RACING DRIVER

Mario Andretti

1940 - Today

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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994. Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and won 12 Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Andretti won four IndyCar National Championship titles and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969; in stock car racing, he won the Daytona 500 in 1967. In endurance racing, Andretti is a three-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mario Andretti is the 28th most popular racing driver (down from 22nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Racing Driver.

Mario Andretti is most famous for being a race car driver. He won the Indy 500 in 1969 and is the only driver to win the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, and the Formula One World Championship.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mario Andretti ranks 28 out of 1,080. Before him are Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, and Giacomo Agostini. After him are Alfonso de Portago, Carroll Shelby, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Reutemann, John Surtees, and Gerhard Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mario Andretti ranks 67. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Roberto Cavalli, Eduardo Galeano, Astrud Gilberto, and René Auberjonois. After him are H. R. Giger, Fatema Mernissi, Toshihide Maskawa, Dennis Tito, George A. Romero, and James Cromwell.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Mario Andretti ranks 24 out of 700. Before him are Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Luka Modrić (1985), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Crispus (305), Svetozar Boroević (1856), and Rade Šerbedžija (1946). After him are Alida Valli (1921), Georg von Trapp (1880), Davor Šuker (1968), Miroslav Krleža (1893), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Croatia

Among racing drivers born in Croatia, Mario Andretti ranks 1. 

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