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Bobby Rahal: flying the US flag in F1

Bobby Rahal: flying the US flag in F1

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As a young racer growing up in America in the 60s, Bobby Rahal
idolised people like Phil Hill, Dan Gurney and Mario Andretti -
drivers who had made it across the Atlantic to drive in Formula
1. He dreamt of doing the same; of travelling to Europe to race
at the circuits he'd read about in magazines and going wheel to
wheel with his racing heroes. After making a name for himself on
US road circuits and putting in some stand-out performances in
Formula 3, that F1 opportunity came in 1978 when Walter Wolf
offered Bobby a seat alongside Jody Scheckter at the US and
Canadian Grand Prix. They were the last two races of the season
and, sadly, they would be the first and last races that Bobby
would contest in Formula 1. Although his time at the top was
brief, Bobby’s legacy lives on as one of a handful of American
drivers to have made it to F1. In this episode, Bobby addresses
the need for more US drivers on the grid and he winds back the
decades to reveal the passions that fuelled his love of European
motorsport, his journey to F1 and what really happened at those
two races back in 1978.

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