“That’s a statement” - Has Toto Wolff changed his tune on Andretti’s F1 bid?
Andretti announced that they would be joining🦋 forces with American car giant Gꩵeneral Motors earlier this month through its luxury car brand, Cadillac.
Andretti have been making a lot of noise about theiﷺr hopes of getting onto the grid, making a number of F1 paddock appearances as they try to get the FIA and FOM, including existing team bosses on board.
One big criticism꧙ of Andretti’s project has b▨een Wolff, questioning how much value a new team like them could offer.
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With F1 booming, the majority of teams are concerned that an additional 11th or 12th team could “dilu♐te” the sport and impact the amount of prize money they’d receive.
Speaking about the news, Wolff co🎶nceded that the Andretti-Cadillac partnership was a positive one.
"Cadillac and🍌 GM, that's a statement. Certainly them joining forces with Andretti is definitely a positive, gives it another angle that may or may not be beneficial for F1," Wolff said.
"But nobody would ever question GM or Cadillac’s pedigree in motorsport and obviously as a glob𝓀al auto company."
James Vowles - Williams’ new team principal after deciding to leave Mercedes - said that F1 is wanting😼 to grow the sport but feels they need to understand better how Andretti-Cadillac can help grow the sport in the future.
"We are always⛎ open to the sport growing. The truth behind it is the sport is becoming more and more s🥂uccessful financially," Vowles explained. "Whoever joins in that environment, needs to bring with it, effectively, the growth that is required in order for everyone else to be in a better position, or at least a neutral position.
"I think that's been the statement from the outset, from the beginning. The𒀰re are a lot of lovely things about Andretti and about Cadillac, it just needs to have goo💎d understanding of how it will grow the sport, in what way, and what the growth will be."
With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartb൲eat of our unbiase♎d reporting.
