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Chapman: Well Mario, I don’t have a very good car, but…

Forty years after he became the last American driver to win an F1 world championship, Mario Andretti looks back on a remarkable season in this extract from an exclusive interview with the legendary racer from this weekend’s official United States Grand Prix programme Mario Andretti’s road to the World Championship title began in 1976. That year he was contracted to US team Parnelli, but they didn’t attend the opening race in Brazil, so he agreed to make a one-off appearance for Colin Chapman’s then-struggling Lotus team. Then, after the third race of the season Parnelli withdrew, leaving Andretti without an F1 ride. “In ’76, Parnelli pulled out without even telling me after...
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