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Andretti slams Wolff over F1 team bid criticism

Jun.8 F1 legend Mario Andretti has slammed Toto Wolff for dismissing the contribution an Andretti team could make to Formula 1. Andretti's son Michael, who raced for McLaren in 1993 and now heads an established motorsport empire in the US, is trying to convince Liberty, the FIA and the existing teams to green-light his F1 entry bid. Mercedes boss Wolff, however, has made no secret of his opposition, insisting that an eleventh team simply means 'a 10 percent dilution for everybody else'. According to 1978 world champion Mario Andretti, though – who spoke directly on the subject with Wolff in Miami recently – the Mercedes chief is being rudely dismissive. 'Toto Wolff spoke very...
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