In America, a discussion broke out because of Colton Herta

After the news that, despite Red Bull’s best efforts, Colton Herta appears to have yet to receive an FIA superlicense and will not be allowed to drive in Formula 1 in 2023, there has been a lot of discussion on social networks. Part of the American public was offended by their compatriot and some members of the press, as well as professional racers, added fuel to the fire.

One of the radio journalists formulated his claims to Formula 1 as follows: “F1 has been making it clear for years: they are not interested in racers from the US, they are only interested in US dollars.”

Renowned racer Graham Rahol, speaking in IndyCar, responded to this comment: “That’s right! F1 is a top sport. They don’t need us. This must be remembered. They want to get money from American companies, and they don’t care about the rest. That’s how it always has been, that’s how it always will be.

Colton Herta is a talented racer, maybe he is the most talented of them all. He won many races, achieved great success. At the same time, there are drivers in F1 who cannot even be compared to him.”

All this, of course, led to a reaction from European journalists in particular, Joe Savard rightly remembered that Liberty Media, owner of Formula 1, is actually an American company. And the general idea was expressed by Briton Chris Medland, who works with both the World Championship official website and the American edition of Racer: “Graham, I can’t agree with this. Many F1 teams would love to bring in an American driver and would have taken Colton if the super license had not been issued.

Some of these teams now assume that they themselves would be interested in collaborating with such a driver, if there were such an opportunity, therefore they do not want the rules (issuing super licenses) to be broken for the sake of a from their rivals.

Alex Rossi, a former Formula 1 driver who switched to IndyCar in 2016 and won the Indy 500 that same year, joined the discussion. Of course, the skirmish on social networks continues.

“I was quiet for a while, but here’s my opinion,” writes Alex. “I’m sick of all this endless talk about the points needed for a super license. This license was originally conceived to prevent anyone from buying the opportunity to drive in Formula 1 and to have talent as the main motivating factor.

This is amazing. We all know Colton is a talented driver and capable of racing in F1. This is also great, and he should be given such an opportunity if it is offered to him. Point.

Auto racing is still the most visible sport where money can be more important than talent. That’s frustrating, and the biggest problem is that the sporty element often fades into the background, because business considerations predominate. Therefore, it was necessary to devise a way that would make it possible to end the practice of some teams of inviting riders solely for the sake of their sponsorship money.

It is this longstanding practice that teams do this out of greed or out of necessity, which is why Colton is now unable to make independent decisions, even if he wants to change the direction of his career and move to Formula 1. not in points and not in a super license.”