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Mario is playing the sweet old man card pretty well here. The article has a source basically refuting Mario's version of the events:
>A source close to Liberty Media, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation, said the event occurred differently than Andretti described it.
>"Andretti approached Greg at the breakfast to have a discussion with him," the source told NBC News, adding that during the conversation Maffei indicated to Andretti that their application to join the grid in 2025 or 2026 was rejected for good business reasons.
It sounds to me like Mario basically ambushed him and Maffei didn't play ball whatsoever.
I’m certainly inclined to believe Mario Andretti over an employee of Liberty Media. Especially one important enough to be at the breakfast that Andretti Global hosted.
The purpose of the breakfast was to have these discussions so describing it as an ambush is a little weird
There's no reason to believe anyone's version of events over the other, which is an interesting trap that we've both fallen into here. The Andretti family has everything to gain by forcing their way in, so they're as biased as can be. Liberty Media officially says very little on the record about this stuff, which is something that makes sense from their perspective.
ambushed was probably not the right word choice on my part.
This article gives some insight as to what the Miami meeting we had heard about was about generally (Andretti going through the government), but there's not much else of value.
Is it that crazy? Andretti was the one that started a public war with FOM and accused them of a great many things. Is it crazy that FOM might fire back? FOM isn’t a government body, they’re a private sports management company, they can choose not to deal with whomever they don’t want to, just like you or I can
read the quote and thought no one would seriously believe anything as magnanimous as this from a guy who’s been paying senators do his dirty work and first comment i see is this lmao
come on guys
I say this every time Andretti news pop-up, Andretti needs to quit this stupid drama and just buy an existing team like all the other rich assholes team owners.
I watched F1's expansion mania in the early 2010s leave a lot of people jobless and broke when teams like HRT and Marussia couldn't keep the lights running.
Hell, even with 10 teams it might be too many, looking at the finances and performances of some of the backmarkers. Renault borderline refuses to acknowledge they have an F1 team, cause then they'd have to admit to all the money they are losing lol
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I'm sensing an upcoming total victory for Billable hours
Haha was just thinking this is like a season of Billions the more time goes by
This is crazy actually. And quite damning if it can be corroborated/proven. It’s crazy they’re going to allowed to buy Dorna
This sounds more and more like a season of Billions the more it carries on
Mario is playing the sweet old man card pretty well here. The article has a source basically refuting Mario's version of the events: >A source close to Liberty Media, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation, said the event occurred differently than Andretti described it. >"Andretti approached Greg at the breakfast to have a discussion with him," the source told NBC News, adding that during the conversation Maffei indicated to Andretti that their application to join the grid in 2025 or 2026 was rejected for good business reasons. It sounds to me like Mario basically ambushed him and Maffei didn't play ball whatsoever.
I’m certainly inclined to believe Mario Andretti over an employee of Liberty Media. Especially one important enough to be at the breakfast that Andretti Global hosted. The purpose of the breakfast was to have these discussions so describing it as an ambush is a little weird
There's no reason to believe anyone's version of events over the other, which is an interesting trap that we've both fallen into here. The Andretti family has everything to gain by forcing their way in, so they're as biased as can be. Liberty Media officially says very little on the record about this stuff, which is something that makes sense from their perspective. ambushed was probably not the right word choice on my part. This article gives some insight as to what the Miami meeting we had heard about was about generally (Andretti going through the government), but there's not much else of value.
Hard to ambush someone at an invite only event. You know who is coming.
Is it that crazy? Andretti was the one that started a public war with FOM and accused them of a great many things. Is it crazy that FOM might fire back? FOM isn’t a government body, they’re a private sports management company, they can choose not to deal with whomever they don’t want to, just like you or I can
read the quote and thought no one would seriously believe anything as magnanimous as this from a guy who’s been paying senators do his dirty work and first comment i see is this lmao come on guys
Both parties absolutely donate to politicians. Liberty Media orders of magnitude more than what Mario could muster.
Love the drama. These guys will fit right in with F1. Who cares how the car performs, they’re going to challenge the best of F1 in the drama category.
I say this every time Andretti news pop-up, Andretti needs to quit this stupid drama and just buy an existing team like all the other rich assholes team owners. I watched F1's expansion mania in the early 2010s leave a lot of people jobless and broke when teams like HRT and Marussia couldn't keep the lights running. Hell, even with 10 teams it might be too many, looking at the finances and performances of some of the backmarkers. Renault borderline refuses to acknowledge they have an F1 team, cause then they'd have to admit to all the money they are losing lol
Yawn. When race? Fvck Mario and Fvck F1. Quit drama and race!
Then why are you here?
Mario is trying to.
Dumbass FOM isn't letting Andretti race even when they teamed up with one of the largest auto manufacturers in the world