![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-predicted-fias-andretti-approval-id-bet-my-660m-fortune-f1-lets-11th-team-in/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Michael-Andretti-exclusive-social-GETTY.jpg&description=Michael Andretti's bid to create a new F1 team was the only one approved by the FIA, but the American still needs Formula One Management and the existing teams to green light his entry Formula 1 chiefs must make the "no-brainer" decision to allow Michael Andretti to form the sport's 11th team. That's the view of David Dicker, whose company Rodin Cars saw its own bid rejected by the FIA. The New Zealand-based carmaker was one of three other parties to make it through to phase two of the governing body's Expressions of Interest process, but fell at that hurdle. Andretti Global's bid was the only one approved by the FIA. Formula One Management said it will now "conduct its own assessment of the merits of the remaining application". No approval from FOM, licence holders Liberty Media and the existing 10 teams would mean no way onto the grid for Andretti. It remains to be seen whether or not the American will receive that blessing, but FIA approval was widely expected and predicted specifically by Dicker last week as he announced that Rodin's bid had failed. Speaking exclusively to Mirror Sport, he implied that he had known for some time that Andretti was going to get the green light from the FIA. "That was about as reliable a prediction as the sun coming up tomorrow," he said. And the Australian businessman, whose fortune was estimated earlier this year at around £660m, said he was extremely confident that, despite F1's cold public response to the idea of adding an 11th team, Andretti will be granted the chance to race in the sport. He said: "I don't think there's any chance in a million years that Andretti is not going to get in. I would pretty much bet everything I own! If the Formula 1 guys turn them down... I just couldn't imagine it. "To be honest, the Formula 1 Management guys should be making the decision and it should have nothing to do with the teams. Having the teams weighing in constantly is like inmates running the asylum. Catch all the action from Formula O){kind=link}
Michael Andretti’s bid to create a new F1 team was the only one approved by the FIA, but the American still needs Formula One Management and the existing teams to green light his entry
Formula 1 chiefs must make the “no-brainer” decision to allow Michael Andretti to form the sport’s 11th team.
That’s the view of David Dicker, whose company Rodin Cars saw its own bid rejected by the FIA. The New Zealand-based carmaker was one of three other parties to make it through to phase two of the governing body’s Expressions of Interest process, but fell at that hurdle.
Andretti Global’s bid was the only one approved by the FIA. Formula One Management said it will now “conduct its own assessment of the merits of the remaining application”.
No approval from FOM, licence holders Liberty Media and the existing 10 teams would mean no way onto the grid for Andretti. It remains to be seen whether or not the American will receive that blessing, but FIA approval was widely expected and predicted specifically by Dicker last week as he announced that Rodin’s bid had failed.