Andretti wants his own Formula 1 team, requests starting ticket

According to Mario Andretti, Andretti Autosport, of which Andretti Global will soon be a part, has already applied for a starting license from the FIA ​​for the 2024 season and the team is currently waiting for a decision from the motorsport body. If the team is admitted to the premier class of motorsport, Andretti must put 200 million dollars on the table as entry fee. However, the FIA ​​does not seem to be very interested in that for the time being. Opposite the website The Race An FIA spokesperson said the organization is currently “not in a position to consider or respond to requests from potential new teams”.

However, the latter does not have to mean that the door is definitively closed for Andretti Autosport. Especially with the increasing popularity of Formula 1 in America, partly fueled by the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ and a second race in Miami, a new American team would probably benefit the sport. Currently, the Haas F1 Team, which entered Formula 1 in 2016, is the only American team in the sport. However, Haas does not have an American driver in its ranks, where Andretti Global might have. Andretti Autosport is also active in IndyCar, where driver Colton Hera drives for the team. He could possibly make the switch to Formula 1.

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In any case, the Andretti’s interest in entering Formula 1 does not come out of the blue. Last year, Andretti Autosport was still in talks with Sauber, which currently drives in Formula 1 under the Alfa Romeo brand, for a takeover. Given the Andretti’s name and track record, entry into Formula 1 would not be unrealistic. In any case, there is room for this in the rules, because they prescribe that a maximum of 13 teams may be on the grid. Currently there are ten. However, time will tell what the FIA ​​ultimately decides.