2024-01-31 19:28:02
Formula One on Wednesday rejected Andretti Global’s bid to enter the world championship in 2025 or 2026, but did not rule out reconsidering the possibility in 2028 when General Motors will have an engine ready to compete.
In its decision, F1 indicated that it does not believe Andretti will be able to field a competitive team, that the Andretti brand will not bring the type of value to the series that Michael Andretti thinks it has and that entering the grid in the next two years will be a challenge. never seen before for Andretti.
“We do not believe there is any basis for a new applicant to be accepted in 2025 given that this would involve the debutant having to build two different cars in its first two years of existence,” F1 said. “The fact that the applicant proposes it gives us a reason to question his understanding of the challenge at hand.”
“Formula 1, as the pinnacle of motorsports, represents a unique technical challenge to the constructors that has a nature that the applicant has not faced in any other formula or discipline in which he has competed,” F1 added. “Under this premise, we do not believe that the applicant is a competitive participant.”
General Motors, with its Cadillac brand, has signed as a partner in Michael Andretti’s project to enter F1, something that has been resisted by the majority of the 10 existing teams and the F1 hierarchy.
But the process became more complicated when GM announced in November that it had registered with Formula One’s governing body to supply engines from 2028. This puts F1 once morest the wall, as it would be very difficult to reject one of the largest manufacturers. in the world, in particular a company from the United States just when the series has gained a lot of popularity in the United States.
The United States hosted three races last season, more than any other country. Multiple companies, such as American Express, Visa, Oracle, Meta, MoneyGram, have signed team sponsorship deals in the last three seasons.
Michael Andretti did not immediately respond to a request for comment. His father, Mario, was the 1978 F1 champion. Michael drove in 13 races in a lonely and disappointing 1993 season.
Father and son have been the promoters of making their way into F1 with a fully American team, and that would have the Californian Colton Herta, IndyCar driver, at the helm. The only American team in F1 is Haas and it does not have cars or drivers from the United States. Williams Racing’s Logan Sargeant is the only U.S. driver in the series.
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