Suppose this shouldn't have been too
surprising with the Leafield based squad in a cost savings mode, albeit it
seems like a dumb move upon Caterham's behalf, as the PR the team would have received
from running its American reserve driver at Circuit Of The Americas at Austin
this coming Halloween weekend would have been a morale boost for the faltering
back marker team at the least.
Yet instead, 22yr old Californian Alexander
Rossi, who's been part of the Caterham F1 concern since its inception as Lotus
Racing 'Wayback in 2010 has departed the team prior to the just concluded German
Grand Prix, along with also giving up his GP2 ride. As one can only hope he'll
catch on with Gene Haas's ambitious Haas Formula project in 2016, this time
perhaps as a fully fledged Formula 1 racing driver, instead of simply being a
"Simulator Jockey;" Err Test/reserve driver.
Rossi is probably the most celebrated 'Yank
in the F1 Paddock at the moment, having
won in GP2 along with appearing to be quite media accessible, as I think
it'd be a coup for Haas to land a second team supply of Honda engines along
with "K-Squared" (Kamui Kobayashi)
as Rossi's team-mate, but I'm just speculatin' here...
Meanwhile, as Caterham continues making workers
redundant, along with having let Rossi walk, now comes word of another
"Junior" driver being added to the fold...
Caterham's Driver program expands
of course, after I'd originally penned' this, came
word that Rossi had joined Marussia as its official Reserve Driver with
immediate effect, as he'd be patrolling their Pit garage come the Hungary F1
weekend...