Formula One Features — March 2005

Being the sad guy in the corner of the pub with a pint and a copy of Autosport, I have had to fight endless battles with the pub bores over the years over whether or not Formula 1 was "just about driving around in circles". Then it was the "I'd watch it, but the same bloke wins all the time" routine.

Most young American racing drivers nowadays want to be big names in NASCAR. That is where the money is and where a young man can really make his name. But Ryan Hunter-Reay is not interested. He wants to be a Formula 1 star.