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F1: Mario Andretti claims Liberty CEO personally threatened to block team's F1 entry

Liberty Media CEO, Greg Maffei is said to have told Mario Andretti that he would do everything in his power to ensure his team never lines up on F1 grid. The long-running saga over the American team's proposed entry took a new twist as it was claimed by 1978 world champion, Mario Andretti that Greg Maffei, the CEO of F1's owners, Liberty Media, had made clear that he would personally block the team's bid. Over the Miami Grand Prix weekend, Mario attended an invitation only event at the Palm Club where he met F1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, who asked the 1978 world champion about his visit to Washington where he had been invited to speak about his son's team bid to enter the sport outside the...
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