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Haas rules out Alexander Rossi F1 move

Haas F1 says it won't be signing an American driver to its team for its inaugural Formula 1 World Championship season in 2016, ending Alexander Rossi's hopes of making the step from GP2. One of the few American drivers coming through the European ranks, the 23 year-old – who had reserve driver duties with Caterham and Marussia - had been considered a possible candidate for a move into F1 after a particularly strong first-half to the 2015 GP2 season. However, though he is currently classified second behind highly-rated McLaren junior Stoffel Vandoorne with only three rounds remaining, Rossi's chances of stepping up to F1 in 2016 appear to have been quashed, the team instead preferring to...
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