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The new team would require F1 and FIA agreement and would not be possible until 2026, Sky Sports reports.

Andretti Autosport’s attempt to join Formula 1 is gaining steam. “We are continuing to grow Andretti Global and its family of racing teams and always have our eyes on what’s next," Michael Andretti said in a statement. The team currently is most prominent in the IndyCar Series, where it has a four-car team. If Andretti gets an F1 team, it's reasonable to believe that Herta will be a strong candidate to move to F1 from IndyCar. The 21-year-old has seven wins in 65 IndyCar Series starts.

General Motors will attempt to enter Formula One by partnering with Andretti Global under its Cadillac banner as it supports Michael Andretti's bid to launch a two-car American team. His petition to expand the grid has been met by fierce resistance from existing F1 teams who have argued an 11th team will dramatically dilute their revenues. Andretti has continued to move forward with his desire — he's got financial backing to buy into F1, a deep-pocketed sponsor in Gainbridge, a new shop being built in Indiana, and now an engine and manufacturer partner in General Motors. Andretti said in Thursday's announcement — the culmination of four months of negotiations with General Motors — that the American automaker provides the Andretti effort the additional value rival teams have argued new teams must bring to F1. “Well, we're bringing one of the biggest manufacturers in the world with us now with General Motors and Cadillac.

General Motors will attempt to enter Formula One by partnering with Andretti Global under its Cadillac banner as it supports Michael Andretti’s bid to launch a two-car American team.

Jamie Chadwick, the three-time W Series champion, has at last parlayed her success in the all-women series into a bigger ride. The British racer on Thursday was selected the driver for Andretti Autosport in the Indy NXT Series next season. Indy NXT is the new name of the rebranded Indy Lights Series, the final step on the ladder system before IndyCar. Chadwick will make her debut in an American racing series in March, driving the No. Chadwick joined the female free-to-enter W Series in its inaugural 2019 season, winning two races and the first of three consecutive championships.

Three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick has parlayed her success in the all-women series into a bigger ride.

Colton Herta has signed a four-year contract extension with Andretti Autosport that ties the American racer to the IndyCar team through 2027 and indicates Herta has put a pause on his Formula One ambitions. The extension announced Tuesday is significant because it shuts out the biggest teams in IndyCar from poaching Herta when his current Andretti deal expires at the end of the 2023 season. And it suggests both he and team owner Michael Andretti have accepted neither will be on the F1 grid anytime soon. 26 Andretti Autosport entry in IndyCar with sponsorship from loyal partner Gainbridge, which signed a concurrent extension. The extension also shows some resignation that Andretti Global will not be on the current 10-team F1 grid anytime soon.

Colton Herta has signed a four-year contract extension with Andretti Autosport that ties the American racer to the IndyCar team through 2027.

The governing body for Formula One says IndyCar star Colton Herta will not be granted the Super License that would permit the American to join F1 next season.

Andretti has petitioned to expand the current F1 grid to 22 cars to accommodate Andretti Global, which he's billing as a true American team. Andretti has taken that route after attempts to purchase an existing F1 team fell apart late last year. But he’s still no closer to landing an F1 team and Domenicali offered very little update specific to Andretti. Mario Andretti is the 1978 F1 world champion; Michael Andretti spent one unremarkable season driving in the series. And even though Andretti has had discussions with Renault about entering F1, Wolff has only been supportive of a potential Audi-backed effort.

The CEO of Formula One says the series has multiple inquiries from potential team owners who have taken a more behind-the-scenes approach than Michael Andretti.

Formula One has multiple inquiries from potential team owners who have taken a more behind-the-scenes approach than Michael Andretti, who has been “quite vocal” in his desire to expand the current grid, F1's CEO said Wednesday.

IndyCar Indianapolis Auto Racing Alexander Rossi makes a pit stop during the running of an IndyCar auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/AJ Mast) (AJ Mast)INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Alexander Rossi snapped a 49-race losing streak that dated all the way back to the 2019 IndyCar season by winning at one of his favorite tracks. Rossi won Saturday on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where his 2016 victory in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 jumpstarted his American motorsports career. Rossi's last victory was at Road America in the 10th race of the 2019 season. The race started with six drivers separated by 44 points with five races remaining in the IndyCar season.

Alexander Rossi snapped a 49-race losing streak that dated all the way back to the 2019 IndyCar season by winning at one of his favorite tracks.

Defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou says he's leaving Chip Ganassi Racing after this season.

Andretti led an emergency meeting after Sunday's race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where a fracture in the Andretti Autosport lineup was fully revealed. Rossi also hit rookie teammate Devlin DeFrancesco, Grosjean hit Colton Herta and IndyCar penalized both Rossi and Grosjean for avoidable contact. After the race, team owner Andretti was seen having a heated conversation with Rossi's father, and he pulled all four drivers inside to discuss the debacle. The organization also wasn't all that competitive at the Indy 500, the one race the team owner cares most about winning. Rossi in fifth was the highest-finishing Andretti driver and the three late laps led by Marco Andretti were the only laps that an Andretti car paced the field.

Michael Andretti has acknowledged that the meltdown of his IndyCar team at Mid-Ohio was unacceptable and says his four drivers will be expected to work together as teammates the remainder of the season.

Michael Andretti acknowledged Tuesday that the meltdown of his IndyCar team at Mid-Ohio was unacceptable and said his four drivers will be expected to work together as teammates the remainder of the season. Romain Grosjean and Alexander Rossi played bumper cars in a race for position that turned personal. Rossi also hit rookie teammate Devlin DeFrancesco, Grosjean hit Colton Herta and IndyCar penalized both Rossi and Grosjean for avoidable contact.

Michael Andretti wants Formula One to believe that he should be the team waving the American flag in the world's most popular motorsport series. The meltdown of his flagship IndyCar team at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course can be his Netflix audition tape. Grosjean is new to the team — he replaced popular Andretti stalwart Ryan Hunter-Reay — and Andretti needs “The Phoenix” and his star power in the expansive Andretti multi-series lineup.

Will Power closed the Belle Isle era with a Team Penske victory on Sunday by winning the final Detroit Grand Prix on the island park to reclaim the IndyCar points lead.

Alexander Rossi salvaged one solid result for Andretti Autosport. Four finished 19th or worse, but Rossi drove from 20th to an Andretti-best fifth. Not good enough for the team owner, who conceded the IndyCar title with 11 races remaining this season.

The rain held off long enough for a full round of Indianapolis 500 qualifying on a soupy day that saw blistering speeds.

IndyCar Indy 500 Auto Racing Marco Andretti climbs into his car during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings)INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Marco Andretti doesn't want to be at the track if he's not racing. Andretti walked away from his full-time ride after the 2020 season and only returned for last year's Indianapolis 500. “I think I’m more like my grandfather, I just enjoy driving,” Marco Andretti said. Marco finished an unremarkable 19th last season, and this year's Indy 500 will be his first IndyCar event in a year.

Marco Andretti eased into semi-retirement after the 2020 season and now races only the Indianapolis 500 for his family-owned team.

By the time Sunday's race began, he felt a lot better about his chances of returning the Andretti name to F1. The Andretti effort to field an American team was the talk of F1's first-ever race in Miami. Andretti maintains he's committed to a true effort, and argues an American team with an American driver can only add to F1's financial worth. “A very credible racing team with a credible brand, with the right resources, I think is additive to the sport,” Brown said. “An American team will directly generate interest in the U.S., and therefore, revenue,” Rossi said.

Michael Andretti spent his weekend at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix attempting to drum up support for his bid to expand the Formula One grid for an American team.

Ferrari stormed to the front of the grid for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix as Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up the front row in Saturday qualifying.

His boss, meanwhile, awaits word on his request to start a Formula One team and bring a true American team to the grid. “I talked to (Liberty Media CEO) Greg (Maffei) and I asked him, ‘Just let it go to a bid, we’ll beat everybody,'” Andretti told AP. Money is not the issue.”Andretti said he doesn't have the personal funds needed to launch an F1 team — there's an initial $200 million buy-in fee — and he won't reveal his backers. “We have 10 great teams already and we have the potential over time to add more teams,” Maffei told AP. “We have a lot of demand for people who want to add teams, either by buying a team or expanding teams.

If things had gone according to plan, Colton Herta would be in Miami preparing for the fifth Formula One race of his career.

If things had gone according to plan, Colton Herta would be in Miami preparing for the fifth Formula One race of his career. Michael Andretti fell short in his bid last fall to purchase the Sauber team when negotiations fell apart over control of the organization. “No, 1,000% no, that's not what happened,” Andretti told The Associated Press.

Alexander Rossi destroyed his car in Saturday morning practice at Barber Motorsports Park.

It’s been 40 years since Formula One last ventured into Sin City for back-to-back Las Vegas races staged in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel.

It was quite the weekend in motorsports, which is typically the bit player on the massive stick-and-ball sporting landscape so eager for its own time in the spotlight.

IndyCar’s long relationship with Texas Motor Speedway is at a crossroads headed into the 35th race at the track that has always embraced the open-wheel series.

American racer Colton Herta was announced Saturday as a test driver for Formula One team McLaren as part of its 2022 program. Herta, who turns 22 at the end of the month, currently competes in IndyCar for Andretti Autosport. Michael and Mario Andretti both believe the second-generation racer is F1 material and would like to move him to the series should Michael Andretti land an F1 team.

NASCAR Daytona 500 Auto Racing Austin Cindric, center, celebrates in Victory Lane with car owner Roger Penske, left, and crew chief Jeremy Bullins after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack)ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — (AP) — Roger Penske celebrated his 85th birthday in victory lane with the Daytona 500 trophy. It gives you a few more years, you know?”Cindric's victory Sunday at Daytona International Speedway was the third Daytona 500 win for Penske, who also holds the record with 18 victories in the Indianapolis 500. Penske even collected both trophies in the same calendar year in 2015, when Joey Logano won Daytona and Juan Pablo Montoya won Indianapolis. “The first leg of the stool is done.”The IndyCar season begins Sunday on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. Team Penske will not field a fourth entry at Indy, Penske said.

Roger Penske picked up a third Daytona 500 win last weekend on his 85th birthday.

Mario says Michael has filed paperwork with the FIA to start a new Formula One team. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File) (Tim Sharp)DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — (AP) — Michael Andretti has filed an application to field a Formula One team starting in 2024. Mario Andretti is second on IndyCar's career wins list, and Michael Andretti is fourth. Michael Andretti currently owns teams competing in IndyCar, IMSA, Formula E and Extreme E. The IndyCar season opens next weekend. Michael Andretti tried last year to purchase the existing Alfa Romeo team and bring American driver Colton Herta to F1.

Michael Andretti has filed an application with the FIA to field a Formula One team starting in 2024.

Jarett Andretti carved his own path in motorsports alongside his father, where the two began in sprint cars with aspirations to build a bigger program they could take to the next level. John Andretti and his son eventually set their sights on sports cars and building a program that would someday race in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Jarett Andretti started from the pole Saturday in the LMP3 class and held the lead for roughly three hours before turning the car over to his teammate.

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There was a special gathering in Indianapolis this week: Helio Castroneves, A.

Michael Shank will use IndyCar's monthlong break to work on the long-term future of his race program.

Marcus Ericsson raced to his first IndyCar victory Saturday in the action-packed opener of the doubleheader at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park.

The two sons of the late Dan Wheldon have signed junior driver development deals with Andretti Autosport.

The global motorsport owned by Liberty Media agreed to add a second race to the U.S. with a 10-year deal to run in Miami around Hard Rock Stadium.

Mario Andretti is not unlike so many others around the world touched by the coronavirus pandemic.

FILE - In this May 12, 2015, file photo, driver Simona de Silvestro, of Switzerland, watches during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Beth Paretta and Simona de Silvestro will be teaming up to put another woman on the Indianapolis 500 starting grid this May. She wants to send the first female driver to victory lane at the Indianapolis 500 with the support of a predominantly female cast. “It’s that idea if you find something that you love and you work hard at, maybe the result isn’t a race team but there’s somewhere you can fit. Now she's back with a five-time 500 starter, Simona de Silvestro, and some assistance from Team Penske, the most successful team in Indy history.

INDIANAPOLIS – Josef Newgarden doesn't intend to just give up on his season title defense. With the Harvest GP win, Newgarden moved within 40 points of what once was a seemingly safe 120-point lead of five-time series champ Scott Dixon with two races remaining. Both will run the final two races this season in those cars, and both are already getting started on next season, too. He's had six straight top-10 finishes including a win from the pole at Mid-Ohio and has moved up to third in points. After starting the season with three straight wins, he's finished 10th, 10th and ninth in the last three races, putting his sixth series title back in play.

Marco Andretti sits in his pit box before the start of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS Marco Andretti has won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 in a lightning-fast first step toward snapping the infamous Andretti Curse at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mario Andretti won his third and final pole for the Indy 500 in 1987, when grandson Marco was an infant. Mario Andretti scored the only Indy 500 win for the family in 1969; Michael Andretti fell short in 16 tries and the Aug. 23 race will be Marco Andretti's 15th attempt. Andretti will sit on the front row alongside two former Indy 500 winners.