Rumors of a possible purchase of the team from Hinwil, which has recently appeared under the name Alfa Romeo, by the clan Andretti with the boss Michael at the forefront, were also a hot topic as part of the final racing weekend GP of Turkey.
Apparently they want to Americans to bring in Hinwil even your racer. In addition to the already confirmed Valtteria Bottas, the second seat is said to be occupied by the 21-year-old Colton herta from California. The Young American is this year's championship IndyCar series finished in fifth place, but can boast of six wins. Among other things, he won the last race in Laguna Seca in Long Beach.
Michael Andretti is in the 1993 season for the team McLaren drove 13 races and was a teammate during that time Ayrton Senna. After third place in Monza, he had to hand over his seat Mickey Hakkinen. His father was more successful in Formula 1 Mario Andretti, who won the title in 1978.
Supposedly sales team would be very bad news for by Antonio Giovinazzi, the current team racer, Guanyu Zhou, which is supposed to bring a large sum of sponsorship funds to the team, the young man Oscar Piastri in by Theo Pourchair, who is a member of the Sauber Academy of Young Racers. Frederic Vasseur, the head of the Alfa Romeo team, was already nervously answering media questions in Turkey: “I’m just a team boss and not an owner. So they will probably let me know if anything happens."