Rossi on the road to fame in the US

(C) Twitter / ManorF1Team

(C) Twitter / ManorF1Team

It's going to be a very busy week indeed for Manor's Alexander Rossi, as he returns to Formula One duty in the US after missing the Russian Grand Prix in favour of his GP2 Series commitments.

As the first American to drive in Formula One since Scott Speed in 2007, all the focus of the media is going to be on the local hero as he heads to the Circuit of the Americas for this weekend's United States Grand Prix.

And it's already started. Here's a snap of him being driven to an interview with Sports Illustrated magazine on the Avenue of the Americas in New York City on Tuesday morning. It's just the first stop on today's packed media schedule, but we very much doubt that the 24-year-old (originally from Nevada City, which confusingly is actually in California!) will be complaining about the work load as he very much lives the dream he's been pursuing since he was a young boy.