After much deliberation the FIA has made it official that Andretti's prospective Formula 1 entry will be approved, subject to the team securing a commercial deal with rights holder FOM.
This may yet be the most difficult challenge yet for Andretti; although it has proven to the FIA that it has merit on sporting, technical, and financial grounds, thrashing out a deal with FOM will be tough given that the existing 10 teams will put the championship under pressure.
Naturally, the existing teams operate within their own interests and any support of an 11th team would be anathema to them. To paraphrase the more open reactions from current team principals, some teams would be accepting of an additional entrant if it sufficiently"grows the pie"; that Andretti's inclusion adds to the overall F1 pot rather than chip away at other teams' sponsors.
Thus, the FIA had agreed to open a tender for prospective F1 entrants for both 2025 or 2026, which would offer some degree of latitude to a team looking to make a success of its emergence on the grid. After all, the 2026 season is set to include widescale changes to the powertrains, and there yet be a glut of aerodynamic changes too.
Andretti has attracted its own major label, albeit not strictly as a supplier; GM has elected to throw its support behind the project with its Cadillac brand, which beyond its range of luxury sedans has carved out a reputation in motorsport with its endurance racing efforts. Expanding to F1 only furthers the distinctly American flavour of the team, which the team hopes would make it an asset in continuing the championship's growth in the US.
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