Andretti’s plans took a step closer to becoming a reality when the team was approved by the FIA, and it now falls to the F1 organisation and its owner Liberty to assess the commercial position of the potential new entrant.
Existing team bosses have continued to express their opposition to a new team coming in, in essence because of the future requirement to divide the prize fund 11 ways instead of 10.
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Horner also suggested that Andretti should follow Audi’s example by buying an existing team, and that its partner Cadillac should come in with its own engine instead of lending its name to an outfit that intends to utilise Renault customer power units.
“I see this very much as an issue between FIA and Liberty,” Horner told Sky Sports F1. “FIA are the regulator, Liberty are the promoter, and therefore they control the funding of the sport.
“Of course, another team coming in, how is that going to be funded? I think those guys need to get together and come to us with a proposal of what they want.
“I think that to have GM coming in particular into F1 is a massively positive thing. We're seeing Ford coming back in '26, Ford versus GM would be fantastic.
“I think they need to do their own engine, and I think that when you look at how Audi has come into the sport, they've acquired an existing team and an existing franchise, should it be different for the others?
“I think that's where Liberty and the FIA need to get together and come to us with a collective position. Because you can’t have one rule for one, and another for others.”
Source: Autosport