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FIA plays down Andretti's F1 entry plan for 2024

Feb.21 The sport's governing body has played down reports that Michael Andretti is still pushing to put together a Formula 1 team. Late last year, it emerged that the former McLaren driver – who is now a major player in the US-based Indycar and wider motor racing scene – was poised to buy the Sauber-Alfa Romeo team. 'It became a deal we had to step away from,' Andretti said. 'In the end, it wasn't right for us.' According to rumours, the deal collapsed not because the Andretti Autosport organisation didn't have the money, but because Sauber's owners were insisting upon retaining some control. Now, 59-year-old American Andretti's famous father Mario – the 1978 F1 world...
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