So you know, hats off to, to Haas for the commitment they've made and continue to make to the sport, so we need more teams like that.” What we don’t need with the health of the sport is a team coming in underestimating what it’s going to take and two years later, they're gone. Because in my experience, I think in a variety of motor sports, you do see a lot of dreamers.

And so what we do need to make sure is if someone enters that they really have the commitment and can do what it takes.

“Really the only credible, sustainable team that I’ve seen in the last decade is Guenther’s (Steiner of Haas Racing). “As long as they are additive to our sport, I’d love to see more cars on the grid. So I think an increase in the grid of the right teams that bring the right resources and are additive to what we’re all trying to do and help grow the sport, then I’m all for it. I remember when I started following Formula 1, you had pre-qualifying, I think there were 30-31 cars trying to show up to make the show. So for me, it’s whatever optimizes the entire sport, whatever that number is.”Īdded McLaren principal Zak Brown, “As long as they are additive to our sport, I’d love to see more cars on the grid. But that’s not for us, or not for me to say. If we had more than 10, and it becomes a little bit less healthy, maybe that’s not so good. The fact that the sport is on the ascendancy means we get more sponsorship too and with all that, having 10 healthy teams is great for the sport. “We haven’t had that in recent years in Formula 1 and the cost cap has helped, better distribution of the income has helped. “If the entire sport can be better off by adding teams, that’s what we should be looking at doing,” says Alpine’s Otmar Szafnauer. That’s why it’s not surprising so many want to hitch their steering wheels, so to speak, to F1, including Ind圜ar team owner and former F1 driver Michael Andretti, who hopes to either be granted an expansion franchise by 2025, if he doesn’t buy into an existing team before then. The fan base in the United States is second only to NASCAR-and to hear many in F1 say it, the gap between it and the stock car boys is closing quickly and dramatically. There’s no question the series is enjoying its biggest growth spurt in history. That’s kind of the situation Formula 1 finds itself in.

You’ve heard the expression “strike while the iron is hot,” right? But what happens if that iron comes back to burn you? Others are more hesitant, asking, “ultimately, who pays?”.Some team principals seem open to adding to their ranks, but only “if the entire sport can be better off by adding teams.”.Formula 1’s sanctioning body, FIA, is nowhere near making a decision on whether to expand F1 team ownership from 10, though its Sporting Regulations do allow for up to 26 cars by 2026.

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