'But this is sport and this is business and we need to understand what is it that you can provide to the sport.” “Andretti is a great name, and I think they have done exceptional things in the US,” Wolff recently said.

Mario Andretti is the 1978 F1 world champion Michael Andretti spent one unremarkable season driving in the series.Īnd even though Andretti has had discussions with Renault about entering F1, Wolff has only been supportive of a potential Audi-backed effort. Wolff has dismissed the notion the Andretti name brings any value to F1. But McLaren boss Zak Brown has argued adding the Andretti name would increase North American interest and signing U.S.-based sponsors based on Andretti's participation would compensate for any dilution to the purse. Mercedes head Toto Wolff has been vehemently against expansion and argued it will only decrease profits as the pot would be split between 11 teams instead of 10. So we will listen not only to Andretti, but to others that are respecting the silence on trying to be more productive on proving who they are and respecting the protocol.”Īt issue is what value - if any - comes with expanding the current 20-car grid.

“But there are others that have done the same in a different way. “It's a matter of understanding not only the ones who have a bigger, louder voice, but there will be other people because Andretti was quite vocal about his request.

“The status of Formula One, it is not a problem of quantity,” Domenicali said.

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