The exit of Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti’s step back is official, with the sale of the controlling shares of Andretti Global to his partner Dan Towriss and the open letter in which the manager and former American driver explained the reasons for his choice. A choice which, however, it is not certain that it will definitively put the team’s program to enter Formula 1 as the eleventh team on hold. Indeed, according to the latest sensational background information reported by German journalists from F1-InsiderAndretti would be disliked by the top management of Liberty Media and therefore his decision to hand over the leadership of the team could reopen the game.
The rumor about the 2026 F1 chassis
It is perhaps in this sense that we can read the indiscretion reported exclusively by the Australian site SpeedCafewho revealed how Andretti Global would be the first team to have a Formula 1 chassis that meets the requirements of the 2026 technical regulations. According to journalist Mat Coch, who signed the article, the American team should in fact be able to assemble a complete chassis model by the end of this year, to carry out wind tunnel tests and begin work on overcoming crashes mandatory tests imposed by the FIA.
Furthermore, the team would also have the intention to expand the staff by 25%. Despite the denial of entry into F1 by Liberty Media – supported by the majority of the teams, who do not want their share of the annual revenues to be reduced – Andretti Global had recently announced the arrival of the expert engineer Pat Symonds and the opening of a branch office in Silverstone. Always SpeedCafe it also reports what they are like a series of carbon components have already been produced such as the suspension triangles and other elements of the single-seater.
The (paradoxical) advantage of Andretti Global
What is certain is that there is uncertainty about the possibility of participating in the 2026 championship – which in reality is not uncertainty, given that Liberty Media has already expressed itself negatively, placing a minimum sign of opening not before 2028 – it is also paradoxically a benefit. By regulation, in fact, the ten teams currently in Formula 1 cannot work on the design of the next generation of cars before January 2025. Andretti Global has already been working on the project for some time and could have, if the rumors were confirmed, a few months ahead of everyone else (potential) rivals.
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