The divide between the FIA and Formula 1 over the joint announcement by Andretti Global and General Motors of a partnership aimed at entering Grand Prix racing in the near future was no surprise for anyone who has been closely watching the battle for control of the sport between Mohammed Ben Sulayem and Stefano Domenicali. At the same time, none of the existing ten teams said a single word in public about what was, like it or not, a major announcement for the sport, so Ben Sulayem took to Twitter, to express his disappointment at the way the sport, in general, reacted to Andretti’s announcement. While this week there’s been no mention of Andretti and General Motors by any of the ten competing teams, over the last two years only McLaren and Alpine showed support for Michael Andretti’s plans to bring his team to Formula One.

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