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My honest opinion is that those big guns in Merc, Ferrari, and Red Bull are just scared. I'm sure Cadillac/GM/Andretti can justify how they'll bring more total revenue to the sport but I think they're more scared of a legitimate OEM coming into the sport and bringing with them a truly competitive car. I think it will take some time to get their feet under them so I wouldn't expect a podium-finishing car in the first year but I/we KNOW they have it in them to learn and engineer with the best. I don't really like Alpine supplying them their power unit the first two years but I guess if that's what they need to do to get into the sport, then that's what they'll have to do. I'd MUCH prefer a Cadillac car with a Cadillac power unit. A Nissan(Renault) power unit in a Cadillac.. just makes me cringe a little. They already have one race under their belts this season, Rolex 24hr of Daytona. They finished 3rd & 4th to the Acuras which were just waaaay faster cars.

Thanx for all that info. I knew Red Bull was a team. And I knew they had other engine builders in their young ownership group. What I knew was the partnership between them and Honda ended. What I just learned from your post a day ago was that Ford was their new partner. What I didnt know was Ford not needing approval. But since Red Bull was already an F1 ownership group, the slice of the pie wouldnt change no matter who Red Bull chose to partner itself with. I understood the slice of the pie getting smaller for the F1 owners, and I get and sympathize with the F1 owner's plight regarding that, but Toto Wolff, the Mercedes F1 boss' reasoning AND questioning what Andretti and Cadillac could bring to the table is asinine. Why? 1. Andretti (and Cadillac) would be the ONLY real LEGIT American Formula One team (there is 1 so called American team...but it aint so American...) and Formula One WANTS to EXPAND the US racing circuit. They want MORE races run in the US and they want MORE American fans watching these races... Andretti AND Cadillac WOULD expand their wishes EASILY. Andretti is an AMERICAN RACING FAMILY LEGEND not only in Europe, BUT ESPECIALLY in the USA. CADILLAC racing against Mercedes and Ferrari in Formula one? Are you kidding me???!!! Doesnt THAT excite American racing fanatics????!!!! If THAT doesnt excite American racing fans...NOTHING does... NASCAR has been invaded by Honda and Toyota lets not forget... American racing pride to go alongside IMSA's Corvette and...Cadillac no less would be GREAT for F1... 2. Cadillac has General phoquing Motors backing them up. General phoquing Motors... Of ALL the racing teams in Formula One now, General phoquing Motors has the MOST money to SPEND on racing engineering... And I guess THAT is another reason as to why they dont want. In no time Cadillac would dominate. 3. They question GM and Cadillac on how GM's (Cadillac's) tech could benefit...anybody. But I KNOW Mercedes knows that GM has Corvette Racing in IMSA along with Cadillac and GM has Chevrolet doing NASCAR and Indycar... And I know Wolff and Mercedes KNOWS that GM racing tech is LEAGUE leaging in ANY racing circuit. So to repeat...Mercedes has been winning in F1...Cadillac would in no time disrupt that winning. 4. Wolff questions Cadillac's engine building and questions why Alpine would supply Cadilla\c engines... Well...Alpine would only supply Cadillac 2 years. The time for Cadillac to enter Formula One and the time for Cadillac to get the feelz for Formula One racing... 5. I think Ferrari and Mercedes are both peeved and Andretti for reasons that I dont know... and are using those shytty reasons to block Andretti and not necessarily Cadillac.