As a long-time American F1 fan and magazine reader, I find the Andretti rejection insulting, condescending and arrogant. The Andretti organisation is a proven world-class racing leader. The reasons given were specious, disrespectful and lacked factual data. It was an opinion that is consistent with the F1 elite’s long-time bias against American racing drivers and teams. It is also inconsistent with F1’s desire to expand its US market. An opinion-based ruling like this will have consequences. It could have been accomplished by requesting a higher dilution payment from Andretti to compensate the other teams. Was this option ever presented to Andretti? The whole thing stinks, and F1 will be the ultimate loser by ignoring the obvious value Andretti and Cadillac can bring to the table.
