Michael Andretti began his career in 1980 in Formula Ford , in which he won the championship in 1981. He repeated this in 1982 in the Super Vee. In 1983 he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time together with his father and Frenchman Philippe Alliot and finished third. In the same year he made his debut in the IndyCar World Series , in which he was able to record his first victories in 1986 . In 1987 he won his first 500 mile race at Michigan International Speedway . In 1991 he managed to finish the season as champion, in the same year he signed a test driver contract with McLaren . With Ayrton Senna as a team-mate, he drove for McLaren for the first and last time in Formula 1 in 1993 . Except for the third place at the Italian Grand Prix and 7 points in the drivers' world championship, he could not achieve any success there and was replaced by Mika Häkkinen . So a year later, in 1994 , he returned to the Champ Car. In 2003 he ended his active racing career with a total of 42 victories. However, Andretti started twice, in 2006 and 2007 , in the Indianapolis 500 mile race ; In 2006 he finished third behind his son Marco. He drove most of the races for Paul Newman's team ( Newman / Haas Racing ).
Racing team owner
In 2003 Andretti bought into the "Team Green", which from then on competed as " Andretti Green Racing " in the Indy Racing League. With the drivers Bryan Herta (2003–2006), Dan Wheldon (2003–2005), Dario Franchitti (2002–2007) and Tony Kanaan (2003–) the team won several races and placed with Kanaan in 2004, with Wheldon in 2005 and Franchitti 2007 the series champion. His son Marco Andretti has also been driving for the team since 2006 . In 2007, Danica Patrick became the first woman to have managed the Indianapolis 500 .
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