Marco Andretti

Marco Andretti 2015

Marco (left) and his father Michael Andretti (right) during training for the Indy 500 2007.

Marco Andretti at the A1GP race in Kyalami

Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987 in Nazareth , Pennsylvania ) is an American automobile racing driver . He is a grandson of Formula 1 world champion Mario Andretti and a son of IndyCar champion Michael Andretti . Since 2006 he has been competing for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series . His best overall placement in this series was fifth in 2013.

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts , Marco Andretti began his career in karting , where he was active from 1997 to 2002. He also took part in other kart races from time to time. In 2003 Andretti made his first experiences in formula racing and became champion of the Formula Dodge Eastern Championship . He also took part in two races in the Formula Dodge National Championship . In 2004 he won the championship titles of the Skip Barber Southern Regional Series , the national Skip Barber Championship and the Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 . In 2005 he moved to the Star Mazda Series and finished fifth overall. It was more successful for him in the IRL Infinity Pro . Although he only finished tenth overall, he only started 6 of 14 races and won three of them.

In 2006 he moved to the IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing , his father Michael's team . With his start at the season opener in Homestead , he became the youngest driver of all time to start in this series. At the Indianapolis 500 2006, in which his father also took part, Andretti almost achieved the sensation of taking his first victory in his third oval race. Andretti finished second after being overtaken by Sam Hornish junior 150 meters from the finish line . His father came third. In the penultimate race in Sonoma , Andretti won his first IndyCar race ahead of his teammate Dario Franchitti . This made him the youngest winner in the IndyCar Series at the age of 19. At the end of the season he finished seventh overall and he became the best newcomer of the season. At the end of the year, Andretti had the opportunity to test a Formula 1 car for Honda on December 15th . The next year, on February 7th and 8th, 2007, he again completed Formula 1 test drives for Honda.

2007 Andretti played his second season in the IndyCar Series. He didn't win this season and his best results were two second places. At the end of the season he finished eleventh overall. At the Indianapolis 500, in which he had failed, he started again with his father. In 2008 Andretti achieved his best result at the season opener in Homestead, where he finished second. He was also on the podium in three other races, including the Indy 500, and improved to seventh place in the championship at the end of the season. In addition, Andretti took part in several ALMS races in 2007 and 2008 . After taking part in ten races of the A1GP series for the US team in the winter of 2008/2009 and finishing third on the podium in one race, he contested his fourth season in the IndyCar Series in 2009 . Andretti again did not build on the performance from his first season and finished eighth overall with fourth place as the best result.

In 2010 Andretti started again for his father's team, which had been renamed Andretti Autosport before the season . At the third race of the season in Birmingham, Alabama , Andretti led the race for most laps, as he had relied on a different strategy, he had to go back to the pits shortly before the end to refuel, lost the lead and finished fifth. At the traditional Indianapolis 500, Andretti was subsequently awarded third place after being overtaken by some pilots in a yellow phase. At the end of the season he finished eighth overall with two further third places. He also made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race that year . In 2011 Andretti completed another season for Andretti Autosport. At the Iowa Speedway , he achieved a win after 79 races without a win, which was his first on an oval course. Within the team he had to admit defeat Ryan Hunter-Reay with 337 to 347 points and ended the season for the third time in a row in eighth place in the overall standings.

For the 2012 season , Andretti Autosport received a new engine partner, Chevrolet . At the Indianapolis 500 he achieved the most laps in the lead and drove the fastest lap. In the final phase, however, he retired after an accident. At the ninth race in Newton , he achieved his first podium finish of the season with a second place, which was also his first top 10 finish. Andretti finished the season in 16th place and was beaten internally by his two teammates. Hunter-Reay was champion, James Hinchcliffe eighth. In 2013 Andretti competed for the family racing team again. He changed his starting number from 26 to 25 and worked on his driving style before the season. At the season opener in Saint Petersburg , he already achieved a podium finish with a third place. In São Paulo he repeated this result. No further podium finishes followed during the season. However, he achieved two pole positions. Firstly at the Milwaukee IndyFest , which he gave up with electronics problems. On the other hand, at the race in Pocono . There he also led every training session. In the race he got the most lead laps, but fell back to tenth place because his fuel consumption was too high. Andretti did not finish within the top ten only four times. Although he did not win a race, in contrast to two of his teammates, Hunter-Reay and Hinchcliffe, Andretti finished the season as the best Andretti driver in fifth place overall. This was his best overall placement in the IndyCar Series to date.

In 2014 Andretti completed its ninth IndyCar season for Andretti Autosport, which got their engines again from Honda . In the first five races he made it onto the podium twice. He finished second in Birmingham and third at the Indianapolis 500 . He did not get any further podium placements in the season. Andretti finished the season in ninth place overall. He was internally defeated by his teammates Hunter-Reay and Carlos Muñoz , but prevailed against Hinchcliffe. At the beginning of 2015 , Andretti initially took part in a race in the FIA Formula E championship for the family racing team. He then competed in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Autosport in 2015 . With a second place in Detroit and a third place in Fontana , he achieved two podium finishes. As in the previous year, he was ninth overall. With 429 to 436 points he was second-best Andretti driver behind Hunter-Reay. In 2016 , Andretti stayed for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series for another year. Eighth place in Sonoma was his best result. As the worst driver of his team, he reached 16th place overall.

Personal

Marco Andretti comes from a racing family. His grandfather Mario became Formula 1 World Champion in 1978 , won the Indy 500 in 1969 and won four IndyCar titles (1965, 1966, 1969 and 1984). His father Michael was active in Formula 1 in 1993 and won the CART championship in 1991 . Other racing drivers in his family are his uncle Jeff , his great-uncle Aldo and his sons Adam and John . Marco Andretti has two siblings, Marissa and Lucca.

statistics

Career stations

1997-2002: karting
2003: Formula Dodge Eastern Championship (champion)
2003: Formula Dodge National Championship (21st place)
2004: Skip Barber National Championship (champion)
2004: Skip Barber Southern Regional Series (champions)
2004: Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 (champion)
2004: Star Mazda Series
2005: Star Mazda Series (5th place)
2005: IRL Infinity Pro (10th place)

2006 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
2006 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2007 : IndyCar Series (11th place)
2007: ALMS , LMP2
2008 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
2008: ALMS, LMP2 (15th place)
2009 : A1GP
2009 : IndyCar Series (8th place)
2010 : IndyCar Series (8th place)
2011 : IndyCar Series (8th place)

2012 : IndyCar Series (16th place)
2013 : IndyCar Series (5th place)
2014 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
2015 : Formula E (30th place)
2015 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
2016 : IndyCar Series (16th place)
2017 : IndyCar Series (12th place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
2019 : IndyCar Series (16th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2006	Andretti Green Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	Mil	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI						325	7th
2006	Andretti Green Racing	15th	15th	12	2	16	14th	4th	9	8th	5	8th	17th	1	18th						325	7th
2007	Andretti Green Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI			350	11.
2007	Andretti Green Racing	20th	4th	16	19th	24	15th	19th	2	12	5	5	18th	2	4th	16	17th	22nd			350	11.
2008	Andretti Green Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF	363	7th
2008	Andretti Green Racing	2 *	25th	18th		5	3	21st	19th	3	9	5	24	25th	17th	3	14th	18th	8th	13	363	7th
2009	Andretti Green Racing	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			380	8th.
2009	Andretti Green Racing	13	6th	6th	30th	7th	4th	12	7th	5	8th	10	10	6th	14th	11	7th	22nd			380	8th.
2010	Andretti Autosport	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY	TXS	IOW	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			392	8th.
2010	Andretti Autosport	23	12	5 *	14th	13	3	3	15th	13	8th	11	9	12	3	6th	11	7th			392	8th.
2011	Andretti Autosport	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		337	8th.
2011	Andretti Autosport	24	4th	26th	14th	9	13	6th	13	1	4th	14th	7th	24	24	25th	3	27	C.		337	8th.
2012	Andretti Autosport	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	HAIRDRYER					278	16.
2012	Andretti Autosport	14th	11	25th	14th	24 *	11	17th	15th	2	16	14th	8th	25th	14th	8th					278	16.
2013	Andretti Autosport	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		HAIRDRYER	484	5.
2013	Andretti Autosport	3	7th	7th	3 °	4 °	20th	6th	5 °	20 °	9	10 *	4th	9	9	4th	10 °	13	20th	7 °	484	5.
2014	Andretti Autosport	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	GOAL		MDO	Mil	SNM	HAIRDRYER		463	9.
2014	Andretti Autosport	22nd	8th	2 °	14th	3 ° ^6.6	10 °	16	22nd	8th	9	9	18th	16	8th	22nd	13	8th	11 °		463	9.
2015	Andretti Autosport	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				429	9.
2015	Andretti Autosport	10	13	8th	10	16	6th	2 *	5	5 °	13	3 °	7th	7th	10	18th	11 °				429	9.
2016	Andretti Autosport	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM				339	16.
2016	Andretti Autosport	15th	13	19th	12	15th	13 ¹⁴	16	9	12	14th	10	13	12	12	12	8th				339	16.
2017	Andretti Autosport	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM			388	12.
2017	Andretti Autosport	7th	20th	21st	18th	16	8 ⁸	12	13	6th	18th	17 °	4th	12	11 °	14th	16	7th			388	12.
2018	Andretti Autosport	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM			392	9.
2018	Andretti Autosport	9	12	6th	10	13	12 ¹²	4 °	9	14th	11	16	10	11	7th	14th	25th	5			392	9.
2019	Andretti Autosport	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG			303	16.
2019	Andretti Autosport	13	6th	14th	13	13	26 ¹⁰	16	6th	10	23	10	21st	15th	15th	10 °	13	14th			303	16.
2020	Andretti Autosport	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		MDO		INDY	STL		IMS		STP						71	21st
2020	Andretti Autosport	14th	22nd	22nd	19th	22nd	10														71	21st

( Legend )

Remarks

↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
↑ No points were awarded.

Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2014/15	Andretti Autosport	China People's Republic AT	Malaysia PUT	Uruguay PUN	Argentina BUE	United States MIA	United States LBH	Monaco MON	Germany BER	Russia MOS	United Kingdom LON		0	30th
2014/15	Andretti Autosport				13								0	30th

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Switzerland Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Switzerland Neel Jani	France Nicolas Prost	failure	malfunction

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2008	United States Andretti Green Racing	Acura ARX-01b	United States Bryan Herta	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	failure	Motor overheated

Web links

Commons : Marco Andretti - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ "Hornish jun. triumphs in Indianapolis " (Motorsport-Total.com on May 29, 2006)
↑ "Jerez: Hamilton with the last best test time of the year" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 15, 2006)
↑ "Ferrari best time in test drives in Jerez" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2007)
↑ "Rainy test finish: Heidfeld fastest in Jerez" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 8, 2007)
^ "Official: AGR becomes Andretti Autosport" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 25, 2009)
^ "Andretti takes the defeat with composure" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 12, 2010)
↑ "The dry spell ended: Marco Andretti wins in Iowa!" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 26, 2011)
↑ “Marco Andretti, the Twitterview”. pressdog.typepad.com, June 18, 2010, accessed November 10, 2012 .
↑ Pete Fink: "Another attempt for Marco Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, January 20, 2013, accessed March 28, 2013 .
↑ Covy Moore: Andretti Autosport to field five teams in 2015. motorsport.com, August 19, 2014, accessed on March 5, 2015 .
↑ Carlos Munoz stays on with Andretti Autosport for IndyCar 2016. autosport.com, November 17, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Andretti, Marco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Andretti, Marco Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nazareth, Pennsylvania , United States

[12] Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

[13] Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.

[14] No points were awarded.

[1] "Hornish jun. triumphs in Indianapolis " (Motorsport-Total.com on May 29, 2006)

[2] "Jerez: Hamilton with the last best test time of the year" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 15, 2006)

[3] "Ferrari best time in test drives in Jerez" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2007)

[4] "Rainy test finish: Heidfeld fastest in Jerez" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 8, 2007)

[5] "Official: AGR becomes Andretti Autosport" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 25, 2009)

[6] "Andretti takes the defeat with composure" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 12, 2010)

[7] "The dry spell ended: Marco Andretti wins in Iowa!" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 26, 2011)

[8] “Marco Andretti, the Twitterview”. pressdog.typepad.com, June 18, 2010, accessed November 10, 2012 .

[9] Pete Fink: "Another attempt for Marco Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, January 20, 2013, accessed March 28, 2013 .

[10] Covy Moore: Andretti Autosport to field five teams in 2015. motorsport.com, August 19, 2014, accessed on March 5, 2015 .

[11] Carlos Munoz stays on with Andretti Autosport for IndyCar 2016. autosport.com, November 17, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016 (English).

Penske	Foyt	Mclaren SP	Ganassi	RLLR	Coyne
01 Newgarden 0 3 Castroneves (Indy 500) 12 Power 22 Pagenaud	04 Kimball 14 Kanaan (O) 14 Bourdais (part time) 14 Kellett (part time) TBA Kellett (Indy 500)	05 O'Ward 0 7 Askew 66 Alonso (Indy 500)	08 Ericsson 0 9 Dixon 10 Rosenqvist	15 Rahal 30 Satō 45 Pigot (Indy GP, 500)	18 Ferrucci 51 Davison (Indy 500) 55 Palou
Carpenter	Dreyer & Reinbold	Andretti	Carlin	Meyer Shank	DragonSpeed
20 Daly (R) 20 Carpenter (O) 21 VeeKay 47 Daly (Indy 500)	24 Karam (part-time) TBA Hildebrand (Indy 500)	26 Veach 27 Rossi 28 Hunter-Reay 29 Hinchcliffe (part-time) 88 Herta 98 Andretti	59 Chilton (R, Indy 500) 59 Daly (part time)	60 Harvey	84 Hanley (Indy 500)
R = circular routes, O = ovals