Caterham F1 tester American Alexander Rossi will not be taking part in Friday Practice for this weekend's United State's GrandPrix in Austin Texas, the team confirmed today. Rossi had hoped to get an outing with the Leafield squad at the weekend, however the team felt that it was more important to give their race driver's Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov as much time in the car as possible as it is a brand new track for everyone on the grid.
In my opinion it is a shame that Rossi won't be able to drive for the team a his home event, however, having said that I completely understand where the team are coming from. They want to give their driver's the best possible on track opportunities they can.
Rossi was with the team in Abu Dhabi last week taking part in the official young driver test programme. As the circuit is brand new for all team's on the grid it is the perfect opportunity for Caterham to take advantage of this and score their first ever Formula One points. As we all know absolutely anything is possible in Formula One.
I am extremely excited about Formula One's return to the United States and the circuit looks like an incredible challenge and I am sure that with the championship so finely balanced we are in for an absolute classic.... The perfect way for Formula One to announce it's return to the US.
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