American motorsport marque Andretti was in talks with the owners of Sauber – which operates the Alfa Romeo-branded F1 team – over a possible takeover in the autumn of last year.
Andretti already enjoys a presence in IndyCar, Formula E, Supercars and Extreme E, and was looking to extend its reach to F1 by purchasing a majority stake in the Sauber Group.
Michael Andretti planned to field Andretti Autosport IndyCar driver Colton Herta in one of the F1 seats, only for the deal to fall apart at the 11th hour due to what Andretti called “control issues”.
Less than two weeks after Andretti confirmed the deal was off, Alfa Romeo announced that F2 driver Guanyu Zhou would be completing its line-up for 2022, partnering Valtteri Bottas.
While the Andretti deal would have had a huge impact on the Sauber operation and its F1 plans for the future, team principal Vasseur made clear the talks did not have any bearing on its preparations for 2022 beyond pushing the timeline along for some…
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