31/01/2024
🚨 BREAKING: F1 rejects Andretti bid to enter F1 in 2025 or 2026
Following an expression of interest from prospective entrants, the FIA was satisfied that Andretti met the technical requirements to sustain an entry.
This meant that the only remaining step was for Andretti required a commercial deal sorted with F1’s owner Liberty Media, as in the Concorde Agreement.
However today, a statement was published revealing that F1 has concluded Andretti has failed to obtain a spot on the grid for 2025/2026.
The statement reads: “Our assessment process has established that the presence of an 11th team would not, on its own, provide value to the championship. The most significant way in which a new entrant would bring value is by being competitive. We do not believe that the applicant would be a competitive participant.”
It adds: “The addition of an 11th team would place an operational burden on race promoters, would subject some of them to significant costs, and would reduce the technical, operational and commercial spaces of the other competitors”.