Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti
Andretti at Michigan in 2007
Nationality	American
Born	Michael Mario Andretti (1962-10-05) October 5, 1962 (age 58) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Related to	Mario Andretti (father) Jeff Andretti (brother) Marco Andretti (son) Aldo Andretti (uncle) John Andretti (cousin) Adam Andretti (cousin)
CART career
Debut season	1983
Current team	Andretti Autosport
Former teams	Kraco Racing Newman/Haas Racing Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team Motorola
Starts	317
Wins	42
Poles	32
Best finish	1st in 1991
Previous series
1983-1992 1993 1994-2002	CART IndyCar World Series Formula One CART IndyCar World Series
Championship titles
1991	1
Awards
1991	CART IndyCar World Series Champion
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	American
Active years	1993
Teams	McLaren
Entries	13
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1993 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1993 Italian Grand Prix

Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series and amassed 42 race victories, the most in the CART era and fourth-most all time.^[1] Since his retirement from active racing, Andretti has owned Andretti Autosport, which has won four IndyCar Series championships and five Indianapolis 500 races.

He is the son of Formula One World Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, and the father of current IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti.

Racing career[]

Early career[]

Michael Andretti was born to Dee Ann (Hoch)^[2] and Italian-born racing legend Mario Andretti, a race car driver who became a four-time IndyCar champion and the 1978 Formula One World Champion.

Following a successful career racing karts, winning 50 of his 75 races over eight years, Andretti moved into racing cars. He obtained his SCCA National License in 1980, then won six races to claim the SCCA's Northeast Division Formula Ford championship in 1981. He also drove in a number of Formula Vee races in regional SCCA events. In 1982, he won six of the 11 races on his way to winning the Robert Bosch US Formula Super Vee Championship. He also won the opening race of the 1983 Super Vee season before he moved up to drive in Formula Atlantic, and won his second title by winning the FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup the following season. Although he made his international sports car debut at the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans, he was denied the opportunity to race, as the Mirage M12 he had chosen to race with his father was disqualified 80 minutes before the race was due to start. The father and son partnership returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe the following year, and were joined by Philippe Alliot in the Porsche Kremer Racing's Porsche 956, taking third place. Andretti also raced alongside his father in the Riverside 6 Hours where they were joined by A. J. Foyt and Preston Henn, but the Porsche 935 failed to finish. The father and son duo paired up again the 1984 Daytona 24 Hours, this time in a full-works Porsche 962, which made its race debut. They took pole position, but during the race, the engine broke.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

CART[]

He made his CART debut in 1983, racing for the Kraco Enterprises team. Andretti re-signed for Kraco to undertake the 1984 season, where he managed five third-place finishes and ended his rookie season in seventh overall. In the Indianapolis 500, he finished fifth and shared the Rookie of the Year award with Roberto Guerrero. He went on to win his first IndyCar race in 1986 in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The season became a two-man battle for the championship title, between Michael and Bobby Rahal. Andretti would take the points lead with his victory on the Milwaukee Mile. A week later, on Father's Day, Michael was leading on the final lap at Portland, when his March-Cosworth 86C ran out of fuel, allowing his father, Mario, to beat him by just 0.07 seconds. It was one of the most shocking finishes in the history of IndyCar, and the closest finish (until 1997). With Rahal continuing to win races, Andretti's consistent finishing only allowed Rahal a nine-point lead in the standing with two races remaining. Andretti won a key victory in at Phoenix. Going into the season finale at Tamiami Park, Andretti was just three points behind Rahal, but neither driver were a factor in the race, with Andretti retiring with a broken halfshaft.^[11][12][13]

In a one-off race with Alfa Corse, he took part in the inaugural World Touring Car race, 500 km di Monza. Paired with Alessandro Nannini, they finished 16th overall, second in class. Back in CART, he continued with Kraco in 1987, and like 1986, the championship was between Andretti and Rahal. Michael would win the Michigan 500, drawing within nine points of Rahal. With him winning in dominating fashion at Nazareth Speedway, his championship hopes remained alive, although Rahal clinched the championship at the next race. Andretti would also win the season finale, Tamiami Park. He would finish runner-up for the second season in a row. Back in June 1987, Michael joined Hendrick Motorsport to race a Chevrolet Corvette GTP in the Mid-Ohio 500 km, this time joined by his cousin, John Andretti, where they finished 11th.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Following Porsche's defeat in the 1988 Daytona 24 Hours, Porsche entered a 962C at Le Mans for Mario, Michael and John. They were tremendously competitive in the first half of the race, until the Andretti family's car needed minor repairs before lapsing on to five cylinders, finishing sixth overall. Michael and Mario join Busby Racing for 1989 Daytona 24 Hours, only for their 962 to retire with brakes problems.^[9][16]

The 1988 CART season was a lean year for Michael. He remained with Kraco, scoring a just one race win, in the non-champion Marlboro Challenge.

1989 saw a change of teams, which Michael switching to Newman/Haas Racing, to partner, a certain Mario Andretti. Winning two races during the season, Molson Indy Toronto and Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, on his way to third in the standing. For 1990, Al Unser, Jr. would become champion, Andretti was his nearest competitor, winning five races and four poles. In the second-to-last race of the season at Nazareth, Unser crashed out, giving Andretti a huge opportunity to close the gap. Andretti managed only a sixth-place finish, and could not capitalize on Unser's misfortune. Unser left Nazareth with a 27-point lead, enough to clinch the championship. Andretti would finish runner-up once again.^[12][13]

For the 1991 Daytona 24, Mario was joined by both his sons this time, with Michael being joined by Jeff Andretti. Piloting a Jochen Dauer Racing entered Porsche 962, they were classified fifth overall, despite not finishing the race.^[17]

Andretti achieved major title success by winning the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series for Newman/Haas Racing. He won a total eight of 17 races, eight poles and led more than half of the laps during the season, but Rahal still took the championship battle down to the final race of the season. Andretti's season started slowly, recording DNFs in the opening two events, then the heartbreaking second place at the Indy 500. He recovered from this, winning four of the last five races of the season and with Rahal retiring during the title decider at Laguna Seca, he cruised to the title. The day before, he won the non-championship, Marlboro Challenge for a second time.^[18]

Remaining with Newman/Haas for 1992, Michael's season started slowly, but then wins three races out of four mid-season. Despite taking two more wins later in the year, including the season finale at Laguna Seca, Rahal beat him again to the title by just four points. He would leave for F1 at the end of the year, with his seat going to the reigning Formula One World Champion, Nigel Mansell, who would win the 1993 CART title in his rookie season.^[19]

For four seasons between 1989 and 1992, Michael had his father as his teammate at Newman/Haas. Together, they established a number of firsts, including the first father-son front row, for the 1986 Dana 200 for Special Olympics at Phoenix, and the first of 15 father-son podiums in the 1984 Cribari Wines 300K at Laguna Seca, with the last coming nearly a decade later in the 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix, around the street of Surfers Paradise.^[20][21]

Futility at Indianapolis[]

The Andretti family's bad luck at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is known as the Andretti Curse. He shared Rookie of the Year honours with Guerrero in 1984, when he finished fifth. However, in 1991, he led with 12 laps remaining, but finished second to Rick Mears after battling the multiple Indy 500 winner. The pair of them traded memorable late-lap outside passes for the lead in Turn One. The next year, 1992, he dominated the race, leading four-fifths of the laps, but, with 11 laps remaining after holding a two-lap lead, his fuel pump failed, and his car coasted to a stop. He was classified in 13th place. He also dropped out while leading the Indy 500 in 1989, 1995 and 2003. Andretti holds the record for most laps led in the Indy 500 without having achieved a victory.^[20]

Formula One[]

For the 1993 season, Michael signed for Marlboro McLaren, to partner with the triple World Drivers' Champion Ayrton Senna in their Ford HBD V8-powered MP4/8. He signed during the summer of 1992 and the deal was announced at Monza over the weekend of the 1992 Italian Grand Prix.

"I think he can win Grands Prix and become the World Champion," said Ron Dennis, McLaren's team principal. "It's not a question of which country you come from. It's how you demonstrate your desire to win."^[22] There were practical factors that mitigated against Andretti being able to show competitive form in his debut season in F1. The rule changes introduced that season destroyed his hopes of unrestricted laps in free practice during which he could learn the tracks, as most were unfamiliar to him. From the start of 1993, just 23 laps were allowed in the morning's untimed session and only twelve in the qualifying session.^[22]

With the pressure intensifying, Michael began the year with crashes in the Kyalami and at Interlagos. In the latter of these two, he had a massive collision at the start with Gerhard Berger in a Ferrari. He then qualified sixth for the Sega European Grand Prix at Donington Park, but he collided with Karl Wendlinger's Sauber on the opening lap. Next time out at Imola, he again fell foul of Wendlinger after a drive that might have ended with a visit to the podium, and many critics cited this as the key turning point for the American.^[22][23]

In the Gran Premio de España, Andretti finally completed a race, finishing fifth amongst the established front runners.^[23] However, his showing was criticized by former McLaren World Champion James Hunt because Andretti was lapped by his teammate Senna.

During the F1 season, Andretti watched the 1993 Indianapolis 500 on a television set. During the race, his former team, now with Nigel Mansell driving, was passed by winner Emerson Fittipaldi on a restart with less than 10 laps to go. Even though he wasn't in the race, Andretti would also consider 1993 a near-miss; "I mean, he (Mansell) did well to be leading, but no way would Emerson and [Arie] Luyendyk have passed me on that restart, I can guarantee you."

He would finish in the points on three occasions, but he could never quite string things together consistently. He never fully got to grips with the McLaren MP4/8. Highly technical aspects which he was not used to in the technologically simpler Indy cars such as active suspension and traction control hampered Andretti's chances as did the standing starts used in F1. Some in the industry also felt that since he commuted to races and test sessions from the United States, rather than relocating full-time to Europe was also a contributing factor to his lack of success in Formula One. At the time, McLaren's Special Projects Manager, long-time Andretti family friend Tyler Alexander, who had been involved in F1 since the mid-1960s, had urged Michael to relocate to England as he knew times had changed from when Mario had raced to the 1978 World Championship. True enough, he finished third at Monza (which would prove to be his last Formula One race), but with three races remaining, he left the team and the championship by mutual agreement after the race.^[22][23][24]

According to Michael's son Marco, the McLaren team "sabotaged" his father's chances at being competitive in order to replace him with the team's test driver Mika Häkkinen, who would require a smaller salary. "The reality of it was, they had Mika Häkkinen ready to come in for a lot less than what my dad was getting paid, and that's all it was. Right then and there, they had to make him look [bad]," claimed Marco in 2008. "They would make the car do weird things in the corner electronically, stuff out of his control." However, Andretti still had problems in practice for the Italian Grand Prix, and both he and Senna spun off with brake balance problems early in the race. Andretti was able to continue and fought back up to third, holding off Wendlinger. Throughout the season, Senna experienced similar reliability problems to Andretti, mainly electronic gremlins, particularly in San Marino, Canada, Hungary and Belgium, although Häkkinen equalled Andretti's third place Monza finish in Japan, while Senna won both the Japanese Grand Prix and the season ending Australian Grand Prix, his final race for McLaren.^{[22][23][25][26][27]} And according to Häkkinen in a much later interview, Andretti was commuting to Europe from the United States, and was not in Europe enough when testing needed to be done, allowing Häkkinen to consistently show his speed and build a relationship with the team. Häkkinen had also said that Andretti's mental approach was all wrong, and he did not realize the kind of incredible sacrifices one needed to make in order to succeed in Formula One.^[28]

It has also been reported that at the start of the 1993 season, Dennis signed Häkkinen as a backup to Senna, who was initially reluctant to commit to the team for the whole season (Senna's move to Williams had to wait until the next season because his rival Alain Prost was having his retirement season there and had it written into his contract that they could not sign the Brazilian triple World Champion as his teammate). This created a difficult atmosphere for Andretti, who would be in the shadow of the brilliant Brazilian, and also faced the threat of being replaced by Häkkinen.^[29]

Return to CART[]

Andretti returned to the IndyCar racing after his unsuccessful season in Formula One with Target Chip Ganassi Racing, where he once again proved very successful. He went on to win in his very first race back in the series at the 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, around the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia, having led every lap along the way. That win also got Reynard's first win in CART in their debut. Although the season may not have gone the way Michael would have liked, he did win again in the Molson Indy Toronto, taking a record fourth win. By the time he retired, Michael would have won seven times around the Exhibition Place.^[30]

In 1995, he returned to Newman/Haas Racing. He had a consistent season, scoring points in every round, but taking just the one win, in Toronto, enable Andretti to claim fourth overall in the points standing. The following season, he would finish as runner-up to Jimmy Vasser, in a season marred by the death of Jeff Krosnoff and split with Indy Racing League, visiting victory lane on five occasions. Newman/Haas began a new relationship with Swift which did not prove to be very successful in 1997-1999. In 2000 the team used Lola chassis and Michael won the Firestone Firehawk 300 held at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, and again in Toronto.^[31][32][33]

Michael tried again to win Le Mans in 1997, again alongside Mario, but joined on this occasion by Olivier Grouillard. Following an accident during the night, the trio were forced to retire their Courage C36. Michael would not return to la Sarthe as a driver.^[34]

For 2001 he made the decision to move to Team Green as he wanted to try to win the Indianapolis 500 and Newman/Haas refused to enter the Indy Racing League event. Andretti ran in a third Team Green car with Motorola sponsorship and ran at Indianapolis. He led 16 laps, and was leading the race during a rain delay just beyond the halfway point. Had the race been halted due to the rain, he could have been declared the winner. The red flag, however, did not come out at the time and the race resumed. A punctured tyre, and a minor collision in the pits with eventual winner Hélio Castroneves, driving for car owner Roger Penske, slowed him down, and at the end of the day, Andretti settled for 3rd place. In July it was announced that Michael had bought the team and intended to shift the entire operation (which was renamed Andretti Green Racing) to the IRL.^[33][35]

His career in CART ended in 2002, in which he took his 42nd and final career victory at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach - placing him in third place for all-time victories in championship car racing behind his father, Mario Andretti (52 wins) and A. J. Foyt (67 wins).

Andretti is also tied with Al Unser, Jr. for the most wins in a CART/IndyCar season with eight victories. He achieved this during his championship-winning season of 1991. Throughout his time in IndyCar, he retained a consistent and impressive record, finishing in the top ten of the championship on 17 occasions.^[21]

Semi-retirement and team owner[]

After competing in the 2003 Indianapolis 500, Andretti retired from full-time IndyCar racing. He led the race for 28 of the opening 94 laps before a throttle linkage failure put him out of contention once again. That year he bought into the "Team Green" squad run by brothers Kim and Barry Green in CART. It became Andretti Green Racing and for 2003, the team moved to the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series.^[33][36]

The team claimed consecutive IndyCar Series titles in 2004 and 2005, with Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon respectively, winning 11 of the 17 races, including the Indianapolis 500. The 2007 enhanced the Andretti legacy, when Dario Franchitti captured Andretti Green Racing its third Series title in four seasons, and its second Indianapolis 500 win.^[37]

Andretti returned to the driver's seat for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in a one-time effort to assist the development of his son, Marco, an IndyCar rookie for the '06 season. Michael led the race with four laps to go, before falling to second behind his son a lap later. He went on to finish third, while Marco only just missed out on the 500 victory after he was passed just before the start/finish line on the last lap by three-time IndyCar champion, Sam Hornish, Jr.

After qualifying his car in 11th place for the 2007 Indianapolis 500, Andretti went on to finish 13th. He then announced that this would be his last Indy 500 as a driver. Andretti leaves driving competition at Indy with a frustrating distinction - the driver who's led the most laps (431) without winning the race. He competed in 16 Indy 500s, with a top finish of second in 1991, but led the race nine times.

By 2012, now racing under the name of Andretti Autosport, they brought the 2012 IndyCar Series championship back home. Michael served not only as the team owners, but as the strategist on Ryan Hunter-Reay's four race victories. Hunter-Reay also captured the 2014 Indianapolis 500, with a close victory over Hélio Castroneves.^[37]

At the beginning of 2018 he partnered with Walkinshaw Racing and Zak Brown's United Autosports to create Walkinshaw Andretti United which competes in the Australian Supercars Championship

Other activities[]

In 1996, Andretti invested in a Toyota dealership in his home state of Pennsylvania.^[38]

Among his personal appearances, Andretti appeared as a contestant on season 5 of the reality TV series The Celebrity Apprentice, which debuted in February 2012. Andretti joined the show as a last-minute replacement for his son Marco, who dropped out when Marco's friend Dan Wheldon was killed in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship hours before Apprentice filming was scheduled to begin. Andretti was fired in the fourth episode, after a presentation for Buick executives of the Buick Verano.^[39][40]

In March 2012, Andretti Sports Marketing took over as promoter of the Milwaukee Mile IndyCar race. The company also promoted the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, the Miami ePrix and the Global RallyCross Championship events at Washington and New York.^[41]

Personal life[]

Andretti attended Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Andretti was married to Sandra "Sandy" Spinozzi from November 1985 to 1996 and they had two children, son Marco (born March 13, 1987) and daughter Marissa (born October 31, 1990). He remarried on December 24, 1997 to Leslie Wood. They had a son, Lucca, born September 16, 1999. Andretti officially separated from Leslie in 2003. On September 7, 2004 Andretti filed for divorce. Two years later on July 15, 2006 Andretti announced his engagement to former Miss Oregon Teen USA 1994, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2000, model and actress Jodi Ann Paterson. The couple were married on October 7, 2006 at the Andretti Winery in Napa Valley, California. They have twin children, Mario and Miati (Mia), born February 13, 2014.

Andretti family[]

Michael is from the famous Andretti racing family. He is the son of Formula 1, CART and NASCAR racing legend Mario Andretti. His brother Jeff Andretti competed in IndyCar. Michael's uncle Aldo Andretti was an open wheel racer until an accident ended his racing career. Aldo's son, John Andretti (Michael's first cousin) raced in IndyCar before he became a NASCAR regular. He returned to IndyCar in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, where he raced in the Indy 500. Aldo's other son, Adam also is a racecar driver, and in 2005, Michael's son Marco began his career in Indy Racing. The Andretti family became the first family to have five relatives (Michael, Mario, Marco, Jeff, and John) compete in the same series (CART/Champ Car/IndyCar).^[42]

Awards[]

Michael was inducted in 2002, into National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2008,^[43] the Long Beach Grand Prix Walk of Fame in 2010, the Canadian Motorsports (International Division) Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2012.^[37]

Racing record[]

Career highlights[]

Season	Series	Position	Team	Car
1981	SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F[44]	8th		Van Diemen RF81
1982	Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship[45][46]	1st	Arciero Racing	Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/81 Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
	SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F[47]	3rd		Lola T640
1983	Formula Mondial North American Cup[48][49]	1st	Conte Racing	Ralt-Ford RT4
	24 Heures du Mans[50][51]	3rd	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
	Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship[52][53]	18th		Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
	FIA World Endurance Championship[54]	25th	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][55][56]	27th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 83C
	European Endurance Championship[57]	28th	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
1983/4	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][58]	5th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 84C
1984	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][59][60]	7th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 83C
1985	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][61]	8th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 84C
	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][62][63]	9th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 85C
1986	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][64][65]	2nd	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 86C
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][66]	6th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 86C
1987	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][67][68]	2nd	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 87C
	International Race of Champions[69][70]	7th		Chevrolet Camaro
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][71]	29th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 87C
	World Touring Car Championship[72][73]	38th	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
	Camel GTP Championship[74][75]	40th	Conte Racing Hendrick Motorsport	March-Buick 86G Chevrolet Corvette GTP
1988	Marlboro Challenge[76]	1st	Kraco Racing	Lola-Cosworth T88/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][77]	4th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 88C
	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][67][78]	6th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 88C Lola-Cosworth T88/00
	World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers[79]	44th	Porsche AG	Porsche 962C
1989	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][80][81]	3rd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][82]	17th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
1990	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][83][84]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][85]	20th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
1991	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][86][87]	1st	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	Marlboro Challenge[88]	1st	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][89]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	Camel GTP Championship[90][91]	29th	Jochen Dauer Racing	Porsche 962C
1992	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][92][93]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T91/00 Lola-Ford T92/00
	Marlboro Challenge[94]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T92/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][95]	13th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T92/00
1993	FIA Formula One World Championship[96][97]	11th	Marlboro McLaren	McLaren-Ford MP4/8
1994	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][98][99]	4th	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard-Ford 94I
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][100]	6th	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard-Ford 94I
1995	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][101][102]	4th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T95/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[13][103]	25th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T95/00
1996	PPG Indy Car World Series[13][104][105]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T96/00
1997	PPG CART World Series[13][106][107]	8th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 007i
1998	FedEx Championship Series[13][108][109]	7th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 009.c
1999	FedEx Championship Series[13][110][111]	4th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 010.c
2000	FedEx Championship Series[13][112][113]	8th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford B2K/00
2001	FedEx Championship Series[13][114][115]	3rd	Team Green	Reynard-Honda 01i
	Indy Racing Northern Lights Series[13][116][117]	34th	Team Green	Dallara-Oldsmobile IR1
2002	FedEx Championship Series[13][118][119]	9th	Team Motorola	Reynard-Honda 02i Lola-Honda B2/00
	Firestone Indy Racing League[13][120][121]	38th	Team Green	Dallara-Chevrolet IR2
2003	IndyCar Series[13][122][123]	24th	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara-Honda IR2
2006	IndyCar Series[13][124][125]	24th	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara-Honda IR4
2007	IndyCar Series[13][126][127]	27th	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara-Honda IR4

SCCA National Championship Runoffs[]

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1981	Road Atlanta	Van Diemen RF81	Ford	Formula Ford	8		Running
1981	Road Atlanta	Lola T640	Ford	Formula Ford	3	1	Running

Formula One[]

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1993	Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/8	Ford V8	RSA Ret	BRA Ret	EUR Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 5	MON 8	CAN 14	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA 3	POR	JPN	AUS	11th	7

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1982	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Mario Andretti	Mirage-Cosworth M12	C	0	DNS (DISQ)	DNS (DISQ)
1983	Porsche Kremer Racing	Mario Andretti Philippe Alliot	Porsche 956	C	364	3rd	3rd
1988	Porsche A.G.	Mario Andretti John Andretti	Porsche 962C	C1	375	6th	6th
1997	Courage Compétition	Mario Andretti Olivier Grouillard	Courage-Porsche C36	LMP	197	DNF	DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1984	Dr. Ing. H. C. F. Porsche	Mario Andretti	Porsche 962	GTP	127	66th (DNF)	25th (DNF)
1989	Busby Racing	Mario Andretti	Porsche 962	GTP	237	47th (DNF)	16th (DNF)
1991	Jochen Dauer Racing	Mario Andretti Jeff Andretti	Porsche 962C	GTP	663	5th (DNF)	3rd (DNF)

Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1983	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	Derek Bell John Paul, Jr.	Porsche 935L	GTP	125	56th (DNF)	9th (DNF)

American Open Wheel racing results[]

(key)

Formula Super Vee[]

Formula Super Vee results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1982	Arciero Racing	Ralt RT5/82	VW Brabham	PHX 1	CLT 1	DET 17	MIL 14	ROA 3	MIL 1	MSP 1	MCH Ret	RIV 1	LS 2	PHX 1	1st	152
Source:[128][129]

USAC[]

Year	Team	1	2	Rank	Points
1983-84	Kraco Racing	DQSF	INDY 5	5th	500

CART[]

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5-	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1983	Kraco Racing	March 83C	Cosworth DFX V8t	ATL	INDY	MIL	CLE	MIS1	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MIS2	LVG 19	LS 24	PHX 9									T-26th	4
1984	Kraco Racing	March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 10	PHX1 3	INDY 5	MIL 4	POR 12	MEA 13	CLE 3	MIS1 20	ROA 16	POC 23	MDO 16	SAN 3	MIS2 7	PHX2 3	LS 3	LVG 24						7th	102
1985	Kraco Racing	March 85C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 19	INDY 8	MIL 19	POR 28	MEA 4	CLE 7	MIS1 27	ROA 2	POC 13	MDO 14	SAN 19	MIS2 25	LS 9	PHX 5	MIA 25							9th	53
1986	Kraco Racing	March 86C	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX1 15	LBH 1	INDY 6	MIL 1	POR 2	MEA 20	CLE 2	TOR 19	MIS1 11	POC 11	MDO 10	SAN 6	MIS2 2	ROA 2	LS 3	PHX2 1	MIA 18					2nd	171
1987	Kraco Racing	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 4	PHX 4	INDY 29	MIL 1	POR 2	MEA 5	CLE 6	TOR 5	MIS 1	POC 8	ROA 16	MDO 13	NAZ 1	LS 22	MIA 1							2nd	158
1988	Kraco Racing	March 88C	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX 3	LBH 7	INDY 4	MIL 7	POR 11	CLE 14	TOR 3	MEA 6														6th	119
		Lola T88/00										MIS 3	POC 25	MDO 26	ROA 5	NAZ 2	LS 2	MIA 17
1989	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T89/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX 4	LBH 2	INDY 17	MIL 2	DET 13	POR 6	CLE 18	MEA 18	TOR 1	MIS 1	POC 3	MDO 3	ROA 6	NAZ 5	LS 7							3rd	150
1990	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX 20	LBH 4	INDY 20	MIL 5	DET 1	POR 1	CLE 25	MEA 1	TOR 2	MIS 15	DEN 5	VAN 20	MDO 1	ROA 1	NAZ 5	LS 3						2nd	181
1991	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF 14	LBH 16	PHX 4	INDY 2	MIL 1	DET 19	POR 1	CLE 1	MEA 16	TOR 1	MIS 14	DEN 3	VAN 1	MDO 1	ROA 1	NAZ 3	LS 1					1st	234
1992	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T91/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF 17	PHX 10																				2nd	192
		Lola T92/00				LBH 16	INDY 13	DET 4	POR 1	MIL 1	NHM 2	TOR 1	MIS 18	CLE 2	ROA 4	VAN 1	MDO 21	NAZ 2	LS 1
1994	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t	SRF 1	PHX 20	LBH 6	INDY 6	MIL 4	DET 5	POR 31	CLE 18	TOR 1	MIS 22	MDO 5	NHM 5	VAN 3	ROA 17	NAZ 9	LS 28						4th	118
1995	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T95/00	Ford XB V8t	MIA 20	SRF 9	PHX 2	LBH 9	NAZ 22	INDY 25	MIL 3	DET 4	POR 4	ROA 27	TOR 1	CLE 7	MIS 25	MDO 19	NHM 2	VAN 21	LS 4					4th	123
1996	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford XD V8t	MIA 9	RIO 22	SRF 19	LBH 7	NAZ 1	MIS1 23	MIL 1	DET 1	POR 11	CLE 19	TOR 22	MIS2 22	MDO 3	ROA 1	VAN 1	LS 9						2nd	132
1997	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 007.i	Ford XD V8t	MIA 1	SRF 3	LBH 22	NAZ 2	RIO 21	GAT 11	MIL 2	DET 2	POR 8	CLE 23	TOR 4	MIS 21	MDO 8	ROA 26	VAN 16	LS 27	FON 19					8th	108
1998	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 009.c	Ford XD V8t	MIA 1	MOT 14	LBH 21	NAZ 18	RIO 5	GAT 2	MIL 26	DET 10	POR 17	CLE 2	TOR 2	MIS 6	MDO 21	ROA 15	VAN 2	LS 10	HOU 28	SRF 20	FON 18			8th	108
1999	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford XD V8t	MIA 2	MOT 5	LBH 7	NAZ 6	RIO 26	GAT 1	MIL 15	POR 10	CLE 3	ROA 2	TOR 26	MIS 4	DET 4	MDO 8	CHI 22	VAN 14	LS 10	HOU 3	SRF 5	FON 21		4th	151
2000	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford XF V8t	MIA 22	LBH 14	RIO 9	MOT 1	NAZ 6	MIL 2	DET 13	POR 4	CLE 4	TOR 1	MIS 2	CHI 2	MDO 8	ROA 19	VAN 12	LS 14	GAT 20	HOU 13	SRF 20	FON 19		8th	127
2001	Team Motorola	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8t	MTY 4	LBH 28	TXS NH	NAZ 6	MOT 23	MIL 2	DET 4	POR 8	CLE 15	TOR 1	MIS 19	CHI 24	MDO 26	ROA 2	VAN 3	LAU 4	ROC 5	HOU 21	LS 14	SRF 2	FON 7	3rd	147
2002	Team Motorola	Reynard 02i	Honda HR-2 V8t	MTY 12	LBH 1*																				9th	110
		Lola B02/00				MOT 16	MIL 7	LS 11	POR 9	CHI 15	TOR 11	CLE 2	VAN 6	MDO 3	ROA 10	MTL 8	DEN 13	ROC 10	MIA 8	SRF 9	FON 2	MEX 17

(Event)¹ : non-championship, exhibition race held day preceding next championship race.

IndyCar Series[]

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2001	Team Motorola	Dallara IR-01	39	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 3	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					34th	35
2002	Team Green	Dallara IR-02		Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY 7	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			38th	26
2003	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara IR-03	7	Honda HI3R V8	HMS 6	PHX 13	MOT 4	INDY 27	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TX2		24th	80
2006		Dallara IR-05	1	Honda HI6R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY 3	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				24th	35
2007			39	Honda HI7R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY 13	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	27th	17

Indianapolis 500 results[]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1984	March	Cosworth	4	5	Kraco
1985	Lola	Cosworth	15	8	Kraco
1986	March	Cosworth	3	6	Kraco
1987	March	Cosworth	9	29	Kraco
1988	March	Cosworth	10	4	Kraco
1989	Lola	Chevrolet	21	17	Newman/Haas
1990	Lola	Chevrolet	5	20	Newman/Haas
1991	Lola	Chevrolet	5	2	Newman/Haas
1992	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	6	13	Newman/Haas
1994	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	5	6	Ganassi
1995	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	4	25	Newman/Haas
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	21	3	Team Green
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	25	7	Team Green
2003	Dallara	Honda	13	27	Andretti Green
2006	Dallara	Honda	13	3	Andretti Green
2007	Dallara	Honda	11	13	Andretti Green

Further reading[]

• Michael Andretti, Robert Carver & Douglas Carver. Michael Andretti at Indianapolis . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0671752965

See also[]

• Michael Andretti's World GP, a video game that licensed his name

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Andretti.

• The Official Andretti Family Website
• Michael Andretti driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Article on Andretti's F1 career
• The Greatest 33

Sporting positions
Preceded by Al Unser, Jr.	Robert Bosch US Formula Super Vee Champion 1982	Succeeded by Ed Pimm
Preceded by Dave McMillan	FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup Champion 1983	Succeeded by Dan Marvin
Preceded by Teo Fabi	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1984 with: Roberto Guerrero	Succeeded by Arie Luyendyk
Preceded by Bobby Rahal	Marlboro Challenge winner 1988	Succeeded by Al Unser, Jr.
Preceded by Rick Mears	Marlboro Challenge winner 1991	Succeeded by Emerson Fittipaldi
Preceded by Al Unser, Jr.	CART Series Champion 1991	Succeeded by Bobby Rahal