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Exclusive interview with USF1's Peter Windsor

USF1 co-founder Peter Windsor is confident that his new squad can defy the doubters and succeed with a fresh approach to F1. As the team went public this week, Windsor spoke exclusively to Autosport about their plans

When somebody starts talking about launching a new F1 team, the default reaction from those on the outside tends to be one of scepticism. After all, it is much easier to talk about reasons why something can't happen than it is to talk about reasons why it can. Just ask the guys at Donington.

So the fact that the newly-announced USF1 team, who intend to enter next year's world championship with a car designed and built in the States, have already attracted doubters is no great shock.

But while the failure rate of F1 start-ups was high even before the planet slid into an economic recession, history is full of examples of successful endeavours that defied the cynics. Whether USF1 will be among them remains to be seen, but they do have a few aces up their sleeve - not the least of which is the desire of F1's promoters and manufacturers to secure a proper foothold across the Atlantic.

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