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Nascar`s Jeff Gordon best suited for F1 driver
London, May 14: Formula One needs an American driver and the photofit of the wanted man probably looks a lot like Nascar`s Jeff Gordon.
London, May 14: Formula One needs an American driver and the photofit of the wanted man probably looks a lot like Nascar's Jeff Gordon.
But Grand Prix fans can forget about seeing the most successful US stock car racer of the past decade lining up alongside the likes of Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya on the starting grid.
As the four-times series champion made clear in Spain on his first visit to a Grand Prix last weekend, it is not going to happen.
Or at least, not unless Ferrari were to ring him up tomorrow to tell him that Schumacher had quit and they were ready to offer the 32-year-old American whatever he wanted.
''That one would be hard to turn down,'' he conceded. ''Who would turn that down? Nobody would and I think that my sponsors and car owner would understand that even if it were for five races or one season, absolutely.
''You're always looking for the best opportunity and it doesn't get any better than that one.''
Bureau Report
But Grand Prix fans can forget about seeing the most successful US stock car racer of the past decade lining up alongside the likes of Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya on the starting grid.
As the four-times series champion made clear in Spain on his first visit to a Grand Prix last weekend, it is not going to happen.
Or at least, not unless Ferrari were to ring him up tomorrow to tell him that Schumacher had quit and they were ready to offer the 32-year-old American whatever he wanted.
''That one would be hard to turn down,'' he conceded. ''Who would turn that down? Nobody would and I think that my sponsors and car owner would understand that even if it were for five races or one season, absolutely.
''You're always looking for the best opportunity and it doesn't get any better than that one.''
Bureau Report