The One Legitimate Reason F1 Would Reject Andretti's Bid For An 11th Team #f1 #formula1
Channel: Going Off Track With Kathryn & Emily
Date: 2024-02-14

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🤔Was the FOM right to reject Andretti’s bid to join the F1 grid?

There have been a lot of reasons the organization used to justify turning down Andretti, and most of them were pretty stupid. See: there’s not enough room in the pit lane for an 11th garage.

Uh, does no one remember how F1 gave a whole ass garage to Apple+ and Brad Pitt for the upcoming F1 movie? Yeah, there’s plenty of room for an 11th garage.

And the excuse that Andretti would get more out F1’s notoriety than F1 would get out of Andretti? Come on. They’re one of the biggest names in American motor racing. If F1 is seriously thinking about adding a FOURTH race in the United States in Chicago, then clearly the market is there, and Americans would hop on in droves to support a real American team (Sorry Haas).

So the door is still open for Andretti to come on the grid in 2028, and that brings to mind a really interesting reason why the FOM would want to hold off until then.

Spoiler alert: It’s about💰💰💰. But more on that in tomorrow’s post.

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