The FIA started a formal application process in February, seeking to identify one or more new teams interested in joining in 2025, 2026 or 2027. Some also feel the current $200-million entry fee, which would be shared among the existing 10 teams as compensation, is not enough. Other Formula One teams have been lukewarm towards expanding the grid, wary of diluting the overall pot of revenues. Renault-owned Alpine have said they will supply the engines if the Andretti Cadillac team wins approval from the FIA and commercial rights holder Liberty Media. "We're building a team as we speak," he added. Andretti is quite possibly the oldest person to get behind the wheel of a modern Formula 1 car. We're making good progress."Īndretti, a former McLaren F1 driver and 1991 CART champion, confirmed he was targeting 2025 and said work was under way already. Watch An 82-Year-Old Mario Andretti Drive A McLaren F1 Car Around Laguna Seca Carscoops. "We have a process that we're in the middle of with the FIA and we're submitting our paperwork this week, and hopefully get an answer middle of July. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time. "That's our goal, We're working on it," Andretti said of the bid. Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. MIAMI, May 7 (Reuters) - Michael Andretti said on Sunday he expects to know in mid-July whether he can enter Formula One with a new American team from 2025.Īndretti, son of 1978 world champion Mario, told Sky Sports television at the Miami Grand Prix that the paperwork was being submitted to the governing FIA this week.Īndretti Global and General Motors announced in January that they planned to compete using the Cadillac brand and employing at least one U.S.
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