![]() ![]() Mario Andretti, Michael’s father, is the 1978 F1 champion and one of the greatest drivers in motorsports history. history - and Andretti wants to expand the famed racing name. The North American market has at last embraced the series - Sunday’s race on ABCwas the most-watched live F1 race in U.S. The Andretti effort to field an American team was the talk of F1’s first-ever race in Miami. It had to have been encouraging that Sulayem, who was elected head of F1’s governing body in December, not only recognized Andretti but stopped to lean into his ear for an exchange in which Sulayem did most of the talking. Just when it seemed that Andretti had no shot at cracking the country club - there’s a $200 million buy-in fee - he was given hope. “It’s the first time we’ve been given any direction on how to make this happen.” “We finally have some direction,” Andretti told AP.
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