The CEO of Renault has confirmed that the French carmaker has teamed up to support Michael Andretti’s bid to become a new team in Formula 1. “It’s not me who manages it, it’s Laurent Rossi,” Renault CEO Luca de Meo, referring to Alpine’s F1 boss. “It’s interesting because there is a great project behind it, there are competent people who have the means and it can be good for Formula 1,” de Meo added. However, he stopped short of saying the real plan is to make Andretti a Renault ‘B team’. “I’m not necessarily a big fan of this idea,” said de Meo. “I think Formula 1 deserves ten teams that do the job from A to Z.

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