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"  California&amp;#039;s Alexander Rossi has been dedicated to reaching Formula 1 since turning his attention to Europe&amp;#039;s open-wheel ladder as a teen in 2009. Now 22 and with years of GP2, GP3 and World Series by Renault experience on his side, the Marussia F1 test driver, who recently ended a multi-year arrangement with Caterham F1, says he&amp;#039;s open to a switch to the Verizon IndyCar Series if the right opportunity becomes available. READ MORE: Interview - American F1 hopes Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly &amp;quot;My contract with Caterham was through 2016 and I fully intended to be involved with that program and hopefully land in Formula 1, but with the ownership changing hands and the circumstances changing for many people who were involved with the team, plans have changed a bit,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Am I as opposed to IndyCar as I was before? Probably not. All of our efforts are focused towards F1 as they have been. But depending on how things go, yeah, I&amp;#039;m definitely open to IndyCar. If you&amp;#039;d asked me last December, I would have said no, but with things changing on this side, I&amp;#039;m open to it, definitely.&amp;quot;  Rossi&amp;#039;s recent signing with the Marussia F1 team could influence his future plans, although the announcement only referred to the 2014 season. Mired near the bottom of the standings, Marussia&amp;#039;s pay-to-play financial structure could pose the same limitations Rossi found at Caterham. READ MORE: Fast, Present, Future - Alexander Rossi meets the Corvette ZR1 and Lotus 49 at COTA With more talent than money at his disposal, greener pastures could be found in IndyCar. The series has produced incredible racing all season, and with a few seats possibly opening in 2015, Rossi would rank among the most interesting prospects for a team in need of a fast and highly-polished young charger. Compared to some of the IndyCar veterans who command a decent annual salary, yet rarely come close to delivering a championship, taking a chance on a homegrown, Euro-trained talent like Rossi might be the kind of nontraditional thinking an IndyCar team should consider. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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