Rau xyoo 1978 Formula One World Champion Thiab 1969 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Nws Zoo Los Ua Mario Andretti

Txawm tias thaum muaj hnub nyoog 82, nws yog qhov zoo los ua Mario Andretti.

Tsuas yog tus neeg tsav tsheb puas tau yeej Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 NASCAR haiv neeg thiab Formula One World Championship tau muaj ib lub lim tiam dhau los, thiab nws yuav tsis xaus mus txog hnub Sunday United States Grand Prix ntawm Circuit of Americas hauv Austin, Texas.

Feem ntau cov neeg nws lub hnub nyoog tau noj yooj yim, tab sis Mario Andretti yeej tsis qeeb. Lub asthiv dhau los, Andretti tau tsav tsheb McLaren MP4-28 Formula One niaj hnub no ntawm WeatherTech Kev Sib Tw ntawm Laguna Seca hauv Monterey, California lub asthiv dhau los. Andretti tseem yuav tsav tib lub tsheb los ntawm 2013 ua ntej lub asthiv no United States Grand Prix ntawm COTA.

Tsis tas li ntawd, Tig 20 - qhov kawg tig ntawm qhov kev sib tw ntawd tau hloov npe "Lub Andretti" hauv nws txoj kev hwm.

Andretti yeej xyoo 1978 Formula One World Championship thaum nws tsav lub npe nrov John Players Tshwj Xeeb rau Lotus Sib Tw. Nws yog tus tsav tsheb kawg los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas los yeej Formula One World Championship.

Andretti's Formula One txoj hauj lwm pib xyoo 1968 thiab xaus rau xyoo 1982. Nws yeej 12 kev sib tw hauv 128 pib hauv F1, feem ntau sib tw ntawm lub sijhawm ua haujlwm puv sijhawm IndyCar lub sijhawm ntawd.

Ntxiv rau nws qhov kev sib tw Formula One World Championship, Andretti tseem yeej xyoo 1969 Indianapolis 500 thiab 1967 Daytona 500 NASCAR haiv neeg, tib tus neeg tsav tsheb hauv keeb kwm los yeej tag nrho peb.

Andretti yog tus neeg tsav tsheb thib ob hauv IndyCar keeb kwm nrog 52 yeej ua ntej nws tau dhau los ntawm Scott Dixon tom qab nws yeej Big Machine Music City Grand Prix hauv Nashville thaum Lub Yim Hli 7 xyoo no.

Andretti lub F1 caij yog teem los ntawm McLaren CEO Zak Brown thaum lub sij hawm ib tug private kev tshwm sim uas featured ib tug xov tooj ntawm classic McLarens.

Kuv muaj kev sib tham tshwj xeeb nrog cov lus dab neeg sib tw ua ntej lub lim tiam no tsuas yog tom qab nws rov qab los ntawm Monterey, California thiab ua ntej nws tawm mus rau Austin, Texas rau lub lim tiam no ntawm Formula One World Championship.

Andretti hais rau kuv tias "Nws yog ib yam dab tsi uas kuv tab tom tos ntsoov, raws li koj tuaj yeem xav txog," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Nws yog ib lub tsheb niaj hnub txaus kom ua rau kuv muaj kev xav tiag tiag ntawm lub tsheb tam sim no zoo li ntau txoj hauv kev. Ua tsaug rau McLaren's Zak Brown, nws tau ua kom muaj rau kuv thiab zoo li kuv yuav muaj ob peb zaug ntxiv ntawm COTA lub asthiv no. "

Andretti tsav lub Ruoff Mortgage IndyCar "Ob-Seater" - ib qho kev pab cuam uas muab VIP thiab lwm tus neeg them nqi caij tsheb ceev nyob ib ncig ntawm kev sib tw ntawm IndyCar lub sijhawm. Nws yog lub tsheb hloov kho Indy uas muaj ob lub rooj zaum, ib qho tom qab, thiab muaj peev xwm nce mus txog qhov nrawm zoo sib xws rau lub tsheb Indy tam sim no.

Andretti muaj qee qhov teeb meem nrog lub rooj zaum, lub kauj tsheb, thiab qhov chaw pedal nyob rau hauv 2013 McLaren vim yog txoj kev tsim.

Andretti tau hais tias "Kuv muaj teeb meem haum rau hauv lub cockpit kom zoo," Andretti hais. "Muaj tsis txaus leeway nyob rau hauv kev hloov ntawm pedals thiab lub kauj tsheb tso cai ua rau kuv xis txaus nyob rau hauv lub tsheb. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev uas kuv tsis xav siv sijhawm tshwj tsis yog tias kuv xav tias qhov tseeb ntawm nws.

"Vam tias, peb yuav txhim kho qee qhov ntawm kuv txoj kev taug kev ntawm COTA."

Andretti yuav tsav tib lub tsheb lub asthiv no ntawm COTA.

Kuv nug Andretti tias tus neeg muaj hnub nyoog 82 xyoo tab tom tsav tsheb Formula One lub zog li cas?

"Yog tias kuv tuaj yeem khawb kuv qhov khaus thiab lwm tus muab sijhawm rau kuv, kuv yeej yuav," nws hais rau kuv. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem tso tseg lub tswv yim ntawm kev sim ua kom muaj kev tsav tsheb sib tw ntev npaum li kuv tuaj yeem ua tau. Tag nrho cov no tseem ceeb heev rau kuv. Nws ua rau kuv muaj kev xyiv fab heev. Qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv tab tom nrhiav.

"Kuv nyiam kuv txoj kev tsav tsheb heev, Kuv yuav ua qhov no kom ntev li ntev tau tias qee tus neeg vwm txaus muab kuv lub tsheb tsav, kuv yuav ua ntxiv."

Muaj ib lo lus hais hauv kev sib tw thaum tus neeg tsav tsheb tsav tsheb "Kaum-feem pua." Qhov ntawd txhais tau tias nws tab tom tsav tsheb sib tw mus rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws thiab muaj peev xwm.

Vim tias qhov kev ncua deb tsawg tshaj li qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub cockpit rau lub kauj tsheb thiab pedals, Andretti hais tias nws tau tsav "rau-lossis xya-feem pua."

Andretti tau hais tias "Lub throttle nyob deb ntawm kuv, kuv yuav tsum ncav cuag thiab qhov ntawd tsis yog ib yam dab tsi," Andretti hais. “Qhov ntawd yog qhov feem ntau natural. Lub kauj tsheb nyob hauv kuv lub hauv siab, thiab peb ua tsis tau ntau txog qhov ntawd.

“Yuav kom muaj peev xwm hustle lub tsheb zoo li ntawd, txoj hauj lwm yuav tsum ua kom zoo nkauj. Cov chaw tau zoo nkauj npaum li qhov lawv nyob, tab sis peb cia siab tias yuav muaj qee qhov kev hloov kho ntawm COTA. "

Andretti xav paub txog qhov kev xav ntawm kev sib tw ntawm lub tsheb niaj hnub Formula One, suav nrog G Forces loj heev uas los ntawm kev hloov pauv, nres, thiab tig, nrog rau cov khoom thauj uas tus neeg tsav tsheb xav tau nrog nws lub caj dab hauv qhov lem.

Andretti tau hais tias "Kuv xav paub nws ntau dua hauv qhov tob," Andretti hais. "Ib yam uas kuv tuaj yeem ua tau kom paub meej thiab mus rau qhov txwv ua qhov kev sib tsoo tiag tiag, qhov ntawd yog ib yam uas zoo nkauj heev hauv Formula One tsheb vim lawv lub teeb heev. Koj rub ob peb G's vim qhov ntawd.

“Kuv yeej tau ntsib qhov ntawd.

“Tab sis kuv nyob hauv qhov zoo. kuv ok. Kuv tsis mob tom qab ntawd. Kuv lub luj tshib tau mob me ntsis ntawm qhov ntawd, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov ntuj tsim. "

Lub hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm Andretti qhov tseeb F1 khiav tau pib ntawm Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​hauv Askiv ob xyoos dhau los. Nws zaum hauv lub tsheb Formula One tam sim no uas McLaren tau tso rau hauv.

Andretti thiab Brown yog phooj ywg zoo thiab Andretti hais tias nws yuav nyiam muab lub tsheb zoo li ntawd "mus." Brown hais tias, tej zaum peb tuaj yeem ua qhov ntawd tshwm sim.

Xyoo no ntawm kev sib tw Formula One ntawm Miami thaum lub Tsib Hlis, Brown tau tshaj tawm tias nws yuav ua lub tsheb rau Andretti tsav.

Andretti hais tias "Koj tuaj yeem xav txog kuv xav li cas," "Nws yog ib tug phooj ywg zoo rau qhov tseeb."

Vim hais tias ntawm lub cockpit tsis haum, Andretti hais tias nws tsis tuaj yeem "hustle" 2013 F1 McLaren nyob ib ncig ntawm Laguna Seca, tab sis "Kuv tau txais qhov drift ntawm lub tsheb muaj peev xwm ua tau.

"Tej zaum kuv tuaj yeem ua nruj dua ntawm COTA."

Lub 2013 McLaren txawv ntau dua li lub npe nrov John Player's Special Lotus 79 uas Andretti tsav tsheb mus rau Formula One World Championship xyoo 1978. Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm kev sib tw, txawm tias nws yog NASCAR, IndyCar lossis Formula One.

Andretti tau hais tias "Nws zoo ib yam li hauv txhua pawg, kev ua si nawv tau hloov zuj zus mus rau qee qib rau cov tsheb tam sim no," Andretti tau hais. "Lub tshuab, txoj kev uas lawv yog, yog me ntsis yooj yim dua nyob rau hauv kuv lub hnub vim hais tias koj tsis tas yuav txhawj txog qhov uas ploj lawm. Koj tuaj yeem hloov pauv thaum koj tig tau yooj yim nrog paddle hloov.

"Lub tsheb nrog lub hloov pauv, koj tuaj yeem nco lub iav yooj yim thaum tig yog li koj yuav tsum tau ua tib zoo saib xyuas qhov ntawd. Nrog cov paddles ntawm lub log, koj tsis txhob muab koj txhais tes tawm ntawm lub kauj.

"Koj tsis siv lub clutch, yog li txhua yam tau nce zuj zus, tsis yog hauv Formula One xwb, tab sis kuj hauv IndyCar."

Txawm hais tias MP4-28 yog ib lub tsheb muaj cuaj xyoos Formula One, Andretti tau hais nrog lub clutch ntawm lub kauj thiab lwm yam khoom, nws tseem suav tias yog "tam sim no" Formula One tsheb.

Los ntawm kev yeej Formula One World Championship xyoo 1978, ntxiv rau kev ua haujlwm ntev hauv Formula One thiab IndyCar, nrog rau kev yeej NASCAR qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws hauv xyoo 1967, Andretti muaj kev sib txuas thiab kev xav tias ob peb tus neeg Asmeskas yuav tsum tau Formula One.

Formula One txhais li cas rau Mario Andretti?

Andretti hais rau kuv tias "Formula One txhais tau hais tias muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kuv vim qhov ntawd yog qhov uas kuv npau suav thiab kev hlub ntawm kev sib tw pib thaum kuv nyob hauv Ltalis," Andretti hais rau kuv. "Raws li ntev raws li kuv xav tau, Formula One tau muab kuv lub siab nyiam thiab pib txoj kev hlub mus nrhiav ib yam dab tsi hauv kev sib tw tsav tsheb.

“Thaum kuv tuaj rau Tebchaws Meskas, nws tau muab sijhawm rau kuv los pib ua raws li kuv txoj kev npau suav. Kuv tau txais tag nrho cov kev txaus siab nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no tsav tsheb Indy, tab sis qhov ntawd kuj muab kuv lub sij hawm kom tau ib tug zoo saj ntawm Formula One.

"Yuav kom yeej lub ntiaj teb Championship nrog Colin Chapman, kuv tsis txawm paub lub npe zoo siv, tab sis nws txaus siab rau kuv tus npau suav kawg."

Ua ntej ntawd, Andretti muaj peev xwm yeej NASCAR's Daytona 500 nrog cov tsheb uas muaj zog ntau dua li niaj hnub no lub tsheb NextGen. Andretti hais tias nws lub tsheb muaj ntau tshaj 700 horsepower, qhov twg niaj hnub NASCAR Tshuag tsheb muaj 550 horsepower.

Andretti hais tias "Lub tsheb tau ntau dua ntawm ib txhais tes, Kuv yuav qhia koj tias," Andretti hais txog kev khiav NASCAR cov tsheb thauj khoom ntawm ntug dej siab ntawm Daytona. "Hnub no, nws yog ntau dua ntawm kev rho npe vim lawv tsis xav kom tsheb mus txog 200 mais toj ib teev kom tsis txhob tsav tsheb ya mus rau hauv qhov chaw loj. Vim li ntawd, cov tsheb muaj phaj thiab tib lub zog horsepower.

"Thaum kuv tsav tsheb, cov tsheb muaj zog ntau npaum li koj tuaj yeem ua tau, uas ua rau lawv nrawm dua ntawm txoj kab ncaj nraim thiab koj yuav tsum tau qeeb ntawm cov ces kaum.

"Lub tsheb rov qab los, koj tsis tuaj yeem muaj kev tsim qauv zoo li koj ua hnub no vim tias lawv lub tsheb tsis ruaj khov los khiav hauv pob loj.

"Rov qab los, yog tias nws yog ob lub tsheb khiav lub qhov ntswg mus rau tus Tsov tus tw, koj tuaj yeem ua raws lub tsheb ntawm koj pem hauv ntej ntawm ib nrab throttle. Cov tsheb tsis yog aerodynamic heev, yog li koj tau xuas lub qhov loj hauv huab cua. "

Andretti's 1969 Indianapolis 500 yeej tuaj hauv Brawner-Hawk. Nws tsis yog lub tsheb uas Andretti yuav tsum tau tsav hauv kev sib tw xyoo ntawd.

Qhov ntawd yog xyoo 1969 tag nrho-log tsav Lotus, tab sis Andretti tau koom nrog kev sib tsoo hnyav thiab kub heev ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway hauv kev xyaum ua ntej hnub Pole.

Lub tsheb ntawd raug rhuav tshem, thiab Andretti pab neeg tau npaj sai sai rau xyoo-laus Brawner-Hawk, lub tsheb tsim thiab tsim los ntawm Andretti tus thawj kws kho tsheb, Clint Brawner.

Andretti tau hais tias "Nrog tsuas yog ob hnub ntawm kev xyaum, peb muab lub tsheb ntawd tso rau ntawm tus ncej," Andretti hais.

Txawm hais tias lub tsheb muaj cua sov thoob plaws hauv kev sib tw, Andretti yeej tus zoo Dan Gurney los yeej xyoo 1969 Indianapolis 500 thiab tau txais kev hnia los ntawm tus tswv tsheb thiab cov phooj ywg Italian Andy Granatelli hauv Txoj Kev Yeej ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Nws yog Andretti nkaus xwb Indy 500 yeej.

Andretti tau hais tias "Kuv yeej ntau qhov sib tw dhau ntawm Indianapolis nrog lub tsheb ntawd," Andretti hais. "Qhov ntawd Brawner-Hawk muaj nws qhov chaw hauv keeb kwm tseeb.

"Peb muaj kev sib tw ncaws pob thaum Lub Yim Hli thiab peb qhov kev sib tw kawg yog Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2 ntawm Riverside, California, uas peb yeej.

"Kuv yeej luv luv ovals, superspeedways, txoj kev sib tw nrog lub tsheb ntawd. Nws nyob ze kuv lub siab heev. Lub tsheb ntawd tso rau hauv lub koom haum Smithsonian ua rau koj zoo siab heev. Kuv paub tias lub tsheb ntawd muaj nqis npaum li cas rau kuv. "

Andretti's Formula One kev ua tiav tau nco qab, thiab nws lub npe yuav nyob ntawm COTA li Tig 20 yog tam sim no "Lub Andretti." Lub ces kaum yog qhov kawg tig ua ntej qhov ntev pem hauv ntej.

Renaming lem ntawm Formula One cov chav kawm yog tshwj tseg rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib tw F1 lossis rau cov neeg tsav tsheb zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm lwm cov koob uas yog los ntawm lub tebchaws tshwj xeeb.

Andretti hais tias "Kuv ntseeg tsis tau nws. “Peb tau ceeb toom ob peb hnub dhau los uas yuav tshwm sim. Kuv zoo siab heev uas tau muaj peb lub npe txuas nrog lub cim tseem ceeb nyob ntawd uas tuav Formula One hauv txoj kev zoo nkauj heev.

"Qhov ntawd yog lub ces kaum tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, vim tias yog tias koj tsis tuaj yeem sib tham txog qhov ntawd, koj yeej tsis muaj kev sib tw. Nws yog lub ces kaum kawg uas coj koj mus rau qhov pib / tiav kab. "

Tom qab tawm tsam thaum pib, Formula One ntawm COTA muaj cov neeg coob coob xyoo tas los kwv yees li ntawm 400,000 tus neeg saib hauv peb hnub. Andretti muab qhab nia F1 qhov kev muaj koob npe nrov nrog Netflix Series "Tsav mus rau Ciaj sia" uas tau tawm thaum lub sijhawm qhov siab ntawm COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw hauv 2020 thaum ntau lub ntiaj teb raug yuam kom nyob hauv tsev.

Andretti tau hais tias "Nws tau tawg rau hauv kev txaus siab," Andretti hais. "Nws tsim cov kiv cua uas tsis paub tias Formula One yog dab tsi tab sis kawm txog kev sib tw ntawm kev ua si thiab nyiam ntau tus neeg.

“Nws tau tsa cov kiv cua hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Koj yuav muaj peb qhov kev sib tw Formula One hauv lub tebchaws no xyoo tom ntej thiab qhov ntawd yog thawj zaug rau txhua lub tebchaws los tuav lub ntiaj teb. Koj tuaj yeem pom nws yog ib qho tshwj xeeb thiab koj yuav muaj cov kiv cua los txhawb qhov ntawd. "

Xyoo 2023, yuav muaj USGP's hauv Miami hauv lub Tsib Hlis, COTA thaum Lub Kaum Hli thiab Las Vegas rau hnub Thanksgiving. Tab sis, txog tam sim no, tsis muaj cov neeg tsav tsheb los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas sib tw hauv Formula One.

Colton Herta ntawm Andretti Autosport IndyCar pab pawg xav koom nrog F1, tab sis FIA hais tias nws tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus txaus kom tau txais daim ntawv tso cai super.

Andretti tau hais tias "Nws tsis xav kom muaj kev pom zoo tshwj xeeb kom nkag mus rau hauv Formula One," Andretti tau hais. "Tawm ntawm qhov no, peb cia siab tias FIA hloov kho nws cov kab ke mus rau qhov twg IndyCar tuaj yeem muaj cov ntsiab lus sib npaug rau Formula 2 hauv Tebchaws Europe. Qhov ntawd yuav ncaj ncees.

"Yog tias lawv ua tiav hauv IndyCar, lawv tsim nyog qhov ntawd. Colton yuav nyob hauv Formula One, tsis muaj lus nug txog nws, yav tom ntej. "

Andretti tus tub, Michael, tau sim tsim Andretti Formula One - pab pawg tshiab uas tuaj yeem coj daim phiaj hauv kev sib tw Formula One. Tab sis muaj ntau lub hauv paus F1 pab neeg tam sim no uas xav khaws daim phiaj ntawm 22 lub tsheb, tsis yog dilute lawv cov nyiaj hli loj los ntawm kev ntxiv ib pab neeg ntxiv nrog ob lub tsheb ntxiv.

Mario tau hais tias "Lub hom phiaj yog ua kom tau qhov no mus, lees txais thiab nws yuav ua tiav tag nrho ua ntej," Mario hais. “Muaj ntau yam tshwm sim zoo li peb tau txais lub sijhawm los koom nrog.

"Zak Brown tau ua phooj ywg thiab yog ib tus neeg ua lag luam uas nkag siab tag nrho. Nws paub txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev muaj ib pab neeg Asmeskas puv puv hauv Formula One nrog tus neeg tsav tsheb Asmeskas thiab. Nws tau txhawb nqa thiab pom zoo tias peb yuav tsum tau txais qhov nkag.

"Zak Brown paub thiab nkag siab txog kev nqis peev hauv lub tuam txhab hu ua Formula One."

Brown kuj tau shaken lub IndyCar paddock raws li feem ntau tus tswv ntawm Arrow McLaren SP Racing thiab tej zaum twb tau tsiv mus nyob rau hauv lub "Big Peb" uas kuj muaj xws li pab neeg Penske thiab Chip Ganassi sib xeem khiav.

Andretti hais tias "Zak yog tag nrho hauv," “Kuv muaj kev hwm nws heev. Nws xav kom kev ncaws pob ua tau zoo hauv txhua qhov chaw thiab tsis ntshai ua cov lus qhia. "

Thaum Andretti tshwm sim ntawm kev sib tw Formula One, xws li lub asthiv no ntawm COTA, nws tau txais tos rau lub paddock uas yog ib qho ntawm F1 qhov zoo tshaj plaws txhua lub sijhawm.

Andretti tau hais tias "Kuv tau ua nws txoj haujlwm tag nrho." “Kuv muaj phooj ywg thiab rau kuv nws zoo li lwm lub tsev.

"Txawm kuv mus rau kev sib tw NASCAR, kev sib tw IndyCar lossis kev sib tw Formula One, kuv muaj phooj ywg uas tau paub thiab nkag siab ib leeg.

"Kuv muaj ntau dua ib lub tsev."

Tias yog vim li cas nws yog qhov zoo los ua Mario Andretti, tus txiv neej uas tau txais tos rau hauv txhua lub tsev ntawm kev ua kis las thoob ntiaj teb.