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Now that it's clear that "Team Falcon" a/k/a USF1 are going to pull another Falcon i.e. don't make it to the races due to not having a car, why don't they just withdraw quietly? They won't get any TV money if they don't show up anyway so they cannot pay that to there creditors. Effectively, there is no use in staying in the series apart from further bad publicity.
Looking at it now, it is surprising that the FIA neither allowed in ProDrive (who had the sponsors but not the car and a track record of already not showing up once) nor Lola (who already had almost a car of their own, but no funding and a track record of early withdrawal when former owner Eric Broadley's credit card limit was reached at their previous attempt).
Dave Richards could have assembled the people to build him a car with more ease than USF1 because he knows the technical people from his previous involvements in the series and ProDrive are based in GB. Dubai's troubles with the financial crisis may not have helped this team, though.
And Lola, they would have been a better bet than Campos because even if they would still have no sponsorship in place, at least they wouldn't have to buy their car but had built it in house. Colin Kolles has reportedly said that there was nothing in the Campos Meta garage.
Sure, the perspective of having US American involvement in F1 again was tempting for the FIA. But Anderson didn't turn out to be a Revson, to say the least.
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