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Brown: Newgarden and Dixon ready for Formula 1

McLaren chief Zak Brown has weighed in on the debate regarding the state of readiness of American drivers for Formula 1 and picked a couple of drivers who he believes are talents that would not be put of place on the grid. Earlier this month Guenther Steiner irked the Indycar community by claiming that no American driver is ready for Formula 1. Brown thinks otherwise and told Racer, 'The biggest challenge you have is the lack of testing. So until this rules change… We only get eight pre-season days of testing and even that is only with one car so you rotate drivers, so to take away a day from Fernando [Alonso]'s four or Stoffel [Vandoorne]'s four just doesn't make sense.' 'So I think...
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