IndyCar expects new team from Formula 1: "There are new interests".
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- GPblog.com
Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has not previously concealed, to consider a possible participation of Ferrari in the American IndyCar Series. And certainly with the inferior performance of the Italian team in Formula 1, that rumor is getting stronger.
Roger Penske, who currently owns both IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said earlier this month that Ferrari is "definitely interested in participating", and now Indycar President Jay Frye believes that a third manufacturer will arrive "sooner or later". Frye told Autosport.com: "Roger (Penske) has a huge impact on motorsport. I think that will open more eyes for the value and marketing opportunities that IndyCar has to offer. That's why I definitely think that sooner or later a new team will join. Ferrari? That would be great."
Ferrari's changing business world
When asked whether Frye would see Ferrari as the most obvious company to join Honda and Chevrolet in the IndyCar Series, he replied: "There are always several conversations going on - and then things like Ferrari can suddenly fall out of the sky. A year and a half ago I would have said that they were not so interested, but something has changed in their business world and there are new interests".