Michael Andretti will not be a part of the 11th F1 team but his father Mario will.

Mario, the former Formula 1 champion, will be on the board of directors🐽 for the General Motors-backed Cadillac team who have the green light to enter the grid from 2026.

Michael, who started the process hoping for an An💧dre🀅tti-branded team, stepped down from his senior role in the project before it got the go-ahead.

Mario told about his son’s exit: “There were a lot of t🎶hings going on, but it 🥃happened. It may have made it look like that was the key factor; but it wasn't.

“One way or anoth🃏er, he might've stepped aside a little bit more about the day-to-day situation with them, so we’re not losing a beat anywhere by going forward here.”

Michael Andꦜretti got FIA approval but was not welcomed by the existing 10 teams.

Those teams hꦇa💫ve since accepted the Cadillac proposal without Michael’s involvement.

: “It’s not the Andretti team name, but for us, that’s still okay, because the ultimate objective was accomplished. 

"We’re putting a tr🅠ue American team on the grid, and Michael can take a lot of credit for being part of that.”

The door was left ajar for General Motors🧔 to enter F1, and they will now do so with Cadillac.

Although they will enteꦐr in 2026, they will need an engine supplier at first. Ferrari appear to be well-placed to make their engines.

But the new proje🎃ct has vowed to become an engine manufacturer, and a full works team, by 2𒅌030.

They will join Haas as the only US-based🎃 F1 teams.