And we sort of kidded around a bit about it whenever we saw each other, and then at Miami, in front of Martin Brundle, he says it again, and now it’s in front of the world. “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. ![]() “It was two years ago when we were at Goodwood and I sat in a current Formula 1 car they had there, and that was amazing,” Andretti told Road & Track. ![]() ![]() The promise made by McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown to give Mario Andretti a run in a modern McLaren Formula 1 machine will be fulfilled this weekend in Monterey.Īs noted below in the original story, if that goes well Mario may get another chance at the USGP at COTA the following weekend, if it fits in the schedule. Mario Andretti gets a seat fitting and instructions from McLaren F1 personnel Friday at Laguna Seca Mario Andretti gets a seat fitting and instructions from McLaren F1 personnel Friday at Laguna Seca Mario Andretti gets a seat fitting and instructions from McLaren F1 personnel Friday at Laguna Seca Mario Andretti gets a seat fitting and instructions from McLaren F1 personnel Friday at Laguna Seca Mario Andretti gets a seat fitting and instructions from McLaren F1 personnel Friday at Laguna Seca On Friday, he had his seat fitting and instructions on how a modern F1 car operates. His last F1 race was for Ferrari at Monza in 1982. There are also two demonstration runs scheduled for Andretti at this weekend’s race at COTA, with Mario getting behind the wheel of the 2014 McLaren MP4-28A once again on Saturday and Sunday.Ĩ2-year-old Mario Andretti makes his F1 return today in a McLaren at Laguna Seca. Laguna Seca this past Saturday was just a dry run as we suspected.
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