The dream of Michael Andretti to bring his team to the Formula 1 Circus seemed destined to die in the bud, given the heavy objections raised against this idea by one of the most powerful managers in the entire paddock: Toto Wolff. The Mercedes team principal had been quite clear in ruling out the hypothesis of a landing – in 2024 – of Andretti Global on the grid. The FIA itself had shown itself rather cold towards the symbolic family of American motorsport, hinting that concrete speeches on this possibility had not yet been addressed. With the passing of the days, however, other voices emerge that instead are expressing themselves in favor of an expansion of the sport to other teams, including non-constructors.
The detail is not insignificant because Wolff himself had underlined how – from his point of view – it made sense to support the entry of an 11th team only if this was a new manufacturer. The reasoning seemed quite clearly to be referred to the rumors that hypothesize a future arrival in F1 of Audi and / or Porsche. First of all Alpine and then McLaren however they had ‘misaligned’, opening the doors to the Andretti family. Another Mercedes customer team, the Williams. Jost Capito, the main theme of Grove, has indeed spent very nice words for Michael Andretti and his group, also evoking a common collaboration.
“I worked with Michael in the United States when I was at Volkswagen. They managed the rallycross team for Volkswagen for five years, so I worked quite closely with him – explained Capito, speaking with the site RacingNews365.com – I respect them. They have good people with them and they would be a good addition to Formula 1this is absolutely sure “, declared team number one Williams. His wish, which aligns with that recently expressed by Andreas Seidl, is that of a grid made up of 24 machines. “The past has shown that that would be a good number and that Formula 1 could get there, so that’s okay. I think the more cars you have, within a certain limit, the better for the sport. I think that limit is 24 ″he concluded.
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