Paul Di Resta thinks there is space on the F1 grid for another team, after Andretti had a bid to join rejected
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00:00 I thought if there was anybody ready to join the sport, I thought the Andretti approach
00:05 was probably right with the weight of a manufacturer joining as well.
00:11 You know, when you've got a huge corporation like that, especially where Formula One's
00:14 going in America, I thought that had to be taken seriously.
00:18 It comes down to a numbers thing again, doesn't it?
00:21 I think that's where there's probably a lot of rejection from the teams as well.
00:24 You know, they feel it's undervalued to what they've entered into four or five years ago.
00:30 The reality is, I think you've got to stick by that.
00:33 Yes, you can reassess it when it comes back around to the Concorde agreements and where
00:36 everything is, but I thought there was enough on the table.
00:40 But again, you're not seeing all the information, but it seemed like they were going about it.
00:45 If you see their wind tunnel model, if you see what they were prepared to do, I think
00:49 the name alone and I think where the sports grow, and I think you've got to go with it.
00:54 You've got to go with the times.
00:56 On the outside, it looks like a lot of people are disappointed with that decision.
01:01 I expected they were going to get it.
01:04 I can see also where some people have put up the doors to say, you know, that's not
01:09 right.
01:10 But I honestly thought this one would have scraped through.
01:13 I think it's been the most serious one in a long time.
01:16 But I guess they're all protecting what their kind of assets are and where the sport is.
01:23 I would have liked to personally, not looking at anything else, I would have liked to have
01:26 seen another team in there because I think there's space for another one to have more
01:29 cars on the grid.
01:31 More importantly, when you see how close the racing can be.