FIA formally opens applications for new teams to join F1 grid

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The FIA have formally opened the process for applications to join the Formula 1 grid for 2025 at the earliest FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem last month verbally announced that world motorsport’s governing body were opening an “expressions of interest” process for new teams to join the paddock. In a statement on Thursday, the FIA detailed that entries would be based on “rigorous financial and technical analysis” and “sustainability and positive societal impact criteria.” It details: “For the first time ever, any candidate would be required to address how it would manage the sustainability challenge and how it plans to achieve a net-zero CO2 impact by 2030. This would help meet the mutual aims of the FIA and Formula One Management.” Ben Sulayem, who has come under heavy scrutiny from Formula 1 in the past week for publicly providing an opinion on the sport’s commercial rights, said: “The growth and appeal of the FIA Formula One World Championship is at unprecedented levels. “The process is a logical extension of the positive acceptance of the FIA’s 2026 F1 Power Unit Regulations from engine manufacturers which has attracted Audi to Formula 1 and created interest among other potential entrants.” Recommended FIA slammed by House of Lords peer over F1 Gulf human rights The announcement comes amid speculation Red Bull will announce a collaboration with Ford at their season launch in New York tomorrow.