- Mario Gabriele Andretti is an Italian American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport
Born: | 28 February 1940 Comment | How old is Mario Andretti in 2024? / Age: | 84 years
| Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
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Mario Andretti facts
- He is one of only two drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney)
- He also won races in midget cars, and sprint cars
- During his career, Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar titles (three under USAC-sanctioning, one under CART), and IROC VI
- To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500
- No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix
- Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits
- Andretti had a long career in racing
- He was the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984)
- He was also one of only three drivers to have won races on road courses, paved ovals, and dirt tracks in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times
- With his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to have won IndyCar races in four different decades and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five
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