The melee brought about high tensions and lowered finishing results.”Īndretti was openly seething as his cars wrecked one another. It was so ugly that this is how Andretti Autosport summarized Sunday in its postrace news release: “With the drop of the green, drivers worked to advance in the field before a round of incidents amongst teammates cost valuable track positions. Herta, in 15th, was the highest-finishing Andretti car. Ind圜ar called avoidable contact penalties on both Grosjean and Rossi.

Grosjean wrecked Colton Herta and challenged team orders to block traffic for Rossi. Rossi wrecked Grosjean and rookie Devlin DeFrancesco. And while Mid-Ohio proved his organization packs all the action needed for a full “Drive to Survive” storyline, it couldn’t have been the look Andretti wants scrutinized. It’s up to Andretti to prove his value to these gatekeepers of the club he so desperately wants to join. At Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday, the transportation hub of NASCAR featured F1 driver Lando Norris in an ad for Tumi in the main shopping artery.Īdding two cars to put the Andretti name on the grid is viewed by the majority of F1 teams as nothing but a dilution to their guaranteed earnings. They don’t care about returning the Andretti name to F1 and most are already signing mega-million deals with North American-based companies. Most of the current F1 teams think Andretti is delusional. The smart play for Andretti would have been to squelch any tension on the roster immediately.Īndretti has been working overtime trying to persuade F1 to expand its grid for a two-car effort from “Andretti Global.” A true American team, he’s argued, would bring new sponsorship wealth to a series rapidly growing throughout North America.

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