America’s motorsport family have rallied behind Formula One-chasing Colton Herta and insisted that the ‘elitist’ sport don’t want drivers from the USA involved. The IndyCar race winner had been tipped to drive for AlphaTauri next season amid a shakeup of the grid, and he would have been the first American driver in the sport since Alexander Rossi in 2015. We all agree Colton has the talent and capability to be in F1. Red Bull chief Helmut Marko has also freely admitted how progressive it would be to have an American driver on the grid, especially given there will now be three races on the calendar in the USA for 2023. ‘It’s a shame that people don’t realize what value an American driver, especially a guy like Colton Herta, would have for the booming American market, especially with three F1 races,’ he told Motorsport-Total.

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