Lopez criticizes USF1, the big absentee!
Jose Maria Lopez criticized the USF1 team after his dream of starting in Formula 1 collapsed when the team aborted its plan to enter the sport in 2010. The 26-year-old Argentine was announced as a USF1 driver in January, but barely a month later, he was negotiating for the reserve driver seat at HRT (formerly […]
Jose Maria Lopez criticized the USF1 team after his dream of starting in Formula 1 collapsed when the team aborted its plan to enter the sport in 2010. The 26-year-old Argentine was announced as a USF1 driver in January, but barely a month later, he was negotiating for the reserve driver seat at HRT (formerly Campos) due to his growing doubts about the chances of starting the season with USF1.
The manager of Lopez, Felipe McGough, lashed out at the director of the American team, Ken Anderson, following the team’s withdrawal at the beginning of March.
Lopez himself now believes that he was misled by the American team: « It is difficult for me to say that we were wrong, » he said at a conference organized by the Automobile Club of Argentina.
« I believe we paid way too much attention to what people were telling us. When I arrived in Charlotte in February, I realized that everything they were saying was false. What is happening to us is unthinkable: in 60 years of Formula 1, never has a committed team withdrawn. They hid things from us. »
Lopez is still confident about starting in Formula 1 and is now aiming for a test driver role. « My idea is to continue and not to hang my head. Everyone knows what happened. We will continue, even if at present we have no plans. Testing would be the best solution because racing in Formula 1 this year is almost impossible. »
