Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti
Michael Mario Andrettiis a retired American racing driver, who won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. A legend in CART, he drove in the series both before and after his time in Formula One with McLaren, becoming the third most successful driver in CART history with 42 race victories. Since retiring from the cockpit, he runs his own IndyCar team, which runs his son, Marco Andretti, as well as a team in the FIA Formula E Championship. Andretti...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth5 October 1962
CityBethlehem, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.
And when we go from braking to accelerating to cornering, the G-forces we pull are really demanding on our bodies. We definitely have to be in top shape.
Marco probably could hold his own in the big car on this road course. We want him to get some more experience on the ovals before he moves up (to the Indy Racing League).
Marco is his own driver. He's got a lot more patience than I did at that age. That patience will help make him special in the future. It could add up to a lot of championships.
I don't think Americans embrace Formula One like every other country embraces Formula One. You really don't get the support like a driver from, say, Germany would. It's a lot more difficult for sure.
I expect that whomever is in front after that final pit stop will win the race. That means your pit crew has to be flawless in that last stop. If you pull out of the pits with the lead, you'll be very, very hard to pass. At that point, it's yours to lose.
My initial motivation was to come back and race with Marco. But now I'm very excited about the chance to win this race. I'm excited to do it.
There are a lot of things that could have gone into it, so to speculate would be wrong.
You can't believe how excited I am. Getting to watch Marco and then competing with him at Indy . . . these are opportunities I didn't think I'd have.
It's the best thing that's happened to this series in a long, long time. She's a great-looking girl, and she's good at what she does. ... Whatever attention it brings to the series is good for us.
Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long.
It was always weird racing against my father. He was a living legend. It's going to be weird for Marco. And weird, again, for me, too. But it will be a different weird from before.
It's given everybody a new motivation to prove that it wasn't just the Honda engine. Now that everybody is on equal footing, I know everybody on this team wants to go out there and prove that we can do what we did the last two years.
It's just an incredible year, a dream season for us. Hopefully we'll never wake up from this dream.