Andretti tried to buy every F1 team - and this is how they responded…

Andretti Autosport, powerhouses iඣn the US motorsports world, have lodged an official application to join F1 by💃 2026 which the FIA are considering.
The current 10 🍸teams are largely against welcoming an 11th, and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff claime🗹d last week that new entrants should “buy a team”.
But Andretti was quo🌼ted by : “We’ve tried. N⛦obody’s interested.
“We’ve bee🐻n to every single team. They keep saying ‘buy a team’, and nobody wants to sell!
“You go there, and they’re🍬 not even interested i💦n talking. I’ve been there, done that.
“Everybody has their own ☂reasons why they’re doing things.
“They ﷺare trying to protect꧂ their own interests. I can’t blame them.
“Everybody’s b🃏een looking out for themselves. When I said that I got criticised because I didn’t agree with it.

“If I was in their situation, I’d probably do the same thing. So I don’t blame the teams. ಞ;
“They all are going to look at this for themselves, because that’s what they nꦏeed to♓ do to be competitive.
“It’s a very, very expensive sport. There’s a lot involved, and there’s a lot🅷 of commitment from every team.
“They have got to make sure they protect that, and I understanꦺd that’s what they’re trying to do.
“But in the end, they’re not going to be the ones that make the decision. It’s 🥃going to be up to the series and the FIA to decide if they think it’s the right thing to do.”
Andretti intend to link up with General Motors and Cadilla🌃c to bring a massive US influe𒉰nce to F1.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America𒈔n sports, to football, to F1.