Rahal 'doesn't find F1 interesting'.

Lost in translation: 'I don't think I'm good enough to win in Formula 1 so I'll stay here in America where at least I have a chance.'

More like.. I doubt I get one of the top rides so why would I leave to be in a parade. F1 has nothing to offer as the racing sucks and people are unfriendly. F1 is all about the What have you done for me lately? Ask the mid pack runners if they are just taking a pay check until they find a series that they really like. With leadership problems and circuits that provide no entertainment coupled with losing small teams F1 is just not as attractive as it would like to think it is. Top that with the fact his Dad spent time in F1 and has told him its not worth his time.

^^ Wake up boy, he has a chance in america because of the rules there
not because he isn´t good.

F1 may not be the most exciting, but it is the pinnacle of closed-circuit racing - if you want to prove you're the best thats where you go.

Villeneuve showed he had considerable talent so was offered a top drive, Zanardi was also welcomed back after all his American success. Bourdais could have the chance of moving up to a ever more competitive Red Bull team soon.

If you're winning everything in the US opportunities will arise.

I don't blame him for wanting to stay where he is though - life in F1 seems bloody hard, but then thats why it attracts the best drivers, best engineers, best mechanics, etc. Can't blame him for staying within his comfort zone.

Awesome. I don't think there is much you can add to what Rahal said, he's totally right. F1 just isn't what it used to be. Bernie clearly has an alternative agenda to working for the sport, mainly working for himself. The circuits are increasingly boring, fans get no respect and most drivers are moaning prima donnas. I watched Alonso one day walking to his motorhome or something and some kid handed him a program to sign. Alonso took it and signed it but didn't stop walking, didn't even look at the kid or take 10 seconds to say hi to him. They need to remember who pays their wages, no fans no money...

...compare that to many other motorsports. A good example is NASCAR. Now regardless of what any ignorant person this side of the pond feels about the sport it's huge in America, as huge as F1 in Europe, perhaps even bigger. Yet the fans still get up close and personal with the teams and drivers.

More like, "In F1 my dad can't hook me up with a winning team straight away so I won't go cos I'm too used having everything handed to me. I don't want to really put in some hard work to go places cos I'm a spoiled cry baby."

Yeah, that's it. I'm being mean, I know, but don't tell me there isn't some truth to it.

With the recent re-unification of Indycar he is in a very exciting spot right where he is. Going to F1 in a mid field team could be career suicide. If a new F1 team based in the US was formed he may change his mind as this would be an epic challenge.

@ So desu

I think your comment would be more correct if it was about Marco Andretti. Rahal is not on his fathers team. He has won a race in a series that more than four drivers have a chance of winning. In Indycar just about every team has the realistic opportunity of being a "winning" team unlike F1. He did a decent job in A1GP too.

The Kid is right. How many drivers actually have a chance of winning no matter how good they are. Fernando is arguably the best driver in the series and he's no a mid to back of the pack driver. So even if Rahal is as good as FA, if he isn't in a Ferrari or Mclaren, you have no chance. F1 is so predictable that I can tell you that only 2 teams and only 2 drivers could possibly win it this year. That's SAD. Rahal, stay where you are at. F1 is the pinnacle but the competition is lame. If you are on pole, you have a 95% chance of winning the race. That's a sad state.

I agree with Graham Rahal, Formula 1 at times can be an utter bore at times. I probably only watch the first 10-30 laps of Grand Prix depending on the track that is being raced on. I do rate Bourdais and I feel that he has been unlucky in not getting in Formula 1 earlier, but did very well in sportscars with a 2nd place finishe at Le Mans with Peuegot and 4th place Pescaraolo and two retirements. Rahal will be better off in ALMS because I am sure the name will attract big sponsors for an LMP2 team or NASCAR for example.

Nor do i !!!!

Oh come on, it's the same everywhere. I don't see the DPR or FMSI drivers fighting for victories in GP2 either. You have to work your way up as a driver. There are plenty of good teams in F1 who could well get their act together, it's just not happening right now. Remeber Renault won 2 consecutive titles not too long ago. There will never be a field where EVERY car and EVERY team can fight for victories, especially not in a non-unified series. And unified series kinda suck. You want weight penalties too or what? Do you find lottery draws more exciting? You whine like little Rahals, the lot of you.

At the end of the day indycar is just a national series,also i doubt he could even win in gp2 nevermind f1 in a top team.His win was fortuatous(most us open wheeled races spend more time under yellows than green)he cant consistantly out pace justin wilson either.

I don't find Rahal interesting.

Let's face it: F-1 is booorrring. All the excitement hinges on the refueling strategy. It's a development series but what does that mean now: more little thingys tacked on the car to gain a .0001 sec advance. Ridiculous tire and engine rules. Time to switch to a spec car and engine without downforce aids but with super wide tires to get back to real racing. And the move to the middle/far east and those soulless tracks because they have neat paddocks. If the global economy falters they won't be able to field 18 cars. Rahal
is wise to say in the US. You have to be a Euro to have any chance. Look at Vetter. Already the talk is of him moving up to take Coldterds seat and what has he done lately

El Hamiltron... Racing the same everywhere? Do you watch any racing or have you just picked up the sport.. Ferrari has won all but one race this year. They have dominated for the last upteen years and when they are down McL picks up the slack. There are usually two teams every year that dominate. The mid pack and bottom feeders circle the track in a procession following behind the leaders in hopes of not being lapped. The Renault wins are an exception but there are even clouds over those victories.

I think Rahal is right. I am living in Holland and find out the tv channels we have here don't show the Indy 500 this weekend. And i have to admid if i could choose between the Monaco GP or The Indy 500 (2 of the 3 real classics left)i choose Indy to watch. It's like chosing between watching the greatest spectacle of motor racing or the greatest traffic jam of motor racing! Personely i will pick the spectacle! So i think for a driver his age he's very mature in the head

The kid's got a bit of a point - more must be done for F1 to increase passing opportunities and competitiveness between teams.

For example: an FIA-standard ground effects package.

Why not?

i would hate for formula 1 or any european series to turn in to a us style series with its surgicaly enhanced racing where luck counts as much as skill