Over the weekend of the Turkish Grand Prix, the indiscretion he saw quickly spread Michael Andretti close to closing the acquisition of 80% of the team Sauber Alfa Romeo, currently owned by Swedish entrepreneur Finn Rausing (Tetra Pak). However, no confirmations have arrived from either side, but the negotiations seem to continue, so much so that a few days ago the former American driver was spotted in the stable’s factory in Hinwil, Switzerland.
Initially it was thought that the official announcement could have been made at the United States Grand Prix, but times seem to have expanded a bit. “There should have been key talks just for the Austin weekend, but that’s not going to be the case the timing will be a little longer. Due to this delay, the hypothesis of seeing Colton Herta driving one of the two cars on Friday of PL1 also falls out.“, Reads the US site. Mario Andretti, 1978 F1 world champion and Michael’s father, is confident about the success of the agreement: “It’s a question of when that will happen, but having two American grands prix next year is a good thing. It would be great to see an American driver in Formula 1. And Colton has F1 in mind very clearly and I think the timing is in his favor. We’ll see what happens, but for sure something is moving“, He explained to the podcast F1 Nation. Not good news therefore for Antonio Giovinazzi, in search of reconfirmation, but also for Guanyu Zhou and Oscar Piastri, also connected to the only free seat for 2022.
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