So I guess he’s gonna have to pony up!”Īnd pony up he did! The Americans quickly shook hands sealing the deal. And we sort of kidded around a bit about it whenever we saw each other.”Īndretti adds, “And then at Miami, in front of Martin Brundle, he says it again, and now it’s in front of the world. He says, “I said, ‘I’d love to give it a go in this, and Zak said, ‘Well, I’m gonna make it happen for you.’ But then we left it there. And that’s where Brown said yes to his wish to drive the McLaren car for a couple of laps. And naturally, he was hanging out with fellow American and McLaren boss, Zak Brown. Mario Andretti was present at the 2022 Miami GP. Listen to the full episode below, or on your favourite podcast app.Also Read: Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi welcomes Andretti’s entry into F1 suggesting that it would ‘spice things up’ Mario Andretti reveals Zak Brown’s promise Mario discusses all of this, as well as the early years of his career, racing in secret on the dirt tracks of Pennsylvania with brother Aldo, the glory of taking pole for Ferrari at Monza, his tragic coronation as F1 world champion at the same track in 1978, and much more. Mario worked his way up the ranks to became not only one of the most versatile racing drivers the world has ever seen, but a household name, synonymous with speed, across his adopted homeland of America. Seeking a better life, the Andrettis then emigrated to America to begin a new life in the land of opportunity - but not before Mario had got the racing bug, thanks to a trip to Monza, where he got to see his hero Alberto Ascari in the 1954 Italian Grand Prix. As motor racing stories go, Mario Andretti’s is pure Hollywood, and on this week’s episode of F1's official podcast - Beyond The Grid, supported by Bose - we hear the full epic tale.īorn in what was war-ravaged Italy in 1940, Andretti spent a proportion of his childhood in a refugee camp, the area where his family lived having become part of Yugoslavia following WW2 and under hardline communist control.
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