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FIA president changes tune, tells Andretti ‘to buy another F1 team’
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28/05/2024 at 16:0728/05/2024 at 16:22 FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has shifted his stance on Andretti Cadillac’s F1 project, and now “advises” the American outfit to acquire an existing team on the grid. Ben Sulayem was personally behind the governing body’s efforts to expand F1’s current field through last year’s ‘Expression of Interest’ application process. Andretti Cadillac was the only prospective outfit to satisfy the FIA’s stringent criteria in its selection procedure, which led to Michael Andretti’s project receiving a green light to join the grid from the institution. However, its potential entry into the championship in...
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