USF1 boss Peter Windsor has been on his soap box recently to shoot down any rumours that his team have apparently “zero chance” of being on the grid in 2010, a charge being put out by German magazine Auto Motor und Sport. Speaking with GP Week, Windsor went on a crusade to clear his team’s name, telling them,

“The reality is that we have already crash-tested several components and are right on schedule for more tests this month and in December. Like all teams, we currently have out heads down and we’re getting on with it. We’re not spending every working minute telling the world exactly what we are doing.”

He goes on to getting into a bit of a cat fight with Auto Motor und Sport, the rumours and statements printed by the magazine obviously cutting to the core.

It’s not surprising though, many teams in the F1 paddock don’t believe that the newer teams will pull through, some even saying that a team may not even turn up for the first race of the season, let alone make it to the end.

BMW Sauber are also a team looking to get back into the sport after losing their grid slot for 2010. Since the demise of Toyota last week they will surely be looking to the FIA to give that over to them in order for them to continue racing.