Is a door opening for Andretti after all? The next meeting with the F1 bosses is due to take place in Miami next week – 60 new jobs advertised
Andretti’s Formula 1 plans are moving forward despite the rejection from the premier class: The Americans have now launched tenders for 60 jobs for their potential Formula 1 team
The 60 vacancies include senior positions in Formula 1, including a head of aerodynamic development, a head of mechanical design and various other technical positions in aerodynamics and CFD, model design, electronics, control systems, IT, vehicle performance and manufacturing.
All jobs are planned for the new factory at Silverstone, which recently opened and will be the central base camp for all Andretti’s European motorsport operations.
Despite the strict rejection from Formula 1, which sees no added value in Andretti, the team continues to speculate on a possible entry and is working flat out on preparations.
And perhaps a door will open after all, as there is to be another meeting with the Formula 1 bosses and Andretti at the next Formula 1 race in Miami next weekend.
“We’ve only had one meeting with them, that’s a problem,” Mario Andretti, father of team founder Michael Andretti and 1978 Formula 1 world champion, told the Associated Press news agency. “We haven’t had enough, and that’s why I welcome our next meeting. Let’s sit down together!”
Andretti says there have been some missed opportunities along the way, “but we have to look forward, not back. I remain hopeful because we never stop working towards this goal.”
“It has been made clear that our work is in full swing and as you can see, we are not just talking,” he clarifies. “We are putting brick and brick together. We’ve shown that with the team that already has a home at Silverstone.”
The American also emphasizes that the rejection was “definitely for financial reasons”, as no other convincing reasons had ever been heard.
“We are trying to say: ‘We will do whatever you ask us to do’. But they haven’t told us yet, except with excuses like, ‘Oh, we don’t want you to show up, we don’t want you to embarrass yourselves,'” Andretti said.
“But we don’t want to embarrass ourselves, and the fact is that General Motors has made it very clear that they are excited about this project,” he clarifies. “They have made a long-term commitment there, and I don’t know what else we can do. “
