Though the American manufacturer will move on to use its own power units, this will be from 2028, meaning that an alternative supply must be sourced for 2026 and 2027. Mario Andretti, who has been named a director of the new outfit, is looking to the team for whom he made a dozen F1 appearances between 1971 and 1982, as well as being a member of successful endurance racing programme.

"That's what we're talking about," he told NBC News. "That's not definite yet," he admitted, "but that's the objective. And that's the preference."My history with Ferrari, and my relationship with Mr. Ferrari all of it plays, plays tremendously," said Andretti who famously returned to the Maranello outfit in the aftermath of Didier Pironi's accident in qualifying for the 1982 German Grand Prix.