Motor racing-American Rossi replaces Merhi at Marussia F1 team
Sept 16 (Reuters) - American Alexander Rossi will race for the Manor Marussia Formula One team in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, replacing Spaniard Roberto Merhi. The team said in a statement on Wednesday that the 23-year-old Californian would compete in five of the remaining seven races alongside British driver Will Stevens. Merhi will return for Russia and the Abu Dhabi season-ender. Rossi will be the first American to race in Formula One since Scott Speed in 2007. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Toby Davis)
