While the team has yet to sign both of its drivers for 2010 the US F1 team is very keen on signing Kyle Busch for 2011. The team's sporting director, Peter Windsor, has said the team closely follows every move of Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch.
"If he (Busch) wanted to drive for us in 2011, we'd certainly be keen on that," Windsor told USA Today. "I think there'll be a lot of speculation about that as time goes on. If I was Kyle, I'd be saying to myself, yeah, those guys all talk the talk, let's see what they do, let's see what the car's like. Let's see what the race shop is like. Fair enough. We're going to do a good job. I know when Kyle gets to see it, I'm pretty sure it'll get his pulse rate going.
"I've watched him a lot and have massive respect for him. I know people who know him very well. I believe Kyle can win a world championship in Formula One. I think he's got exactly the right talent, the right approach. I'd love to see him in a Formula One car.
"If he wants to jump in our car next year for doing some demonstrations here in the States, he's very welcome to do that."
The US F1 team drivers for 2010 will probably not be anyone from the US though. "We'll try to get the best drivers we can for sure footing in 2010, and I only say that because there are no American drivers, sadly, eligible to compete in F1 from an administrative point of view," Windsor says. "You need an F1 Super License. It's basically if you've won an international championship single-seater race, you get a Super Licence. No American has done that the last 12 months. That's not an indictment of American motorsports, it's just the way it's gone.
"There's a lot of young American talent, and sooner or later you go IRL or NASCAR. There doesn't seem to be a road into F1 for young Americans. So we'll be that team. Suddenly a young kid wins in Indy Lights, Nationwide or Trucks, now they'll think, 'US F1, I'll give those guys a ring, maybe they'll find a team I can drive for in Europe."
