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The bad news is that ... to get an entry one also needs agreement from the Formula One group and there seems no interest at all in them agreeing."
While I agree that the wording in The Race has the same meaning to me, it just makes no sense when you think about the implications.
That's impossible. They would need to have already hired enough people now for anyone to start working on a 2026 car in 2025 (you need to factor in gardening leave in 2024). GM already has a good base of people with experience in developing race cars and GM is not giving them up to join Andretti because GM competes against Andretti in other series.
I remember hearing about them hiring for an F1 project, but I donโt know where any of that went.
That again speaks to why Iโm skeptical of them being successful. They donโt have the staff theyโd need to run a full F1 operation, and being based in the US isnโt going to help attract talent from existing teams.
I donโt disagree that GM might help, but at that point why would they bother with partnering with Andretti? Other than the name they bring very little to the table.
Ferrari uses AF Corse to run their WEC Hypercar program. Lamborghini uses Iron Lynx for their upcoming WEC Hypercar program. Lawrence Stroll is paying Honda to make a 2026 engine exclusively for Aston Martin.
Andretti is perfectly capable of running trackside operations and if Michael opens his wallet to even pay for a good chunk of development cost, why not.