He lapped the entire field when winning in Japan in dreadful conditions, despite the lack of competitiveness shown by the Lotus early in the season. The team withdrew two races into the 1976 season, with Andretti switching to Lotus. His first race win would come on his first outing for Ferrari at the South African Grand Prix in 1971, but it wouldn't be until 1975 that Andretti made the full-time switch to F1 for the American outfit, Parnelli. His chance in F1 came after a meeting with Lotus boss Colin Chapman during his first Indy 500 appearance in 1965, although it would take three years for him to appear in the sport.Īndretti underlined his talent with a pole position on debut at Watkins Glen but would continue to feature only sporadically in the world championship in addition to his commitments in America. It's not very clear where the real resistance is, but I would say it's probably with the teams or with Liberty Media." Should Andretti's project fail and should there be no Andretti Racing Team on the grid in 2024, it would be the biggest disappointment in his racing career for the 82-year-old American.Mario Andretti is a legend of world motorsport with his accolades stretching across F1, Ind圜ar, NASCAR and Sportscar racing. Andretti: "When you have agreed on one thing, the situation suddenly changes. It also seemed for a while that talks with the team bosses were going well and that it was possible to get approval from the F1 grid. "We just want to race this is our life!"Īndretti, meanwhile, already spoke to all the team bosses.
After all, the idea is that the Andretti team is entering Formula One for the long term. Sometimes I can't believe that the process has to be so difficult." The American is asking to be taken seriously by the F1 organisation. You have to satisfy so many organisations. They can make it as complicated as they want. The Former Ind圜ar Champion goes on to explain the procedure: " We don't really have time for that, it's very complicated. Rejection would be biggest disappointment ever for AndrettiĪndretti doesn't sound frustrated yet, but he will be more and more so. So far I can't think of anything we haven't met." Despite the team's serious intentions and available funding, it doesn't seem to be getting off the ground any time soon. Michael and his team and I are answering questions every day and trying to meet all the conditions. We have a team on the ground in Europe and here. In the WTF1-to-1 podcast 1978 F1 World Champion Mario Andretti said, "we are actually working on it every day. Read more Berger doesn't think Ferrari will beat Red Bull: 'Long time no fight'
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