Marco the Magnificent: Andretti driving for another victory at Infineon Raceway By Erin Lawley
Despite the negative attention the sophomore received at the season’s start and the talk that maybe he wasn’t the “real thing,” he never second-guessed himself. “I like that attention,” Marco admitted. “The more eyes the better. It’s a confidence booster. It doesn’t make me nervous at all. It’s tougher when no one’s paying attention.” GO TO ARTICLE

Andretti back in groove:
By Curtis Pashelka. When Marco Andretti finished celebrating last year's IndyCar Series win at Infineon Raceway, it looked to be the start of something special for the driver with the most famous last name in open-wheel racing. Instead, the first half of the 2007 season turned out to be the most frustrating time of his young career. GO TO ARTICLE

High finishes turn around Andretti's 'disaster' season: "He didn't have the best car to start those races. We had to work on it all day, and at the end we were in contention. He's not giving up. I think his teammates have told him that's what he's got to do." By A.J. Perez, USA TODAY GO TO ARTICLE

IRL expecting wild race at Michigan track: Trust and knowledge of other drivers a requirement at Firestone Indy 400. The requirements for racing IndyCars at Michigan International Speedway include a lot more than just driving ability.

Marco Andretti said "We run so close and all of that, it’s like who is going to take the bigger chance instead of timing your passes...it’s just like these cars are stuck together. You’re trying to draft anything that moves — a fly or whatever — down the front straightaway to get ahead of somebody else. Times have changed when it comes to that". READ MORE

Andretti out to flip his luck. Seeks to shake off sophomore slump: Marco Andretti, the baby-faced assassin of 2006, was brutally blunt when questioned about his year so far. "A disaster," said the sophomore IndyCar Series driver at Michigan International Speedway on Friday, where he was preparing for Sunday's Firestone Indy 400. "That's how I'd describe my season". Mike Brudenell, Free Press Sports Writer READ MORE

Victory lane for Cape racing team: On Saturday, driver Robbie Pecorari took the lead with two laps to go and posted the biggest win of his young career and for Team KMA. The first person to greet him in victory lane was good friend Marco Andretti.
Tom Hayden, Cape Coral editor READ MORE

Pressure should be off Andretti in sophomore season:
Veteran ABC/ESPN IndyCar Series reporter Jack Arute checks in weekly with his "views from pit lane."

Two things came out of the Iowa race that I thought were significant. The first was Marco Andretti's performance. His sophomore slump has been well-documented. At Iowa, he put all that behind him with a solid second-place finish. Read Article

Indy drivers drop by: Formula One paddock visitor Marco Andretti, an IndyCar Series driver who tested with the Honda F-1 team in the offseason, isn't surprised to see Lewis Hamilton, a 22-year-old rookie, atop the standings. READ ARTICLE


Paddock Postcard from Indianapolis: Celebrities of various hues - including Marco Andretti - flocked into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the course of the three-day US Grand Prix. 17 June 2007 SHORT ARTICLE

This season will go long way in shaping Andretti: Veteran Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network host Mike King checks in weekly with his views from trackside. "This guy is going to win a bunch of races before his career is over. A bunch. But this season just might turn out to be his most important.
Last year he became a star, but 2007 will be remembered as the year that
Marco Andretti became a man." READ ARTICLE


This year’s 17-race Indy Racing League IndyCar Series campaign is a breath of fresh air: Third generation driver Marco Andretti continues to grow. Despite having a sophomore summer, Andretti will, eventually, settle down and start winning races again. His engineer Eddie Jones surely hasn’t forgotten how to tune up his Dallara/Honda/Firestone machine since last year; nor has Andretti forgotten how to drive. It’s just one of those things.
IRL IndyCar Mid-Season Report Card By Anne Proffit: READ ARTICLE

Lone Star Spectacle: The IRL offered plenty in Texas. You wonder how Eddie Gossage does it. While other tracks get fire, his gets fireworks. READ ARTICLE


Ovals throw Andretti a curve: I've never been so frustrated in all my life," the 20-year-old driver said while preparing for tonight's race at Texas Motor Speedway, an oval track. "The difference between this year and last year is I'm not having fun."
Curt Cavin June 9 - READ ARTICLE


Riding along as good guy revisits road to stirring 500 win: It is Monday, the day after the big race, and we are driving Indianapolis Motor Speedway with winner Dario Franchitti.

Close to here AGR teammate Marco Andretti was sent spinning and flying. It is mind-boggling that a driver could flip and roll that way, and somehow walk away with little more than a limp. Know what Marco did after the race? He partied with his teammates all night.
Bob Kravitz, May 29, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE


Andretti doesn't dwell on scary crash at Indy 500: Marco Andretti stepped out of the medical center at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, smiling about his teammate's victory despite the most horrific crash of his young career.

On what turned out to be the final green-flag lap of Sunday's 91st Indianapolis 500, Andretti's car went airborne, flipped upside down and skidded across the track before rolling back over.
By Indianapolis Star's Jeff Rabjohns May 28th GO TO ARTICLE
Marco Andretti walks away from crash: Marco Andretti walked away from one of the ugliest accidents in recent Indianapolis 500 history yesterday. The accident, involving Andretti and Dan Wheldon, brought out the yellow caution flag just before the second round of rain ended the race.

“I'm one lucky guy,” said Andretti, 20, after his car flipped and slid upside-down across the track and into the infield before flipping back onto what was left of its wheels.
By Bill Center- May 28, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE

What might have been: Kanaan, Marco Andretti deal with near-misses at Indy. Tony Kanaan's best driving of the day may have saved him from an ugly wreck. Marco Andretti wasn't quite so lucky. At the end of the day, both were watching somebody else celebrate in Victory Lane. Associated Press - Sunday May 27 GO TO ARTICLE

For Marco, it's about what will be: And not about 'what if,' as could have been the case after last year's finish. So Marco Andretti's entire season rests on today's Indianapolis 500. No pressure.
''Here we are again trying to turn my season around like last year,'' said the 20-year-old Andretti, who went into the 2006 Indy 500 a struggling rookie, yet came within an eyelash of winning the race. ''But I don't think this would only turn my season around; I think it would turn my life around, too.''
By Jay Hart Of The Morning Call, 27 May, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE


Racing home: Michael Andretti and wife Jodi love to leave the fast lane behind: This might be Michael Andretti's last Indianapolis 500 as a driver for Andretti Green Racing, but it's his first May as a Downtown Indianapolis condo owner.
By Bonnie Britton 27 May, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE


Marco Andretti races for redemption at Indy 500: Not a day goes by that Marco Andretti has not thought about the finish of last year's Indianapolis 500. By Bruce Martin PA SportsTicker Contributing Editor - May 25, 2007 GO TO ARTICLEHornish and Marco Andretti forever linked: Sam Hornish Jr. and Marco Andretti can remember every turn of the wheel, every nudge of the pedal.
By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer - May 25, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
Three Andrettis in Indy 500, all seeking first win: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been a part of 20-year-old Marco Andretti's life since before he can remember. "I've been here for 20 years, I really have,'' said Andretti, who will run in his second Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. May 24, 2007
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Marco still tortured by near-miss at Indy: Notre Dame grad scowls at last year's second place.
By CHUCK GIVLER The Express-Times READ ARTICLE


4 views of the fantastic finish
The Indy Racing League's all-time wins leader and two-time champion, trying to attain the piece missing from his resume. By BRANT JAMES, St. Petersburg Times. GO TO ARTICLE

Marco Andretti carries the family tradition
For any son, following in a father's successful career footsteps can be pressure enough. Then pile on a grandfather's legendary career and such a task could be downright daunting. However, for Marco Andretti, son to Michael and grandson to Mario, carrying on the family business has been second nature. Interview with USA WEEKEND's Jon Tollestrup GO TO ARTICLE


Next-generation Andretti adds to legend By A.J. Perez, USA TODAY
A racing career keeps Marco Andretti from the college experience, not that he needs a course in logic. "You don't get many shots at it like I did last year," Andretti says of his surprising second-place finish in the Indianapolis 500.
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Thirteen years later, John Andretti back in Indy 500. John Andretti completed his Indianapolis 500 qualifying run -- four consistent, respectable laps on the 2.5-mile oval -- then climbed out of the cockpit to a warm ovation. Haven't heard that one before, huh? READ ARTICLE

Andretti teammates see signs they can win Indy: Andretti Green Racing was good enough to qualify all five of its drivers in the first four rows for the Indy 500. Now the big question: Can one of them finally win the Brickyard's historic race? By Terry Blount ESPN.com READ ARTICLE


A coma, and then a cloud
Aldo Andretti was as good as brother Mario. Then came the crash.
By Jay Hart Of The Morning Call GO TO ARTICLE

Mario: Next Andretti in F1 can't come soon enough. American motor racing legend Mario Andretti has predicted it is only a matter of time before his grandson Marco keeps up a proud family tradition – by making the leap across the Pond into Formula 1. GO TO ARTICLE

FAMILY BUSINESS
Michael Andretti has five chances to win the Indy 500 this year. Four as a team owner, and one – the most important one – as a driver. By Jeff Olson in this months issue of Racer Magazine. Includes a sub-section about his relationship with Marco as both father and boss. (Not published online). Racer Website


Being Andretti: If Mario and his family didn't have bad luck on this track, they'd have no luck at all By Ed Hinton, Tribune auto racing reporter
Published May 22, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE


Support System: An overview of last year's race from a family perspective by Mark Alesia of the Indystar. GO TO ARTICLE


Indy a welcome site for Marco Andretti
by Jim Pedley
Marco Andretti was where he wanted to be Tuesday — on the track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In a racing sense, however, he was nowhere near where he wanted to be. GO TO ARTICLE


Racecar driver Marco Andretti has fond memories of Oakland Valley's go-kart track
By Justin Rodriguez Times Herald-Record Go to article


An Interview With Marco Andretti
Wednesday, May 2, 2007.

On second place at Indianapolis, 2006: "It's going to bother me till the end of my career, even if I win that thing four times. The race is so huge, I don't know, especially for our family. There's no Grand Prix or single race that's as big as that. That's the biggest race in the world. It just slipped away. Of course it's going to bother me. I'm a competitor."
Marco Andretti . READ FULL INTERVIEW

IndyCar Racer Marco Andretti Drives Support for Hemophilia Treatment With Team Hemophilia(SM)

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) today introduced the new 2007 Team Hemophilia(SM) , a fundraising program sponsored by Bayer HealthCare, in partnership with Andretti Green Racing, to benefit NHF and its participating local chapters.
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Interview with the three Andretti Green Racing principals.
IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com
"Marco is still very, very young. He's matured so much in 12 months. He really did in my opinion, he learned in one year what would take three years for a normal young driver of his age." MICHAEL ANDRETTI
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Before Sunday's Honda St. Petersburg Grand Prix, Andretti, who was starting on the outside of the front row, next to pole-winner Castroneves, was being interviewed on television and appeared to be concentrating hard on giving good answers when he suddenly looked down and broke up. Castroneves was kneeling down off camera untying Andretti's shoelaces. "I just wanted to loosen him up," Castroneves said after the race. "These guys don't miss a chance to mess with me, particularly my teammates," Andretti said.


Marco up for Sports Illustrated's Celebrity Final Four list.
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Autosport: Tuesday, March 27th 2007
Honda Racing F1's Gil De Ferran paid a surprise visit to the AGR pitlane prior to the race in Homestead. Autosport reports Gil: "Marco is very mature and a very intelligent guy. He's very much in control of his world and his situation and that impressed me a lot. He's a tremendous talent in the car but his attitude and his head impressed me the most."
Read More Blogger of the week: Glentopia
"The big difference between NASCAR and the IRL is that NASCAR races modified stock cars while Indy cars are purpose built race cars. They are really fast. The speeds are such that tiny little things are usually the difference between winning, losing, and bouncing off a wall. A thousand things are going on everywhere on the track, every minute of the race. Some people find it to be dull. They say they can't understand why people watch cars, on a track, going in circles. That's about as perceptive as saying that drama is dull because it is just people, on a stage, talking to each other." READ ON
Marco makes second in Sports Illustrated's Top Ten American non-NASCAR drivers list. His father Michael makes the list too. VIEW LIST


Interview with Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon and Danica Patrick. Thursday, March 22, 2007 READ INTERVIEW

IRL Teleconference Interview
Friday, February 28th 2007
"The worst thing to do is to have skill and be big-headed and boastful. I don’t want to tell people I have skill; rather, I want people to see it and know it for themselves." READ FULL INTERVIEW


Marin Independent Journal : Tuesday, February 27th 2007
"You can mark my words. My expectations are higher than any of you guys. I'm not worried about making anyone happy but myself".
Marco at the launch of the Infineon Raceway 2007 Big O Tires racing season.
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INDYCAR.com: Thursday, February 22nd 2007
Rookie of the Year Press Conference : An interview with Marco Andretti READ FULL INTERVIEW


Autosport: Thursday, February 8th 2007
Marco Andretti completed 62 laps in the Honda and ended the day at the bottom of the timesheets, although less than one second off the pace. Read Full Report Interview with Marco Andretti READ MORE
Interview with Michael Andretti READ FULL ARTICLE


Motorsport.com: More pics from 7th February Jerez Test.
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PitPass report and timings from 7th Feb Jerez test.



SpeedTV: Monday February 8th 2007 - 10pm
SPEED will air a 30-minute special Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. ET entitled "Mario Andretti – Conversation with a Legend." The special will air immediately following the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards (9 p.m. ET), where the SPEED Performer of the Year will be presented with the Mario Andretti Trophy, a bronze sculpture by noted artist Elie Hazak.


Autosport: Tuesday, January 9th 2007
Marco Andretti has ruled out any talk of an immediate switch from the IRL to Formula One, although his father Michael has admitted he will be ready in 2009. Read full report

Quotes: I've not even thought of getting an offer from F1, but, yeah, it would bug me. I'd like to win the Indy 500, but that can take a lifetime to do. But there's always the option of coming back. Dad came back on top of the world when he came back to Champ Car after F1 and won his first race. I want the IndyCar title. If thoughts of F1 were even in the back of my mind then I wouldn't be focused enough. Marco Andretti

Whatever he does in the future will have to be done in the correct shape and form, without repeating the mistakes and the errors I made in the past. If he decides to go to F1 it will have to be with the right team, without making a leap into the unknown. That's why before the test in Jerez I told him to think only about having fun, that his F1 career won't be built or destroyed based on how the first day goes Michael Andretti

SpeedTV: Monday January 8th 2007
The thrilling, final-straightaway pass for victory by Sam Hornish Jr. in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 was a finish for the ages, and readers of popular motorsports Web site speedtv.com agree. READ FULL REPORT