Michael Andretti
| Michael Andretti | |
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Andretti at Michigan in 2007
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| 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.
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.
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