I think a lot of the blame has to be put squarely on the FIA's shoulders... Not having a concorde agreement with the manufacturers and FOTA until what? June, July was it? and announcing the new teams so late, they barely gave them any time to get ready...
It takes time to start up an F1 team from scratch.. get the funding, design and build the car.... You cannot blame USF1 for not spending the money until they had a confirmed place on the grid, can you? The FIA better allow them to miss a few races.
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