Just days after Mario Andretti appeared on Capitol Hill, Republican Jim Jordan has written to F1’s owners demanding explanations for the decision-making process that has blocked Andretti’s hopes.

Mario Andretti, a four-time winner of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, will be one of two grand marshals for this year’s race.

Mario Andretti was born to be a race car driver. The celebrated motorsports superstar won’t even entertain a question about what other position on a racing team he’d have liked to try out if ...