![]() ![]() He figures Andretti involvement will help all existing teams court North American sponsorship. to Europe to drive for McLaren in F1, wants to put Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta of California in his seat.Īndretti maintains he’s committed to a true effort, and argues an American team with an American driver can only add to F1’s financial worth. Michael Andretti, who spent the 1993 season commuting back and forth from the U.S. ![]() The only current American team is Haas F1, which is owned by California businessman Gene Haas, partially headquartered in North Carolina but does not employ any American drivers. But there has not been an American driver in F1 since Alexander Rossi in 2015. Mario Andretti, Michael’s father, is the 1978 F1 champion and one of the greatest drivers in motorsports history. history - and Andretti wants to expand the famed racing name. The North American market has at last embraced the series - Sunday’s race on ABCwas the most-watched live F1 race in U.S. ![]() The Andretti effort to field an American team was the talk of F1’s first-ever race in Miami. It had to have been encouraging that Sulayem, who was elected head of F1’s governing body in December, not only recognized Andretti but stopped to lean into his ear for an exchange in which Sulayem did most of the talking. Just when it seemed that Andretti had no shot at cracking the country club - there’s a $200 million buy-in fee - he was given hope. ![]() “It’s the first time we’ve been given any direction on how to make this happen.” “We finally have some direction,” Andretti told AP. ![]()
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