Rahal responds to Haas claim about Americans: It's complete bull***t

Rahal responds to Haas claim about Americans: It's complete bull***t

Originally written by Joas van Wingerden. This version is a translation.

Saturday 13 January 2018 14:53

IndyCar driver Graham Rahal has described Haas' claim that drivers from the United States are not yet good enough for Formula One competition as 'complete bull***t' and insisted that American performers have simply not had the opportunity to ply their trade in F1.

Haas chief Guenther Steiner said recently that his team would like to recruit an American driver at some point, but claimed that none are up to speed to compete in F1.

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"It's not on top of our list," Steiner told Autosport when asked about Haas signing an American driver.

"It's on top of our list if there's a good one. Obviously, we want one.

"But then maybe, if there is a really good one, would they come to us?

"Just having an American driver who maybe cannot compete at a certain level is maybe not good for the sport.

"[Signing an American driver] would be an ambition, but at the moment there is nobody ready for F1 in the United States in my opinion."

Rahal responded negatively on his Twitter page with regards to the comments:

Complete BS. @HaasF1Team if you really believe that, why don’t you call some of us, give it a shot? https://t.co/cSpGrb1h62 — Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) January 12, 2018

Always funny the @HaasF1Team mentality. “Americans aren’t good enough”, yet they haven’t even given us a shot. Not worth our time. ???????? #USA — Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) January 12, 2018