FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is assured Andretti’s bid to hitch System One will probably be accepted with out authorized motion or a relationship breakdown between the governing physique and the championship.

The FIA accepted Andretti’s bid to hitch the F1 grid in future, most definitely in 2026, however System One Administration (FOM), the game’s industrial rights holder, must comply with a industrial take care of Andretti for the staff to be eligible for prize cash.

FOM, guided by doubts held by groups and F1 boss Stefano Domenicali about what advantages Andretti would deliver to the game, has been lukewarm to the suggestion of an eleventh staff.

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It has been instructed Andretti, who’s bid features a partnership with Basic Motors and Cadillac, would possibly pursue authorized motion if F1 blocks its entry at this stage, with some pointing to anti-competition legal guidelines which exist within the European Union.

Ben Sulyaem has dismissed the concept of it happening a authorized route.

“No we can’t must go to courtroom,” the president instructed chosen media, together with ESPN, forward of the Qatar Grand Prix.

“I do not assume any of us wish to go to courtroom. Possibly it sounds very thrilling and threatening to the media, it is like, oooh, it’s totally very good to them. However it won’t go to courtroom, I’m certain of that. Why ought to we go to courtroom?”

Ben Sulayem’s confidence of Andretti being accepted went towards the prevailing feeling within the paddock throughout the Qatar GP weekend.

Requested by ESPN why he was so assured, he mentioned: “There are various elements to this. Initially, you have a look at, it’s an American, Liberty is an American firm. I learn that Liberty have been approving and so they have been saying we wish to have an eleventh staff. After which wanting on the share value, that it went up as an alternative of down after we declared it, that is good for them.

“And thirdly, to say no to an American OEM, it’s totally arduous. Within the nation, it is good for enterprise.”

As a final resort, Ben Sulayem mentioned Andretti might enter the game with out signing the identical industrial rights settlement the opposite 10 groups are certain to: “If FOM refuses to have the funds, nonetheless the staff can enter by the best way, you recognize that? However, do you actually assume it should go that far?

“One factor I’d say, I hope and I belief Stefano. Stefano would not come from solely industrial, Stefano comes from the automotive trade and the game additionally.”

Tensions between FIA and F1 have been obvious in latest seasons, primarily based on various elements — the controversial end to the 2021 championship, inconsistent stewarding and disagreements over the introduction of dash races, to call three.

The FIA’s determination to open the method for brand new groups in the beginning of the season was seen by some to be fairly a provocative one.Ben Sulayem doesn’t assume the Andretti challenge will drive a wedge between the 2, insisting every thing has been completed to profit F1 in the long term.

“It will not break it between us,” he mentioned. “We didn’t put FOM in a wierd place. There was no, none of my folks, both me or the FIA, had this intention in any respect. That is very clear.

“Our intention is so as to add worth to the game and to make an OEM.”