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Alfonso de Orleans-Borbon doesn't want the team to run American Alexander Rossi because he feels Rossi is as good as Vettel and belongs in F1

According to Racer.com, Alexander Rossi's GP2, Racing Engineering, is investigating a possible IndyCar venture in 2017.

Racer reports that the Spanish team, owned by Alfonso de Orleans-Borbon, claimed the 2008 and 2013 GP2 championships, currently sits second in the standings with American Alexander Rossi, and is in the midst of a feasibility study to determine if an IndyCar program should complement its ongoing European open-wheel programs.

"We're looking into it, but it looks unlikely before 2017 if we're doing it on our own because of another project we're going after right now," Orleans-Borbon told RACER.

"Are we interested? Absolutely. We're not in a position to enter the series today, yet, because I don't have any drivers in GP2 or other series that are prepared to help make it happen. And I would be open to working with an IndyCar team that has one car and we could come together to put a second car in the series. That's where we are."

"We've spoken to a lot of sponsors, but we're foreigners – we're across the pond, so it has been hard to get anything started," Orleans-Borbon told Racer. "My friend Trevor Carlin has been very lucky because he has a wealthy driver who made America possible, but without him, I don't know if he would be there. If we can become an option for drivers who haven't found a place with the IndyCar team, and want to try something built more around them, that's what we would try to do."

"I would love to have Alex [Rossi] for something like that, but I don't want to even entertain that thought because I want to see him in F1, because that's where he belongs," he continued. "I've been in this sport for 30 years and I've run a lot of guys – Sebastian Vettel and Justin Wilson – and you get a feel for the special ones when they come along. And Alex, from the first time we tested him, he was off the scale. He deserves to be in F1."