Michael Andretti suab tawm ntawm Formula One Pushback; Tseem xav tias nws tau txheeb xyuas txhua lub thawv rau F1 Bid

Hauv kev xam phaj tshwj xeeb nrog Michael Andretti, yav tom ntej Formula One tus tswv pab pawg tau hais tawm ntawm kev thawb rov qab ntau pab pawg thawj coj tau ua kom nws General MotorsGM
- pab pawg txhawb nqa los ntawm kev lees paub rau Formula One World Championship.

Kuv tau tham nrog Andretti rau hnub Monday, thiab nws tsis lees paub lub cav Cadillac yog "kev tawm dag zog tsis zoo" raws li qee tus tswv pab pawg F1 tau thov.

Andretti muaj cov lus piav qhia yooj yim vim li cas ntau pab pawg tswv hauv Formula One tsis xav pom nws pab neeg koom nrog F1.

"Nws yog txhua yam hais txog nyiaj," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Ua ntej, lawv xav tias lawv yuav tau diluted ib feem kaum ntawm lawv cov nqi zog, tab sis lawv kuj tau xav tias xav tias peb yuav coj tag nrho cov neeg Asmeskas cov neeg txhawb nqa thiab.

"Nws yog txhua yam hais txog kev ntshaw thiab saib lawv tus kheej thiab tsis saib qhov twg yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kev loj hlob tag nrho ntawm koob."

Andretti kuj tau qhia rau kuv tias nws npaj siab mus nrhiav pab pawg Nascar Cup Series, thaum nws tau txais Formula One pab pawg tau txais hauv Formula One World Championship.

Andretti, uas tau nrhiav pab pawg Dodge ntau xyoo dhau los hais tias "Peb yuav tsum ua kom peb nkag mus rau Nascar hauv ob peb xyoos. "Peb tab tom saib nws ntau heev thiab saib xyuas nws. Peb tab tom saib ob peb qhov xwm txheej thiab cia siab tias ob peb xyoos, peb yuav nyob ntawd. "

NTT IndyCar Series tus tswv pab pawg kuj tau hais tias McLaren's Zak Brown yog ib tus ntawm nws cov phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws thiab koom nrog nws txoj kev mob siab los pab Andretti tau txais Formula One pab pawg los ntawm 2025.

Andretti hais rau kuv tias "Zak xav ua txhua yam nws tuaj yeem pab peb mus txog qhov ntawd thiab muaj Alpine ib yam nkaus," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Zak Brown thiab Alpine yog ob tug phooj ywg zoo heev. Zak tau txhawb nqa.

“Zak tau ua phooj ywg zoo thiab phooj ywg. Nws muab tswv yim rau kuv thiab nyob ntawd pab. Peb sib pab. Kuv tau pab nws ntau heev thaum nws tuaj rau IndyCar sib tw. Nws yog kev phooj ywg uas ua haujlwm ob txoj hauv kev. "

Andretti tshaj tawm rau hnub Thursday, Lub Ib Hlis 5 tias General Motors tau koom nrog Andretti Ntiaj Teb los tso Cadillac nkag mus rau Formula One pib kab sib chaws.

"Peb tau ua haujlwm rau qhov no tau ib ntus, tab sis thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm FIA Mohammad Ben Sulayem tau tshaj tawm nws tweet txhawb nqa peb lub dag zog, uas yog thaum peb txiav txim siab tshaj tawm," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Thaum lawv nthuav tawm kev txaus siab, ces peb sib tw nrog lwm pab pawg, thiab peb tab tom taug kev vim qhov ntawd txhais tau tias peb yuav ua pab pawg ntxiv. Peb zoo siab heev thaum peb pom li ntawd. Nws tag nrho tuaj ua ke zoo heev.

“Peb khij txhua lub thawv. Lub thawv nkaus xwb peb tsis tau kuaj xyuas thaum peb ua haujlwm ntawm peb qhov nkag yog, peb tsis muaj OEM tom qab peb, tab sis tam sim no peb muaj GM thiab Cadillac qab peb. Lawv yuav coj ntau ntau tuaj rau tog kom pab peb tau tsheb sib tw khiav. Peb yog bullish heev nyob rau lub sijhawm no.

"Nws tseem muaj txoj hauv kev mus ntev, thiab peb txaus siab ua raws txhua txoj haujlwm uas yuav tsum tau ua. Peb nyob hauv txoj haujlwm zoo rau nws. "

Puas tau txij li Andretti thiab GM Thawj Tswj Hwm Mark Reuss tau tshaj tawm lub lim tiam dhau los, F1 pawg hauv paus ntsiab lus tshwj tsis yog rau McLaren thiab Alpine tau pib xaiv cov neeg Asmeskas kev sib tw.

Raws li tsab xov xwm tshaj tawm los ntawm Andrew Benson ntawm BBC Sport, Hnub Sunday, Ben Sulayem tau tshaj tawm lwm nqe lus hauv Twitter.

Nws tau sau tias "Nws yog qhov xav tsis thoob uas tau muaj qee qhov tsis zoo rau Cadillac thiab Andretti Ntiaj Teb Xov Xwm," "Peb yuav tsum tau txhawb cov neeg tuaj yeem nkag los ntawm cov tuam txhab lag luam thoob ntiaj teb xws li GM thiab cov neeg sib tw zoo li Andretti thiab lwm tus."

Ib tus kws tshaj lij FIA tau hais rau hnub Monday: "FIA tsis tau hais qhia lossis tawm tswv yim txog qhov muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo lossis lwm yam ntawm cov koom haum uas qhia lawv qhov kev txaus siab nkag mus rau kev sib tw."

Lawv tau hais ntxiv tias cov txheej txheem yuav "ua raws FIA raws tu qauv nruj thiab siv sijhawm ntau lub hlis."

Kuv nug Andretti yog tias nws xav tsis thoob tias F1 tseem txav lub hom phiaj hauv nws txoj kev siv zog coj pab pawg mus rau Formula One?

"Kuv tsis xav tsis thoob," Andretti hais rau kuv. “Hauv Formula One, cov tswv saib xyuas lawv tus kheej; tsis yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau series. Qhov ntawd yog qhov txawv ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Mohammad txoj haujlwm thiab tus tswv pab pawg. Thawj Tswj Hwm Mohammad tab tom saib rau yav tom ntej ntawm kev ua si nawv.

“Mohammad tau txais nws. Nws yog ib tug racer thiab nws nkag siab cov koob yuav tsum muaj ib lossis ob pab pawg ntxiv. Nws yog qhov kev sib tw FIA, thiab nws tuav feem ntau ntawm daim npav kom tau txais kev nthuav qhia ntawm kev txaus siab mus. "

Andretti lees tias muaj lwm cov lus cog tseg uas yuav tsum tau ntsib nrog Formula One. Nws pab pawg tau tham nrog F1 tus thawj tswj hwm Stefano Domenicali. Tab sis ua ntej, Andretti yuav tsum yeej FIA ua ntej convincing cov tswv pab neeg.

Andretti tau hais tias "Stefano zoo siab heev thaum peb tsa lub npe, Cadillac," Andretti hais. "Nws yuav loj heev rau Formula One ib yam nkaus. Formula One tab tom loj hlob ntau heev hauv Tebchaws Meskas, coj General Motors thiab Cadillac rau hauv Formula One yog qhov loj heev rau txhua sab suav.

"Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas coj Formula One rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas."

Raws li Benson tsab ntawv ceeb toom ntawm BBC, qee tus thawj coj F1 ntseeg tias Cadillac tab tom ntaus nws lub npe ntawm lub cav uas tau npaj los ntawm lwm tus kws tsim tsheb, xws li Renault. Andretti tau hais tias tsis tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv los ntawm qhov tseeb, txawm hais tias nws lees tias Cadillac-npaj lub cav yuav tsis tuaj yeem koom tau txog xyoo 2026.

"Nws yog lus xaiv - nws tsis muaj tseeb - Cadillac yuav koom nrog kev tsim lub tsheb," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Yog tias peb nkag mus, hauv 2025, yuav tsis muaj lub cav tshiab, yog li peb yuav tau mus nrog cov qauv uas siv tam sim no, tab sis xyoo 2026 muaj ntau yam uas peb tuaj yeem ua nrog lwm lub tshuab tsim hluav taws xob. Nws yuav tsis yog lub cav tsis zoo, vim tias yuav muaj kev txawj ntse los ntawm Cadillac hauv lub cav, yog li ntawd tsis yog lub cav tsis zoo. "

Andretti Ntiaj teb no tab tom tsim ib qho chaw sib tw tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb hauv qhov chaw tshiab loj hauv Fishers, Indiana - thaj chaw nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Indianapolis.

Lub tswv yim ntawm kev koom nrog Formula One pib hauv 2016 rau Andretti. Nws ntseeg tias nws yog kauj ruam tom ntej los ua rau nws lub hom phiaj. Nws pib nrhiav cov neeg koom tes rov qab los thiab qhov ntawd tau coj nws mus rau 2023, uas tshwm sim yog 20th Ib xyoos ntawm Andretti Autosport.

Pab pawg ntawd tau pib ua Andretti Green Sib Tw hauv Indy Racing League tom qab Andretti yuav tawm Team Green's CART ua haujlwm nrog rau tom qab cov koom tes Kevin Savoree thiab Kim Green. Ob leeg tau tawm hauv 2009 thaum pab pawg los ua Andretti Autosport.

Andretti hais tias "Yog tias koj tau hais rau kuv rov qab rau xyoo 2003 tias peb yuav nyob qhov twg thiab peb mus qhov twg, kuv yuav luag rau koj lub ntsej muag," Andretti hais. "Nws yog amazing thiab zoo siab heev thiab ib tug npau suav los muaj tseeb rau peb txhua tus ntawm txoj kev nws tau los txog.

"Kuv yuav tsum pinch kuv tus kheej txhua hnub."

Txij li thaum koom nrog IndyCar hauv 2003, Andretti lub tsheb thiab cov neeg tsav tsheb tau yeej tsib Indianapolis 500s nrog cov tsav tsheb Dan Wheldon hauv 2005, Dario Franchitti hauv 2007, Ryan Hunter-Reay hauv 2014, Alexander Rossi hauv 2016 thiab Takuma Sato hauv 2017.

Pab pawg kuj tau yeej plaub NTT IndyCar National Championships suav nrog Tony Kanaan hauv 2004, Wheldon hauv 2005, Franchitti hauv 2007 thiab Hunter-Reay hauv 2012.

Danica Patrick tau tsav tsheb Andretti Autosport kom yeej ntawm Twin Nplhaib Motegi thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2008 los ua thawj tus poj niam puas tau yeej kev sib tw IndyCar Series.

Raws li tus neeg tsav tsheb sib tw, Andretti yeej 42 CART / IndyCar sib tw thiab 1991 CART kev sib tw. Nws yeej tsis yeej Indianapolis 500 ua tus tsav tsheb tab sis tuav cov ntaub ntawv rau feem ntau laps coj los ntawm tus tsis yeej hauv Indy 500 keeb kwm.

Tus tub 1978 Formula One World Champion, 1969 Indianapolis 500 tus yeej thiab 1967 Daytona 500 tus yeej thiab cov lus dab neeg sib tw Mario Andretti tau sib tw hauv Formula One rau McLaren hauv 1993 tab sis muaj lub caij nyuaj thiab rov qab mus rau CART hauv 1994.

Nws tseem txiav txim siab yuav yeej Formula One, tab sis raws li tus tswv pab pawg nrog tus neeg tsav tsheb Asmeskas, Colton Herta, tom qab lub log ntawm Andretti Ntiaj Teb / Cadillac nkag.

Andretti tau hais tias "Peb tab tom los, hauv txoj kev loj," "Nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev kom mus txog qhov ntawd, tab sis thaum kawg peb xav ua ib pab pawg sab saum toj hauv Formula One. Peb lub hom phiaj kawg yog kom sib tw rau Ntiaj Teb Championship tsib lossis rau xyoo ntawm txoj kev.

“Peb tab tom ua qhov no tsuas yog nyob ntawd. Leej twg txhawj txog qhov ntawd? Peb xav kom muaj kev sib tw thiab kev sib tw tawm tsam qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Peb tsis underestimating qhov ntawd. Nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev, kev tsim kho, tab sis peb muaj lub tswv yim zoo kom tau txais peb mus rau ntawd. "

Andretti kuj tseem muab qhab nia Project 1001 nrog muab cov peev peev hauv nws txoj haujlwm F1. Lub tuam txhab ntawd yog khiav los ntawm Dan Towriss.

"Yog tsis muaj lawv, nws yuav tsis tshwm sim," Andretti hais. "Lawv yog cov pob txha ntawm tag nrho cov khoom. Nws yog ib qhov kev lom zem nrog lawv vim lawv yog cov neeg zoo. Peb yeej nyiam ib leeg lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm los ntawm qhov no thiab tau txais mus rau qhov no.

“Kuv muaj hmoo heev tau nyob hauv txoj haujlwm no. Nws yog npau suav. "

Yog tias thiab thaum Andretti tau txais mus rau Formula One paddock, nws yuav hnov ​​​​txog kev txhiv dim zoo heev los ntawm cov neeg uas tau tso cov teeb meem hauv nws txoj kev.

Andretti tau hais rau kuv tias "Koj yuav tsum nyob twj ywm rau ntawm koj txoj haujlwm thiab tsis mloog cov neeg hais lus tsis zoo," Andretti hais rau kuv. “Kuv yeej siv cov naysayers ua kev txhawb siab.

"Nws ib txwm lom zem kaw lawv."

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucemartin/2023/01/10/michael-andretti-sounds-off-on-formula-one-pushback-remains-optimistic-he-checked-all-the- boxes-for-f1-bid/