2023-11-03 08:30:28
For several seasons, the team Andretti Autosportled by former pilot Michael Andretti, is trying to join the Formula 1 World Championship, without success for the moment. Despite the support of the American automobile group General Motors, through its Cadillac brandand a application validated by the FIAthe structure comes up once morest the reluctance of F1 teams and Formula One Management, holder of the commercial rights to the discipline.
Thus, many team directors were criticize a potential integration of Andretti, which somewhat annoyed the latter. Recently, during an interview with Bloomberg published on YouTube, Michael Andretti spoke regarding this situation.
“They think we’re a bunch of hillbillies and we don’t know what we’re doing.”he said. “[Mais] “Because we have a lot of experience in motorsport, we might approach it from a different angle than others, and it might work.”
The American also indicated: “We have to realize what we’re getting ourselves into. We get into a lot of politics and things like that. It is what it is and we’ll just deal with it. I didn’t think it would be this hard to to access [à la F1] but we will do everything in our power to make it happen.”
The possible negative impact of Andretti’s arrival in F1 on the value of the championship and the bonuses paid to the teams has been and continues to be a major argument once morest the American team within the paddock. Michael Andretti is nevertheless skeptical, the director being convinced that the repercussions on F1 will only be positive.
“We feel that increasing the number of cars can only help [la F1]”he explained. “Yes, it’s going to take a piece of the pie, bonuses and such, but we think we can bring more than the piece of the pie that we’re going to take.”
Michael Andretti
He added : “I think having a real American team, an American driver, a car built here in the United States and an American engine built here, is going to generate a lot of interest in the United States.”
“We feel like we have a fantastic plan. We have GM and Cadillac behind us, which is huge. So I think we have all the ingredients to one day be a competitive team and hopefully we can get along with the Formula 1 to be able to be there. If we can do that, it will be great for the sport.”
Andretti does not want to follow Haas’ example
Integrated into F1 in 2016, Haas remains the youngest team on the grid. The American structure follows a particular model by delegating the construction of its chassis to Dallara and purchasing a large number of parts from other teams. Recently, Haas has strengthened its ties with Ferrariits engine manufacturer, and was able to set up offices in Maranello.
An example that Michael Andretti does not want to follow. “They don’t have infrastructure, they can’t build their own car”he said of Haas. “They are mini-Ferrari because they buy everything they can from Ferrari and even have Ferrari engineers.”
“Putting the cars on the track is probably the easiest part. We have to build our own car. And if you see how big a deal it is… It’s a very big undertaking. There are documents of, I don’t know, 500 pages. In IndyCar, you buy the car and you’re straight into it, whereas in F1, you literally build a car from scratch.”
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