But it stopped short of saying what the project’s next step will be, other than indicating that its “work continues at pace.” With support from American automotive giant General Motors, Andretti was ready to enter the F1 world championship as early as 2025, initially using a Renault customer engine before switching to a Cadillac unit
The would-be Andretti Formula 1 team backed by General Motors will keep preparing for a prospective entry as it “strongly disagrees” with its rejection by the commercial rights holder. F1 declared on Wednesday that the Andretti Formula Racing application – which would run under the Andretti Cadillac name – “should not be successful”, despite Andretti
Formula 1’s long-expected formal rejection of a new entry from Andretti and General Motors has arrived, along with its rationale – which is extensive, if not particularly convincing. Andretti always faced a major challenge in clearing this hurdle despite receiving FIA approval in late 2023, given the commercial rights holder and existing teams were hesitant
Formula 1 hasn’t just said no to Andretti’s bid to join the field, it’s done so with a firmly-worded statement giving its assessment of how (un)competitive it thinks the proposed new GM-backed team would be. Though F1 turning Andretti down has long seemed the most likely outcome in this saga, the firmness of the statement
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali long stood by his stance that any 11th team would have to prove it was accretive to the series as a whole to secure a spot – with the clear inference being that the American squad faced a tough ask to prove it. That F1 has finally ended three months of
