Team principal Ken Anderson has named Pedro de la Rosa on a list of about 12 possible drivers for the new American team USF1 in 2010...

Don't be suprised if you read they've signed Villenueve. De la Rosa is too Euro-centered; Villenueve would be proud to driver for what he'd consider a North American team.

Your'e probably right. I'm not sure JV is the best choice. Getting physically fit is one thing. Not sure JV is the best driver for our new USF1 team. I hope we get one skilled F1 driver who has the brains to race smart. The other guy can be a newbee. Good luck. We wait with anticipation.

JV hasn't been in a F1 cars in years, and his last couple of seasons in F1 weren't to great. Besides Speedcar, a few Le Mans and NASCAR races, he hasn't been racing much the past couple of years. I don't think he is up to it.

JV's ability on the road aside, he is always excellent for post-race interviews. He's the antithesis of all the other drivers. From the sparse mumbles of Kimi to the verbose outbursts of Massa; from the aussie pragmatism of Webber to the formality of Nakajima... I miss JV's firebrand "shoot from the hip" Quebecois.

"Do you really think I'd come here to suffer, leaving my two boys, if I did not think it was going well?" Villeneuve added.

Love it! Classic JV.

Pedro and JV = not exactly winning drivers, either of them, but USF1 needs a team to develop their cars right now. If they can be first among the Q1 or well into the Q2 group would be a major accomplishment. For this they need experienced drivers over rah-rah, feel-good choices. Give it time - an American driver will eventually do the job, even if they need to become naturalised ala Andretti.

There are better drivers out there taht can develop a car and be a mentor to a younger rookie driver than JV. I for one hate JV's personality. Maybe JV can be more like his fellow countryman Patrick Carpentier and then I might change my mind.

JV..goodness. Well thank you Ken for narrowing the options down and its nearly December! 12 drivers?! I was thinking it was down to 5 or no more then 6! Open up your wallets people!

Subgray, how can you say that are "not exactly winning" drivers? JV won the F1 world championship!!! If he is handed a competitive car, he has the capability to win. When he wasn't winning, he was in a junk car. Even Schumi would have lost with BAR.

Best choice in my opinion would be Jose Maria Lopez and F2 Runner-up Robert Wickens. With Summerton as the reserve driver.

To me the perfact team mates would be JV and summerton. 1 experanced driver and and one development driver. When summerton started in A1 the first time he didn't do that good but when he returned to the track he was good

hmmmm the team looking hard at JV is a lil concerning...makes me think that this "no American has a Super-License"(which they knew from the start) statement is really an excuse to allow paying drivers into the team with-out a big hoopla from the public.

JV offers virtually no value of experience in the current state of F1. He has been out of the car for quite some time and the cars and tires have changed dramatically. Its good for Canada, but honestly I think Robert Wickens would be a better choice......JV isn't known for test driving ability.

sadly it is starting to sound like the team has to back down on their promises due to money issue?

Hopefully they don't back off fully on thier promises and they run an American, but at the very least, to save a lil face, and help their original cause (supporting American talent), they should appoint an American as the official test driver and run him in the GP2 series.