“I said, ‘I’d love to give it a go in this, and Zak said, ‘Well, I'm gonna make it happen for you.’ But then we left it there. “It was two years ago when we were at Goodwood and I sat in a current Formula 1 car they had there, and that was amazing,” Andretti told Road & Track. The promise made by McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown to give Mario Andretti a run in a modern McLaren Formula 1 machine will be fulfilled this weekend in Monterey.įor the 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1978 F1 world champion, the second edition of the Velocity Invitational vintage racing event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will thrust the 82-year-old icon into action at a track that played home to many memorable drives and his farewell to Ind圜ar in 1994. McLaren expects Alpine to keep Piastri until end of F1 seasonĪndretti will head to COTA for the ceremony fresh off the back of completing his most recent run in F1 machinery at the age of 82 in an event at Laguna Seca over the weekend.Īndretti got behind the wheel of a McLaren MP4-28 from 2013 at Velocity International after a run was arranged for him by McLaren CEO Zak Brown during the private event that featured a number of classic McLarens.Mario Will Drive a McLaren F1 Car This Weekend Mark Thompson.Mercedes: No concerns about de Vries taking knowledge to Red Bull.Steiner: Haas needs to stabilise current 'bumpy road' of F1 form.This is despite the race being a dead rubber for the championship after Max Verstappen clinched the drivers' title in Japan two weeks ago. Last year’s race attracted 400,000 fans over three days, marking a record for F1 that looks set to be beaten once again this weekend. Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B, and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12, prepare to lead the field away at the start

This weekend’s United States Grand Prix is set to be the best-attended race yet at COTA after the track added grandstands to satisfy the high levels of demand from the American fanbase.

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