With none of the 10 franchises up for sale, Andretti has to persuade the sport to allow an 11th team. What's the issue with F1 adding 11th team? British-based Williams is owned by US-based private investment firm Dorilton Capital.
The outfit is the sister team of NASCAR's Stewart-Haas Racing but has no American racer and uses a car built in Italy by Dallara. Haas is owned by American Gene Haas and is headquartered in North Carolina. “We're all one, big happy family.Ted Kravitz takes a look back at the inaugural Miami GPĪndretti's plan is for the team to have American drivers and an American-built car, more American than F1's existing US presence. “We all know how versatile Kyle can be,” Andretti said. “It was good for all of us.”Īndretti liked that seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson tried his hand at the NTT Ind圜ar Series in recent years.Īndretti thinks Larson has the skills to do as well at the Indy 500 has he has in NASCAR, where he's won 21 times including the series title in 2021. No driver has attempted the Memorial Day double of racing 500 miles at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and following that up with 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway since Kurt Busch in 2014.īusch finished sixth at the Indy 500, but came up short of finishing the 1,100 miles with a blown engine in the NASCAR race.Īndretti, who ran 14 NASCAR races, recalled chatting with stockcar greats like the the Allison brothers, Donnie and Bobby, and Cale Yarborough about doing more open-wheel events.Īndretti remembered how drivers known for Indy racing like four-time 500 winner A.J. “I think it's so great for the sport in general to have this crossover,” Andretti said.
Andretti believes talented drivers can grow all of motorsports by displaying their skills at different venues. He's won 111 races across several disciplines in five decades of racing.Īndretti was a prime draw for NASCAR's annual throwback weekend, where the sport's 75th anniversary will be celebrated.
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