Rossi's push for 2016 F1 seat “moving in the right direction” - MotorSportsTalk

American driver Alexander Rossi believes that his push for a full-time Formula 1 drive in 2016 is “moving in the right direction”.

Rossi became the first American driver in eight years to take part in a grand prix after joining Manor on a five-race deal that started last month in Singapore.

Since then, Rossi has enjoyed two impressive outings, and is now preparing to race in front of his home fans at next weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.

Rossi is yet to firm up any plans for 2016, but revealed in an interview with the Circuit of The Americas that his push for an F1 seat is going well.

“It’s important that I’m racing full-time in F1 for 2016,” Rossi said. “This is well underway and moving in the right direction.

“For the next few weeks my focus is doing a great job for the Manor Marussia F1 Team and Racing Engineering [in GP2] as both championships come to a close.

“I have complete faith in the team around me and our efforts leading into 2016, but through November I’m laser focused on the tasks at hand.”

Following Austin, Rossi will also race in Mexico and Brazil before returning to GP2 for the final two races of the year in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, giving him a busy run of five events across just six weekends.

You can keep track of all of Alexander’s racing via his weekly blog for NBC Sports, the latest of which you can read here.

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With three multiple winners now vying for the championship, the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series heads to Round 11 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington.

Chase Sexton earned his second victory of the season in Detroit when Aaron Plessinger fell on the final lap. Though he was penalized seven points for disobeying a flag, Sexton is third in the championship race. The Honda rider trails leader Cooper Webb (two victories) by 17 points, and defending series champion Eli Tomac (five wins) is three points behind Webb in second with seven races remaining.

Tomac won last year in Seattle on the way to his second season title.

Honda riders have a Supercross-leading 20 victories in the Seattle event but none at Lumen Field since Justin Barcia in 2013. Tomac and Barcia are the only past 450 Seattke winners entered in Saturday’s event.

Here are the pertinent details for watching Round 11 of the 2023 Supercross season in Seattle:

(All times are ET)

BROADCAST/STREAMING SCHEDULE: TV coverage of Round 11 will begin Saturday at 10 p.m. ET streaming on Peacock with a re-air Monday at 1 a.m. ET on CNBC. The Race Day Live show (including qualifying) will begin on Peacock at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday.

NBC Sports will have exclusive live coverage of races, qualifiers and heats for the record 31 events in SuperMotocross. The main events will be presented on Peacock, NBC, USA Network, CNBC, and NBC Sports digital platforms.

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POINTS STANDINGS: 450 division l 250 division

ENTRY LISTS: 450 division l 250 division

EVENT SCHEDULE (all times ET):

Here are the start times for Saturday’s Supercross Round 11 in Seattle, according to the Monster Energy Supercross schedule from the AMA:

4:50 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 1
5:05 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:20 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:35 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 1
6:25 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 2
6:40 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 2
7:55 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 2
8:10 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 2
10:06 p.m.: 250SX Heat 1
10:20 p.m.: 250SX Heat 2
10:34 p.m.: 450SX Heat 1
10:48 p.m.: 450SX Heat 2
11:22 p.m.: 250SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:34 p.m.: 450SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:54 p.m.: 250SX Main Event
12:28 a.m.: 450SX Main Event