As Andrew Benson wrote for the BBC, “there is a general sense in the F1 paddock that many of those racing in America in categories where teams buy cars off the shelf and run them with fairly small-scale operations don’t quite grasp just how high the level is in F1, how complex the task.” They buy ‘spec’ cars, tweak them and race them. Andretti Autosport and Andretti Global have never designed a race car. You decide whether you agree with their arguments.Ī. Here are some of the reasons why they feel the team should not be allowed into F1, at least that we have heard. How real are their arguments, or is it just smoke and mirrors to keep F1 in the news during the otherwise quiet offseason? Privately, almost all the biased Closed-Door Club F1 teams have come out against the proposed Andretti/Cadillac F1 entry. While Andretti makes some good arguments, he still has not addressed all the concerns outlined below, namely ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’.

It would not be a badged engine because there would be intellectual property from Cadillac in that engine, so that is not a badged engine.” “But in 2026, there are various things we can do with another engine manufacturer. “If we get in, in 2025, there won’t be a new engine yet, so we would have to go with a formula that is used now. It is an FIA championship, and it holds most of the cards to get the expression of interest going.”Īsked about the Renault re-badging suggestions, he said: “It’s a rumor – it’s not true – Cadillac will be very much involved in the manufacturing of the car. He’s a racer and he understands the series needs to have one or two more teams. President Mohammed is looking out for the future of the sport.

“That is the difference between President Mohammed’s position and the team owner’s position. “In F1, the owners look out for themselves not what is best for the series. “It’s all about greed and looking at themselves and not looking at what is best for the overall growth of the series.” “First, they think they are going to get diluted one-tenth of their prize money, but they also get very greedy thinking we will take all the American sponsors as well. He thinks the issue is one of pure “greed”, as he suggested there was no doubt what was the chief motivating factor behind the political battle going on. Speaking to Forbes, Andretti hit back at the negative attitude of F1 teams toward his entry that we outlined below in the original article.

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