Anderson: Endless. We are always looking for good people. We are going to have a system to train people up. You don’t have to be from racing to be a good mechanic. The sky is the limit.

Varsha: What are goals and deadlines to be ready for the 2010 season?

Windsor: There are not things that are going to be massively difficult to achieve now that we are where we are. In no particular order, there will be drivers, engines, European location, the building here, sponsors … all of those things are things to be doing now. That is what we are going to be doing from this point forward … we can’t wait to get down to the local Starbucks and start having more meetings. We are going to be that sort of team. Because we are not one individual dominating the team, we are going to do it the way racing people do it. There are always great people to meet.

Anderson regarding engines: We will be sending out proposals to all the manufacturers currently in Formula One and let them know we are here … every manufacturer in Formula One now, there biggest market is the United States, the only exception to that being Renault.

Media Question: Has the shop location in Charlotte been determined yet and are you in contact with some of the out-of-work race team members in the Charlotte area?

Anderson on the benefit of doing this in a recession: A year ago, there was a big shortage of carbon fiber because all the airlines were sucking it up. Now that people have canceled airplanes, there is a glut of carbon fiber and its cheaper than ever. That’s just one example. There are a lot of good people on the market here … and there is one building we particularly like that we are working on and there is lots of real estate available in Charlotte right now.