However, a venue like Las Vegas would only add to the growth and spectacle of the sport. Talking to SkyF1, the Red Bull boss said that he’d favour an extra weekend in both Vegas and South Africa:
The Red Bull did stress that changes needed to be made to the calendar to make the race weekends operationally better, with China set to return.
Horner also weighed in on the debate of the addition of another F1 team - Andretti - to the sport.
The Red Bull boss said that having more seats is always a good thing in the sport, but the problem comes up in the economics. Another team means the pie would have to be cut between not 10 but 11 teams, so for smaller teams, that could eat into a chunk of their budget.
Talking about Andretti coming to the sport, Horner said:
It’s up to the promotor Stefano Domenicali to justify addition of small teams - Red Bull boss Christian Horner
The Red Bull boss said that at the end of the day, if Andretti has to join F1, it’s going to come down to F1 head Stefano Domenicali. He has to convince the teams that it would be good for the sport’s future.
Horner said:
He added:
With Andretti facing opposition from both Red Bull and Mercedes, it’s starting to look more and more unlikely that F1 could have the American team as the 11th team in the grid any time soon.
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