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Rossi on the road to fame in the US

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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.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.