While awaiting the opinion of the FIA when asked to enter the top league by Michael’s Andretti Global, his father Mario revealed that the French would be the supplier of the engines.
Lorenzo Pastuglia
February 26
Michael Andretti is serious and wants at all costs to achieve the goal of entering Formula 1 in 2024. After the agreement signed several months ago to take over 80% of the Sauber team, currently engaged in the World Championship with Alfa Romeo livery, a few days ago came the news that the company he manages, Andretti Global, has submitted an application to the FIA and is awaiting a response. The news is that dad Mario, 1978 world champion in the Circus with Lotus, author of the anticipation via social media, has provided a further detail: that is, that a formal agreement has been reached for the supply of Renault engines, naturally in the event that concretized the landing in the top flight.
many ideas in mind
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In a video interview for the YouTube channel of journalist David Land, entirely dedicated to Motorsport, Andretti senior confirmed that the team’s structure will be in England, then talking about the power unit theme: “Now I’m allowed to say, we have a formal agreement. with Renault for the supply of engines – Mario commented – we know the prerequisites and there is also the time factor. Once we have said to take this project forward, we will move forward. Much work has already been done ”. And again: “We know where the facility will be built in the UK. We know we have people, prominent personalities who have done this type of work up to start-ups. We have many things in mind ”.
big business
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If the partnership with Renault became official, the French manufacturer would supply its engines to a second F1 team after Alpine, since relations with both Red Bull (at the end of the 2018 season) and McLaren (at the end of the 2018 season) ended. end of 2020): “There was a lot of speculation by Toto Wolff (Mercedes team principal; ed) – added the 1978 F1 champion – he was worried that it was potentially Ferrari (to supply the engines to Andretti; ed) . It is a huge undertaking, but we are ready for it. We have incredible partners on our side ”. Michael Andretti, former Indycar champion and F1 driver with McLaren, currently has interests in IndyCar, Formula E, Extreme E and sports car racing. ‘Atlantico – concluded Mario Andretti – this is a wonderful undertaking that my son wants. He is the right age to make the leap in quality, to have a business that reaches at least 20-25 years of age. We are all inside, ready to go ”.
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