{"id":142939,"date":"2025-09-14T08:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T08:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142939\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T08:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T08:48:12","slug":"f1-ceo-casts-cautious-stance-on-allowing-12th-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142939\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 CEO casts cautious\u00a0stance\u00a0on allowing 12th team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite Cadillac joining the grid for 2026, Formula 1<\/a> CEO Stefano Domenicali<\/a> has warned against the idea of bringing a 12th team into the fold.<\/p>\n

After an arduous process of applying to become the 11th F1 Team, Cadillac<\/a> were finally approved to join the series in 2026. <\/p>\n

With support from General Motors, the team will not only occupy space as a team, but also as a powertrain manufacturer starting in 2029.<\/p>\n

While the regulations allowed for 12 teams on the grid, not every track is built to accommodate them. <\/p>\n

Paddock and pitlane space is often restrictive in certain tracks, such as street circuits like Monaco, causing the need for alterations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be cautious,\u201d the Italian warned. \u201cWe\u2019ll only evaluate a bid of great significance because I think we\u2019re already at a point with no more room \u2013 logistically we\u2019re at the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n

While F1 has previously had 22 cars on the grid back in 2016, going further back to 2010, 24 cars were lining up for action.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s not something that Domenicali is rushing to reintroduce, his focus being on the quality of teams joining, rather than quantity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see great interest from funds and investors looking to buy current franchises \u2013 let\u2019s call them that \u2013 because a team\u2019s value is growing exponentially. <\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, financial interest in investing in F1 is also increasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see it first-hand because we receive many enquiries, and the same happens to the teams. But precisely because things are going well. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe must be prudent and protect the value of what we\u2019ve built.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StefanoStefano Domenicali has warned of the risks of allowing a 12th team into F1<\/p>\n

Domenicali explains why Andretti\u2019s F1 bid was rejected before<\/p>\n

This was seen in practice when Domenicali rejected Andretti\u2019s bid to join F1. <\/p>\n

Despite being approved by the FIA in October 2023, F1 ultimately denied their entry, citing that they didn\u2019t believe Andretti would be competitive or bring enough value to the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always said it was fundamental for us [Liberty Media] to have a quality project on the table to evaluate in the medium and long term,\u201d Domenicali said of Andretti\u2019s bid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we received the Andretti project, our view was negative \u2013 not because Andretti wasn\u2019t good. Mario is a legend, an icon of this sport, and a friend. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe simply didn\u2019t see the substance behind the project that we consider necessary.<\/p>\n

For Domenicali, the significant change came with the support of General Motors. Their involvement marked an important support that made the bid more substantial. <\/p>\n

\u201cThings changed when General Motors came in. We saw significant investment with a 10-year plan and immediately spoke favourably because we believe that, in this case, the project can bring added value to the system. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already seeing it now \u2013 they\u2019re investing in the US market to promote their new initiative. So that guarantees a benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE \u2013 Why Ferrari believes F1 2026 could see a Brawn GP-style surprise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite Cadillac joining the grid for 2026, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has warned against the idea of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,76637,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-142939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-domenicali","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}