Argentinian Jose Maria Lopez looks set to sign with USF1 on Monday, officially becoming the teams first driver for it's maiden F1 campaign. The 26 year old's spokesman Miguel Mattos confirmed to the Reuters news agency that the deal was now complete and an announcemnet would be made at a press conference in Argentina on Monday... [read more]Lopez had revealed earlier in the month that he would sign with the team if the required finance, believed to be in the region of eight million dollars, could be put in place.
His racing career to date has seen him claim the Italian Formula Renault title in 2002 before winning the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup the following year, before moving on to race in GP2 and the ALMS.
More recently he has competed sucsessfully in the Argentinian Touring car series (TC 2000) along with the Turismo Carretera series.
Editorial: Neil Tozer
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$8 million?! Seems a bit much for someone who is surely going to be holding down last place for the entirety of the season.
ReplyDeleteThat's what he paid for the seat (or his sponsors did), not his salary.
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