- Former world champion backs entry for Michael Andretti’s team
- Opinion likely to be at odds with other team owners
Lewis Hamilton has expressed his full support for the potential entry of Michael Andretti’s team into Formula One. The seven-time world champion driver believes it would benefit the sport in many ways but acknowledged his opinion may cause disquiet among many in the F1 paddock.
F1 has not hosted 11 teams on the grid since 2016 but earlier this week the FIA gave its approval on Andretti’s application to enter F1. The process now moves on to approval by Formula One Management and the existing teams, who can veto the entry. FOM and some teams have previously expressed opposition to an expansion of the grid citing commercial concerns and whether an additional team would add any value to the sport.