Conor Daly, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Discuss How American Racers are Perceived | The Dale Jr. Download

The Dale Jr. Download dove into the opinions that international racing series have on American drivers. Guest Conor Daly, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co-host Mike Davis discuss if how American drivers are perceived is based on opinions of the country or their talents.
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[@xx_mecoboy_xx]

Shame most people don't seem to have read about Dan Gurney's time in F1, raced amongst the greatest F1 drivers of the 1960's.

[@daniels.2720]

+ Jim Clarks' most feared rival according to Jim's Dad...

[@dennispalmer6007]

Absolutely. Raced with the best, and was among that elite group. Of course there was Mario, and A.J.Foyt.

[@jonotto1997]

It's not the teams and the other drivers that dislike Americans in their motorsport. It's the fans. If a driver is good enough or brings enough sponsorship money as long as there's a seat they'll get the drive. The biggest hindrance for Americans is the location and the distance, not the people.

[@joeykessinger6464]

Another great podcast!!! Made the trip to North Wilkesboro from IL. Met alot of awesome people and got some great pics at the track. To see how humble and down to earth Jr is with the fans is just awesome!!! I can't wait to get back down south for some short track racing.

[@GrainneCarney]

Loved this whole episode with Conor! Big fan of the Download, big fan of DBC, big fan of Speedstreet! and some of Irish motorsports fans say about Conor: he might be the hometown hero in Indy USA, but he's Irish enough for us!

[@Wildtrax39565]

I am proud they fixed the “in a holler” echo on Speed Street. I tried to listen but it sounded like crap in my JBL BUDS. Now that it’s fixed, I now added them back to the DirtyMo Posse. Sounds important to audiophiles. Dale Jr Download has the best sound of any podcast.

[@tommybounds3220]

Thank you for the video.

[@rafaelplacce]

Great point by Dale. As a brazilian, I don't see any difference in what Conor is describing than what brazilian drivers says about the prejudice they suffer trying to come to Arca or Truck etc...

[@RyTrapp0]

That's so unfortunate too, when they've been a big part of American road racing & open wheel racing for decades too

[@Dallas_Matt]

Would be great to see Juan Montoya and Michael Andretti on your show.

[@SimplyJoshinYa]

I believe Suarez has been more accepted than most Americans that do the switch but great comparison. He also has worked his ass off for it.

[@dennispalmer6007]

Canadians have competed in F1 for years. The most prominent being Gilles Villeneuve considered to be among the best f1 drivers ever. His son Jacque Villeneuve 1976 f1 champion, Bill Brack, and I believe atleast 11 others, so it’s not that they don’t accept drivers from North America.

[@SuperBuzz71]

JV grew up in Europe. He was European. The other Canadian drivers that hang around more than a season have rich daddies that buy the team or pay for their ride.

[@dennispalmer6007]

@@SuperBuzz71 who was European. If your talking about Gilles, he was from a little town between Montreal and Quebec City.

[@dennispalmer6007]

Jacque was born in the same Quebec, Canada town as his dad

[@SuperBuzz71]

@@dennispalmer6007 Yes, he was born there but he grew up in Europe. Monaco and Switzerland to be exact. A long way from that small town in Quebec.

[@baddas380]

@@SuperBuzz71 Also Andretti the one that won an F1 wdc not really American, all of is racing life was in northern italy. There has not been any really good American born drivers

[@lancairw867]

Mostly you need to grow up from carts F2 etc..on racing in Europe. Teams like the drivers know the tracks and their competitors. Heck Max and Charles LeClare ( top 2 drivers ) grew up racing each other. Also who you know and can you bring a lot of money to the table like Canadian Lance Stroll

[@maineiacial]

Facts

[@lancairw867]

@@maineiacial also watching both F1 and Indy NASCAR for years. I feel F1 fans are more into the teams/ manufacturers than individual drivers. In the US we are more about the driver I feel.

[@maineiacial]

@@lancairw867 thats exactly right. Indy is level playing field. Formula one is manufacturer based. The driver is just a tool

[@marchewitson6191]

The problem with F1 is they don’t want independent teams anymore, they want big manufacturers in, Audi is a good point in question, why Audi and not Andretti? As someone from the UK I find it disgusting that anyone in F1 would stop Andretti from joining.

[@daniels.2720]

My take > it's not so much about nationality than it is Profit Sharing amongst the 10 F1 Teams...

[@aful3091]

Time devotion and industry centralization is arguably the main hindrance to drivers from both series making the jump. If you're an American driver trying to break in to F1, you need to move to southeast England close to the factory. A European would have to spend a lot of time in North Carolina to get fully up to speed in a stock car. You can't afford to do that early in your career and don't wanna jeopardize what you've built near the end.

[@jeffyoder8105]

I'm thinking the perception of what an American stock car driver is all about might be part of the problem too especially for any Europeans who have never seen stock car racing and a lot of Europeans somehow don't think someone not sort of born into f 1 or at least indycars have the driving touch needed to compete ,especially a stock car driver which again comes from most Europeans not having ever seeing much Nascar style racing

[@patrickanderson9023]

I dont know of any F1 driver who lives in the UK. Most of then live in Monaco or Switzerlabd.

[@ChaosZero.]

Italian here. There are two explanations about no driver and no team: 1) No driver: In America you only have one feeder series (the Road to Indy stuff) and one premier series (Indycar), so driver development is relatively limited in what a young American driver can do to grow as an athlete. Here in Europe, on the other hand, we have dozens of different feeder series, and each country has its own F4 and F3 divisions, plus the international feeder series stuff like Formula Renault, F3 Open or the F1 support bill with F3 and F2. Drivers over here have a lot more opportunities to race in different championships. It is no surprise that the few (Latin) American drivers that succeeded over here, came all the way to Europe to race when they were younger. People like Dan Gurney and Mario Andretti back in the day, or Ayrton Senna and Juan Pablo Montoyta in recent times moved here to race very early in their careers, most American drivers nowadays don't do that, they only come to Europe when they're already teenagers, but they end up going against people that have raced in this environment since they were old enough to reach the pedals of a go kart. 2) No team: this is trickier to explain, but it all boils down to good old capitalism. F1 rulebook technically allows up to 24 or 26 cars (with 2x cars per team) to compete in any given race, so there wouldn't be a problem for Andretti joining just based on the rules. However, all of the purse money that teams get at the end of the season is split among them based on how they finish in the constructors championship with those at the top getting more money and those at the bottom getting less so. This means that if a new team like Andretti was to join the series, the purse money would not be divided between 10 teams anymore, but between 11 teams instead, which would result in even less money for the backmarkers. And of course, the backmarkers don't want to get even less money than the little amount they already get. So the only solution F1 teams agree upon for welcoming new teams is to keep the number of entries at the current 10, and force anybody that wants to join to buyout an existing team. That's how Haas got in in the first place, they never would've been accepted otherwise. And because Andretti failed to buyout Sauber (which has just been announced to become Audi in 2026), they have received strong opposition from existing teams to join as an 11th team and that's why they've been rejected. F1 is very different compared to Indycar. In Indycar you can do (almost) whatever you want, enter 1 car or 4 cars, do a full time schedule or a part time schedule, you can join as a teenager or as a middle aged man and nobody cares. In F1, politics are more influencial than the actual rulebook itself. An example? Any track that wants to host an F1 race must pay Liberty Media between 30 and 50 million dollars a year. A year. Fail to do that? You're out. We're about to lose some historical tracks because of that, tracks that have been on the calendar since F1 was born in 1950. Believe me, American race car drivers and team owners: you're better off not bothering with F1, we the fans would love to see you compete here, but the politicians running this sport don't want you and don't give a flying flamingo about you.

[@rblbatb]

Thank you for the detailed response.

[@SimRacerSteve82]

Why is the pot the teams split a flat amount? Did they agree to that? It should be a % of F1 revenue. Then if a new team comes in and increases overall revenue, yes, the piece of the pie is smaller, but if the pot is bigger, you can still make more money.

[@ChaosZero.]

@@SimRacerSteve82 Well no, because the prize pool is an intricate web of money coming from entry fees (paid by the teams), broadcasting rights sold to televisions and a bunch of other things but is generally a fixed amount. Everything else is all profit for Liberty Media. Problem is, even if a new team joins and thus there's more money coming in from the extra entry fees, the % of how the money is split will also need to be adjusted to account for it, so that means that whoever finishes 11th in the constructors will get less money than they would for finishing 10, currently and nobody wants to do that, but those at the top will also get less money, on average, because everybody will have to account for the 11th team joining. The bottom line is, literally everybody in F1, from teams to tracks to logistics partners, is operating at a loss because the only entity actually profiting is Liberty Media. There is no way in hell any track currently on the schedule is able to make 30 million dollars in revenue just by selling tickets (even if they sell out for the weekend) or there's no way for any team to be able to make 150 million dollars (a year) in revenue just by selling tshirts and baseball caps. Liberty Media could literally bankroll the entire sport for at least a decade without going in the negatives, but of course they earn billions of dollar a year, why would they want to only earn millions of dollar a year?

[@hawkgeoff]

Nice reply, and I suspect spot on. I think also that kids get started late here in the states. Karting is not nearly what it is across the pond, but in motocross, kids all over our country are racing at 4 years old. Plus, our affinity for fendered cars plays a role also. With the limited seats available for professional open wheel racing in the states guys naturally gravitate towards fenders.

[@Mark_Cadden]

Liberty Media being an American entity owning F1 Group with a large interest in America as well as Haas being an American team and young American drivers like Sargent and Herta who are going to get a chance soon as well as the Netflix series making F1 very very popular in America are all points of emphasis as to why America is being pushed hard lately in the world of F1 (Miami and Vegas races coming/and Andretti trying to get in). If this momentum keeps going it’s not going to stop and F1 will be more integrated in America before you know it whether Europeans like it or not

[@bryanbennett972]

F 1 Racing will always remember a GREAT American that drove in that series by the name of MARIO ANDRETTI... BOOM enough Said!!!

[@joshuapowers4623]

With the giant caveat that Andretti was an Italian WWII refugee who was already 15 years old by the time he got to the US. Add to that both he and Dan Gurney raced at a time before the US decided it was the arbiter of what was right and good for the rest of the world, we were far less hated back then.

[@jackmorrison8269]

Hey shout out to Cleetus &Cars at Bristol. First private stock car race!!

[@JustinAH]

Too bad Jeff Gordon turned down Villeneuve to drive for BAR in 2000. Another thing, Andretti finished 3rd at Monza in his final Formula 1 race for McLaren in 1993. Have you guys seen Michael Andretti's 1994 victory at Surfers Paradise? Perhaps best race ever! Just about everything happened in that race except for a Comet striking the Earth

[@BvG_Venom]

Biggest reason F1 isn't allowing Andretti in is because it'll divide the profit sharing from 10 to 11 shares. Now would an American team with American drivers bring in enough revenue to the sport to make up the difference? Probably but they don't see it that way. Even with Porsche and Audi, there buying into current teams not expanding the field. F1 definitely needs more teams but no one wants to share anymore of the profits.

[@lewiskemp5893]

I remember Michael Andretti driving for McLaren in 1993. One he had Senna as teammate and no testing that year. Yeah Americans are looked down at

[@pamelamaloy9778]

❤️❤️❤️❣️🥰

[@stevie821]

Im just here to buy a conor daly t shirt and be on my way.

[@Mikesacco1B]

Conor is Da man

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

One of the biggest things is... American motorsport culture is a niche thing here. In Japan, Europe, Brazil etc... Motorsport is probably the 2nd biggest sport in each region. Moto GP in Europe draws massive crowds, more than anything in Indy Car outside of the Indy 500. GT3 in Europe dwarfs anything GT3 related in America.... & Helmut Marko at Red Bull just publicly stated that Herta is lined up for a red bull drive next year at Alpha Tauri. So there will be a proper chance, and clearly at the highest level people who want an American in the sport..... & this conversation is almost all deflecting. Daly should know the level and support & passion is far greater than anything in America, and that plays a part. In the UK, a country that is less than 1/10th the size of America, averages almost 2 million viewers for a F1 broadcast, about half of what Americans average broadcast for NASCAR, 4 million, and sometimes even beats out the NASCAR Broadcast number, a country 1/10th the size... Europe is the same size as America, now take every European market, Holland, Germany, Italy, France and so on and so forth, and the F1 broadcast numbers literally dwarf the NASCAR viewership numbers in America.

[@perriello66]

That's because america has the top pro leagues in the world besides soccer, plus the juggernaut of college football. There are way too many different sports to watch here.

[@oregonborn9769]

I could see Kevin harvick or mark martin doing f1 or even indycar. (In their primes of course)

[@aszilagyi100]

I witnessed the same kind of treatment. Watching motocross in Germany! After every heat race, there was an onstage interview for those top three finishers if they were European. And win American drivers, ( complete backmarkers when they race at home in the AMA) Would drive their bikes up on the stage. And there was no one there with a microphone to give the interview. It was completely intentional

[@badgumby9544]

I'll give you a break if English isn't your first language. They are "riders". Not drivers. And you don't "drive" a motorcycle. You ride it.

[@michaelktm6061]

Michael Andretti also chose to fly home to the USA every week instead of staying and immersing himself in the culture of F1

[@duaneschonbergfishing1585]

He was going to be fired and Michael quit

[@Mtlmshr]

Agreed the only thing about Hass’s F1 Team that is American is the American $ flowing into it and even that is only a partial thing. Face it, F1 is mainly a British & Italian with a bit of French influence (you can’t say strictly European because the majority of teams are British) they just want to keep it that way! Look at Andretti trying to get in and they are doing everything in there power not to let them in but Audi & Porsche now have a seat at the table coming up in the next few years!

[@daniels.2720]

Maybe you could have had Conors' Dad on too. Just a thought... It's a shame Roger Penske isn't younger & really, really wanted to do it (Again) he'd get in. Money can't make a Team "successful". It only gets you the equipment, etc. Hence, Ferrari now & more so Mercedes - yet they'll be back... Haas maybe could be successful. He's spent tons of money. Yet, maybe it's in the Leadership? We'll just have to ask Gunther, won't we... As far Michael Andrettis' bid & aspirations > maybe he should go F2 first just to make his point. Again, just bringing Money to the table - don't prove "squat".

[@juliancollie5438]

It’s purely a perception based on results of American Drivers from the last 30years since Micheal Andrettis tough year. That alone has had a huge effect on the chances given to drivers post-Andretti. The European system is brutal, one bad year and you are behind the next wave of drivers. Conor had a good year in GP3 with a good team, then had a bad year in GP2 with an average team and that was him basically forgotten about. The only drivers that make it in European junior system are truly good drivers or drivers with the money to buy their way up the ladder. An American needs to be a stand out with results to make it.

[@brihev4355]

two words: Phil Hill.

[@Mark_Cadden]

Liberty Media being an American entity owning F1 Group with a large interest in America as well as Haas being an American team and young American drivers like Sargent and Herta who are going to get a chance soon as well as the Netflix series making F1 very very popular in America are all points of emphasis as to why America is being pushed hard lately in the world of F1 (Miami and Vegas races coming/and Andretti trying to get in). If this momentum keeps going it’s not going to stop and F1 will be more integrated in America before you know it whether Europeans like it or not and the nature of the beast that is F1 (capitalism) is gonna tell ‘em all to suck it up

[@nascargavin8188]

Hi

[@Satchfan10]

Are you?

[@maiasdad]

Mario Andretti is still the first and so far last American F1 Champion

[@michaelnelson3752]

Wrong............1961 Phil Hill is the first and only native born American to become the F1 World champion as of this date.........Andretti while an American citizen (and proudly so) was an Italian immigrant.

[@stellingbanjodude]

I believe Kyle Larson could do it

[@DavE-FM545]

Kyle Busch too

[@DavE-FM545]

And $

[@markwitkowski6418]

Kyle Larson could fly an f-16 through the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel,while firing it's weapons

[@321gates]

@@markwitkowski6418 He would need those weapons too if flying through Baltimore.

[@markwitkowski6418]

@@321gates that's why his jet would be armed.but yeah,that is so true about Baltimore

[@highseasmarinediaz493]

Colton herta could replace Mike Schumacher, Nicholas latifi, yuki sanota or even Danny Ricardo right at this moment in F1 .

[@donholmes4476]

These are the things Conner refused to mention! In addition, I’d love to see Goodyear jump back into F1. Notice the main products like tires are a European brand! And any racing entity in the USA that’s a threat to any top F1 teams would heavily politicized. When Jim Clark won INDY500 his pit crew was not an F1 crew from Europe!! It was a NASCAR crew from the Wood Brothers organization! I’d love to see HMS take K Larson over there and have Monster Energy & Chevy field a factory effort with American brains!

[@GeekFurious]

As European born who lived most of his life in the US I can answer this: It's how Americans carry themselves. Understand that Europeans are a matured culture within the timeline of history, they see themselves as the adults in the room, looking at the barely teenaged American culture strutting their stuff & behaving as if they have all the answers. Also, and this matters a lot & is difficult for Americans to appreciate, the US of A is the ONLY true super power in the world, an empire of corporations & militaries. Add to that the teenage-like strut & they see it as audacity to inflitrate yet again into their world without reason. It doesn't matter if it is rational, it's just how it is & will be until America loses its influence over the world.

[@321gates]

Which hopefully will never happen as American's should want to remain a superpower. And after receiving two major military/economic bailouts, Europeans should want the same. Often times a side affect of greatness, or power, is arrogance. But at the same time, a common side affect of not being the best at something is envy. I feel like a lot of Europeans suffer from thE latter, just as a lot of Americans wear a sense of exceptionalism on their sleeve.

[@MMAmachinhead92]

So you're inherently more "mature" if you were born in the 'right' part of the world? And Americans have to show reverence to other European ultures because they were around "longer"? If your argument is to protest perceived eltisim, you just justified elitism yourself. Not only that, but it seethes of insecurity and feelings of inferiority. How can the average American control macro-poltical perceptions? Maybe control your feelings of resentment and potential inferiority with some self-therapy, as something like this isn't important?

[@j.rastusrat4647]

Follow the money. Drivers come to the teams funded. Send an American driver over with the right funding and he will get a shot. It will take American money and sponsors.

[@kennethwilson5833]

I find Domenicalis position on the Andretti team baffling. You say you don't need any more teams when you have an embarrassingly small number of cars on the grid and are trying to gloss over it. When you have capacity for more teams and interest from a properly funded effort they should be welcomed with open arms. More teams means more opportunities for drivers to get a shot, which is one of the issues, there are plenty of drivers that deserve a shot but don't get it because there just aren't the seats available. I'd love to see Herta and O'Ward (I know, he's Mexican), especially when they are still young and adaptable. The Superlicense shouldn't be an impediment for drivers who clearly have the ability. But once again it's clearly the shortage of seats that is the big problem. I don't know what the solution is, more cars would be a start. (Not American by the way). Going the other way I'd love to see Ricciardo do a year in Indycar or Even XFinity/NASCAR, try and rediscover the spark, might not win but I'm sure he'd have a lot of fun trying.

[@Sknarfn]

Its dumb that teams don’t want Andretti involved in F1. It would bring a ton of money to the sports that’s a lot cleaner than some of the Middle Eastern and Russian money that have gotten over the last decade. Personally I think O’Ward’s and Herta’s chance of jumping to F1 are coming to an end. Younger drivers are graduating from Junior Formula ranks who have actually won. Beyond the super license issue, I don’t think teams are interested in promoting guys to F1, who haven’t raced on circuits in the junior forulma ranks, and haven’t won championships in lower divisions of race. Add on top of that not having millions if not billions of dollars in sponsorships or daddy’s money

[@kennethwilson5833]

@@Sknarfn I guess we'll find out about Herta within the next week.

[@321gates]

Yeah, you know they're a bitter bunch over there when they refuse hundreds of millions of dollars by refusing to tap into the American television market. Maybe it's time for Ford to start a team of all American drivers and take the show to them, 1966 style.

[@grantlauzon5237]

I don’t think it’s all because they have a low opinion of Americans. I think it’s that they have a low opinion of American motorsports. If the only thing they hear about American racing are restrictor plate crashes and drag racing then I think it’s easy to be an elitist with F1 and WRC. Why would a European care about Richard Petty or John Force when they have Michael Schumacher and Sébastien Loeb.

[@bc7013]

Just human nature not to want outsiders in your club, it is a basic survival instinct

[@jasonwiggins6137]

They're still mad that Lake Speed came over and beat their God Ayrton Seena for the World Carting Championship.

[@angieng8633]

Well, Americans have their own Indy Car & NASCAR series. US have differentiated themselves from F1 in open wheel by having Indy Car Even in English language, America wants to be different by subtracting the 'u' from words like colour. Btw, I'm not from US nor Europe. So, perhaps the concern of the Europeans is the Americans teams will go and change the whole thing, not follow existing traditions. Cos that's what Americans do, do things differently from others, including language. So yeah, we do have perception Americans think they are better than others.

[@UNHchabo]

Many spelling differences between American English and British English are not due to intentional differentiation, but of the differences that came about naturally through development of language through the 18th and 19th centuries. Samuel Johnson and Noah Webster may have put some bias in choosing which spelling would become standard in their dictionaries, but more often than not they documented which spelling was predominant in their country at the time. This is also seen in Canada and Australia, both of which use a mixture of "British" and "American" spellings. If anything, since then British English has changed more than American English has, given that Brits no longer use the words "mirrour", "ambassadour", or "chaptre", all of which were the spellings used in Samuel Johnson's British dictionary.

[@MMAmachinhead92]

Learn some racing history. The only reason Indycar was created is because European teams stopped participating in American events, like the Indy 500. Back then there was no distinction between a "F1" or "CART/Indycar", as it was all international open-wheel racing. Enzo Ferrari's life long mission was to win the Indy 500, and that's why he started a racing company. They (the FIA) themselves decided to become Eurocentric, and partake only in their own European races. Americans weren't invited to their European-only gala, and henceforth, why American open-wheel racing would become what Indycar today. And secondly, if you're using language spelling as an example of exceptionalism, then you are obviously petty. But, well, if you perceive American culture to be that way, then it must be by your admission.

[@donholmes4476]

The FIA controls so much because they only want to see Europeans thrive! Plus it’s not about competition in F1 like it is in the USA!! They are jealous too because we offer so much variety to the single seat racer! Frank Williams wanted Jeff Gordon but couldn’t afford him! Kyle Busch could have run the F1 Toyota but the biggest deal is our sponsors and the money here is huge! Most F1 drivers never hit 230mph because no ovals in GP! Andretti is threat to FiA yet FIA will let Audi do whatever because they are European! America is always intimidating to Europeans since WW2

[@sander1342]

Does anyone see haas f1 as an american team? Nothing about them says merica😂 their car literally was a russian flag at the beginning of the season

[@cobrasuites1205]

Hey man , what are doing ? I got an idea for ya . why don't you guys study into hologram arts . And go through all your dads videos interviews and pick out selections of sentences and words and do a hologram of him speaking and giving the command to start your engine's. This would definitely take some professional digital work but I'm sure you could pull it off. I'm shocked the sport hasn't done this yet. when you look up other areas they have done this with music artist why not try this. So give it a thought and have a good day....

[@wvragtopsestep2165]

They are scared

[@badgumby9544]

If Herta gets an F1 seat without having enough points to get a Super License. Which is his current situation. The whole F1 community, including fans will give him zero respect. And he will have a very hard and bad experience in F1.

[@UNHchabo]

What if they increase the points allocation for Indycar as a whole? The series is greatly undervalued by the current points allocation, if Herta had got his last 3 seasons' results in WEC Hypercar instead of Indycar, he'd have a Superlicense.

[@RacingAtHome]

@@UNHchabo If he had those results in Hypercar, he'd have been last every single season, too.

[@UNHchabo]

@@RacingAtHome why award so many points if the series is that uncompetitive then? In Indycar you could beat every non-champion in the series and only come 6th.

[@maineiacial]

Michael Andretti bro. They didnt ket him win. Thats why we need an american backed team with american cars

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

Didn't Andretti win F1 one year? Bingo, case closed, Americans 1 in motorsports

[@stevenicely8718]

Mario Andretti was born in Italy. His family moved to America when he was 15. He is a American citizen but he is still italian by birth.

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

@@stevenicely8718 yea, read what happened to his family in Italy, he's an American and don't even recognize Italy

[@toddtaylor6506]

They don't Americans because they're afraid if a bunch of Americans started competing and owning teams in their series the mystique of it being better than American racing series would be blown up. It's xenophobia in a nutshell.

[@dennispalmer6007]

That comment is why Americans aren’t universally accepted.

[@prochrgedLT1]

@@dennispalmer6007 Todd is kind of right though. For example, Montoya running NASCAR, Kimi running NASCAR, or Alonso running the Indy 500. Montoya for CGR, Kimi ran for Trackhouse, and Alonso for Andretti Autosport. All teams with good cars to jump into and all the F1 stars were met with praise and acclaim for their respective performances. Contrast that to Rossi, Scott Speed, Michael Andretti and numerous other Americans who were not given any relatable treatment. Arguably, Eddie Cheever and Mario were the only 2 Americans who really got a chance in F1 for the past 40-50 years. Mario at least won a WDC.

[@mrlost117]

@@dennispalmer6007 ya lemmings don't like truth

[@perriello66]

@@dennispalmer6007 No country is universally accepted.

[@TypeZero31]

The European fans and pretty much everyone else in the world (especially Russians, Chinese, and Middle Easterners), always talks bad about anything american lol…..it’s really funny. When it comes to people, military, sports, culture, ect…..you name it. I just laugh it off and see it as being envious.

[@aracrittenden7905]

European circuit the drivers are the richest of the rich kids. They're Arisocrats and look down upon the yanks. Its a stereotype. Kinda funny to say you don't know the reason.

[@dee3368]

Colton shouldn't even waist his time.. 2 teams in f1 can win 2 TEAMS!!! why in the hell would he put himself through the b.s that comes with f1... ride around in the back and get relentlessly bad mouthed by the f1 snobs... its just pointless

[@bratasaurus2222]

the last great american f1 driver was mario andretti unfortunately even his son great driver as he was stunk up f1 american drivers have been a joke in f1 for decades ,the f1 tracks are legendary in single seater racing so its understandable american drivers want to race those circuits even in bad cars but that does not help american drivers reputation seriously what did derek daly ever do in f1? plus americans saying this should see what happens to japanese drivers in f1 much worse

[@benjamindover6427]

Would the absolutely top Indycar / NASCAR drivers be on the pace in Europe? Given a decent testing programme, of course they would. Would Larsen or Herta join Red Bull and hand Verstappen his arse on a plate ? Don't be daft.

[@leng1212]

If Americans win....the guys over there go into heavy denial. It's territorial.

[@lancairw867]

In a way but the have non Euro drivers, Australia, Mexico, China, Japan etc…. F1 fans I feel more about the team/ manufacturers than individual drivers.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

The answer is obvious because America's motor sport is NASCAR and NASCAR racing is known as a big joke to the rest of the world, so America racecar drivers are also seen the same way.

[@brihev4355]

NHRA is the biggest racing org. in the US ofA.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

@@brihev4355 NASCAR is more known and brings in more revenue and viewers, so it is the biggest motorsport org in USA.

[@hhollyd66]

They're too prissy over there. I can't figure out why anyone would want to join their little clique. And they race the clock not the other cars.

[@markwitkowski6418]

Holly ,you hit the nail on the head.PRISSY

[@jonotto1997]

You must not know anything about how racing over there works.

[@markwitkowski6418]

@@jonotto1997 don't give a damn about europe or their racing

[@jonotto1997]

@@markwitkowski6418 so, why are you here? Commenting on a video about Americans in European motorsport? If you don't give a damn then maybe just be quiet and go away?

[@sharpshooter7686]

The only problem with that statement is F1 doesn't race the clock, that's IMSA/Le Mans. Are they too prissy? Depends on who you ask. I'd say no because it takes nerves of steel and a fair bit of confidence to do what F1 drivers do.

[@papabear9498]

Think about it...The United States is a NEW COUNTRY and we aren’t the best-we got work to do people-be better daily!

[@johanblume2621]

What do we think here in Europe? NASCAR: if you can’t pass with talent or a better car, then just hit their rear quarter panel and take them out. That’s American racing. A bunch of barges driving around in a circle at 180mph playing demolition derby. Your IndyCar drivers are the superior, REAL racing drivers, yet you Americans prefer NASCAR, which is run like an American fake wrestling event. Hell, NASCAR rewards so many gimmicky points for everything. I’m surprised they don’t reward 50 points for the driver with the heaviest dump in their pants after the race. It’s demolition derby gimmick racing.

[@felonious_monk1972]

Probably cuz outside of our own borders WE suck as humans and as a society as a whole ……… just saying

[@LastRaceBender]

I could care less about f1 because really there's nobody from 🇺🇸 to root for so I've never watched it and I guarantee I'm far from the only one who thinks the same so that's their loss 📉 wise I'll stick to nascar if they wanna miss out on a huge market just so they can feel superior to America that's just stupid they know if Americans got a proper chance they would risk Americans beating their heros who claim to be superior and their sport to be superior to nascar and American racing and they wouldn't be able to claim superiority to America that's all its about we all know Americans would end up being one of the greats in f1 but they won't risk that!!! that can't happen if we never get the chance so here we are it's just sad an American great wouldn't erase your history and your heros and what they accomplished it would just elevate competition and bring more eyes to f1 but they just wanna be better than America so so sad we all lose because of it but in the end im perfectly content with nascar

[@guitarman864]

American racers tend to be better race car drivers...that's all!

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

Americans are the best racers, dont care what the foreigners think about it

[@duaneschonbergfishing1585]

That's factually incorrect. Ovals aren't as hard as circuits. Foreign drivers grow up training on circuits. Cry all you want but facts don't care about your feelings

[@motormech1h343]

You might be biased