Red Bull senior adviser Helmut Marko said a number of potential buyers were swirling around second team RB with a potential sale in mind, rekindling hopes that Andretti would join the F1 grid.
Andretti has pushed hard for the new 11th team to join Formula 1, with plans to debut as early as 2025 once the FIA secures governing body approval.
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However, F1 had other ideas and rejected Andretti's bid despite support from US car giant General Motors, which had promised to become the F1 power unit manufacturer.
F1 had suggested the series was more valuable to Andretti than the other way around, but Andretti faced significant opposition from established teams wary of the financial implications of another team entering the revenue share. .
Buying an existing team appears to be the only way forward and could be an option on the table for Andretti right now.
Red Bull shot down rumors last year that it was considering selling its second team, instead rebranding from AlphaTauri to VisaCash RB ahead of F1 in 2024, but Marko is currently a member of many has hinted at the possibility of a sale. It would be natural to think that one of them would be Andretti.
When Marko was asked if there were rumors that RB was for sale from OE24, he replied: “There are many stakeholders, but ultimately it is a shareholder decision.
“It's a big cost for the team, but nothing has been decided yet.”
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F1 faced much criticism for Andretti's refusal, but F1 president Stefano Domenicali stood firm and insisted he was satisfied the process was done correctly.
The next Concorde Agreement, which all teams must sign, could increase anti-dilution fees (which new teams must pay to split into existing teams) from $200 million to $600 million. It is rumored that there is.
“It's certainly related to the Concorde Accords,” Domenicali told Wall Street analysts about the possibility of an 11th team.
“This is the essence of the collaboration that needs to take place between the FIA and FOM in terms of the different types of assessments that we need to carry out.
“So in terms of what happened, I think the process was followed and the results were presented in the correct way.
“The future is of course a matter of discussion with the team and appropriate commercial and technical proposals will be discussed later this year accordingly.”
It is the first time since 2016 that there will be 11 teams on the F1 grid.
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