The Andretti Global project promoted by Michael Andretti is still at an undetermined stage and we have discussed the alleged reasons for the delays on the part of the FIA, which is not yet ready to apply for a new formula to consider. 1 squad.
But if the federation does not comment on what is happening, the championship team leaders periodically express their attitude to the American project, and not everyone supports it.
Toto Wolff, in particular, is very skeptical about his prospects: “Over the past 10 years, all teams have invested heavily in Formula 1. And if a new team can bring us more money than the costs associated with the appearance, then all this has to be done.” convicted. But so far we have not received any calculations to confirm this.”
Mario Andretti, the legendary American race car driver, world champion in 1978 and father of Michael Andretti, did not like such reasoning, as he said in an interview with Auto Motor und Sport: “Toto Wolff publicly expressed his doubts about the credibility of our project, although I personally he said otherwise.
I think such criticism is a show of disrespect, because we have been in motorsport much longer than he has. We recognize his achievements, but he has no reason to look down on us.
The FIA has a very open dialogue with us, we have met all their demands. Now we have to wait for the federation to calculate how much we have to pay the teams so that we can participate in the championship.
We understand that we are talking about amounts of about $200 million. Maybe they want more now, but we are still waiting for the answer from the FIA. This looks like extortion. Under Bernie Ecclestone this wouldn’t have happened, but in Liberty they allow teams too much.
When we talk about the financial side, we have reliable partners who are aware of the costs of this project. We’ve been planning our program for a long time because we really want to execute it. We deserve more respect.”
Source: F1 News
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