BUT DIDN'T HE WANT TO BE IN F1? Michael Andretti Leaving His Own Team REACTION

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

Petty out of NASCAR. Andretti out of INDYCAR. We are here; the death of American motorsports and the rise of shareholder motorsports.

[@T.N.D.88]

We're in wild times, NASCAR is getting sued.

[@PaperBanjo64]

When Rick Hendrick passes Jeff Gordon will inherit Hendrick Motorsports, at least Jeff Gordon drove for Hendrick and made it the juggernaut it is today.

[@captiannemo1587]

penske Is still alive… for now.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

I guess Marco will try to break the curse a few more times as long as there's a team. Legacy Motor Club is well...not fast. Richard's 89.

[@Kuromori-v9z]

At least NASCAR still has guys like Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress and Roger Penske. Jack Roush too, albeit he's taken a step back now that Brad Keselowski is the one running the team.

[@jamesshiffer6265]

It could possibly be that he's cashing in a majority of his chips in a move to purchase the alpine f1 team.

[@Redlingstein]

Not for sale 😂

[@testpilotian3188]

@@Redlingsteineverything is for sale if the price is right.

[@Rudeboi1613]

@@Redlingsteintrash French will sell they can’t build a car 😂

[@jasonpamatmat3797]

Unless f1 blocks it.​@@testpilotian3188

[@DickTahshon]

They’re not good enough for F1

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

Yeah, I think that's about all you can tease out of the Sportico article. It was a fine video based on what's available.

[@AidanMillward]

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing could have analysed every little thing to drag the video out to 25 minutes but then I realised I’m not one of the bigger F1 KZbinrs. 🤪

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

@@AidanMillward Like Who paid who for what? News spicing up in NASCAR as 23XI and Front Row Motorsports have filed an Antitrust suit against NASCAR. Michael Jordan with seemingly very deep pockets is co-owner of 23XI racing and they've got a hotshot lawyer who has taken on and defeated the NCAA and the NFL. There's certainly an F1 Anti-competitive element there. If in fact you cover F1.

[@sandalogaming6766]

4:11 Oh no, that’s a community service right there 😂 But in all seriousness when I heard that Zak Brown was involved in this whole “Michael Andretti stepping down” thing I thought “ayo could Andretti join F1 as a sort of ‘Papaya Toro Rosso deal’?” If you catch my drift…

[@dandreani]

Also, Zak just resigned from the Andretti acquisition team

[@sandalogaming6766]

@@dandreani welp, there goes my theory 😂😂

[@chrisguardiano6143]

In addition to the series Aidan mentioned above, Andretti is also looking to enter NASCAR as a partner in Spire Motorsports who currently has Gainbridge as a sponsor. There is a good reason for Andretti to enter NASCAR as his family has a history in the series with Mario winning the 1967 Daytona 500 & Michael's cousin, the late John Andretti who drove for Petty Enterprises & the iconic #43 from 1998-2002.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

Speaking of John, Guys - When's the last time you had your colon checked? John's foundation will pay for the test if you can't afford it.

[@EvanLoxley]

1:20 nice touch to have a picture of Michael with the driver that brought Group 1001 to the team.

[@AidanMillward]

@@EvanLoxley wasn’t thinking about that at the time. I just needed a picture of Michael and the one I bought from Alamy a couple of years ago has an expired license. They do that from time to time. Can’t use the one of the priest at the British GP anymore or the one of Barrichello winning his first race.

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

@@AidanMillward Zach Veach is a good dude by all accounts. But even I wonder if he's experiencing major schadenfreude about the Andretti news given how he exited Mikey's team in 2020.

[@PenryMMJ]

I think he's just got fed up with being denied an F1 entry, and will walk away from the whole thing. Can't blame him really.

[@DDS029]

I agree that's a big part, but he's a racer. He only was a businessman to continue in racing. Even down to being a weekend racer, I could relate. You hit a "wall" where you spend more time trying to race, instead of racing. Even if you had quit as a driver long before, and stay involved as a team. You long for the "good old days". The numbers they talk about are staggering. He is only one person trying to wrap his head around them. His partner has the structure behind him to put multiple people on that case. Michael can be the racer again.

[@zatgeye7320]

He bet on an AI company and lost big. He is broke.

[@brother-calm]

Although I'd like to think that he was bowing out on his own terms too, I think it's more likely that it's because he's reeling from some utterly dreadful investments he made outside of motorsport.

[@teabagtowers3823]

No pissed millions away on an AI investment.

[@dazuk1969]

@@zatgeye7320 Really ?...I thought he was mega rich. If that is true and he is broke that explains everything.

[@markalbert9011]

"The Gainbridge guy, which is a much better name than the My Pillow Guy"....pitch perfect throw away line that brings a smile. That's one of the best features in Aidan's work. Damn near every video has a little smile as well as an interesting story.

[@AidanMillward]

@@markalbert9011 I looked up the My Pillow Guy after seeing him mentioned by John Oliver. He’s… a character.

[@rheacevert]

@@AidanMillwardI think they think it’s innuendo

[@RobertNewland-i3r]

He is also known as Mike Pillow, or Lumpy.

[@seashackf1]

@@AidanMillward”a character” is being charitable. He’s insane.

[@Moray2023]

My guess is hs promised too much with the F1 bid and the shareholders now want him out.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

My guess is the FOM/Liberty want them & GM, but they don't want to deal with 'that guy'. Suddenly all the 'Michael should just buy HAAS' people are silent.

[@smith2781]

The veteran F1 journalist Joe Saward spoke on missed apex podcast. Saying Andretti upset liberty media and he went about it the wrong way according to JS.

[@RaptorV1USA]

It is a power play by the guy/ insurance company magnate who has financed Andretti's expansion the last 5 years and going fwd.... there could be some effect of how michael and mario have pursued the F1 deal, but i figure it is more a power play by the guy whos been providing the money for the last 5+ years for their incredible expansion into various racing series operating globally.

[@mark4lev]

@@smith2781Andretti doesn’t have the best people skills

[@tturi2]

I think he's retiring

[@AlisonCreech]

I know it's not a competition, but you may want to challenge yourself to watch the crashes of Gordon Smiley (Indy '82), Jeff Krosnoff (TO '96) and Greg Moore (Fontana '99). Katherine Legge (RA '06) gets honorable mention as she was able to walk away from that one unaided. PS - The language the press release used was eerily similar to the words Liberty used to describe Bernie's new role in F1 when they bought it. Then they pushed him out completely...

[@jonathangriffiths2499]

The point of ownership is ownership …

[@PapaVanTwee5]

I watched Krosnoff's live. I saw all the extra pieces flying around and didn't realize it was all another utterly destroyed car right away. I thought it was parts of all the other cars around. Stan Fox (Indy '96) could be added to the list.

[@fuller9x]

With Zak Brown joining and leaving the Andretti SPAC, there might be some related racing technology purchases around that Michael will focus on.

[@AGB_HDV]

Another Quality Production...

[@leeanthony126]

Happy Friday brother thanks for another banger 🙌 🔥

[@Tacko14]

3:10 Team Green, as it says on an all blue car :) I did wonder, maybe Michael got a hefty personal loan to get into F1? And as he didn't he had to cut ownership ties to his company so as to not drag them down with him? That was my guess, it's a possibility. Whatever it was, you'll have a storytime in a decade or so.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

In the old days, it was team 'KOOL Green' when they were sponsored by KOOL cigarettes and had a green livery and owner.

[@RRaquello]

Probably Michael doesn't want to put his own money at risk. Michael is rich, but not that rich that he can fund a Formula One team. SO the people who are putting up the money want to say where it goes, and Michael gets to show up at races and schmooze with the VIPs and the money people get to use his name. I just hope they're not a bunch of crooks that drag him into some legal shit.

[@johnclay3773]

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing The blue car was only for 2002 - it was a supposed to be for "KOOL Lites" or something like that (not a smoker); that race where it says "Team Green" was someplace where tobacco advertising was outlawed.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@@johnclay3773 Blue was their 'normal' colour in the prior years when the Player's brand was the sponsor (in the Villeneuve/Moore days), then switched when Kool replaced Players branding. The Blue was in part, a throwback to that, plus a nod to Franchitti's Scottish flag. Tracy's car remained Green. The picture (as it says) is from Rockingham, UK; which is as you reference, with Germany, where tobacco advertising was not permitted.

[@johnclay3773]

@@OsellaSquadraCorse Thanks; I should have paused to check out the photo's source. However you are perpetuating Aiden's major error about the teams - in 1995 Forsythe and Green split into 2 100% separate teams. As part of the split agreement Green got the personnel, Villeneuve and the Players sponsorship, but the Players sponsorship was to return to Forsythe once Villeneuve moved on, which of couse happened in 1996. The blue KOOL livery for Franchitti was due to KOOL completely repackaging in 2002. Their "regular" brand, "KOOL Filters" went from a white box with a green rectangle in the middle with the "KOOL" logo to a semi-metallic green box with the "KOOL" logo in white. They changed their light cigarette, "KOOL Milds" from a white box with the "KOOL" logo in green letters to a semi-metallic blue box with "KOOL" in white letters. I'm sure you're correct that Franchitti got the blue "KOOL Milds" livery to match his Scottish blue helmet; Tracy had already changed his helmet design to green/gold/white back in 1998. The revised liveries like the photo show up when the team changed from Reynard to Lola chassis mid-season.

[@chaddepew5831]

I think the move has to be F1 motivated. They simply can't have all the money they have put into the project go to waist so what structure gives them maximum chance of success on that front

[@donstevenson2660]

All that money was never really there, but a huge credit fraud. F1 could see that one coming.

[@Redlingstein]

There is no money… they are stretched

[@50gary]

go to waste, not your waist.

[@HabitualLine-Stepper]

Michael Andretti: F the commercial rights holder, F the shareholders, F motorsport, F1.

[@DickTahshon]

😂they weren’t good enough for F1

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Michael buys Indycar from Penske and makes it more succesfull then F1....and gets the last laugh.... and if it fails, it's Ericssons fault.

[@markhill9275]

Indy is nowhere near as successful as F1, it is a 2nd rate local competition.

[@DickTahshon]

😂that’s hilarious 😂

[@dee3368]

Very smart move by him I think he recognizes the state of things and where it's headed. he's cashing in and getting the hell out before he loses everything. We're all about to lose everything

[@MetalMJ]

Like you say it's not a competition but Gordon Smiley's crash at Indy in 1982 is probably as bad or worse.

[@12namleht]

Danny Ongais at Indy

[@paulo9504]

@12namleht Smiley's is worst crash I have ever seen. Dude was scalped and literally had his brain splattered on the track.

[@troykennedy1087]

Tom Pryce and the Marshall. Can't unsee that :/

[@The5thHorseman555]

Agreed on the Smiley crash, it is by far the worst i've ever seen.

[@RRaquello]

Another category is the "most benign looking crash that caused a fatality" and that's Chuck Rodee at Indianapolis in 1966 (where else?).

[@gofastandwynn]

As far as accidents goes nothing hopefully will ever top Gordon Smiley in 1982. All you have to do is read Dr Trammel’s book. Upon examination he found literally every bone in his body was broken

[@413TomaccoRoad]

In the 90s I always heard Players/Forsythe on the race telecasts. It became straight up Green and Tracy was sponsored by Kool.

[@EvanLoxley]

They were separate entities after 1995, with the Team Kool Green name starting in 1997.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

@@EvanLoxley Bingo!

[@PaperBanjo64]

Eventually the Kool cars were rebranded to 7Eleven

[@johnclay3773]

@@PaperBanjo64 Only for the 3-car Indy 500 crossover in 2002 - the tobacco settlements kept them from using tobacco sponsorship in 2 series. And once Andretti and Kim Green bought out Barry Green they maintained 1 car with 7-11 sponsorship (Kanaan got that seat), a financial company sponsorship for Franchitti's seat and Andretti/Wheldon got the liquor sponsorship.

[@alepaz1099]

"I'm confusing myself with my own words" 👀🙄🤦‍♂ 🤷‍♂ 😂😂

[@djoetma]

Thank you for a fair explanation and estimation on the situation at this team / company.

[@rogermaybank9345]

Love what you do Aidan. Good work.

[@edteach3r]

Loved the video. Thanks, Aidan.

[@ivaneurope]

I think he wants to buy the Indycar Series from Roger Penske outright - he's been very critical of Penske's handling of the series recently and with him stepping down as CEO of Andretti Global could mean that he may pursue purchasing the Series from Penske (who acquired it from the Hullman-George family) with Roger keeping hold on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (which is by far the most valuable asset).

[@f1jones544]

I loved when he was asked if Penske pushed him out and he said, "I wouldn't give Roger that much credit." If Michael hadn't been one of my top two racing heroes since 1986, that would have done it right there.

[@danesorensen1775]

Was Barry Greene Australian? I feel like I once read about him competing in Aussie Formula Ford at some point, and the Holden that won Bathurst in 1990 did it on carbon metallic brakes they only tried out because mate of theirs named Ed Vieusseux egged them on. Vieusseux had worked with the team's technical boss back in Formula Ford and had since gone on to CART, and I got the feeling the team he worked with was Team Green. Anyway, pedantry warning: The Holden Dealer Team was never the same entity as the Holden Racing Team of the V8 Supercar era. HDT actually still existed last I checked, it was owned by Peter Champion who used it to market bloody awful "retro" bodykits for VE Commodores. The "Holden Racing Team" name, meanwhile, was actually more of a sponsorship deal, one that could be applied to whichever team Holden like best. It just happened that TWR won the contract first and ran as HRT for most of its existence, but early on when they weren't getting results it was looking like the Mandate Of Holden would pass over to Fred Gibson's team. Eventually it went to Triple Eight, just in time for Holden to no longer exist. Yeah, it's weird, and that's before we get into the Perkins HRT deal of 1988 or the original Holden Dealer Racing Team of 1967...

[@l1a146]

Pretty sure Greene was the guy who ran Neil Crompton's Honda accord in the North American touring car championship. Im also pretty sure he's from down this neck of the woods somewhere.

[@ourafilmes]

I would add Greg Moore to that list mate.

[@poprey300]

The TV show was called Catie’s Amazing Machines. And it is excellent my 7 year loves it! 😀

[@jethinabox]

i do indeed have toddlers and so have seen said show, no idea she was actually in the sport!

[@djcouch]

Have you ever thought about a Greg Moore, if only video ? Apologies for my lack of digging through the list of old videos if it already exists 👍

[@simrigpc27b12]

Michael retired as driver after the 2003 Indy 500. He came back in a one off to run with Marco in 2006. 😁

[@officialmcdeath]

Plenty of reasons to do Patreon-style things without involving Patreon, once I'm properly working again, membership sounds like a good way to go \m/

[@brianlisk6142]

2007 was Michaels last 500. Sorry if anybody else caught this. 2006 was when Marco got pipped at the line by Sam

[@sneby09]

Just wondering what ties you have with the lower mainland British Columbia? I my self am a lower mainlander and your shit is pretty accurate when you give us a plug. Once again gold content by the way!

[@VonBlade]

It's not a fucking competition for sure, so more cheerfully - thankfully survived by all three - Kenny Brack at Texas, Mike Harmon at Bristol, McNish at Dunlop at Le Mans. The latter two are not just survived, but walked away so are safe to watch.

[@johnhutto71]

I also thought of Kenny Brack's accident as well Greg Moore's at Fontana. I'm so grateful Kenny survived and still heartbroken that Greg didn't.

[@AidanMillward]

Kenny Brack’s one is something else. That made the ITV News over here it was that big of a story.

[@RRaquello]

I think Geoff Bodine's in the truck race at Daytona is the worse crash I've ever seen where the driver survived. He didn't walk away, but he was able to give an interview a day or so later from his hospital bed.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Ryan Newman 2020 at Daytona was also terrifying, when they put up the black curtains I thought he had died and I'm not one of those dramatic idiots that think every scary looking crash killed somebody.

[@drewmatthews3717]

Id say Gordon Smiley’s is the worst, theres a photo where you can see his decapitated head.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Very interesting if a little confusing (the situation, not your description of it. Though that was definitely interesting). I'm wondering if his rejection by the F1 grid has been personal and him stepping down is to distance himself from whatever the cause of friction is? Or of course, he might just have realised how much he missed as a dad of his kids growing up and wants to be at home more for his grandchildren? Grandkids can do that to you (says this gran of 6). Italians are renowned for being expanded family focused. I guess we'll have to wait 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@DasE30Cuz]

6:42 And all those companies are registered in the Cayman Islands I presume.

[@AidanMillward]

Mmmm… taxes… Oh wait.

[@f1jones544]

Group 1001 and Gainbridge are registered in Indiana. Took 5 seconds to find this public information.

[@DasE30Cuz]

@@f1jones544 okay but where is Indiana registered?

[@donstevenson2660]

Look up AVALANCHE,Andretti's FE partner in the past. They claimed to be based in Singapore or Virgin Islands, depending on who you believed. It's a good thing Towriss has all those lawyers on hand, he's going to be left holding the bag when the IRS comes calling.

[@mrterp04]

For a while Team Green’s sponsorship from KOOL cigarettes meant they were called Team KOOL Green, which I always read in Ric Flair’s cadence: “Mean WOOOOOOOO! Gene!”

[@RaptorV1USA]

while not a competition... Dario's crash at Houston(?) that ended his career ultimately,....was also ridiculously violent and amazing no one was killed on track OR in the stands...

[@MoominDoogie]

Al Gore Rhythm, I like that 😂😂,

[@PaperBanjo64]

Does Al Gore even have rhythm? Now Bill Clinton could play the sax so I'd say he does.

[@minibus9]

nice video, i supect he may have promised too much bu i could be wrong, we shall have to wait and see

[@DrewBlankMusic]

Indycar fan here, this whole report seems tedious and not at all significant.

[@VonBlade]

I know barrel scraping brings in the views, but given your famous love (as indeed is mine) for tin tops, surprised we've not got a "Will Tingers break the NAPA stranglehold" vid, given how close it is going into the final weekend.

[@AidanMillward]

@@VonBlade Tom might get it but after the fiasco surrounding the reverse grid draw I want Jake to win it. 🤣

[@dominicbarden4436]

@@AidanMillward What happened in the reverse grid draw?

[@tulmar4548]

Unsure if this would increase the odds of the firm entering f1. Andretti at least gave it some racing credibility now its just an investment firm. The questions about what happens when they arnt performing and sinking money into a team really does become a question of whether the team will stay and then you have an 11th team that's in the roller-coaster of ownership changes. On another note yeah that zanardi crash was close to if not top of the list , was watching live here in Oz , was not pretty and the multiple replays didn't help especially when you consider everyone thought it was a fatal.

[@f1jones544]

I think the Liberty chief cared about "racing credibility" Andretti would have been provided F1 entry over a year ago.

[@tulmar4548]

@@f1jones544 i said added SOME credibilitilty and now it has none and even a possible entry after 2026 is looking less likely. Also it wasn't just liberty who denied them, it was the teams who actually have some control over that in the concord agreement apparently and will probably hold out until the new negations for it in 2025 which they will seek to increase the entry cost for extra teams and increase the revenue percentage from liberty to cover the amount of money they'd lose with an 11th team on the grid. It doesn't look like we will get a new team till at least 2027 at this rate. But maybe they can buy alpine. Not sure anyone would argue against that.

[@palm92]

Michael had a fantastic 2001 with his own team - came pretty close to winning the championship that year.

[@T.E.S.S.]

'Band' is a collective noun, like 'team'. Apparently in British English saying "Arsenal is" and "Arsenal are" are both correct. In American English it's just "is" the vast majority of the time. I don't think is/are is comparable to was/were, but I'm at the limit of my grammatical knowledge - I went to primary & secondary school in the 80s so we didn't learn any of that shit. Anyway, nice video! 🏎

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

The Green Bay Packers is an example of an NFL team. The Green Bay Packers are Wisconsin based.

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing Not sure what your point is exactly. What are you even trying to say? That's a confused comment. One thing you've done there is confuse "the Green Bay Packers is an example of an NFL team" with "the Green Bay Packers is an NFL team". Those two things are categorically not the same. The former is singular because you aren't referring to a team any longer, the thing you are referring to is "an example". One thing, one example, singular.

[@seashackf1]

Something’s definitely not right, it could even be a rouse. Liberty’s main problem now with the entry may be that an Andretti is heading it. Maffie has a personal beef with them because of how they publicly handled things. Maybe Michael stepping aside is just to get the entry. Once that’s done he’ll slowly get more involved after a ‘much needed break’.

[@williamcap2236]

The worst crash I ever saw was Gordon Smiley ! I remember every year someone was getting killed at Indy. Glad safety is what it is today.

[@rogerjohnson6676]

Correct, not your best video, but did for thought none the less. However 2 major highlights 1. The Al Gore ithm, genius 2. A new work for the OED, catastrophuck, PR genius. Have a great day yourself Mr Millward, you've brought a smile to mine.

[@falconberlina8488]

Maybe FOM/Liberty wanted to see a money man at the top of the Andretti Global, to show their seriousness about the tilt at running in F1? I can also imagine them taking over Renault's engine department to run with GM branding AND also leasing some engines back to Renault/Alpine. With commitment like that, would be harder to resist an Andretti Global application as an extra F1 team.

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Renault won't spin off the Viry facility 😂😂😂😂

[@micodyerski1621]

Those blue n white Players IndyCars maybe the best looking open wheel car EVER. 😶

[@micodyerski1621]

That cars' aero is fun.

[@hedlund]

Not gone well? I'll have to fight you on that. I'm so violently allergic to stakeholder shithousery and corpo-rat politicking I had no idea any of this had happened, and still wouldn't if not for this here audio-visual production, so I'm happy with it as-is!

[@AidanMillward]

Raw video was about 30 minutes long 🤣

[@hedlund]

@@AidanMillward Listen - let's not get bogged down with whoooo had to cut what from whence... 😎

[@TheWolfandreptile]

Let’s clear up the Supercars teams. Tom Walkinshaw Racing run the Holden “works” team called the Holden Racing Team from 1990 to 2016. In 2017 Holden stripped the Walkinshaw Racing team of being the Holden “works” team and made Triple 8 Race Engineering (which was run under the Red Bull Racing moniker) the new Holden “works” team and the team was renamed the Red Bull Holden Racing Team. For 2017, the Walkinshaw team ran under the Walkinshaw Racing name before Andretti and United Autosport bought into the team in 2018 and it was renamed Walkinshaw Andretti United Autosport. They switched from Holden to Ford in 2023 and will become Toyota’s works team in 2026 when Toyota enters the series with the Supra.

[@DanielDennett-l9n]

Greg Moore’s was on the violent side, too

[@Batters56]

I don’t get why Zak Brown was even ever involved? He seems to be against having interests in two entries at once!

[@Toluca47]

You might consider the Gordon Smiley accident as horrific as the Alex Zanardi and Dan Wheldon accidents.

[@AidanMillward]

@@Toluca47 haven’t seen it.

[@RRaquello]

@@AidanMillward It's more graphic and probably the best captured on video of any really terrible racing crash ever. You can see everything that happens, especially if you understand the architecture of an IndyCar. Most of the time what happens in a racing car is partly or mostly obscured by other cars, smoke, dust, etc., but since this was a qualifying run, no other cars, not too much smoke, you see the whole thing. Not recommended for the squeamish.

[@landiahillfarm6590]

Since we're all guessing here... Michael gave it his best shot to get Andretti Motorsport into F1 and they shat on his plate and told him to eat it. He very quickly realized these are the same clowns that were running F1 back in the 90's when he was there and that he got the message, "F1 doesn't want anyone from 'Merica in the game that could win, we just want their money" and decided he's had enough. Stepping down, cashing in, enjoying life and family, telling 1001 "If you want something, you know where I'll be". Good on him, 25 years building a world class WINNING race organization at every level you've participated in is enough for anyone. Look at Penske, he realized what a shitshow F1 was back in the 70's and thats exactly why he never went back.

[@rexthewolf3149]

Andretti has been winning in every thing except Indy and if they can win championships there they ain’t winning anything in F1.

[@ipanzerschrecku4732]

I think that pretty much everyone have misunderstood the whole Andretti F1 thing entirely. Most people would say that Andretti would be the reason why they should get into F1 and the team owners should be glad to see his company there but that's entirely wrong. Andretti is the reason they didn't get in. Andretti doesn't have the deep pockets or loads of cash needed to run an F1 team without the other teams essentially financing his deal through giving Andretti a slice of their pie and why should they? He's not Red Bull with mountains of cash without sponsors he's going nowhere. If the "Andretti company" had been a bonifide billionaire genuinely interested in opening up new markets or bring in new technology the other teams would gladly have let them in or had arranged a sale of a struggling team to them but Andretti brings nothing but his own ambition and a sponsor that can leave at any minute when they get tired of forking out 100 million and going out in Q1 every race - and then what?

[@aoife1122]

The Federales looking into Michael Andretti's dealings? That'd be the last thing the pinnacle of racketeering, err, motorsport would want. If the financiers of Andretti's Formula 1 bid want a sniff a seat at the gown-ups' table they better cut ties ASAP.

[@brianlisk6142]

Man I miss Dan and the anniversary of Vegas is coming up. I always hate this day

[@MrSaywutnow]

7:06 I couldn't help but giggle at the "Prixcar" sticker. Yes, I know it's supposed to be "prix car", but the average Supercars enjoyer is going to pronounce it "prick's car."

[@PurestBollocks]

Wait... Catie's amazing machines is now a race driver?!? Holy shit

[@AidanMillward]

@@PurestBollocks she was a racing driver before she did that.

[@PurestBollocks]

@@AidanMillward well there you go, I did not know that. I mean, it makes sense when you think about it. But when you're trying to parent, nothing makes sense and your brain barely works as it is. Cheers Aidan, great vid.

[@AidanMillward]

@@PurestBollocks She was doing some sort of European rally thing and went on the BBC to do an interview with BBC Breakfast. Afterwards, a producer asked her if she was interested in doing this show they were planning. So she was just in the right place at the right time. It actually worked out alright. She's a natural, like Tom Ingram or Shaun Murphy. She might be my favourite female driver.

[@micklong6088]

Michael knows his bandwidth, he is first & foremost a racing driver. His partner a successful businessman with appropriate nuance. This is merely a land change into areas of strength. The Andretti Racing Academy may come to fruition shorty, all the pieces ate falling into place. Andretti, America’s Helmet Marco?

[@JohnSmithShields]

Is there a video on Ron Dennis out there? He gets mentioned a lot in various videos, and covered a few eras in F1.

[@Triggernlfrl]

Google for google and repeat your question.

[@JohnSmithShields]

Is there a video on Ron Dennis out there? He gets mentioned a lot in various videos, and covered a few eras in F1.

[@jiboo6850]

@@JohnSmithShields

[@jonathangriffiths2499]

“Google for Google “ let’s never do anything ever

[@manjsher3094]

Will this finally kill Nascar? Please please.

[@Bourne246]

This may be strategic.. my guess is that Michael is focusing on the F1 entry

[@paulo9504]

Nope. Dan Towriss is taking over. Andretti is out.

[@saippuakivikuappias]

Two takeaways from this video. One, I have never seen Dan Wheldon or Alex Zanardi's crashes (you camt avoid still of that one, unfortunately), I can't bring myself to do so, knowing how they ended up. But for them to be more violent than Kenny Brack's is pretty sickening to think. My second takeaway is that I prefer Katie's replacement, Grace.

[@Tacko14]

Completely off topic: the gas nozzle on indycars is on the right side, not the left? Or both? Left seems more logical, but what do I know? Ready to learn, here.

[@AidanMillward]

It’s on both sides and they’ll just put a modesty panel on the side they’re not using. At Belle Isle, Road America and places like they they’ll use the right hand side, but at Laguna and the ovals they’ll use the left.

[@alecerdmann8505]

@@AidanMillward Ah yes, a modesty panel for that sexy, sexy fuel hole!

[@T_Mo271]

Just show how effective their marketing campaign is, I could have sworn that Gainbridge was a grocery store.

[@MattGrafton-t4l]

I hate to say this because its Terrible but I have to say 2 crashes that r a lot more violent then both Weldon and zanardi is IMO The most violent crash ever is Greg Moore 1994 fontana California and Jeff Krosnoff Toronto molson Indy

[@testpilotian3188]

Think he’s just got fed up with the politics of it all and decided to cash out.

[@T_Mo271]

The Greg Moore accident was awful. And the broadcaster kept replaying it.

[@oc3422]

Wrong 2006 was Hornish / Andretti. He came out of retirement 2006. 2003 de Ferran won!

[@ianchezzog8057]

Just a wee thought here. Running an Indycar team must take up quite a bit of time. As would, say, running an F1 team. Now, we all realise that running an F1 team is a somewhat larger 'Marmite de Poisson' than Indycar. Now, imagine if you will, that you, the owner of an Indycar team, suddenly managed to acquire your own F1 team. A dream you have held onto for many a month . Maybe you have just been told by Congress that some Seals have been dispatched to perform synchronized performances of 'Killer' on the Place de la Concorde, Churchill Way and the USS Jeremiah O'Brian, poste haste. Maybe you have just been offered an ailing F1 team which recently has entered a development spiral after years of internal fighting, been rejected by its parent company, and in the last few days just announced half of it is closing. You might say to your bestie 'Golly, y'all. This is just too much for me at the moment. Mr Gainbridge, I love you like my brother, and trust you implicitly, my pardner. Look after my first baby whilst I take care of the birth of my new baby. In God we trust!'

[@drewpapa7524]

What about Gordon Smiley's crash?

[@AidanMillward]

@@drewpapa7524 what about it?

[@ic3man]

2:57 a wild Aidan appears 9:17 Louis* Deletraz

[@char6364]

can't tell if 5:29 is a rusty wallace joke or not

[@QALibrary]

10:26 Aidan - I just phoned a friend - he sues people for fun - well he is a contracts, consumer and lemon law lawyer

[@AidanMillward]

The lemon law is a good piece of legislation ngl.

[@antonysnook4932]

Andretti looks like a Carl HASS kind of fellow. He is busy looking over his NASCAR CUP team and has people under him ruining the F1 program. He just pays the bills and lets other people under him run the F1 show. Probably dose more work in the factory in North Carolina. A Entrepreneur with involvement in many aspects. Like Richard Brandson. Wehen he made the team Virgin he put a bit of value in to sell it and make a profit.

[@Alex_19XC]

09:30 interestingly, The Darkness and Ash are touring together in 2025. A total aside from the rest of the video...

[@AidanMillward]

@@Alex_19XC ash without Charlotte Hatherley isn’t Ash.

[@thatonenigeriansformula]

He needs to take a break honestly the way he has handled the 28 team these past few years is embarrassing, firing two star drivers from a team that just didn’t work, blaming the driver isn’t gunna work the first 2 times , forget 3

[@JustPeasant]

Group 1001 Companies (and their subsidiaries) are one of those enterprises that cannot be legitimate (super never heard of them).

[@don7680]

Do a search on them. They are quite large.

[@AidanMillward]

They’re legitimate companies, but since I’ve only ever known the NHS I find the whole concept of medical insurance completely alien.

[@zeeshanhaque]

Marco almost won the 2006 Indy 500

[@albertdorsey724]

Tell us more about "top gear for toddlers" ..... anyone know what show he's referencing?😊

[@RRaquello]

The IRL wasn't the "All American League". It was a "Some American League" while CART was a "No American League". That's OK in Formula One, but in what is supposed to be an American racing series, after all, you'd think there'd be some Americans involved. Team Green is a good example. None of the drivers named on this video as Team Green drivers were American, though I think Parker Johnstone did drive for them for one year as winner of "Kool Green's" American driver search, another one of those bogus promotions that find easily disposable drivers like Scott Speed and Johnstone and never consider the Tony Stewarts. Johnstone was replaced by that emblematic driver from the heartland of America, Dario Franchitti. As for this Andretti thing, I get suspicious of a company you've never heard of them then suddenly they're all over the place, especially when one of the places they're all over is sports sponsorships, which always look like shady deals. So is Gainbridge the new Enron? I'm expecting there to be a day soon when Gainbridge crashes and all their sports and racing holdings go down the drain. Maybe they're an honest company, but we'll see.

[@djbadlt]

Red Gloves Rule!

[@prongATO]

I could also be Group 9. Because 1001 is 9 in binary.

[@prongATO]

*it

[@starwarsguy118]

Al-gore-rhythm got me 😂

[@AnimaDweller]

Well he probably promised investors that by now they would have a firm F1 protect. Would make sense why he was so obsessed with it. He probable was already hanging on by straws before making that promise.

[@stevenmoran4060]

To me this has freed up capital to purchase Alpine outright including the new engine designs and it could be called Alpine still. Sorry FOM you can’t legislate against a current team and the Renault tie up can only help Renault breaking into USA with road cars. The market is ripe seeing the cock up Stellantis has made of entering USA buying up GM.

[@heliumtrophy]

Maybe he took the "Just sell the team" comments the wrong way.

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

Hopefully he’ll buy alpine now cause I’m sick of seeing them

[@bobwferguson]

Fairly large business

[@qindanny8023]

As an Australian I feel deeply offended you just called Holden and Vaxhaull british bias is crazy

[@l1a146]

That last Commodore that went on sale wasnt a Holden though thats for sure. I couldnt care less what people call it. But it wasnt a Holden except for the badge.

[@TheWolfandreptile]

@@l1a146it was a rebadged Opel

[@l1a146]

@@TheWolfandreptile yes thats it. Knew it was something euro.

[@grahame1981]

Opel/Vauxhaul

[@jimw6659]

You are ignorant. Since 1931, it was effectively an American company, owned by General Motors. If you’re going to be racist, you could at least pick the correct country to be offended by.

[@321-Gone]

Andretti Cadillac, Flavio Briatori will be a consultant...

[@AdamHinckley]

apartenly, not just Andretti taking FOM to court, Liberty Media could go to court as well by the European courts for buying MotoGP

[@greyone40]

You're right, this is confusing. We don't need a lawyer to buy a loaf of bread here in the good ol' USA, but they are working on it.

[@thesunnynationg]

Andretti wanted to become Team Michel Vaillant

[@michaeltaylor4481]

Hasn’t Zack Brown got money in Andretti?

[@l1a146]

He's certainly got Money in the Andretti, Walkinshaw supercar team.

[@speedweenie7394]

The Darkness rules

[@photodave219]

I dont particularly care for the money folks being in charge of things. I dont care for their culture or how they as a whole run businesses. But thats a me thing, i get it.