F1 teams hold right of veto over any new entrants to the grid, FIA confirms
02-Feb-2023 17:26:18 | The Guardian
- FIA open process on applications to join Formula One in 2026
- ‘Existing F1 teams will be given priority over new applicants’
The FIA publicly conceded that any new entrants to Formula One will still be dependent on the permission of F1’s owners and the current teams as the governing body formally opened the process for new teams to apply.
In early January the FIA president, Mohammed ben Sulayem, issued a statement saying the FIA was evaluating the process of allowing new applications to join the 10 squads on the current grid. It was met with a lukewarm response from F1 and most teams because it did not explicitly acknowledge that the commercial rights holder and the teams must also agree to any new entrants.
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