With the likes of Button, Barrichello and Senna waiting on the sidelines while the future of the Honda F1 team is decided, another driver could hold the key to deciding the future of the proposed USF1 team

At the same time as you hear conflicting reports on the future of the Honda F1 team, comes news of a new USA-centred outfit, USF1, which has announced plans to debut in 2010 from a base in Charlotte, North Carolina.

As far as Honda is concerned, we are two weeks past the deadline it imposed to find a buyer to continue running the team, and when everyone else started testing their 2009 kit in earnest, you start thinking that something needs to happen soon.

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