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There are no friends as such in F1.The teams behave with more animosity to close rivals and less to those far beneath them in the championship and that's about as close as it gets.It is a form of ritualised battle and keeping potential opponents from appearing means one less outfit to beat and more money to share round.
Slighting an American institution like GM won't be well received by politicians whose electors may well have connections with GM and limiting American participation is unlikely to be well received by this group-in spite of the occasional "World Series" on home ground that is named after a newspaper and not as a reflection of it's global status.I have no idea what sanctions are available to those charged with the duty of preventing restraint of trade but it wouldn't be a shock to see indignation stoked up a bit with a view to imposing some kind of penalty on Liberty in their home country.I don't suppose too large a proportion of the American public is aware that GM is quite a bit less significant globally than was once the case,in spite of it's iconic local status,and it remains a big business by most metrics.
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