Andretti and Cadillac announce Formula 1 entry plansīut if Andretti was hoping his latest efforts would be a game-changer in getting his team an entry, it would not take long for him to find that opinions elsewhere had been swayed very little.Įven before the embargo on the news of the Andretti-Cadillac plans had been lifted, F1 itself had issued a lukewarm response to it – making it emphatic that the American team was not the only team looking to join, and that this was not only a matter for the FIA to deal with.įurthermore, as rival teams digested Andretti’s plans over the following few days, they were quick to double down on their resistance to F1 of it opening its arms and giving Andretti an automatic place on the grid. It's hard for anyone to argue that now.” Read Also: I think we'll be bringing a tremendous amount of support now to F1. 
“We feel that that was the one box we didn't have checked that we do have checked now. “Well, we're bringing one of the biggest manufacturers in the world now with us, with General Motors and Cadillac. Speaking to the media about the newly restructured bid having more weight behind it with OEM support, Andretti said: “One of the big things was: well, what does Andretti bring to the party? FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem had gone public in his desire to get more teams on the grid, and the GM-backing for a Cadillac-badged operation certainly seemed a big enough deal to prove the value his new team would bring to grand prix racing.
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