The four-time Formula 1 World Champion, currently driving for the Aston Martin F1 team, remarked at the weekend that he prefers “proper” U.S. tracks such as Road America to the street course in Miami Gardens.
When respected IndyCar blogger Matt Archuleta quoted the German ace’s comment, Graham Rahal responded with “I’ll double down and say it; Seb, if you ever want to test an @IndyCar at @RoadAmerica we will make it happen. Would be an honor to have you in our car! @RLLRacing.”
Bobby Rahal, who co-owns the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team with David Letterman and Mike Lanigan, responded to his son’s tweet, stating: “Seb, it’s a deal if you wish!”, prompting Graham to add “Oh boy, Bob has spoken. Let’s roll”.
Vettel himself was quizzed about the possibility after the race and replied: “I need to have a look. But it’s a great track, so let’s see.”
Speaking to Motorsport.com on Monday, three-time Indy car champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal said his offer was serious.
“We don’t have any opportunities right now, but why not?” he said. “You couldn’t showcase IndyCar at a better venue than Road America, and you couldn’t showcase Road America better than in an IndyCar. So I’d love to see what Vettel thinks.
“Ultimately, does a guy like him want to go IndyCar racing after a highly successful Formula 1 career? I don’t know. A lot of Europeans don’t like the idea of oval racing. But he’s still only in his mid-30s so he’s got plenty of years left to try other forms of racing.”
When RLL expanded to three cars in the off-season, adding Christian Lundgaard to the team, Rahal made it clear that he expected his ex-Formula 2 rookie to run the full schedule, rather than do what Romain Grosjean and Jimmie Johnson did last year which was focus on IndyCar’s road and street courses. Asked whether he’d be more amenable to Vettel running a part-time schedule to perhaps avoid the ovals, Rahal said, “Never say…
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