F1 » 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.