I still think that the Andretti value is being overstated outside of the US. It's there, but there are far bigger names out there- like Prost (who's team struggled). And while the conjecture is that Mike was a great driver, he didn't show it. Mario won one championship. One. 45 years ago. Emerson Fittipaldi did better than him just prior.
It's his US success where Mario really made his name.
And I was at Ford when we decided to get back into F1. Didn't go that well. And didn't last long. (I also knew people who were involved in the 80s V6 program, and, well....) GM is run exactly the same way Ford is, so unless there is immediate success, they will decide to leave very quickly. Given Cadillac's drive to race on Sunday, sell on Monday- the fact that they are still struggling suggests to me that not many people have identified them will sporty cars. So tying them with F1???
Unless Andretti raises their game a lot, Herta will continue to struggle to get the points as fast as they are being take off his rolls. Herta's scoring problem is quite directly an Andretti problem. But given they can't make a car that is as consistently fast as Ganassi AND Penske, I very much can't agree that they know more than other teams out there. It would be great if they could, but, well, the on track performance just isn't there. Maybe in the next seasons? Dunno. But it's doubtful to me.
I fully understand that people want this to work, and want to put those names into the highest level of racing in the world. I like Mario, too. I just don't see how it would be competitive. Haas did well mostly because their strategy of letting someone else build their chassis, get all of the powertrain and suspension from someone else, and then focusing on the aero only. Maybe Andretti does that, but they need to present that concept.