Mario Andretti does not give up: "We want to enter Formula 1 in 2024"

The future of Formula 1 is now focused on developments regarding the driver market, as well as on possible new formats or scoring systems that could be introduced in the coming seasons. In all this, we should not forget the attempts made by Michael Andretti, son of former Scuderia Ferrari driver and 1978 world champion Mario, to be able to take his team to Formula 1, namely the Andretti Autosport.

However, an operation that was cut short this summer, with most of the team principals lining up against a possible entry of the American team, with the sole exception of McLaren.

A response, that of the teams and the FIA, that disappointed the Andretti family, which in any case did not surrender to the will and intention of being able to join the Formula 1 family in the coming years. An aspect reaffirmed by Mario Andretti himself, who thus provided details about the project of the American reality in an interview with planetf1.com:

“Honestly, so far it has been extremely disappointing” – the former Ferrari driver admitted – “but at the same time, we are trying to do everything we are asked. We are trying to satisfy [the requests], I don’t know what else we can do. We are working on this project every day, with the intention of being able to join the sport in 2024. We are preparing as if we had been given the green light. Michael is working on it and that’s what we expect him to do. We certainly do not give up. For us it is a very serious project and we are ready to make this investment” – the former F1 world champion pointed out.

If Andretti Autosport were to succeed in its intent, it would be a totally independent new entry, created from ‘zero’ and without close agreements with other existing companies, such as those started and then failed with Sauber.

However, ‘Piedone’ Andretti did not welcome the statements of Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, who does not want new teams on the starting grid: “Sometimes you hear different opinions from various teams, and you wonder why there is so much disrespect out there that we do not deserve – he added – we have the will to keep fighting because we believe it is a good thing for us. This sport has been everything to our professional life and I think we are able to contribute by entering Formula 1 in the long run. I don’t understand why such an investment shouldn’t be positive, especially if you think that next year the season will consist of 24 races and that all the teams will be subjected to incredible stress.” – the former Ferrari driver concluded.