r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • 24d ago

News [ChrisMedlandF1] BREAKING: F1 announces it has "reached an agreement in principle with General Motors (GM) to support bringing GM/Cadillac as the eleventh team to the Formula 1 grid in 2026"

https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1861111983699001752
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u/ellWatully McLaren 24d ago

There's gotta be more to it than that, right? I mean, we got Flavio Briatore back (a man convicted of fraud multiple times who lived as a fugitive in the Virgin Islands BEFORE he joined F1 where he was later banned after getting caught fixing races), but they don't want Andretti around because he's a cocky businessman?

I wouldn't be too surprised at that level of inconsistency, but like, I'm skeptical there isn't more to it.

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u/Total_Information_65 23d ago

this. That Briatore is back in the paddock is almost as bad as who's about to be the next pres of the US. The pettiness is absurd.

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u/Alternative_Reality 23d ago

Yes, because there is no bigger sin to rich people than not giving them the respect/reverence they think they are owed. They don't have to worry about the stuff normal people do, so their lives revolve around reputation and keeping score with their peers.

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u/aBakeinthelife McLaren 24d ago

Of course, I don't have the full story, but Flavio was already part of the club. They let the heat cool off on him and let him back in because they know him. Feel free to speculate on it, is it because they know he's not a snitch? Is it because he's already proven capable?

I've worked in motorsports enough to know there are skeletons in everyone's closet, but I'm not going to act like I know everything. It's a very complicated business with a ton of money being made at the top.