Mario Andretti insists that there is no lingering sadness within his family that their eponymous team had to morph into Cadillac to secure an entry into Formula 1.
In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, the 1978 world champion has opened up on how there will be unanswered questions about why Andretti’s operation faced hurdles which have now been cleared for F1’s latest squad.
Earlier this week, Liberty Media announced that it had agreed in principle with General Motors for its Cadillac brand to enter F1 in 2026.
This comes in the wake of previous efforts by the Andretti-Cadillac operation being rejected because it was not felt that it would bring any benefits to F1.
The new project took off after Andretti Global chief Michael Andretti stepped back from day-to-day involvement, a move viewed by some as a key element in helping transform how F1 saw the plans.
While the latest effort means Michael Andretti will not see through in his dream of running an F1 operation, his father Mario, who will be a director on the board of the Cadillac operation, insists there is nothing to be upset about.
Asked if there were bittersweet feelings about Michael not being a part of it, Andretti said: “Yeah, but you know what? There’s a celebration here with him as well.
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