Famen: It is not our job to pass judgment on the Andretti topic

Andretti’s project to create a new Formula 1 team has received approval from the FIA, but this does not mean that it will be easy to implement, as it does not have the support of the championship organizers, and most of the teams there generally opposed. as we discussed.

We also wrote that Andretti Global’s preliminary agreement with Renault for the supply of engines has already expired. However, French motorists are willing to return to the negotiating table if the project to organize the eleventh Formula 1 team is still given the green light.

“The preliminary contract with Michael Andretti was concluded on the basis that he would receive his license earlier,” said Bruno Famen, vice president of Alpine Motorsport, in an interview with Auto Motor und Sport. – In principle we have nothing against the 11th team if it turns out that its appearance will increase the value of the shares of our sport.

But it is not for us to pass judgment on this subject. We just follow the rules, whether it is sports regulations or the Agreement Agreement.”

Bruno Famen headed the Formula 1 program of the French concern Renault before the Belgian Grand Prix, when several managers lost their posts at Alpine, including team leader Otmar Szafnauer and Laurent Rossi, who once signed provisional agreements with Andretti Global.