Formula 1 is an Entertainment Cartel operting outside the realm of Sportsmanship. Only half the current field are bringing value. No matter how its couched, its all about not sharing the pie, nothing else.
That’s so amazing. I’ve been watching this family since the 70s it warmed my heart to see Michael take the empire to F1. I know why and the rest of America will be watching. Thank you, Michael.
Yes indeed Andretti-Cadillac can bring an enhancement to Formula One - the continental American audience and beyond, as well as car design and performance. The will to win is in the Andretti family and corporate DNA!
@@George246-zg1zw Andretti doesn't need to be a big deal in the rest of the world. Seems like F1 is pretty solid everywhere else. If they want to expand in the US then they need to sign a team that will be popular in the US. Duh.
@@JasonBrown527 well then let him and GM get their engin and car together and apply when thats done but at this moment he has no team no engin and no car or the prospects of having anything by 2028.
F1 team owners would be making a huge mistake not allowing Andretti in, they underestimate the strength of American fandom and that would be a huge miss on their part............................I think they're scared.
America has always struggled to get a foot in the door of F1 because of F1's European heritage.I would love to see America be apart of F1 as it will bring a whole new level of competitive drivers and if America can do that it will be Michael!....
Conquer? He can't even enter F1! The F1 team owners continue to reject him. To F1, gringoes are just a bunch of hillbillies, because, naturally, they are . He should have bought the hillbilly Haas team, which was for sale, btw, but being a hillbilly, he missed that.
I'm a US fan of F1 and currently pull for Red Bull, but would LOVE to see Andretti-Cadillac in F1. I wonder if Michael has approached Gene Haas to sell his team/charter?
Andretti needs to get in. Most of the teams on the grid are not even competitive. Red Bull effectively has two teams. Toto Wolf is a snob, time to let the Andretti have a chance.
I hope Andretti get into F1. I would love to see their first car in a spin on the Lotus 78 livery with the US flag replacing the Union Jack. Failing that, I would suggest that they go into partnership with WIlliams. Williams has be the team I've supported sing Alan Jones drove for them. Williams have fallen to the bottom of the list and we should never have done so. There was a period of poor decisions being made there. After Sir Frank's crash, things started to decline. Patrick Head deferred to Adrian Newey who promptly fuct off to Red Bull. We have had a decent designer in ages.
Wait a minute, Williams go down because they lose renault motors and Adrian Newey. They later can't do a superior car and lose BMW. But that was far later after Frank Williams accident and after Ron Dennis stole Honda motors from them.
So Andretti got his design team and factory plus a engin supplier onboard and he is ready to go. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤩🤣🤩🤩🤩 Andretti is all talk. Not even a engin till 2028 by GM. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is probably going to sound silly, but I'm going to say it: Michael Andretti should consider hiring Ron Dennis as a consultant. It's just my opinion that Dennis is fierce in F1 politics.
I don't think the average north americans are enjoying the actual F1 races with all the rules and complicated racing structure. If you look at the Miami or Las Vegas Grand Prix it's more about the pre-race show and celebrity coverage than the actual race. So having a new US team fighting, most likely, in the bottom half of the grid would not bring much to this sport.
Liberty will look at Andretti's bid from the longer term profit side. If Liberty sees profits down the road, and the existing teams don't, or, gain little at first, I think Andretti gets in.
@@ronbelanger4113Liberty Media (F1) are the only ones that have the power to admit Andretti now that he's been approved by FiA , the current teams can give their opinions and will ,but they don't have a vote nor does FiA , only F1 has the final approval
I always felt Michael had unfinished business in Formula 1. When he came into the sport in 1993, there were a lot of restrictions that made it difficult for a newcomer to the sport. Limitations in testing and time in the car too along with no testing on foreign circuits if my memory serves me, meant that Michael did not know the circuits and came to learn about most of them via notes from his team. Back then the internet did not even exist so he arrived at each circuit not only with no prior experience but the limitations on testing made for him having to learn about the car too. If you consider all which he was up against he did acquit himself well in qualifying and in the early races. In the US he was used to running near on 200mph with other competitors which by instinct was a trait he used in his lightning starts. In F1, you couldn't quite go toe to toe with drivers you didn't know and whose reactions you didn't know. Thus there were the first lap incidents which probably dented his confidence. Essentially the odds were stacked against him. Michael can drive and boy was he fast. He'd already proven that in his racing and the number and manner of his victories so he had all the ingredients. It's just that the sport in 1993 was not an open or level playing field into which a newcomer could excel. I really hope Michael can get his team into F1. If you consider his achievements as a team owner and the number of disciplines Andretti Autosport is in, you have to say he is an accomplished team owner. One with much more experience than some of the F1 team principals. So indeed, who are they to judge him??!!! Consider too Fernando Alonso's last outing in Indy when McLaren were so woefully unprepared to the extent of not having the equipment ready. You'll never see an Andretti Team conduct themselves in that manner . So once again, yes. Michael can do it. He is a thorough professional. If the other F1 teams are professional and want the sport to grow hence the growth reflecting on them, then they must know that the participation of a professional organisation like Andretti Autosport in F1 can only be a positive thing.
He had no business being in F1 in the first place. He was a disaster and was out after one season. There are huge differences between F1 and Indy car plus Fi cars are way more complex than Indy car.
@@George246-zg1zw It's easy to look at the surface of it from which to draw conclusions BUT there were many underlying issues in 1993. Perhaps Senna should have the last say here in that he was mindful of what Michael could have achieved and was amongst the first to send his congratulations to Michael on his debut victory for Reynard which incidentally was the manufacturer's first I Indycar at Surfers' Paradise.
I think the money argument is weak. There used ro be 13 teams in F1 until F1 got so expensive, the teams dropped out because of finances. Now that F1 has solved their no 1 problem, they should welcome 3 new reams. If more than three want to join do what they used to do and have a qualifying session for the 13th team spot on Thursday!
People talk without knowing sh!t... Andretti and Cadillac partner in IMSA with a low cost project using Dallara cars (the same guys who provide Haas in F1). F1 design and budgets are a whole different ballpark, so I very much doubt they are serious about entering. I think they know F1 is going to reject them, so they will spend the rest of their lives crying over the "bad Europeans" who didn't let them race, all while still losing to Ganassi and Penske in IndyCar.
Andretti will likely be ahead of Haas season 1. America needs a real team in F1 and several teams are scared of that. Haas a token American team that won't be a threat isn't a problem for them. Michael deserves a shot he raced in F1 and his father was a champion. The goal post is moving faster than a Ferrari and the bias is a very bad look on the sport. I used to be a fan and attended 8 races now it really is something I put way behind Indycar on my to do list. Andretti might change that.
I have my doubts about potential for a huge more growth in USA to be honest. Because further growth in US would likely need further races in the US. Already we are stretching the F1 calender to the limits to the point of raising lot of concerns in terms of cost and ability of people to be travelling all over the world for half a year. And unfortunately, most of the other team owners (which are European companies or with middle east money) and their sponsors would not want the races from other locations to be cut either, either in Europe, Middle East, or Asia. Already many hard core fans are not happy with many classical European races not making the cut. Without more races in USA, I am not sure how F1 could grow a whole lot more in the USA.
I don’t agree. I don’t think they need to add races to the US. If anything, I think they need to take one off the calendar. I don’t think Miami as necessary. Or they need to swap out Miami for the Indianapolis speedway. What they really need to do is add teams from the US that have the potential win.
@@neilreid2298 Thank you! That is my biggest worry for F1 viability in USA. It's a musical chair competition. Whoever has the last seat, sits on it for 4 to 6 years until another driver takes over (Hamilton 7yrs to Max 3yrs & counting, etc). Zero suspense. It's bad for business.
I think Andretti should be allowed to join. Teams are starting to look really bad in their gatekeeping. I'm Swiss and I love Sauber (Alfa Romeo) but despite having been in F1 for ages... they are not getting any significant results. So why not allow a legacy American name to rejoin the F1 circuit.
Sure... Cause it worked so well in the past... Don't you remember Manor F1? what about Marussia F1? and Caterham F1 or HRT? There have been several new F1 teams in the recent past, and most of them gone bankrupt in less than 5 years...
@@p.informatico1320 because those 2010 teams got no share of profits reserved for top 10 teams, unlike today when every team is guaranteed a piece of the revenue cake, regardless of how many on the grid.
An American built car, with an American driver and engine will have an almost inconceivably positive impact on F1 in every possible metric. From increased fan base to the size of the sport it's self not only in the US but world wide. It will be a something very special to see. The US fan base has increased with new people who are largely more interested in the drama and show but it has decreased with the racing fans that have followed the sport for decades and are interested in the very advanced engineering and who have a depth of knowledge in wheel to wheel racing strategy and race craft. I really believe that the Andretti team would bring a lot of the latter group back to F1. I know I would be more interested. An Andretti team would definitely rekindle my love of the sport.
"From increased fan base to the size of the sport it's self not only in the US but world wide." F1 has been popular all over the world for decades. The arrival of an American team will not increase the popularity in Latin America, Asia or Africa because F1 is already popular in those continents.
I hope the team does get to drive in F1 . I am a huge F1 fan and as I see it HAAS is NOT an American team, When Team Andretti gets in F1 that's when there will be a TRUE American Team to cheer for.
F1 should have a radical re-invention of themselves as it’s getting boring and predicable. Cut the teams to one car per brand and introduce more teams, this would save money and allow more top brands to be represented at the pinnacle of auto racing.
@@qasprrr6203 I don’t know what that has to do with anything. The question is are they manned & resourced right now to regulate 10 teams let alone 11 or 12? The past is the past, and it’s irrelevant to the FIAs competence right now. What have you seen that makes you confident in the FIA?
Great story. I have been a fan since the 70s and hope the Andretti name gets to compete in F1. Everyone in the US knows they deserve a chance to compete. Go USA.
The funny thing with those teams that don't want andretti in f1 as a eleventh team so i seen this, intelligence is the ability to adopt to change and that was a quote from Stephan Hawking
He is underestimating the technical difficulties that F1 has. Just recently Renault missed it (engine), Mercedes missed it (car/aero), not to say Ferrari (everything), all of these teams with years of experience and part of the discussions and at one point multiple World Championships. Toyota, Audi and Porsche with WEC have struggled with their commitment due to the technical difficulties (with unlimited budgets). Money for Andretti is not the issue, I agree, but niether Cadillac nor Micheal have ever raced at this level as teams owners. My question to Micheal is, Do you have the technical people that can deliver the design and manufacture of a F1 car at the front of the grid? The US market will not support at the current level of interest a US built car in P19 and P20
I don't think they are underestimating it. I think they know all too well they'll never be allowed to enter F1, but will use that rejection to feed into the old "snob Europeans" myth and gain support from American fans wherever they race (IndyCar and IMSA)
An additional team, especially from the U.S.A. would greatly help the sport and pool in more fans of F1. This evens the playing field. Looks pretty interesting.
@@MMAmachinhead92 but no one outside the US considers him a true great. He just lucked out when Lotus got the wing car concept right, and since his teammate Ronnie Peterson had quit the team in anger after a disastrous first 1976 race, the Swede had to sign a contract stating that as long as Mario was on track he wasn't allowed to overtake him.
GM/Cadillac is actually doing pretty well in other series, but tin top victories don't really translate to F1 success. Hopefully they won't be another Toyota or BMW F1.
If Andretti tries to base an F1 team in the US....the result will be even worse than his driving stint in F1. There is a reason most F1 teams are based in the UK.
@@shooter7a well there's a start to everything..F1 is like building a rocket..lots of testing lots of failure... Hope they go for the long run..make US production cars better..like Toyota did when they got there..
At this point, there is NO DOUBT that the current teams’ resistance towards Andretti is based on nothing but GREED and FEAR. Especially Red Bull and Mercedes… why would they want to change a thing? They are getting rich while monopolizing (literally) ALL the championships… which is why F1 is so dreadfully boring lately. Lewis wins everything, then Max… there’s no suspense or drama, and if it weren’t for the Netflix show, interest would be tanking. Horner and Wolff are feigning snobbery to mask their fear of Andretti. They’re scared of him!
I'm rooting for Andretti, more teams on the grid and more teams who actually want to be there for the racing (looking at you Haas) will make for a better sport
This is really bad for F1, Cadillac, Really? Adding such teams will not only dilute the budgets but also the quality of F1. Dont belive me? Just look at the disastrous season of Logan Sargeant and the damage to the team, not to mention Haas.
Gunther doesn't like the fact another American team entering F1 because he knows Andretti will be more successful than Haas and will have a larger fan base
Haas makes money leasing CNC tooling machines to a number of high end mechanical ventures, including F1 teams. I don't think they care for their fan base or lack of.
There is only one way for Andretti to instantly get into F1 and that is to have a Apple Inc. Logo on their F1 racer, period. Apple has worldwide appeal and is the ultimate American company.
Why all the resistance from F1 on this team entering? ... These F1 directors should be running to accommodate Michael and his team... It will make ALL of them more money which is why they are there in the first place... So tired of the BS narratives from more media puppets. MEDIA IS A BIG PROBLEM! IN EVERY SECTOR! OH and BTW it doesn't get any better than CADILLAC / GM / ANDRETTI from any country!
An advertisement for Andretti Autosport but why not. His whole organisation is 1/10 of Williams who were last in F1 last year. He is the size of Haas who only do F1. A successful racing team but never a race car design and manufacturing outfit. He said its a huge ask not just to build a car but to build one that is competitive and reliable. In the Brazil sprint qualifying yesterday all the teams were within .5sec for the lap. What is Cadillac doing? Nobody knows? They havent said they are building an engine . They just talk about partnerships. I wish them well but I do think they dont realise the enormity of the task and the money it will cost and the expertise they have to find. Also years of trying to become competitive. I scratch my head on who the American driver might be with 40 Super license points. ahhh Logan you are saved.
The Netflix boost is starting to dry up. F1 needs Andretti. Liberty Media knows this. If you want to keep Americans interested you have to have Americans participating in the sport with a potential to win. They might make Andretti sweat it out a bit until they can get a new Concord agreement in place but his name is going to be on that grid eventually.
The 10 teams don't want anyone else And some more than others Williams, Hass , Alpha , would stand to lose millions If AAS are successful I hope they get there place But doubt they will
They will all lose a lot. And this comes soon after they renegotiated the profit scale to make it better for the middle of the pack and bottom teams. They are going to fight like crazy to stop a decision which would set them back or worse.
You guys are no hillbillies Michael. I'm the same age and have watched your father, watched you and watched you guys build a motorsports dynasty and I honestly feel the Euro crowd currently in F1 is intimidated, concerned big time the Andretti F1 project may Hans them their butts and have all of America behind you including major sponsors. We're behind you brother, go get em!!
Sure. They're terrified the team which can't win in IndyCar where all the cars are identical will design and build a contender out of thin air. If you truly watched the Andretti family saga, you should know that Mario lucked out being at Lotus when they finally got the wing car idea right but was otherwise just another driver, Michael was embarrassingly bad in what was then (1993 McLaren) the second best car in F1 and was sacked before the end of the season, and Marco didn't even succeed in IndyCar, being now limited to a cheap second tier NASCAR copycat (the SRX series)
it would be brilliant to see the Andretti name back in F1. When a "Sport" isn't open to new competitors then it ceases to be a sport and becomes whatever Pro-Wrestling is.
FORMULA ONE STARTED ITS U.S. COMEBACK AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY LONG BEFORE TEXAS WAS BUILT, TONY GEORGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT COMING BACK TO THE U.S.
I'm looking forward to seeing Andretti/Cadillac Team coming to F1...
Formula 1 is an Entertainment Cartel operting outside the realm of Sportsmanship. Only half the current field are bringing value. No matter how its couched, its all about not sharing the pie, nothing else.
That’s so amazing. I’ve been watching this family since the 70s it warmed my heart to see Michael take the empire to F1. I know why and the rest of America will be watching. Thank you, Michael.
I think it’s great for F1 in America to have two American teams. It will really make the sport grow in this country.
Please leave f1 alone, it is head and shoulders above any US racing series
Yes indeed Andretti-Cadillac can bring an enhancement to Formula One - the continental American audience and beyond, as well as car design and performance.
The will to win is in the Andretti family and corporate DNA!
I would LOVE to see Andretti in F1 and if there could be a Ford (Red Bull) battle with GM (Andretti) that would be huge in America.
Andretti may be huge in ths U.S. but they are nothing in the rest of the world.
@@George246-zg1zw Andretti doesn't need to be a big deal in the rest of the world. Seems like F1 is pretty solid everywhere else. If they want to expand in the US then they need to sign a team that will be popular in the US. Duh.
@@JasonBrown527 well then let him and GM get their engin and car together and apply when thats done but at this moment he has no team no engin and no car or the prospects of having anything by 2028.
F1 team owners would be making a huge mistake not allowing Andretti in, they underestimate the strength of American fandom and that would be a huge miss on their part............................I think they're scared.
America has always struggled to get a foot in the door of F1 because of F1's European heritage.I would love to see America be apart of F1 as it will bring a whole new level of competitive drivers and if America can do that it will be Michael!....
Conquer? He can't even enter F1! The F1 team owners continue to reject him. To F1, gringoes are just a bunch of hillbillies, because, naturally, they are . He should have bought the hillbilly Haas team, which was for sale, btw, but being a hillbilly, he missed that.
It would be great to see Andretti in F1. The Andretti name is legendary. More teams, more competition, more fun.
No more teams. Alphatauri should be replaced though.
Andretti means nothing to the rest of the world
He was third in monza 93😮
Yes you have to build a complete car with all the comlex rules unlike Indy cars so get going
A strong US team in F1 is too attractive of a proposition for f1 to not let happen.
Should really need a honda or other japanese brand back in F1 too. 12 teams would be perfect imo
I'm a US fan of F1 and currently pull for Red Bull, but would LOVE to see Andretti-Cadillac in F1. I wonder if Michael has approached Gene Haas to sell his team/charter?
Let them in F1!
Don’t think the other F1 teams should have a say in who else races
I only see 9 stablished teams
Andretti needs to get in. Most of the teams on the grid are not even competitive. Red Bull effectively has two teams. Toto Wolf is a snob, time to let the Andretti have a chance.
imo f1 is scared to let them in!
I hope Andretti get into F1. I would love to see their first car in a spin on the Lotus 78 livery with the US flag replacing the Union Jack.
Failing that, I would suggest that they go into partnership with WIlliams.
Williams has be the team I've supported sing Alan Jones drove for them. Williams have fallen to the bottom of the list and we should never have done so. There was a period of poor decisions being made there. After Sir Frank's crash, things started to decline. Patrick Head deferred to Adrian Newey who promptly fuct off to Red Bull.
We have had a decent designer in ages.
Wait a minute, Williams go down because they lose renault motors and Adrian Newey. They later can't do a superior car and lose BMW.
But that was far later after Frank Williams accident and after Ron Dennis stole Honda motors from them.
Best odds of actually getting in is still to buy out an existing team.
Says the guy whose drivers haven't won an IndyCar title in 12 years, despite the fact all cars are identical.
this will be interesting
Family business is how Williams went down..
Andretti brings more to the table than HAAS. Liberty and the other teams should drop HAAS, and pick up Andretti.
There won't be an American "made" car. There won't be an American "made" engine
Michael's relentless. He'll get it done. 👍👍👍
So Andretti got his design team and factory plus a engin supplier onboard and he is ready to go. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤩🤣🤩🤩🤩 Andretti is all talk. Not even a engin till 2028 by GM. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Conquer.” So funny. So Bloomberg.
how he is going to conquer F1 when he can't even put together a second rate indycar team?
Well said. It only shows that the "fans" who claim for their entry to F1 don't know sh!t about racing.
This is probably going to sound silly, but I'm going to say it: Michael Andretti should consider hiring Ron Dennis as a consultant. It's just my opinion that Dennis is fierce in F1 politics.
I don't think the average north americans are enjoying the actual F1 races with all the rules and complicated racing structure. If you look at the Miami or Las Vegas Grand Prix it's more about the pre-race show and celebrity coverage than the actual race. So having a new US team fighting, most likely, in the bottom half of the grid would not bring much to this sport.
You mean the Sell Outs at Texas, Vegas & Miami prove that F1 needs another American team?
Dan Gurney
Liberty will look at Andretti's bid from the longer term profit side. If Liberty sees profits down the road, and the existing teams don't, or, gain little at first, I think Andretti gets in.
Liberty does not have the call on them getting in.
@@ronbelanger4113Liberty Media (F1) are the only ones that have the power to admit Andretti now that he's been approved by FiA , the current teams can give their opinions and will ,but they don't have a vote nor does FiA , only F1 has the final approval
I always felt Michael had unfinished business in Formula 1.
When he came into the sport in 1993, there were a lot of restrictions that made it difficult for a newcomer to the sport. Limitations in testing and time in the car too along with no testing on foreign circuits if my memory serves me, meant that Michael did not know the circuits and came to learn about most of them via notes from his team. Back then the internet did not even exist so he arrived at each circuit not only with no prior experience but the limitations on testing made for him having to learn about the car too. If you consider all which he was up against he did acquit himself well in qualifying and in the early races. In the US he was used to running near on 200mph with other competitors which by instinct was a trait he used in his lightning starts. In F1, you couldn't quite go toe to toe with drivers you didn't know and whose reactions you didn't know. Thus there were the first lap incidents which probably dented his confidence. Essentially the odds were stacked against him. Michael can drive and boy was he fast. He'd already proven that in his racing and the number and manner of his victories so he had all the ingredients. It's just that the sport in 1993 was not an open or level playing field into which a newcomer could excel.
I really hope Michael can get his team into F1. If you consider his achievements as a team owner and the number of disciplines Andretti Autosport is in, you have to say he is an accomplished team owner. One with much more experience than some of the F1 team principals. So indeed, who are they to judge him??!!! Consider too Fernando Alonso's last outing in Indy when McLaren were so woefully unprepared to the extent of not having the equipment ready. You'll never see an Andretti Team conduct themselves in that manner . So once again, yes. Michael can do it. He is a thorough professional. If the other F1 teams are professional and want the sport to grow hence the growth reflecting on them, then they must know that the participation of a professional organisation like Andretti Autosport in F1 can only be a positive thing.
Well said, very well said👍👍👍
@@robertlyman2278 thanks Robert
Here’s hoping Michael does get to attend to his unfinished business in F1
Best wishes 😀
He had no business being in F1 in the first place. He was a disaster and was out after one season. There are huge differences between F1 and Indy car plus Fi cars are way more complex than Indy car.
@@George246-zg1zw It's easy to look at the surface of it from which to draw conclusions BUT there were many underlying issues in 1993.
Perhaps Senna should have the last say here in that he was mindful of what Michael could have achieved and was amongst the first to send his congratulations to Michael on his debut victory for Reynard which incidentally was the manufacturer's first I Indycar at Surfers' Paradise.
@@Houston1863 fact of the matter he did not make it in F1. Could have would have does not cut it
"EVERYONE GOT A PLAN UNTIL THEY'RE PUNCHED IN THE FACE" (Mike Tyson)
I really hope they get in. Would be great for the sport and growth for sure.
Give it a rest please
I think the money argument is weak. There used ro be 13 teams in F1 until F1 got so expensive, the teams dropped out because of finances. Now that F1 has solved their no 1 problem, they should welcome 3 new reams. If more than three want to join do what they used to do and have a qualifying session for the 13th team spot on Thursday!
❤ they have a racing team in all grade’s 🏁
I fear Andretti is underestimating the greed, short-sightedness, and snobbery of the F1 of the established teams.
He's an Andretti, he'll get in! No worries.
Want badly for Andretti to succeed, but I see GM as a fickle, short-lived partner.
Did you see the statement from the president of GM today? Doesn’t sound very fickle to me. Seems like GM is all-in on a long term commitment
People talk without knowing sh!t... Andretti and Cadillac partner in IMSA with a low cost project using Dallara cars (the same guys who provide Haas in F1). F1 design and budgets are a whole different ballpark, so I very much doubt they are serious about entering. I think they know F1 is going to reject them, so they will spend the rest of their lives crying over the "bad Europeans" who didn't let them race, all while still losing to Ganassi and Penske in IndyCar.
Andretti will likely be ahead of Haas season 1. America needs a real team in F1 and several teams are scared of that. Haas a token American team that won't be a threat isn't a problem for them. Michael deserves a shot he raced in F1 and his father was a champion. The goal post is moving faster than a Ferrari and the bias is a very bad look on the sport. I used to be a fan and attended 8 races now it really is something I put way behind Indycar on my to do list. Andretti might change that.
A minor national series compared to a global one. They will never recover from your lack of interest!
Why would they be scared of a team who hasn't won an IndyCar title in 12 years, despite everyone racing the exact same car?
I have my doubts about potential for a huge more growth in USA to be honest. Because further growth in US would likely need further races in the US. Already we are stretching the F1 calender to the limits to the point of raising lot of concerns in terms of cost and ability of people to be travelling all over the world for half a year.
And unfortunately, most of the other team owners (which are European companies or with middle east money) and their sponsors would not want the races from other locations to be cut either, either in Europe, Middle East, or Asia. Already many hard core fans are not happy with many classical European races not making the cut.
Without more races in USA, I am not sure how F1 could grow a whole lot more in the USA.
I don’t agree. I don’t think they need to add races to the US. If anything, I think they need to take one off the calendar. I don’t think Miami as necessary. Or they need to swap out Miami for the Indianapolis speedway. What they really need to do is add teams from the US that have the potential win.
They could generate more American interest if they were even remotely competitive.
@@neilreid2298 Agreed, Haas is just a "we have Ferrari at home" team.
@@neilreid2298 Thank you! That is my biggest worry for F1 viability in USA. It's a musical chair competition. Whoever has the last seat, sits on it for 4 to 6 years until another driver takes over (Hamilton 7yrs to Max 3yrs & counting, etc). Zero suspense. It's bad for business.
I think Andretti should be allowed to join. Teams are starting to look really bad in their gatekeeping. I'm Swiss and I love Sauber (Alfa Romeo) but despite having been in F1 for ages... they are not getting any significant results. So why not allow a legacy American name to rejoin the F1 circuit.
Sure... Cause it worked so well in the past... Don't you remember Manor F1? what about Marussia F1? and Caterham F1 or HRT? There have been several new F1 teams in the recent past, and most of them gone bankrupt in less than 5 years...
@@p.informatico1320 because those 2010 teams got no share of profits reserved for top 10 teams, unlike today when every team is guaranteed a piece of the revenue cake, regardless of how many on the grid.
An American built car, with an American driver and engine will have an almost inconceivably positive impact on F1 in every possible metric. From increased fan base to the size of the sport it's self not only in the US but world wide. It will be a something very special to see.
The US fan base has increased with new people who are largely more interested in the drama and show but it has decreased with the racing fans that have followed the sport for decades and are interested in the very advanced engineering and who have a depth of knowledge in wheel to wheel racing strategy and race craft.
I really believe that the Andretti team would bring a lot of the latter group back to F1. I know I would be more interested. An Andretti team would definitely rekindle my love of the sport.
Who says it's going to be an American built car? In IMSA they use Italian Dallaras, same as Haas in F1.
"From increased fan base to the size of the sport it's self not only in the US but world wide."
F1 has been popular all over the world for decades. The arrival of an American team will not increase the popularity in Latin America, Asia or Africa because F1 is already popular in those continents.
The irony, Formula 1 is owned by an American company.
I hope the team does get to drive in F1 . I am a huge F1 fan and as I see it HAAS is NOT an American team, When Team Andretti gets in F1 that's when there will be a TRUE American Team to cheer for.
F1 should have a radical re-invention of themselves as it’s getting boring and predicable. Cut the teams to one car per brand and introduce more teams, this would save money and allow more top brands to be represented at the pinnacle of auto racing.
I really hope they get into F1. I would like to eventually see 12 team/24 drivers
FIA cant even police & regulate 10 teams & you want 12?!?. Nope
@@OilBaronthere’s been as many as 24 cars on the grid about 10ish years ago and even more before then. So not impossible.
F1 had as many as 37 cars trying for 28 spots back when it is was more of a sport.@@sergiocastillo229
@@OilBaron You think F1 has always had only 10 teams?
@@qasprrr6203 I don’t know what that has to do with anything. The question is are they manned & resourced right now to regulate 10 teams let alone 11 or 12? The past is the past, and it’s irrelevant to the FIAs competence right now. What have you seen that makes you confident in the FIA?
Mike tried F1 and got hurt!
Conquer? Beg to be allowed into the circus is more apt.
Michael and Mario will deliver count on it
Great story. I have been a fan since the 70s and hope the Andretti name gets to compete in F1. Everyone in the US knows they deserve a chance to compete. Go USA.
The funny thing with those teams that don't want andretti in f1 as a eleventh team so i seen this, intelligence is the ability to adopt to change and that was a quote from Stephan Hawking
Haas should be removed and Andretti should be brought in. But F1 is a joke so none of this will probably happen..
He is underestimating the technical difficulties that F1 has. Just recently Renault missed it (engine), Mercedes missed it (car/aero), not to say Ferrari (everything), all of these teams with years of experience and part of the discussions and at one point multiple World Championships.
Toyota, Audi and Porsche with WEC have struggled with their commitment due to the technical difficulties (with unlimited budgets).
Money for Andretti is not the issue, I agree, but niether Cadillac nor Micheal have ever raced at this level as teams owners.
My question to Micheal is, Do you have the technical people that can deliver the design and manufacture of a F1 car at the front of the grid? The US market will not support at the current level of interest a US built car in P19 and P20
I don't think they are underestimating it. I think they know all too well they'll never be allowed to enter F1, but will use that rejection to feed into the old "snob Europeans" myth and gain support from American fans wherever they race (IndyCar and IMSA)
Some new blood is needed. The red bull dominance is getting boring.
He could not conquer f1 as a driver so what is to say he'll be any better as an owner
His dad won in the championship in 78. Just saying.
I would love to see Andretti instead of HAAS
Facts 😤
An additional team, especially from the U.S.A. would greatly help the sport and pool in more fans of F1. This evens the playing field. Looks pretty interesting.
They should have not do partnership with Cadillac when there Indy cars are HONDA power units and Honda is already in formula 1 with REDBULL
Love how Americans always think that their local heros are also superstars across the world.
Mario Andretti is a former F1 champion too
@@MMAmachinhead92 certainly but Michael was a joke in F1.
@@MMAmachinhead92true won only 12 races
Mario owes his F1 success to Colin Chapman.
@@MMAmachinhead92 but no one outside the US considers him a true great. He just lucked out when Lotus got the wing car concept right, and since his teammate Ronnie Peterson had quit the team in anger after a disastrous first 1976 race, the Swede had to sign a contract stating that as long as Mario was on track he wasn't allowed to overtake him.
Cost Cap in F1 has ruined Merc and Hammy 🌈 lol
Regardless what team and who's the boss, u need Adrian Newey to be in your team
Or Ross brawn
On the team.
Gordon Murray maybe.
@@PeterKKraus Gordon Murray claimed to have designed cars that he didnt.
Aldo costa! Esse é o homem que andretti precisa trazer! Faz isso michael!!!
Kudos to Andretti - but I don't hear win when I hear GM/Cadillac.
GM/Cadillac is actually doing pretty well in other series, but tin top victories don't really translate to F1 success. Hopefully they won't be another Toyota or BMW F1.
We need a home team..great job Mike..
If Andretti tries to base an F1 team in the US....the result will be even worse than his driving stint in F1. There is a reason most F1 teams are based in the UK.
@@shooter7a well there's a start to everything..F1 is like building a rocket..lots of testing lots of failure... Hope they go for the long run..make US production cars better..like Toyota did when they got there..
@@blondythesuperdog8825 Toyota didn't won a race in almost a decade...
Why ? You have Indy Car and Nascar. Isn't it enough?
Andretti is a name too bad they can't run a winning indy team
Not a chance .... No way .... stay in the US 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Certainly don't think they would be a waste of space in F1 but I doubt they'd hit the ground running. Look forward to having them as an eleventh team!
At this point, there is NO DOUBT that the current teams’ resistance towards Andretti is based on nothing but GREED and FEAR. Especially Red Bull and Mercedes… why would they want to change a thing? They are getting rich while monopolizing (literally) ALL the championships… which is why F1 is so dreadfully boring lately. Lewis wins everything, then Max… there’s no suspense or drama, and if it weren’t for the Netflix show, interest would be tanking. Horner and Wolff are feigning snobbery to mask their fear of Andretti. They’re scared of him!
Really, an american F1 team?
If you make it to F1 have fun circling at the back of the field ⛳
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I'm rooting for Andretti, more teams on the grid and more teams who actually want to be there for the racing (looking at you Haas) will make for a better sport
This is really bad for F1, Cadillac, Really? Adding such teams will not only dilute the budgets but also the quality of F1. Dont belive me? Just look at the disastrous season of Logan Sargeant and the damage to the team, not to mention Haas.
Gunther doesn't like the fact another American team entering F1 because he knows Andretti will be more successful than Haas and will have a larger fan base
Nothing to do with fans and everything to do with Sponsors and of course Money.
Haas makes money leasing CNC tooling machines to a number of high end mechanical ventures, including F1 teams. I don't think they care for their fan base or lack of.
There is only one way for Andretti to instantly get into F1 and that is to have a Apple Inc. Logo on their F1 racer, period. Apple has worldwide appeal and is the ultimate American company.
Says the apple employee
Do you think than Apple wants their logo in a losing car, as Andretti will be at least the first 3 or 4 years? Think again...
apple doesnt sponsor anything, certainly not with their logo on it 😅
And where are those I phones made?
Take Sauber out then or some other team and keep it at 10 then. Seriously f1 politics is beyond.
ah nice fluf piece to prop up the Andretti bid
Waarom zou je geen nieuwe teams erbij willen als F1 fan?
Andretti needs to buyout Haas
Conquer???
Why all the resistance from F1 on this team entering? ... These F1 directors should be running to accommodate Michael and his team... It will make ALL of them more money which is why they are there in the first place... So tired of the BS narratives from more media puppets. MEDIA IS A BIG PROBLEM! IN EVERY SECTOR! OH and BTW it doesn't get any better than CADILLAC / GM / ANDRETTI from any country!
indy 500 & daytona 500 are not international events, its home grown racing which is simply not comparable with F1
Really?...you're trolling, obviously
Yup, some can't get that ovals do not count in racing like proper circuits do.
An advertisement for Andretti Autosport but why not. His whole organisation is 1/10 of Williams who were last in F1 last year. He is the size of Haas who only do F1.
A successful racing team but never a race car design and manufacturing outfit. He said its a huge ask not just to build a car but to build one that is competitive and reliable. In the Brazil sprint qualifying yesterday all the teams were within .5sec for the lap.
What is Cadillac doing? Nobody knows? They havent said they are building an engine . They just talk about partnerships. I wish them well but I do think they dont realise the enormity of the task and the money it will cost and the expertise they have to find. Also years of trying to become competitive. I scratch my head on who the American driver might be with 40 Super license points. ahhh Logan you are saved.
Brutal. Say no more 😂😂😂
Why let another loser team on the grid? Look at Haas. A word of advice, go back and go around a circle because American cars can’t turn or break🤣
The Netflix boost is starting to dry up. F1 needs Andretti. Liberty Media knows this. If you want to keep Americans interested you have to have Americans participating in the sport with a potential to win. They might make Andretti sweat it out a bit until they can get a new Concord agreement in place but his name is going to be on that grid eventually.
True. Logan Seargeant is not enough, and he might be out of a seat sooner than later.
Um, Mr. Haas is already in F1.
@@ronbelanger4113 read my post again. Notably the part about being capable of winning.
i hope they get into F1 so i can root for them
Why aren't you rooting for Haas, then?
why do you care who i root for? i don't like the drivers if you must know@@p.informatico1320
Ok
The 10 teams don't want anyone else
And some more than others
Williams, Hass , Alpha , would stand to lose millions
If AAS are successful
I hope they get there place
But doubt they will
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They will all lose a lot. And this comes soon after they renegotiated the profit scale to make it better for the middle of the pack and bottom teams. They are going to fight like crazy to stop a decision which would set them back or worse.
Yeah,but he just couldn't conquer F1,I kinda remember he had a lot of DNFs,just didn't have the skill level for F1.🤔
You guys are no hillbillies Michael.
I'm the same age and have watched your father, watched you and watched you guys build a motorsports dynasty and I honestly feel the Euro crowd currently in F1 is intimidated, concerned big time the Andretti F1 project may Hans them their butts and have all of America behind you including major sponsors.
We're behind you brother, go get em!!
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I don't think any current team is scared of Andretti more than they are not already
Sure. They're terrified the team which can't win in IndyCar where all the cars are identical will design and build a contender out of thin air.
If you truly watched the Andretti family saga, you should know that Mario lucked out being at Lotus when they finally got the wing car idea right but was otherwise just another driver, Michael was embarrassingly bad in what was then (1993 McLaren) the second best car in F1 and was sacked before the end of the season, and Marco didn't even succeed in IndyCar, being now limited to a cheap second tier NASCAR copycat (the SRX series)
Well if his teams anything like is driving was then guys save your money & stay at home.
I like how the Dallas cowboys gets labeled as Jerry Jones lol
Assuming you know what you are doing, you need a cool $300 Million just to line up on the back of an F1 grid. So get ready for the sense of LOSS.
F1 teams are scared ...
it would be brilliant to see the Andretti name back in F1. When a "Sport" isn't open to new competitors then it ceases to be a sport and becomes whatever Pro-Wrestling is.
FORMULA ONE STARTED ITS U.S. COMEBACK AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY LONG BEFORE TEXAS WAS BUILT, TONY GEORGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT COMING BACK TO THE U.S.
Screaming fixes zero.
George is also responsible for destroying Indy Car.
I hope they team up with Max.