American racing driver Mario Andretti has revealed how “sweet” it was to finally drive a modern Formula 1 car, 42 years on from his World Championship success. The 82-year-old claimed the F1 World Championship back in 1978, a year where he claimed six victories for Lotus across the 16-round season. Andretti is undoubtedly one of
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1978 Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti has given his opinion on the 2022 World Championship and Max Verstappen’s probable second crown, which he believes has been “handed” to him by Ferrari’s strategic errors. It is incredible to think that Verstappen leads Charles Leclerc by 116 points in the Drivers’ Championship, despite Leclerc having won
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Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, has left the door open for Michael Andretti to enter the sport, but reminds him that he is not the only prospective team owner looking for a place. Earlier this season, Mario Andretti, 1978 world champion and father to 1991 IndyCar champion Michael, confirmed that his son has applied to
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1978 champion Mario Andretti has aimed another dig at Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff after the Austrian’s latest protestations of the American entering a Formula 1 team in 2024. Andretti’s son Michael currently runs an IndyCar and Formula E team, filed paperwork months ago as he officially applied to put a team into Formula 1
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1978 world champion is disappointed at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff’s comments regarding the possible entry of an Andretti team into the sport. Former McLaren driver and podium finisher Michael Andretti has submitted an application to the FIA to have a team on the grid for the 2024 season after a failed attempt last year to
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Former Formula 1 Michael Andretti has confirmed that he has held talks with FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem about a possible entry into Formula 1. Andretti had made an attempt to purchase the Sauber Group last season which would ultimately have seen the arrival of young IndyCar star Colton Herta into the pinnacle of motorsport,
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Sir Lewis Hamilton went into detail during the Miami Grand Prix weekend around the issues with trying to get Americans more invested in Formula 1. There have been 57 American drivers on the grid throughout F1’s 72-year history, and two of them – Mario Andretti and Phil Hill – have won the championship. Hill’s 1961
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he believes that Max Verstappen’s title success in 2021 will not be his last. Verstappen has shown promise throughout his career having won 10 races in Formula 3 in 2014 at the tender age of just 16, earning him a spot in Red Bull’s junior team – Toro
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IndyCar driver Colton Herta hopes that a bit of fortune falls his way in the form of a McLaren seat, but maintains that he does not wish any misfortune on anyone personally. Daniel Ricciardo has struggled for form since joining McLaren ahead of the 2021 season, and he was out-qualified 15-7 by team-mate Lando Norris,
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Stefano Domenicali has said he would like to see an American driver racing in Formula 1, but maintains that they cannot just be there for show. F1 has in the last few years been trying to diversify itself amid huge interest from all-new demographics. The biggest of those is the sport’s ever-growing American audience, and
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