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Originally Posted by NYG
So many great Indy drivers missed out on F1 because their experience is not valued well enough.
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On the other hand US drivers havent been particularly succesful in F1 in the last 3 decades. Granted, there have only been 2: Scott Speed, a somewhat rookie, but also Michael Andretti, who was a seasoned driver when he came to F1 with lots of US indy wins to his name. I remember when he entered F1 there were some pretty high hopes, but in the end it was all a big failure. (whether or not that was on his performance, or on mclaren, or both...in the end the results just weren't there)
Normally the succesformula for a F1 driver is a substantial karting career, winning or be a runner up to a world or european championship and then have substantial success in F2/F3 or F4.
Herta has raced in europe, but his real succes is still in the US
I can understand that both the FIA and F1 teams are a bit reluctant to value that success as it's not the 'known path' for F1.