USF1 may be the only team yet to announce a driver for the rapidly approaching season, but as ever the Charlotte-based outfit remain bullish ahead of their debut and promise that the new approach to the regulations.
“I’m extremely fortunate in that I’ve been able to do most of the car’s layout from day one - I’ve seen and had a hand in almost every step of its evolution,” explained senior designer Scott Bennett. “Primarily I’ve been responsible for the front and rear suspension, particularly packaging. This has been a huge challenge. F1 cars are small, and we are fitting a lot of stuff into a very tight volume. And we’re doing a few things quite differently than they have been done in recent years.”
“I can’t give specifics, but we’ve looked at everything with a fresh perspective and come up with some different answers. We’ll know whether they were the right or wrong answers soon enough, but our car certainly won’t be a clone of anything else out there.”
The new team are scheduled to hit the testing trail at the Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama next month before making their Grand Prix debut in Bahrain.