F1 Teetering On the Brink of Crisis
Mario Andretti lays it on the line to F1, a sport with two teams in bankruptcy and at least three others hemorrhaging millions. Read More …
F1A&G posts tagged Andretti
Mario Andretti lays it on the line to F1, a sport with two teams in bankruptcy and at least three others hemorrhaging millions. Read More …
Mario Andretti (Lotus 77) wins from pole in atrocious monsoon conditions at the 1976 Japanese GP, better known for James Hunt’s 3rd place — earning him the World Championship — and Niki Lauda’s courageous withdrawal. Read More …
43 years ago Mario Andretti, driving for Ferrari, won his first F1 race at the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami. Read More …
Mario Andretti fulfilled his childhood dream of an F1 championship, clinched at Monza, in the most poignant of circumstances. Read More …
Mario Andretti as defending F1 World Champion in 1979 in the ill-fated Lotus 80 at the height of the ground effects era in Formula One. Read More …
A retro Formula One video by British Leyland profiling the 1977 F1 season. Chapman, Hunt, Lauda, Andretti and more. Read More …
Mario Andretti driving the No. 27 Parnelli-Cosworth during the 1975 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York. Read More …
The 1978 Formula One season was all about the dominating Lotus 79 ground effects “wing car,” but at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Gilles Villeneuve came home to take his first Grand Prix victory in the Ferrari 312T3. Read More …
McLaren has begun a series — compiled by AutoSport’s Alan Henry — profiling the 50 greatest drivers to pilot the team’s cars over the years. Appropriately, Michael Andretti is #49. 1993 was the season in which the American tried to master a difficult McLaren without testing and while commuting on the Concorde, crashed in his first four outings, and was sent limping home after a single podium finish. Read More …
The Lotus 78 and 79 revolutionized motor sport by using the design of the car itself to produce downforce. Read More …