Mario Andretti is a legend not only in American but also in world motorsport. He won his first championship in 1965, the USAC National Series, the predecessor of modern IndyCar, 47 years before the first American Grand Prix was held in COTA Texas.
And now Circuit of the Americas management has announced that the final corner of the track will henceforth be called The Andretti, in honor of the 1978 world champion.
Mario Andretti never participated there, of course, but in 2012 he took part in the grand opening of the autodrome, after driving the symbolic first laps around the new circuit and on his champion Lotus, and now he fulfills the honorary duties of a COTA ambassador .
An official ceremony is scheduled for Thursday to celebrate the renaming of the 20th turn; moreover, the upcoming race will be an anniversary, as the autodrome is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Mario Andretti is 82 years old and has achieved impressive success in his long career. He may have peaked in a Formula 1 title, but he has also achieved a lot in other series, competing in IndyCar, NASCAR and endurance racing.
Source: F1 News
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