Michael Andretti may not be enough to secure the F1 grid, even if he doubled the entry fee and paid $ 400 million.
Michael Andretti, a McLaren F1 driver in 1993, is now building America’s most famous motorsport empire.
Still, F1, FIA (International Automobile Federation), and most existing F1 teams are not keen to open a paddock gate to the 11th team.
However, Renault-owned Alpine has offered to work with Andretti as an engine and technical partner.
“We talked to Michael, but first he must be able to enter F1,” Otmar Szafnauer, head of the Alpine F1 Team, told Speed Week.
Initially, the new carmer had to pay a huge $ 200 million, but rival teams now say it’s not enough to make up for the diluting revenue.
Roger Benoa, a veteran journalist who contributes to Blick in Switzerland, believes that doubling the entry fee to $ 400 million is not enough.
In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, F1 legend Michael Andretti described F1 as a “European club” with a “very high-lighted approach” and expressed frustration. did.
Guenther Steiner, who represents the Haas F1 Team, the only American F1 team in F1 today, slammed Michael Andretti for making this statement.
“I don’t know what he’s trying to achieve with such comments,” Guenther Steiner said in Austria.
“It’s not our decision to license him. I have an opinion, but I don’t think we can.”
“I don’t know what he presented to the FIA and FOM, but in my opinion, those comments aren’t constructive, but people live by their choice.”
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