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It's been a rocky road for Michael Andretti's plans to make the Formula 1 grid come 2025 or 2026. The American racing organization has faced disdain by Europe's Billionaire Boys Club, even after securing as massive an automaker partner as there is in General Motors. Now, the Associated Press reports that F1 management went as far as asking the manufacturer to partner with someone else.
The Formula 1 governing body, the FIA, has officially approved Michael Andretti's bid to launch an F1 team. This puts the American racing dynasty one step closer to the grid come 2025 or 2026, when the Indianapolis-based outfit plans to compete in the world championship under the Andretti Cadillac F1 moniker.
The political machine of Formula 1 is rumbling up again amidst the announcement that the Andretti-Cadillac F1 project got the FIA’s blessing to join the F1 grid. There is still one major hurdle to Andretti actually getting a car on the grid: Convincing F1 and existing teams to let it join on a commercial basis. Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll has broken the silence following the FIA’s approval and pushed back on Andretti joining the grid.
Michael Andretti and his Andretti-Cadillac team are only halfway to an official entry into Formula 1. The FIA, F1's governing body, already approved Andretti but he now needs to be approved by F1 Management (FOM), the sport's money people. It's a long road ahead for Andretti but that isn't stopping his team from wind tunnel-testing their F1 car.