Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti is one of those rare figures where the legend genuinely lives up to the name. Born in a tiny Croatian town in 1940, he immigrated to the United States as a teenager and somehow went on to conquer virtually every form of motorsport that exists — Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, dirt tracks, you name it. Winning the 1978 F1 World Championship with Lotus while also being a dominant force in American open-wheel racing for decades is the kind of career that makes you wonder if the man was running on a different fuel than the rest of us. The Library of Congress calling him a Living Legend and the 2006 Great Immigrants Award feel almost like understatements. He is the definitive proof that sheer audacity and talent, transplanted to fertile ground, can produce something truly extraordinary.

Name (English)

Mario Andretti

Name (Japanese)

マリオ・アンドレッティ

Reading

まりお・あんどれってぃ

Born

February 28, 1940 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Motovun, Croatia

Occupation

Formula One driver / racing automobile driver

Awards & achievements

• Library of Congress Living Legend
• 2006 Great Immigrants Award

• Official sitehttps://www.marioandretti.com
• Xhttps://x.com/MarioAndretti
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Andretti
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171312

Tags

• Formula One driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.