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🇺🇸 Mario Andretti

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Ferrari. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Mario Andretti
Born
28 February 1940(b. 1940)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11978
Career wins
12
Career podiums
19
Career starts
128
Career DNFs
66
Racer Rating
6,053
Mario Andretti
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,053
Rank 186 of 40,105 indexed, -153 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Mario Andretti is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Andretti is a one-time champion (1978), with 12 wins and 19 podiums from 128 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,053 ranks Andretti 186th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1982 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFCANUSAUSABRAARGITABELMONESPFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITACANUSAUSAITAUSA
Recent results
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1982-09-25Las Vegas Street CircuitFormula 1DNF−69
1982-09-12Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1P3+123
1982-04-04Long BeachFormula 1DNF−84
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+190Kyalami 1971Formula 1P1
+164Jarama 1970Formula 1P3
+161Fuji 1976Formula 1P1
+156Long Beach 1977Formula 1P1
+145Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1977Formula 1P1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Jarama7 starts+35
Paul Ricard4 starts+35
Mosport4 starts+27
Kyalami10 starts+26
Struggles
Red Bull Ring8 starts-58
Brands Hatch4 starts-43
Autódromo José Carlos Pace5 starts-36
Circuit de Monaco6 starts-24
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1982▸Formula 1Ferrari301214P15−306,206
1981▸Formula 1Alfa Romeo1500803P15+2476,235
1980▸Formula 1Team Lotus1400901P14−1675,988
1979▸Formula 1Team Lotus15019014P10−6246,155
1978▸Formula 1Team Lotus16674864P1+3656,779
1977▸Formula 1Team Lotus17457747P3+2286,414
1976▸Formula 1Team Lotus15138122P6+3346,186
1975▸Formula 1Parnelli1200605P12−1235,852
1974▸Formula 1Parnelli200100P17−485,975
1972▸Formula 1Ferrari500204P10+2496,023
1971▸Formula 1Ferrari5112012P7+2525,774
1970▸Formula 1March501404P13−335,523
1969▸Formula 1Lotus-Ford300300P15−2455,556
1968▸Formula 1Lotus-Ford100110P17+4,4515,801
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Andretti finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann6,552107426539%
🇬🇧 John Watson6,238107495846%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,099106485845%
🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi5,82399485148%
🇦🇺 Alan Jones5,86993405343%
🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter6,39191385342%
🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier4,70186444251%
🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni6,21285364942%
🇩🇪 Jochen Mass6,09882384446%
🇦🇹 Niki Lauda6,27480354544%
🇫🇷 Alain ProstHigher-rated, 5× champion6,80231151648%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,71152193337%
🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion6,6691941521%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Mario Andretti held a Racer Rating of 7,203, placing him at elite professional level; a driver capable of winning races at the very top of motorsport against the world's strongest competition. He competed in Formula 1 from 1968 to 1982, accumulating 128 starts, 12 wins, and 19 podium finishes, primarily with Ferrari and Team Lotus. His rating reflects sustained performance against some of the era's finest drivers. In 38 shared races, Andretti finished ahead of Carlos Reutemann (7,702) 16 times, behind him 22 times; across 35 races with Jacques Laffite (7,368), he led the head-to-head 19–16. Against 1980 Formula 1 champion Alan Jones (7,027), Andretti held a 19–14 advantage over 33 races. These were not isolated results but patterns of competition at the highest level. His record against multiple world champions, beating 1972 and 1974 champion Emerson Fittipaldi 13 times in 30 races, demonstrates consistent competence among elite peers.[1]

Andretti's Formula 1 career peaked in 1978, when he won the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship with Lotus. His twelve grand prix victories came across fourteen seasons, a period in which he averaged a finishing position of 5.7 across all classified starts. The gap between his rating (7,203) and that of rivals like Reutemann (7,702) and Jody Scheckter (7,541, 1979 champion) tells a complete story; Andretti was a race winner among champions, not a champion himself, yet remained quicker than the broader field. His final season, 1982, saw him compete in three rounds and score one podium before retiring from Formula 1.[2]

The biographical record indicates Andretti pursued a much wider career beyond Formula 1, winning four IndyCar championships and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, taking the Daytona 500 in 1967, and claiming three victories in the 12 Hours of Sebring. The Formula 1 record supplied here does not include these achievements; they belong to other series and fall outside the scope of this summary. Andretti retired from active racing in 1994, though recent headlines suggest he has remained prominent in motorsport culture and commentary into 2026.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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