Official: F1 rejects Andretti’s candidacy for 2025

F1 has announced that it has officially rejected Andretti Global’s application to start in the premier category in 2025. Liberty Media leaves the door open to 2028, provided that General Motors brings its own engine.

The FIA ​​had nevertheless validated the arrival of the team in its championship, while the holder of the commercial rights, Liberty Media, as well as the ten other teams opposed it with verve.

The terms used by the premier category are particularly violent against Andretti, ensuring that the crew does not bring value to self-discipline, and that the interest would be for Andretti to use the F1 brand to increase its value.

“Our judging process established that the presence of an 11th team would not itself add any value to the championship” can we read in the conclusions of F1. “The most significant way in which a newcomer would add value would be by being competitive. We do not believe that the candidate (Andretti, editor’s note) would be a competitive participant.”

After this first insulting salvo against Andretti, F1 explains that it refuses teams that have to become customers of an engine manufacturer. A rule that makes us wonder where it came from, the possibilities having always existed in F1, and still filling almost half of the grid.

“The need for a new team to lease a mandatory engine, potentially over a period of several seasons, would cause damage to the jam and standing of the championship.”

Une which which you would possibly possibly whisper of entrée en 2028 avec GM

Andretti’s added value is then called into question, both for the brand and for its stock price: “While the Andretti name is recognized by F1 fans, our research indicates that the F1 brand would bring more value to the Andretti brand than vice versa.”

Then, F1 offers the argument of pronounce on the circuits, an argument already demonstrated to be fallacious at the time when Christian Horner, the director of Red Bull, proposed it.

“The addition of an 11th team would place an operational burden on package promoters, subject them to significant costs, and reduce the strategic, operational and commercial space of other competitors.”

F1 offers a way out for Andretti Global in 2028, when the next Concorde Agreements will be discussed, provided that General Motors comes as an engine manufacturer, and not as a commercial partner.

“We would look differently at an application for a team to enter the 2028 championship with a GM engine, whether it is a GM factory team or a GM consumer team with an in-house invention.”

“In this case, there would be additional factors about the value the candidate would bring to the championship, particularly how it would bring a prestigious new engine manufacturer to the sport.”