'I think it’s a little...' - Gunther Steiner believes Michael Andretti's path to acquire new F1 team to be 'difficult'

Former American racer Michael Andretti has been pursuing to get a place on the F1 grid for many years now but has faced a challenge from the other teams on the grid. Former Haas F1 team principal Gunther Steiner believes Andretti is facing a very challenging path to join F1. 

Andreditti's plea to join F1 passed the first phase of the evaluation conducted by the FIA. However, his bid was rejected after his competitiveness in the current F1 scenario was questioned. 

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While the decision did not sit well with Andretti, he has now set up a factory at Silverstone and has hired renowned F1 car designer Pat Symonds. F1's decision caught the attention of United States senators, who publicly criticized F1 for rejecting the application from the American team.

Meanwhile, Gunther Steiner believes it is a bit too late for Andretti's F1 team to see the day's light. "I think it’s a little bit late to navigate," he told the media. 

"To get out of that it will be very difficult because when you go somewhere to upset or disagree with so many people, it’s difficult to make up for that. If I want to be invited to a party, I need to be nice. If I upset the bouncer, he doesn’t let me in," he added. 

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I still don’t know what he wants to do: Steiner on Gene Haas selling to Andretti

There have also been rumours of Steiner's former team, Haas, being sold to Michale Andretti. Speaking about the same, Steiner said that he wasn't sure about how Gene Haas, the current team owner, wants to go ahead. 

"I couldn’t answer that. I was there a long time and I still don’t know what he wants to do. I didn’t know last year, I didn’t know two years ago and I don’t know what he thinks of the long term," he said. 

He added, "I’m not avoiding the question, I just don’t know what he thinks because he could be thinking something today and something different tomorrow."

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