As long as I'm getting the opportunity to race with him and make these kind of memories, then, I'll take it.”Īnd who’s quicker? “I think in a GT car my Dad… not many people are faster than him in one of those, so I’m going to push like mad to try and be faster than him. It’s going to be great and, as long as we can, we're gonna take every opportunity to race in the same car, and I don't really care which kind of car it is. And of course, it's because my Dad had me so young that he's not even 50 yet. “I feel like it's a great opportunity that me and my Dad have, that we're both, you know, active racing drivers at the same time,” said Kevin Magnussen. The two will now team up again for the endurance race at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix venue Yas Marina, sharing a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo run by MDK Motorsports. Kevin Magnussen spent 2021 in IMSA and also participated in the LMP2 category at Le Mans to fulfill a long-held ambition of racing next to his father. 1978 world champion Mario Andretti will have the opportunity to drive a McLaren Formula 1 car ahead of this year’s United States Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas, according to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown. 'It makes total logical sense to say that the 10 teams or 10 franchises have an intrinsic value and you dilute that by increasing the number,' said Red Bull principal Christian Horner.Kevin Magnussen is looking forward to teaming with his famous racing father. The problem with that for the current teams is that they currently split the prize fund among the 10 entries, and so an 11th team - without a change in the structure - would essentially be costing them money, With none of the 10 franchises up for sale, Andretti has to persuade the sport to allow an 11th team. What's the issue with F1 adding 11th team? British-based Williams is owned by US-based private investment firm Dorilton Capital. The outfit is the sister team of NASCAR's Stewart-Haas Racing but has no American racer and uses a car built in Italy by Dallara. Haas is owned by American Gene Haas and is headquartered in North Carolina.

Ted Kravitz takes a look back at the inaugural Miami GPĪndretti's plan is for the team to have American drivers and an American-built car, more American than F1's existing US presence.

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