{"id":3000,"date":"2010-06-27T07:17:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T12:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2010-06-27T07:17:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T12:17:35","slug":"us-f1-%e2%80%93-anticlimactic-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/27\/us-f1-%e2%80%93-anticlimactic-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"US F1 \u2013 Anticlimactic Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final chapter on US F1 came to an official close late last week as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racer.com\/fia-fines-and-disqualifies-us-f1\/article\/173147\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.racer.com\/fia-fines-and-disqualifies-us-f1\/article\/173147\/', 'FIA gave US F1 a firm hand');\" target=\"_blank\">FIA gave US F1 a firm hand<\/a>, ending the dream once and for all.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The FIA has fined US F1 309,000 euros ($379,500) \u2013 the equivalent of the championship entry fee \u2013 and ordered it to pay the costs of the FIA disciplinary process. It also disqualified the team, \u201cwhich definitively deprives US F1 of the right to take part, in any way whatsoever, in any competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remaining assets of US F1 were recently sold off at auction, where its sole tub netted less than $8,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe a new US F1 hopeful will rise with the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/news\/headlines\/2010\/5\/10824.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/news\/headlines\/2010\/5\/10824.html', 'US Grand Prix in Austin in 2012');\" target=\"_blank\">US Grand Prix in Austin in 2012<\/a>.  It would be nice to see a US based F1 team, or at the least a US driver.  Wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final chapter on US F1 came to an official close late last week as the FIA gave US F1 a firm hand, ending the dream once and for all. The FIA has fined US F1 309,000 euros ($379,500) \u2013 the equivalent of the championship entry fee \u2013 and ordered it to pay the costs &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/27\/us-f1-%e2%80%93-anticlimactic-conclusion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US F1 \u2013 Anticlimactic Conclusion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-f1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3001,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}