News Details

Rossi: I was quite disappointed, I wanted to race

Alexander Rossi at Spa American driver Alexander Rossi detected a silver lining in his disappointment on Friday after a Formula One race debut was snatched away at the last moment. The 22-year-old Californian had been announced on Thursday as a replacement for Max Chilton at Marussia due to contractual issues with the Briton. The Russian-licensed team then performed a U-turn and announced while Rossi was on track for first Friday practice that Chilton would race after all. Rossi said he found out the bad news only after he stepped out of the car, 'I don't think it was as hard as you would expect because it came so quickly and it went away in the same way.' 'I don't think it had fully sunk...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Chilton to race in place of Rossi after Marussia make...

+ In a major u-turn Max Chilton will race for Marussia during this...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

Rossi to replace Chilton at Marussia for Spa

American rookie Alexander Rossi will make his Grand Prix race debut this...
10y ago from Formula1.com

U-turn at Marussia: Chilton will race in Belgium

style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">  ...
10y ago from F1Plus.com

Rossi replaces Chilton for Belgian GP

Marussia F1 Team Alexander Rossi will make his Formula 1 debut for...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

FOX acquires 33% stake in Penske Entertainment, IndyCar

Fox Corporation, parent company of broadcast company FOX Sports, has...

Colton Herta: IndyCar at Laguna Seca is a...

IndyCar’s latest visit to Laguna Seca produced rave reviews from...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle on course in Finland

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen ended the first full day of WRC...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player is 'keen' on Arsenal move, Gunners hoping to...

Crystal Palace attacker Eberechi Eze has been linked with a move away from...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal on alert as PL & CL winner yet to...

Arsenal are reportedly one of the clubs keeping an eye on the situation of...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“It’s a great signing for Arsenal' - Former PL...

Former Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has named Arsenal's Viktor...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Gonna put it out there” - Former Manchester...

Former Manchester United defender Demetri Mitchell has claimed that Rasmus...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA announce penalty verdict after controversial Max...

The FIA have announced the stewards verdict after... Read More »
8h ago from GPFans.com

Hungarian GP: Friday's action in pictures

Formula 1 fans at the Hungarian Grand Prix... Read More »
5h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.