The American Legacy In Formula 1

Authors: Phillip van Olsen, Bernard & Paul-Henri Cahier, Hardbound, 196 Pages, ISBN: 9780988429000, 1st Edition, 2015

- In the past two decades, only two American drivers, Michael Andretti and Scott Speed, have competed in Formula 1, the very pinnacle of motorsport. That state of affairs often leads Fl followers to disregard the United States rich history in post-war Grand Prix racing.

Yet, in the years following the inception of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, Americans were no strangers to the world's most evolved and internationally popular form of racing. Their ventures produced two World Champions, several winners and those who had the courage and honor to race with the best. T

oday, Formula 1 has a brand new American home at the state-of-the-art Circuit of The Americas sports and entertainment complex in Austin, Texas. As this glamorous and charismatic sport makes its grand return to the United States, Formula 1 legends and its young hopefuls look to a 3.4-mile circuit in the heart of the Lone Star State to breathe new life into an endeavor that only need capture America's full attention to guarantee Grand Prix racing's global status as the very best in motorsport.