From GMM
With less than 10 days until Friday practice begins in Bahrain, it is not clear whether there will be twelve or thirteen teams on the grid.
The USF1 team will definitely not be racing this year, but team principal Ken Anderson - with Peter Windsor believed to have already departed - has asked the FIA for the Charlotte based squad's entry to be frozen until 2011.
But even if the final team spot becomes vacant now, it is not certain that the hopeful Stefan GP will be ushered onto the grid. And even if the FIA does open the door, the eleventh-hour green-lighting of the Serbian outfit would require the (unlikely) unanimous consent of the other 2010 teams.
Whatever the outcome, the new Campos/Hispania team looks set to make its track debut in Bahrain next week, with time running out for a shakedown of the Dallara car prior to the transportation deadline.
"One or two teams will debut in a week without ever turning a steering wheel beforehand. I don't know how that is going to go," Red Bull team boss Horner told Servus TV.
Mark Webber is quoted as saying by the Australian agency AAP: "It's embarrassing. It's incredible that people who haven't yet turned a wheel take part in grands prix. It's the sort of stuff from Mickey Mouse or Tom and Jerry."
The uncertainty is also a problem for the Sauber outfit, who are yet to be named on an official 2010 entry list. "We would very much like to know which race numbers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi will drive with," Peter Sauber told Blick.
The same Swiss newspaper quoted Niki Lauda as describing the pre-season situation as "chaos".
With less than 10 days until Friday practice begins in Bahrain, it is not clear whether there will be twelve or thirteen teams on the grid.
The USF1 team will definitely not be racing this year, but team principal Ken Anderson - with Peter Windsor believed to have already departed - has asked the FIA for the Charlotte based squad's entry to be frozen until 2011.
But even if the final team spot becomes vacant now, it is not certain that the hopeful Stefan GP will be ushered onto the grid. And even if the FIA does open the door, the eleventh-hour green-lighting of the Serbian outfit would require the (unlikely) unanimous consent of the other 2010 teams.
Whatever the outcome, the new Campos/Hispania team looks set to make its track debut in Bahrain next week, with time running out for a shakedown of the Dallara car prior to the transportation deadline.
"One or two teams will debut in a week without ever turning a steering wheel beforehand. I don't know how that is going to go," Red Bull team boss Horner told Servus TV.
Mark Webber is quoted as saying by the Australian agency AAP: "It's embarrassing. It's incredible that people who haven't yet turned a wheel take part in grands prix. It's the sort of stuff from Mickey Mouse or Tom and Jerry."
The uncertainty is also a problem for the Sauber outfit, who are yet to be named on an official 2010 entry list. "We would very much like to know which race numbers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi will drive with," Peter Sauber told Blick.
The same Swiss newspaper quoted Niki Lauda as describing the pre-season situation as "chaos".