« Reply #3741 on: February 28, 2022, 05:34:03 PM »
The American?s Andretti Global operation has applied to enter F1, and needs to get a green light soon if it is going to have enough time to get things up and running.
Although there is no formal timeline for new entry deadlines in to F1, Andretti is clear he cannot wait much longer for the FIA to make a decision.
Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com about the situation, Andretti said: ?We need it fast because the clock?s running for us to be there in 2024. We need to know within a month.?
Andretti says he is already quite clear in some key details about his F1 entry, with him committed to bringing his IndyCar driver Colton Herta to grand prix racing.
Andretti believes Herta?s presence would be one of the keys to making the team?s presence a success for F1 as a whole, at a time when there are two races in America ? at COTA and new-for-2022 Miami ? and a third is being planned for Las Vegas.
He suggested that the way Max Verstappen has boosted Dutch interest in grand prix racing proves that an American driver could do the same for the potential audience in the USA.
?You look at the growth in ratings in the Netherlands because they?ve got a driver,? he said. ?There?s none here. If you get a good driver with a good following like Colton, I think they?ll be in great shape.
?To me it?s a no-brainer. I don?t know what the hold-up is, so hopefully they figure it out. The way we?re going to do it is going to be first class all the way. We?ve got big plans that will really be good for Formula 1.
?My backers are great, they?re in it to be competitive, they?re not just in it to say they?re in Formula 1. They?re sports guys, they?ve turned sports franchises around from where they weren?t competitive to then being competitive, so they know how to do this stuff.
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ANDRETTI HAS BEEN TRYING TO BUY HAAS F1 TEAM FOR TWO YEARS
Feb 25 2022
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Michael Andretti says he has made ?millions? of attempts to purchase the Haas Formula 1 team and is still open to talks with owner Gene Haas but senses his compatriot is not interested.
The Andretti operation has launched a fresh bid to get into F1 with an all-new team for 2024, after its attempt to take over the currently Alfa Romeo-branded Sauber squad last year fell through.
Andretti?s new plan was initially revealed by his F1 world champion father Mario last week, before being confirmed by the wider Andretti team.
FIA not in position to consider new F1 teams amid Andretti bid
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But the FIA has made clear there is no entry process for new F1 teams open at present and says it?s ?not in a position to consider? new entrants.
Undeterred, the Andrettis have continued publicising their latest F1 proposal.
In an interview with the Associated Press in which he emphasised the seriousness of the Andretti Global F1 plan, Michael Andretti also referred to having approached Haas ?millions of times?.
Team owner Gene Haas had previously expressed doubts about his F1 squad?s long-term future and had been reluctant to continue funding it through his own companies.
That led to an initial shortlived title sponsorship deal with Rich Energy in 2019, and then the association with Uralkali backing that has now been complicated by Russia?s invasion of Ukraine.
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