This Lotus Elite was once owned by F1 legend Mario Andretti and is expected to sell for just £10,000-12,000 ($12,000-14,500) when it crosses the block at H&H’s Pavillion Gardens auction on ...

In the mid-1970s, when Andretti joined Team Lotus, Colin Chapman was busy with side ventures producing road cars and boats. But it was Mario Andretti ... to branch out into F1 racing, bringing ...

Mario Andretti ... Bonhams and the F1 Paddock Club, which will take place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November. Francis Vermeulen, courtesy of Bonhams. Adding to this Lotus Type 79’s iconic ...

it killed the F1 operation just three races into 1976. But the disappointment there opened the door to a new possibility: Mario Andretti moved to Lotus. Colin Chapman, the visionary team boss in ...

Not just the car that transformed a US racing ace into a Formula One world champion, but the car that transformed Formula One itself. Mario Andretti’s title-winning Lotus Type 79 is coming up ...

In an impressive Formula 1 career that featured starts with March, Ferrari, and Lotus, it took just one unfortunate car to ...

However, Andretti was the last American to win a race in F1 as he won the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. The American started the race on the pole in his Lotus, commanded the race, and won. Mario Andretti ...

but Mario Andretti sees the admission of Cadillac F1 to the Formula 1 grid for 2026 positively. The most basic target of the team that will be run by Dan Towriss, infused with funding from ...

Mario Andretti initially had ... It’s a huge commitment for a long term.” Andretti, who won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1978 driving for Lotus, said the FIA believed there should ...

Her focus is on F1 and NASCAR. She has in-depth knowledge ... 1978 Formula One champion Mario Andretti has reminisced about his "wonderful relationship" and the remarkable ambition and subsequent ...

As the team likes to say – a term they coined in response to F1’s initial rejection in January – their “work continues at pace”, and that includes Mario Andretti. Along with news of F1 ...