The FIA chief may say he's optimistic, but it'll take a lot more to get an eleventh team on F1's grid.
A few days after approving Andretti’s entry to join the Formula One grid on technical, sporting and financial grounds, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said he is “optimistic” that F1 itself will allow Andretti to become its 11th team. But given the number of issues involved and the clear opposition of the current teams, it will take more than a good feeling to expand the F1 grid.
“There is a safety concern: We haven’t got the logistics, where to put an 11th team.” A track like Zandvoort in the Netherlands, with a tight pit lane and small garages, has been cited as somewhere that may struggle to accommodate another team. Ben Sulayem did not buy this argument. “We are running now 11 teams for Hollywood,” he said, referring to the full garage setup in place at tracks on weekends for the .
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