Jacques Villeneuve is being tipped as one of the drivers for the new USF1 team when it joins the F1 grid in 2010, in a Cosworth-powered car that could be sponsored by YouTube.
Jacques coming back to F1, it's claimed
The 38 year old racer last won a grand prix in 1997, although he raced in the top formula until 2006 in relatively uncompetitive machines. He was quoted yesterday in Germany’s
magazine as saying ‘it’s true, I will return to Formula 1’, but he didn’t officially confirm the USF1 link.
The new USF1 racing cars will apparently be ready for action in October, and the Charlotte-based team is currently looking to establish a European centre of operations at either the Aragon circuit in Spain, or Paul Ricard in France.
According to a separate article in Autosport yesterday, the USF1 team is close to announcing it has secured backing from YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley. If a YouTube sponsorship deal does go ahead, it will be interesting to see what happens to the internet broadcast rights for F1.
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