Regardless of how they may feel, it is a decision for FOM and the FIA.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said the F1 teams have “no power” over Andretti joining and that it is a decision for the FIA and FOM.
It is an issue that threatens to bring tension to the FIA-F1 relationship but the sporting body’s president is unperturbed by this, remarking that the relationship between the two was like the Vatican and the Pope. “To me, we pick up the phone, we handle things. These small things that go are part of making the sport better.”
“It’s the responsibility of the promoter and the circuit; it’s not our responsibility. We don’t interfere but that’s the rules. The rules are not only implemented by us, the rules are implemented everywhere. By all parties.”F1 Driver of the Day: Who has won the award in F1 2023? “And thirdly, to say no to an American OEM. It’s very hard. On the contrary, it’s good for business.”
“We are in the pinnacle of the sport of F1. We should be serving big teams with OEMs, to bring them in, to sustain motorsport.
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