F1: Adverse reaction to Andretti & GM proves F1 is a European closed-door club (Update)

Further proof that F1 is a European Closed-Door Club is the fact that the $200 million new team entry fee is written in the F1 regulations.

Now, after the Cadillac deal was announced with Andretti, the bias team owners are saying the entry fee should be $200 million.

Well, that is total BS.  They should have thought of that before. If they change the entry fee to $500 million mid-stream just because the Andretti bid appears formidable now, proves they really do not want a true American team in F1.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem says it is “surprising” that Andretti Global have received an “adverse” reaction to their Formula 1 entry bid plans.

On Thursday, Andretti announced their intention to apply for entry to Grand Prix racing, with the backing of General Motors and Cadillac after Ben Sulayem opened up an ‘Expression of Interest’ process earlier in the week.

Andretti has long held ambitions to have an F1 team, but while Ben Sulayem’s initial statement to the news was welcoming, the one from F1 itself was more cautious because the President of F1, Stefano Domenicali, carries the same European “nose up in the air altitude” that other European Team bosses have.

When Andretti first announced his intention to enter an F1 team, the pushback from team bosses like Toto Wolff, Mattia Binotto, Guenther Steiner and Christian Horner, to name a few, underscored just how much they want to keep Americans out of F1.

When is American Company Liberty Media, who owns F1, going to bring the hammer down on these prejudice individuals?

Commenting about the negative reaction the Andretti/GM bid has received on social media from European F1 fans and European F1 Journalists who have their noses far up European Driver’s posteriors, Ben Sulayem felt compelled to add further support to the Andretti/GM application:

“The FIA has accepted the entries of smaller, successful organizations in recent years [and] we should be encouraging prospective F1 entries from global manufacturers like [GM] and thoroughbred racers like Andretti and others.

“Interest from teams in growth markets [such as the United States] adds diversity and broadens F1’s appeal.”

Mark C. reporting for AutoRacing1.com