Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti
Andretti at Michigan in 2007
Nationality	American
Born	Michael Mario Andretti October 5, 1962 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 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 is the son of Mario Andretti.

He won the 1982 Robert Bosch US Formula Super Vee Championship, and FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup the following season.^[1][2]

Racing career

Early career

Michael Andretti was born to Dee Ann and racing legend Mario Andretti, who at that time was a struggling race car driver who had not yet made his name in racing. Michael began racing in 1980, living in the shadow of his father, who eventually became a three-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, he 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. Michael 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

CART

Andretti's first race winning Indy Car, now at National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, England.

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 point behind Rahal, but neither driver were a factor in the race, with Andretti retiring with a broken halfshalf.^[9][10][11]

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.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Andretti’s family 962C, Le Mans 1988

Michael and Mario's 1989 Porsche 962 driven in the 24 Hours of Daytona.

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.^[7][14]

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.^[10][11]

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.^[15]

Andretti racing at Monterey, California, October 1991

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.^[16]

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.^[17]

For four seasons between 1989 and 1992, Michael enjoyed the unique experience, privilege and honour of having his father as his team-mate at Newman/Haas. Together, they established a number of first, 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.^[18][19]

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.^[18]

Formula One

For the 1993 season, Michael signed for Marlboro McLaren, to partner 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." 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.^[20]

Andretti driving for McLaren at the 1993 European Grand Prix

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.^[20][21]

In the Gran Premio de España, Andretti finally completed a race, finishing fifth amongst the established front runners.^[21] However, his showing was criticized by former McLaren World Champion James Hunt because Andretti was lapped by his teammate Senna.

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 IndyCars such as active suspension and traction control hampered Andretti's chances. This combined with the fact that he commuted to races and test sessions from the United States, rather than relocating full-time to Europe were also contributing factors 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, also 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, but with three races remaining, he left the team and the championship by mutual agreement after the race.^[20][21][22]

However, according to son Marco, the McLaren team Andretti drove for "sabotaged" his 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.^{[20][21][23][24][25]}

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 (his move to Williams had to wait until the next season because Senna's rival, Alain Prost, was having his retirement season there). This created a difficult atmosphere for Andretti, who would be in the shadow of the three-time F1 champion Senna, and also faced the threat of being replaced by Häkkinen.^[26]

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.^[27]

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.^[28][29][30]

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.^[31]

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.^[30][32]

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.^[19]

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.^[30][33]

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.^[34]

Andretti practicing for the 2007 Indy 500.

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.^[34]

Other activities

In 1996, Andretti invested in a Toyota dealership in his home state of Pennsylvania.^[35]

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.^[36][37]

In March 2012, Andretti Sports Marketing took over as promoter of the Milwaukee Mile IndyCar race. The company also promotes the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, the Miami ePrix and the Global RallyCross Championship events at Washington and New York.^[38]

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, model, actress and 2000 Playboy Playmate of the Year 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

Andretti at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2015.

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).^[39]

Awards

Michael was inducted in 2002, into National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and he was also elected into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2008, the Long Beach Grand Prix Walk of Fame in 2010, the Canadian Motorsports (International Division) Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Indianapolis Speedway's Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2012.^[34]

Racing record

Career highlights

Season	Series	Position	Team	Car
1981	SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F[40]	8th		Van Diemen RF81
1982	Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship[41][42]	1st	Arciero Racing	Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/81 Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
	SCCA National Championship Runoffs Formula F[43]	3rd		Lola T640
1983	Formula Mondial North American Cup[44][45]	1st	Conte Racing	Ralt-Ford RT4
	24 Heures du Mans[46][47]	3rd	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
	Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship[48][49]	18th		Ralt-Volkswagen RT5/82
	FIA World Endurance Championship[50]	25th	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][51][52]	27th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 83C
	European Endurance Championship[53]	28th	Kremer Racing	Porsche 956
1983/4	USAC Gold Crown Series[11][54]	5th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 84C
1984	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][55][56]	7th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 83C
1985	USAC Gold Crown Series[11][57]	8th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 84C
	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][58][59]	9th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 85C
1986	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][60][61]	2nd	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 86C
	USAC Gold Crown Series[11][62]	6th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 86C
1987	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][63][64]	2nd	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 87C
	International Race of Champions[65][66]	7th		Chevrolet Camaro
	USAC Gold Crown Series[11][67]	29th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 87C
	World Touring Car Championship[68][69]	38th	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
	Camel GTP Championship[70][71]	40th	Conte Racing Hendrick Motorsport	March-Buick 86G Chevrolet Corvette GTP
1988	Marlboro Challenge[72]	1st	Kraco Racing	Lola-Cosworth T88/00
	USAC Gold Crown Series[11][73]	4th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 88C
	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][63][74]	6th	Kraco Racing	March-Cosworth 88C Lola-Cosworth T88/00
	World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers[75]	44th	Porsche AG	Porsche 962C
1989	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][76][77]	3rd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][78]	17th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T89/00
1990	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][79][80]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][81]	20th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T90/00
1991	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][82][83]	1st	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	Marlboro Challenge[84]	1st	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][85]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T91/00
	Camel GTP Championship[86][87]	29th	Jochen Dauer Racing	Porsche 962C
1992	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][88][89]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T91/00 Lola-Ford T92/00
	Marlboro Challenge[90]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T92/00
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][91]	13th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T92/00
1993	FIA Formula One World Championship[92][93]	11th	Marlboro McLaren	McLaren-Ford MP4/8
1994	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][94][95]	4th	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard-Ford 94I
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][96]	6th	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard-Ford 94I
1995	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][97][98]	4th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T95/00
	UASC Gold Crown Series[11][99]	25th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T95/00
1996	PPG Indy Car World Series[11][100][101]	2nd	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford T96/00
1997	PPG CART World Series[11][102][103]	8th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 007i
1998	FedEx Championship Series[11][104][105]	7th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 009.c
1999	FedEx Championship Series[11][106][107]	4th	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift-Ford 010.c
2000	FedEx Championship Series[11][108][109]	8th	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola-Ford B2K/00
2001	FedEx Championship Series[11][110][111]	3rd	Team Green	Reynard-Honda 01i
	Indy Racing Northern Lights Series[11][112][113]	34th	Team Green	Dallara-Oldsmobile IR1
2002	FedEx Championship Series[11][114][115]	9th	Team Motorola	Reynard-Honda 02i Lola-Honda B2/00
	Firestone Indy Racing League[11][116][117]	38th	Team Green	Dallara-Chevrolet IR2
2003	IndyCar Series[11][118][119]	24th	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara-Honda IR2
2006	IndyCar Series[11][120][121]	24th	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara-Honda IR4
2007	IndyCar Series[11][122][123]	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)

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 Ret	LS Ret	PHX 9									T-26th	4
1984	Kraco Racing	March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 10	PHX1 3	INDY 5	MIL 4	POR 12	MEA Ret	CLE 3	MIS1 Ret	ROA 16	POC Ret	MDO Ret	SAN 3	MIS2 7	PHX2 3	LS 3	LVG Ret						7th	102
1985	Kraco Racing	March 85C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH Ret	INDY 8	MIL Ret	POR Ret	MEA 4	CLE 7	MIS1 Ret	ROA 2	POC Ret	MDO Ret	SAN Ret	MIS2 Ret	LS 9	PHX 5	MIA Ret							9th	53
1986	Kraco Racing	March 86C	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX1 Ret	LBH 1	INDY 6	MIL 1	POR 2	MEA Ret	CLE 2	TOR Ret	MIS1 Ret	POC Ret	MDO 10	SAN 6	MIS2 2	ROA 2	LS 3	PHX2 1	MIA Ret					2nd	171
1987	Kraco Racing	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 4	PHX 4	INDY Ret	MIL 1	POR 2	MEA 5	CLE 6	TOR 5	MIS 1	POC 8	ROA Ret	MDO Ret	NAZ 1	LS Ret	MIA^1 Ret	MIA 1						2nd	158
1988	Kraco Racing	March 88C	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX 3	LBH 7	INDY 4	MIL 7	POR 11	CLE Ret	TOR 3	MEA 6														6th	119
		Lola T88/00										MIS 3	POC Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 5	NAZ 2	LS 2	MIA^1 1	MIA Ret
1989	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T89/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX 4	LBH 2	INDY Ret	MIL 2	DET Ret	POR 6	CLE Ret	MEA Ret	TOR 1	MIS 1	POC 3	MDO 3	ROA Ret	NAZ 5	LS^1 7	LS 7						3rd	150
1990	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX Ret	LBH 4	INDY Ret	MIL 5	DET 1	POR 1	CLE Ret	MEA 1	TOR 2	MIS Ret	DEN 5	VAN Ret	MDO 1	ROA 1	NAZ^1 6	NAZ 5	LS 3					2nd	181
1991	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	PHX 4	INDY 2	MIL 1	DET Ret	POR 1	CLE 1	MEA Ret	TOR 1	MIS Ret	DEN 3	VAN 1	MDO 1	ROA 1	NAZ 3	LS^1 1	LS 1				1st	234
1992	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T91/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF Ret	PHX 10																				2nd	192
		Lola T92/00				LBH Ret	INDY Ret	DET 4	POR 1	MIL 1	NHM 2	TOR 1	MIS Ret	CLE 2	ROA 4	VAN 1	MDO Ret	NAZ^1 2	NAZ 2	LS 1
1994	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t	SRF 1	PHX Ret	LBH 6	INDY 6	MIL 4	DET 5	POR Ret	CLE Ret	TOR 1	MIS Ret	MDO 5	NHM 5	VAN 3	ROA Ret	NAZ 9	LS Ret						4th	118
1995	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T95/00	Ford XB V8t	MIA Ret	SRF Ret	PHX 2	LBH 9	NAZ Ret	INDY Ret	MIL 3	DET 4	POR 4	ROA Ret	TOR 1	CLE 7	MIS Ret	MDO Ret	NHM 2	VAN Ret	LS 4					4th	123
1996	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford XD V8t	MIA 9	RIO Ret	SRF Ret	LBH 7	NAZ 1	MIS1 Ret	MIL 1	DET 1	POR 11	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIS2 Ret	MDO 3	ROA 1	VAN 1	LS 9						2nd	132
1997	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 007.i	Ford XD V8t	MIA 1	SRF 2	LBH Ret	NAZ 2	RIO Ret	GAT 11	MIL 2	DET 2	POR 8	CLE Ret	TOR 4	MIS Ret	MDO 8	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LS Ret	FON Ret					8th	108
1998	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 009.c	Ford XD V8t	MIA 1	MOT 14	LBH Ret	NAZ Ret	RIO 5	GAT 2	MIL Ret	DET 10	POR 17	CLE 2	TOR 2	MIS 6	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	VAN 2	LS 10	HOU Ret	SRF Ret	FON Ret			8th	108
1999	Newman/Haas Racing	Swift 010.c	Ford XD V8t	MIA 2	MOT 5	LBH 7	NAZ 6	RIO Ret	GAT 1	MIL 15	POR 10	CLE 3	ROA 2	TOR Ret	MIS 4	DET 4	MDO 8	CHI Ret	VAN 14	LS 10	HOU 3	SRF 5	FON Ret		4th	151
2000	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford XF V8t	MIA Ret	LBH Ret	RIO 9	MOT 1	NAZ 6	MIL 2	DET Ret	POR 4	CLE 4	TOR 1	MIS 2	CHI 2	MDO 8	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LS 14	GAT Ret	HOU 13	SRF Ret	FON Ret		8th	127
2001	Team Motorola	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8t	MTY 4	LBH Ret	TXS NH	NAZ 6	MOT Ret	MIL 2	DET 4	POR 8	CLE 15	TOR 1	MIS Ret	CHI Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 2	VAN 3	LAU 4	ROC 5	HOU Ret	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	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	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 3	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					34th	35
2002	Team Motorola	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	Honda HI3R V8	HMS 6	PHX Ret	MOT 4	INDY Ret	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TX2		24th	80
2006	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI6R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY 3	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				24th	35
2007	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara IR-05	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

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External links

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