Former IndyCar driver and staff proprietor Michael Andretti stepped down from the management function at Andretti World earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season. IndyCar insider and motorsport reporter Marshall Pruett was questioned about Michael’s exit from the staff, as a fan instructed that IndyCar wants the 62-year-old again at Andretti.
Michael Andretti, the founding father of Andretti World (after shopping for part of Workforce Inexperienced), stepped away from the management function of the staff as Dan Towriss took over the identical. Since Michael’s exit, Andretti World was included beneath the TWG Motorsports umbrella, the identical mum or dad umbrella that Cadillac F1 is part of.
In a current Racer Mailbag, the place Marshall Pruett solutions the followers’ questions, a fan instructed that Michael Andretti was good for IndyCar and that Andretti World wants him within the management. The fan detailed how Michael was all the time on the grid, giving interviews, however questioned the presence of Dan Towriss.
The fan additionally instructed that Andretti World with out Michael is like Chip Ganassi Racing with out Chip and Workforce Penske with out Roger Penske. Marshall Pruett responded to the identical with,
“Towriss is there, however he’s not Michael. There’s Mario, nevertheless. The IndyCar staff is in a greater place with out him. Want that wasn’t the case, however all of the folks I do know who I’ve requested say the change was for the higher and the outcomes helps the notion.”
Andretti World had been the one staff within the 2025 IndyCar season to win a race aside from Chip Ganassi Racing. Workforce Penske has struggled because the begin of the season, with neither of their drivers being increased than P5 within the championship.
Alex Palou has gained all of the races because the begin of the season however two, which had been gained by Andretti World star Kyle Kirkwood. Andretti driver Marcus Ericsson completed P2 at this 12 months’s Indy 500, earlier than his entry was penalized post-race.
Dan Towriss revealed the conversations that led to Michael Andretti’s determination to half methods with the staff
Andretti World’s software to enter F1 was rejected by the Formulation One Administration. Dan Towriss got here out and detailed the political dialog that led to Michael’s exit from the staff. Towriss instructed that Andretti was content material throughout the staff and therefore made the choice to go away. Towriss added,
“As somebody on the within, the (F1) stress was intense. There have been some very troublesome conferences with F1 and different issues occurring exterior, and once you put these different motorsports sequence collectively, it is a huge operation, and so I believe it kinda introduced us to that place. It simply obtained very political,”
Since then, Michael Andretti has been noticed at a few IndyCar races, first on the season opener in St. Pete after which on the 109th working of the Indy 500, the place his son Marco competed as a one-off entry.
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