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Newgarden: Formula 1 is not a driver's championship
Although the dream as a youngster was to compete in Formula 1, Josef Newgarden has no regrets that it didn't happen saying the sport is not a 'driver's championship'. Moving into the GP3 series back in 2010 with the Carlin team, the American was tipped as a future Formula 1 driver. But, failing to make an impression in the junior series where he was P18 and 80 points behind championship winner Esteban Gutierrez, Newgarden returned to American to join Indy Lights. He stepped up to IndyCar the following season and, as they say, never looked back. Winning the title in 2017 and again in 2019, the now 31-year-old says he made the right call as today's Formula 1 is not about the driver. 'For me...
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