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IndyCar drivers weigh in on F1 superlicence saga

Article To news overview © XPBimages Colton Herta only needed eight points to qualify for a Formula 1 superlicence, which would've enabled him to race on the grid next year. But as it was looking increasingly unlikely that he would get them before the end of this year, Herta's talks with Red Bull about joining AlphaTauri for 2023 have now collapsed. Top drivers in IndyCar and junior formula team owners that ran Herta have weighed in on the situation, describing F1 as an "elitist sport" while also taking aim at the FIA's points-based system that enables drivers to qualify for a superlicence. Indy 500 champion and two-time Grand Prix starter Alexander Rossi believes "past...
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