“It would be unfair”: Christian Horner speaks out against the FIA approving Mario Andretti’s team to enter F1
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American legend and the only racer to ever win the F1 World Championship, the NASCAR Championship, and the IndyCar Championship, Michael Andretti, is a person well known to all of the motorsport world. As of now, the retired 82-year-old F1 racer is busy building an F1 team to launch in the league in future.
While Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner wishes to support the attempts to build newer teams to compete in Formula 1, in his recent interview with Metro, Christian Horner has made it a point to explain why the idea of more newcomer teams does not sit well with him.
If the monetary aspect of things is considered, there are ten teams in total who compete in Formula 1, and all of them receive a sum of the prize money that is divided equally. Now, if a new team is to enter this league, the prize money will have to be divided amongst 11 members now, and that would mean that each of the existing teams would get less an amount than what they did get earlier.
Christian Horner shoots a message to the FIA, says including more teams in F1 would cause monetary problems
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Christian Horner is one of the most experienced personnel attached to the sport of Formula 1. As he has seen the world of motorsports up close, his opinion on including newer teams in this league is what the fans have long been asking for. Now, in a recent talk with Metro, Christian Horner said he does not particularly entertain the idea of Mario Andretti starting his own F1 team.
Speaking about the news that Andretti’s new F1 team would be given the permit to race in F1 by the FIA, Christian Horner said he disapproves of the FIA’s decision to include newcomer teams because that would cause monetary issues. He said, “Money is ultimately going to be a significant factor. Because it would be unfair to expect the other teams to pay for the additional new entrants to come in indirectly.”
Mario Andretti was recently seen in the Miami Grand Prix where he was doing some behind-the-scenes business to make sure he can join the sport of F1 once more. He met up with the team bosses in Miami and collected their signatures in support of his move to start an F1 team of his own by 2024.
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