Andretti has hired Pat Symonds, less than 24 hours after he quit as F1’s chief technical officer. Coinkidink? I doubt it.
Last week, if you didn’t hear, 11 or 12 US congressmen sent a letter to F1’s owners demanding to know how their refusal to accepts Andretti’s entry bid didn’t constitute an anti-trust violation.
At this stage that line of questioning might not carry much weight but if F1 doesn’t show due deference to the high-hatted politicians, they might just close ranks and make life difficult for F1.
If the chrome gnome was still running the show, he’d flip congress the bird and tell them to pound sand, but with three races in the US this season, I don’t think the current owners have the stones to try it.
So I’m finally beginning to think Andretti might have a chance.
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Smart move politically to deal with F1! Hire a very savvy, well known, connected F1 veteran. Drip, drip…… F1 really needs to figure this one out, soon!
In spite of it’s Eurocentric management and attitudes, F1 is owned by Liberty Media, a U.S. Company, so I would think that Liberty does have an interest in not upsetting Congress.