It is understood from sources that 'H26' is also testing in the former Mercedes wind-tunnel and making use of other facilities. There is also a bid from a British-based team working under the H26 banner, with this believed to be the Oliver Oakes-led Hitech squad.

However, President of the Saudi Motorsport Federation Prince Khalid stopped short of confirming involvement when asked by RacingNews365 at the Jeddah Grand Prix. One is a Craig Pollock-backed bid dubbed 'Formula Equal' which is set to hire an equal split between men and women and is believed to have secured funding from a Gulf state - believed to be Saudi Arabia. And for this gesture, he called the folks at McLaren “true professionals.In addition to the Andretti bid, the FIA currently have multiple prospective bids on the table. The American stated that he was curious to know how the modern hybrid cars felt. What he told me is that it would be a hybrid-era car, which would probably be from 2014 or something like that. Mario shared details of the car he would be driving this weekend. He teamed up with Ayrton Senna but failed to secure any wins. Mario never drove for McLaren, but his son Michael Andretti did in the 1993 season. He raced with teams like Alfa Romeo, Williams and Ferrari and claimed the 1978 title while driving with Lotus. Mario Andretti has 128 F1 race starts and has won 12 races during his F1 carer. and now the 82-year-old will suit up again to drive an F1 car, 40 years since his last entry in an F1 Grand Prix.Īlso Read: Red Bull boss Christian Horner welcomes ‘powerful’ Andretti name to the world of F1 What McLaren car will Mario Andretti drive? So I guess he’s gonna have to pony up!”Īnd pony up he did! The Americans quickly shook hands sealing the deal. And we sort of kidded around a bit about it whenever we saw each other.”Īndretti adds, “And then at Miami, in front of Martin Brundle, he says it again, and now it’s in front of the world. He says, “I said, ‘I’d love to give it a go in this, and Zak said, ‘Well, I’m gonna make it happen for you.’ But then we left it there. And that’s where Brown said yes to his wish to drive the McLaren car for a couple of laps. And naturally, he was hanging out with fellow American and McLaren boss, Zak Brown. Mario Andretti was present at the 2022 Miami GP. Also Read: Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi welcomes Andretti’s entry into F1 suggesting that it would ‘spice things up’ Mario Andretti reveals Zak Brown’s promise

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