Driver of the Year
2011

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Who is your racing hero?
 
Simon Sikes:
– Michael Schumacher
 
Sage Karam:
– Mario and Michael Andretti
 
Cyrus Engineer:
– Sebastien Vettel
 
Nathan Blok:
– Michael Schumacher
 
Cassey Watson:
– Dale Earnhardt
 
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Most buzz

1.Jaime Alguersuari
2.Casey Adams
3.Richie Stanaway
4.Rio Haryanto
5.Joel Miller
6.Samuele Buttarelli
7.Andre Heimgartner
8.Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.Stefan Rzadzinski
10.Kevin Mirocha
11.Jody Fannin
12.Simon Sikes
13.Nick Percat
14.Lewis Hamilton
15.Alice Powell
16.James Thorp
17.Felipe Merjech
18.Daniel Haglöf
19.Sami Luka
20.Jesse Krohn
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Mario Andretti Helmet photograph

Mario Andretti

Date of birth:February 28, 1940 (71 y/o)
Place of birth:Montona, Italy
Races entered:750
Wins:92
Podiums:196
Pole positions:98
Fastest laps:33
Race win percentage:12.28%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing driver relations:
Father of Michael Andretti. Grandfather of Marco Andretti.

Racing career highlights


Third in Le Mans 24h - P1 class 1996.
Winner of the Le Mans 24h in the WSC class 1995.
Second in USAC National Championship 1985.
Second in Indianapolis 500 1985.
Champ Car World Series champion 1984.
Third in Champ Car World Series 1983.
Third in Le Mans 24h - C class 1983.
Third in Champ Car World Series 1982.
Second in Indianapolis 500 1981.
IROC champion 1979.
Third in Formula 1 Race of Champions 1979.
Formula 1 world champion 1978.
Second in International Race Of Champions 1978.
Third in Formula 1 1977.
Second in International Race Of Champions 1976.
Third in Formula 1 BRDC International Trophy 1975.
Second in Formula 5000 USAC-SCCA 1975.
Second in Formula 5000 USAC-SCCA 1974.
USAC National Silver Crown champion 1974.
Winner of the Questor Grand Prix Formula 1 race 1971.
USAC National champion 1969.
Winner of the Indianapolis 500 1969.
Second in USAC National Championship 1968.
Second in USAC National Championship 1967.
Winner of the Daytona 500 1967.
USAC National champion 1966.
USAC National champion 1965.
Third in Indianapolis 500 1965.

Racing career summary


The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

2000 1 race. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1997 1 race. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. ? fastest race laps.
1996 1 race. 0 wins. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. ? fastest race laps.
1995 1 race. 1 win. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1994 16 races. 0 wins. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1993 16 races. 1 win. 3 podiums. 1 pole position. 1 fastest race lap.
1992 15 races. 0 wins. 1 podium. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
1991 18 races. 0 wins. 3 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1990 16 races. 0 wins. 4 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1989 16 races. 0 wins. 4 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1988 17 races. 2 wins. 7 podiums. 0 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1987 19 races. 2 wins. 3 podiums. 8 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1986 17 races. 2 wins. 4 podiums. 3 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1985 16 races. 3 wins. 6 podiums. 3 pole positions. 3 fastest race laps.
1984 17 races. 6 wins. 8 podiums. 8 pole positions. 6 fastest race laps.
1983 16 races. 2 wins. 8 podiums. 2 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1982 16 races. 0 wins. 8 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
1981 22 races. 0 wins. 4 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
1980 24 races. 2 wins. 4 podiums. 2 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1979 22 races. 1 win. 6 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
1978 29 races. 8 wins. 10 podiums. 8 pole positions. 3 fastest race laps.
1977 24 races. 4 wins. 6 podiums. 7 pole positions. 4 fastest race laps.
1976 24 races. 1 win. 6 podiums. 1 pole position. 1 fastest race lap.
1975 26 races. 4 wins. 7 podiums. 8 pole positions. 3 fastest race laps.
1974 26 races. 6 wins. 11 podiums. 7 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1973 18 races. 3 wins. 5 podiums. 1 pole position. ? fastest race laps.
1972 15 races. 0 wins. 2 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
1971 20 races. 2 wins. 3 podiums. 0 pole positions. 1 fastest race lap.
1970 24 races. 1 win. 5 podiums. 4 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1969 32 races. 9 wins. 14 podiums. 5 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1968 34 races. 4 wins. 16 podiums. 9 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1967 64 races. 12 wins. 15 podiums. 4 pole positions. 1 fastest race lap.
1966 50 races. 13 wins. 9 podiums. 9 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1965 43 races. 2 wins. 10 podiums. 3 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1964 34 races. 1 win. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. ? fastest race laps.




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This profile page was last modified 2012-01-26 16:51:16 by Bertil Åberg
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Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011
As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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