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Re:F1 rejects Andretti bid to bring new US-based team to gri... by ehvatum on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:44AM (#39258376)
F1’s reasoning is “Andretti won’t be competitive and Andretti’s reputation will benefit more than ours if he has an F1 team”

Yeah, just like being a perennial loser did so much good for the Williams legend, right?

Or similar to how winning nothing in F1 for years really buoyed Ferrari’s brand, I suppose?

I would like to know the actual reason for the rejection, given that the stated reasons are transparently false.

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Re:F1 rejects Andretti bid to bring new US-based team to gri... by jonathanp88 on Monday February 05, 2024 @08:03AM (#39260818)
Increasing the number of teams will reduce the revenue shared out to all of the existing teams. So most likely all existing teams lobbied hard to prevent it from happening.
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