xpensive wrote:True, but then we are talking a racing series based in North America, I believe it would be pretty difficult to run an F1 operation out of the US, logistics and all.
I have no doubt in my mind that an American company with a pedigree in racing - Penske anyone? - could compete in F1 and be successful doing it and with eventually doing it in exactly their own way. But, like you, I think they'd simply have to start out with a significant presence in Europe, if for no other reason than the logistics alone.
It's the pedigree in racing that's the most important ingredient. To succeed in F1 by any metric, you must either have it, like those with the "established" F1 teams, or have the common sense to hire people who do and then stay the ____ out of the way, like Mallya with Force India or Fernandes with Caterham.
Otherwise, you end up with fiascos-in-the-making like HRT and Marussia, run by, respectively, a "businessman," whatever that means, and a "comic actor" who are doing little more than embarrassing themselves and wasting other people's money and everyone's time.
I know that's a bit harsh, but reality tends to be that way.