Still active in Ind圜ar, usually taking rather scared celebrities around in the two-seater machine, Andretti made a bet with McLaren boss Zak Brown back at the Miami Grand Prix.īrown promised to put Andretti into one of his modern F1 machines for a one-off test.įive months later, the 2013 McLaren MP4-28 was shipped off to Laguna Seca - as Andretti returned to the track once again in F1 machinery. Set in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing 1 tells. In 1995, he came close to unofficially 'completing' motorsport with a second place overall finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours. With Michael Fassbender, Lewis Hamilton, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher. Now 82, Andretti remains the only driver to have won the F1 World Championship (1978), US open wheel championship (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984), Indy 500 (1969), and Daytona 500 (1967). One name who is wrongly overshadowed by some is Mario Andretti - probably the most successful racing driver there is. Michael Schumacher perhaps for galvanising Ferrari or Lewis Hamilton re-writing the record books in the modern day - but then what could the great Jim Clark or Ayrton Senna gone onto achieve had they not been cut down in their prime? Sun, 3 min read 30 1 / 2 82-year-old racing legend Mario Andretti takes 'satisfying' joy ride in F1 car Retired Ind圜ar driver Mario Andretti walks out of a trailer at. When it comes to the debate around the so-called 'Greatest of All-Time' in motorsport/Formula 1, there are the usual suspects near the top of the list.
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