Scott Speed has declared himself happy to have lived the dream of Formula 1, desp🍸ite the aborted nature of his time with Toro Rosso.

Spee👍d became the first American in more ꦬthan a decade to make it to F1 after signing for the Red Bull 'B' team in 2006, making the most of his links with the drinks giant to secure a place in the new Toro Rosso squad alongside Tonio Liuzzi.

Having failed to score a point in his debut season, Speed returned for 2007 but a spectacular🔴 fall-out with team pri﷽ncipal Franz Tost following the European Grand Prix saw him leave the team, with Sebastian Vettel coming in to replace him.

Speed has since gone on to forge a career racing back in the States and has taken four wins to date in the ARCA stock car series as well as one victory in the NASCAR🧸 Craftsman Truck Series.

Admitting he views stock car competition as something of a personal challenge, Speed said he was happy with how his 28 race F1 career had panned out, despite achievin🌃g 'nothin🤪g' during his time in the sport.

"Formula One was always my dream, always way above NASCAR," he told USA Today. "In my mind, I have accomplished what I'm going to in my life. This [stock car racing] is a personal challenge. If I don't mꦯake it, I wouldn't feel any worse than if𒈔 I did, honestly.

"I did absolutely nothing in F1, but I'm 1,000 per cent satisfied. It's like going to college of the world. I never went to college, but I know a lot because I had the opportunity to live in Eurღope and travel the world."