The Andretti Cadillac F1 Team's ambition to join the Formula 1 grid in 2025 has been thwarted as their entry bid was rejected, leaving Mario Andretti 'devastated' and the team in strong disagreement with F1's decision. Despite Andretti's extensive efforts to assemble a competitive and viable bid, F1's commercial rights holders have been reticent, citing concerns about the need for new teams to drive value and deliver competitiveness. This stance has been met with criticism, especially considering the performance gap among current teams. F1 had extended an invitation for Andretti to discuss their application in person, but this opportunity was not taken. The motorsport community has reacted with disappointment to the decision, and Andretti Cadillac has publicly expressed their strong disagreement with F1's statement.
#F1's rejection of Andretti's entry bid doesn't come as much of a surprise. But how fair are the arguments for its dismissal? Full analysis here⬇️ https://t.co/dMCThVm3yq
Mario Andretti 'devastated' after F1 rejects team entry https://t.co/5cnbJQYjfU https://t.co/K3sQvjzMwW
So silly they accepted and then rejected Andretti Motorsports. Was so pumped to see an iconic American racing family attached to a team on the grid. Disappointing. https://t.co/zpfLQoEimW
Andretti has responded 👀 #F1 https://t.co/PgXJ8jK3Yn
Andretti-Cadillac ‘strongly disagree’ with decision to keep them out of F1 https://t.co/UbUYaUty7F
The Cadillac-backed @AndrettiGlobal F1 team has issued a response to @F1 and "strongly disagrees" with today's statement - but no word yet on any next step: https://t.co/cy2RKBxlmV
.@AndrettiGlobal & @Cadillac have released a joint statement on today's rejection from @F1 on entry into the series in 2025 & 2026: "Andretti Cadillac has reviewed the information (FOM) has shared & strongly disagree with its contents. Andretti & Cadillac are two successful…
Statement from Andretti Cadillac: 👇 It states that both organisations “strongly disagree” with the contents of the FOM statement released earlier today ❌ More to follow… #F1 https://t.co/D8Ll0Ag9jv
Andretti Cadillac statement in regards to F1 announcement today https://t.co/UjC3yIhBES
An emotional @MarioAndretti expressed how he feels about Andretti's #F1 rejection with a simple post on social media 😢 https://t.co/Q13GqKplYD
In its rejection of Andretti, the sport where 1 team won 21 of 22 races in '23 & where Haas/Williams/Sauber/Alpha Tauri combined for 6 podiums in 7 years says a future team must drive value & deliver competitiveness. On a truly head-scratching argument ⬇️ https://t.co/ObjNyQkjr9
#F1 rejection of Andretti’s proposal to join the grid from 2025 has triggered many questions Here’s a dive into three key factors that led to the decision ⬇️ https://t.co/zVRx6M5T0g
Ever since Andretti threw its hat into the ring to join the #F1 grid, the championship’s commercial rights holders had been lukewarm at best about letting it in. Here are the three key factors that led to F1 turning down Andretti's bid. ⬇️ https://t.co/ibhtuF16oG
.@F1 says that it invited Andretti to an in-person meeting last month to present its application but that Andretti "did not take us up on this offer." https://t.co/0FoU1UjLyr
F1 denies the Andretti-Cadillac bid https://t.co/noFJ4uyBlX
"You can't just join our club now when everything's going well" 🏆 Martin Brundle reacts to Andretti being rejected from joining the F1 grid 💭 https://t.co/CG3UUlUm3w
See, this is where #F1 does something that makes those of us who are fans of other motorsports like #NASCAR and #IndyCar and think this is ridiculous. Their language about wanting teams to be competitive is comical. Haas, the faux American team, is a joke. Andretti wouldn't. https://t.co/C7Dx6WAXIg
F1 saying no to Andretti shouldn't be surprising as it was fairly apparent this was the decision coming, yet it is surprising. Andretti has done nearly everything possible to put together a viable bid that F1 should welcome. https://t.co/CZTcZ2LEWT
An #F1 debut in 2025 remains the goal for the Andretti Cadillac F1 Team ✅ Will the team be competitive straight away? 🤔 FULL STORY: https://t.co/C00KwqCN6a https://t.co/oLtLRRQepY