

“If there’s someone that’s doing something incredibly special, that’s beating all of us, it’s a small world and that news will travel rather quickly.” And most likely give guys an opportunity, if it’s deserved, that doesn’t necessarily mean it comes from within the organization. “So I do think that having McLaren and how closely connected the F1 team and Ind圜ar team is, it’ll definitely bridge that gap. “It’s a lot harder when you have a Sauber or Alfa Romeo that’s looking at an Ind圜ar race and looking at a driver and not really knowing was that season that they had a result of incredible driver performance, or was it a result of they got really fortunate in a couple of situations that set them up for a championship contention? It’s harder to know when you’re not involved. “They’ll know the equipment that they’re in, they’ll know the race that they did something special, or they’ll know a qualifying session that they’ll be able to very easily analyze it because they’re actively involved. “Because they have feet on the ground, if you will, in this championship, they will have a very direct understanding of people’s performance,” Rossi told RACER. Rossi is joining Arrow McLaren as part of the Ind圜ar set-up but thinks all drivers in the series will benefit because of the transfer of knowledge that happens within a team competing in both Ind圜ar and F1. Alexander Rossi believes McLaren’s presence in both Ind圜ar and Formula 1 will help drivers in the United States have a chance of racing in F1 due to increased awareness of their talents.Ĭolton Herta tested for McLaren in 2022 (pictured above) while being linked with a move to AlphaTauri, but ultimately ended up staying in Ind圜ar due to a lack of a Super License.
