Mario Andretti drives modern McLaren F1 car for the first time at Laguna Seca
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- The legendary Mario Andretti returned to a modern F1 car by jumping into the McLaren MP4/28 at the Velocity Invitational at Laguna Seca. These are his first few laps as he got used to the car, later on he got faster and faster.
#gwflatout #F1 #marioandretti #velocityinvitational
Official Website 👉 www.goodwood.co...
Facebook 👉 / goodwoodrrc
Instagram 👉 / goodwoodrrc
Twitter 👉 / goodwoodrrc
SUBSCRIBE for more racing cars, supercars, new car reviews, historic motorsport and Goodwood event coverage 👉 bit.ly/GoodwoodTV
Buy your Goodwood Event tickets 👉 bit.ly/GWBuyTic...
How incredible is it to see Mario in a modern car?
Awesome!
But to be pedantic, it's like, what, 10 years old.
2013 car isn't it?
Hoping to see his legendary surname on a brand new one sometime over the next few years though, eh!?
@@blacktoothfox677 If I could pick any year of F1 car to drive it would be 2013 1st choice, 2005 2nd choice
Pretty darn incredible, a true living legend.
It's already incredible to see him driving the Ferrari 500/625A that was driven by his childhood hero Alberto Ascari at the FOS...
@@blacktoothfox677 : No, this video was shot today, not in 2013. Yes, the *_car_* was a 2013 car (not "modern" as the title wrongly states); but this event occurred on Saturday October 15, 2022. One clue is the narrator saying "...the 82-year-old Mario Andretti...". Mario wasn't 82 in 2013, he was only 73. Yes, the video is very faded and grainy like an "old" video (screen-cap from commercial TV, with commensurate generation loss?); but never-the-less, it was actually shot just a few hours ago.
80+ and can still drive an F1 car. If only we could all age that well.
2017
2018
2019
@@iqwan9850 what
Lots of 80 year olds still drive cars, he’s not exactly going flat out is he?
The youngest driver to ever drive an F1 car: Max Verstappen: 16 years old.
The eldest driver to ever drive an F1 car: Mario Andretti: 82 years old.
Did max test drive at 16?
I think sterling moss was older the last time he drove an f1 car.
@@anthonysimoes7307 wasn’t he around 90 years old?
The youngest person to drive an Formula 1 car is not Max Verstappen who was actually 16 in his first test for Scuderia Toro Rosso, but 16-year-old Malaysian Nabil Jeffri in 2010 who did a straight line test at Duxford airfield in the Lotus T127. 🙂
@@cahill22 The youngest person to drive an Formula 1 car is not Max Verstappen who was actually 16 in his first test for Scuderia Toro Rosso, but 16-year-old Malaysian Nabil Jeffri in 2010 who did a straight line test at Duxford airfield in the Lotus T127. 🙂
Over 80 years old and he is still doing what he loves. What an absolute legend. Mario Andretti won in every thing he raced. He is unrivaled in his accomplishments and he is still showing it. He is the greatest of all time!
his 1978 f1 title was won by pure marketing reasons at lotus...
@@PeanutLover11 dripping salt
@@Dolek135 Well he’s kinda right, in Ronnie Peterson’s (his teammate) it said that if a lotus driver would be champion it would be Mario, probably to sell road cars in the states.
The absolute GOAT imo opinion! He was my favorite driver ever since I was a child in the sixties
@@Dolek135 watch the Ronnie Peterson documentary and come back...
I saw Zak Brown promise Mario a drive in Miami….way to go McLaren for giving this legend (a remarkable drive in his eighties) the opportunity to take to the track in a modern F1 car. Bravos.
Emmo was there too! Motorsport royalty
Zac Brown is awsome. Mario is super human.
Amazing to see a man in his 80s still drive it harder than 99.9% of people alive under 40 will be able to! True racers don't stop racing, they just stop competing!
You honestly think that 99.9% of people under 40 couldn't drive like that? He's crawling round and hardly changing gears. There's hundreds of videos of people doing open wheel experiences in old F1 cars going just as quick.
@@B__L you souvierly underestimate the skill and precision it takes to not bin a racecar without abs or traction control straight into a wall. Any video you've seen of f1 experiences have traction control retraocively installed. (not abs though as most people never apply nearly enough force to lock them, unlike Mario here)
edit: on a secondary note, this track is not f1 worthy, the speeds are too high and the runoffs too short, its likely he was instructed by track personel to keep it slow
@@SuperSocks7 Again. Plenty of videos of journalists like the top gear lot driving these cars. To drive them at these speeds is absolutely doable for your average petrolhead. Even F1 drivers themselves say it's easy to get 95% out of them but the last few percentages is what makes the difference.
@@B__L f1 drivers said it's easy because they were trained for it. Most journalist drove much much slower than this
@@scuckplexity Ok whatever.
Mario Andretti drove an F1 car for the first time 54 years ago and now, at 82, he is still going for it like a young lion. A legend for eternity.
He took it relatively slow. Obviously didn't want to crash and having to get a feel for the car. But you could really tell he is a true racer as he pushed more and more every lap. Where other people his age have maybe lost the memory his was still hard at work learning how to navigate this car around the track. So impressive!
Mario takes people for rides in a two-person Indycar sometimes, so he's pretty fit. The thing his age and his physical condition prevent him from doing is really stomping on the brakes of an F1 car. That's tough on the neck. (in fairness to Mario, Indycar takes more muscle to steer, since there's no power steering)
So Mario now holds the F1 record at Laguna!!
I imagine he went slower than the 06 toyota or the 03 ferrari that was ran here previously.
@@turbo_brian Mika hakkinen also drove a Texaco era McLaren there I believe it was one of James hunt’s cars
@@turbo_brian Marc Gene still holds the unofficial record at 1:05.786; about half a second faster than Zonta in the Toyota. Interestingly, Sebastian Bourdais set a time only a tenth slower in a Champ Car, so the Ferrari was probably still not really dialled in or set up.
...actually, the video of Gene's lap is on here. The car is using a set of Pirelli tyres that are visibly old and that it was never designed for, so it probably wasn't quite as capable as when it ran totally bespoke Bridgestone tyres that were designed to be run flat out for a short sprint instead of managed carefully.
What about Luigi?
Seeing that classic silver and red helmet livery in a modern F1 car is a beautiful thing.
Seeing the modern livery on a 2011 car is so cool
I think the livery looks way better on this car than on the current McLaren.
*2013
No.
It's not the 2011 car, it's the 2013 one
It's a travesty. Leave it as it was, a moment in history.
He should have enough Super License points.
Tbh this'll get him more than Colton Herta
My dad and I just saw Mario Andretti earlier this year at the rolex 24 and it is amazing how big his passion is for racing! My dad grew up watching Mario race in the Indy 500 and it was wholesome getting to see my dad talk to his hero and take a photo with him!
dang i was there too, where did you guys spot him?
@@chron2703 we had bmw championship suite tickets so we were in the black building right behind victory lane and as soon as we sat down my dad looked over my shoulder and spotted him
I met him in the late 90’s. He was signing autographs at a Toyota dealership he use to own. My father had a 83 Ferrari 512bbi. So I brought the car up and I wanted him to sign the owners manual. He looked at the car and said I use to have one of those. He signed to Jim. Please drive carefully. Mario Andretti. I’ll remember that forever. Such an awesome guy.
His muscle memory aged pretty well. Back on his glory days, everything was more mechanical with insane power but low downforce. He drove like it was yesterday being a champion, what a legend. Nice track btw, laguna seca
I met Mario once in my life. He was in Vancouver for the Indy race that was held there on a street circuit in the late 80s. He was at the Children's Hospital, and my brother and I happened to be there visiting our sister. I'm he was there with his car as a publicity arrangement, but no other driver or team made the effort. Even at the young age I was at the time, he exhibited kindness and class. I have always felt fortunate and honored to have met him, and grateful for the time he took on a busy weekend to visit a bunch of kids who wouldn't have otherwise been able to go see the cars and drivers that came to town that day.
Gotta admit, this was not what I imagined when I heard the "Andretti to F1" rumours
They were household names back then.
Even my mother new names like AJ Foyt, Parnelli Jones, and of course, Mario Andretti.
Maybe Anthony Joseph is looking for a ride too!!
@@ldnwholesale8552 He´s there! He´s there! 😃😃
I got to watch this in person today and it was my first time hearing an f1 car. It was an awesome experience and you can feel the cars in your chest.
Yeah the pre v6 F1 cars were crazy loud.
Those cars had a beautiful sound.
80+ years old, what a legend.
Mario's final F1 drive. So nice to see.
How this man can keep going so long gives us all hope
I remember meeting him at his sisters house
With their two sons. Where I used to live.
In the 1970s What a person. What a legend.
Best Wishes Mario Andretti.
A very cool guy who managed to survive a dangerous era in motor racing with his immense talent
I love this man that I call friend. My hero since I was a child. You rock Mario.
Amazing. He will be taking all this in for sure. Crazy talent and boy this is special
Absolutely unreal, he must be in amazing shape!
Well done Zak Brown for keeping to your word and giving the Legend Mario a drive in one of your cars!!
Extraordinary, 82 years of pure passion.
Amazing how fast he can still running, amazing.
Extraordinary to see someone aged 82 getting better from lap to lap, absolutely inspiring!
I love it!😜
This man at 80 is faster than i would be in that same car at 20. Fantastic!
Zak Brown is awesome for doing some really cool stuff like this one, he also let Ricciardo drive Dale Sr’s 1984 Monte Carlo stock car from his personal collection over at COTA last season. 👌🤙
There’s no doubt about it, the man is a living legend who puts back in as much if not more than he has taken out, if he was a Brit he would be Sir Mario. Cheers Glyn.
I guess Zak Brown came through with his promise to Andretti that he’d let him drive a Mclaren. The first lap was a bit slow but then he really picked up the pace. Not bad at all for 80+ year old. Mad respect
You have to get some heat into the tires before "giving it the beans".
I don't know what tires he was on, but they ceertainly wasn't period correct. Had they been, even his 2nd. lap would hardly be considered enough to get them in the "window".
@@HepauDK you also don’t get heat on the tyres driving that slow and he knows that. I believe he was just driving an installation lap before picking up the pace so by the time he got to his third lap he was actually warming up the tyres. He never got to the point of putting the correct temps on the tyres but hey he did great. Respect for a very underrated driver in his time. He never got the credit he deserved from the Europeans but that’s typical
He said he was having trouble seeing the dash and what gear he was in so he had the wrong gear a few times
@@andyhamilton8940 I read that. Wonder why he didn’t sort that out when they did his seat fitting
Mario Andretti is a legend, he was a wiiner with everything that he raced. He deserved to drive a real modern F1, a V6 Hybrid like he always said that he want, but even though, is amazing to see a 80+ person driving like him
All I can say is WOW.
A true legend in motorsport ❤️
I see this man checking his mailbox when I drive by his home and I have to think he won Indy and Formula 1 championship. Absolute legend!
Mario is my fav race car driver and why I like F1. I used to like Indy car when it was CART.
Legend, he is still out thrashing the Indycar 2-seater IR-18 every race weekend as well. Michael Andretti said that Marios' car is better set up on race weekends and tuned to run higher HP compared to the other few 2-seater demo cars in the series.
I was there sitting at the corkscrew today and they announced that Mario Andretti is driving a modern f1 car. My Jaws are on the ground when I see that mclaren flew pass
My grandad long stopped following F1 in the late 90s but we still talk about it and he holds Mario in the highest regards, and this is such a joy to watch. I'll be showing him this when I next see him
Nothing to add other than he is an absolute LEGEND and an American icon. Bravo Mario!
Three legends finally met: Mario, McLaren and Laguna Seca!
That V8 sound is just amazing man, I wanna hear one live someday
That's an old car, maybe 2011,12 or 13. With low revving engine maybe.
@@sujoy9220 it’s a V8
They are incredible but the v10s were another level entirely. The best thing I ever heard 😍
He's Literally Still Got It What A LEGEND 👏 👏 👏 👏
This guy has experienced *THE MOST* in the entire history of motorsports!
What an absolute legend. Thank you for this incredible moment.
Amazing how he still attacks the turns. Corkscrew still got him a bit on the warm up lap.
This video genuinely brought a tear to my eyes. The legendary Mario Andretti!
F1 and MotoGP need to run Laguna Seca. Arguable one of the best tracks in the world. Understand grade one capacity and all that, but man such a great venue!
The achievement of driving such a vehicle at the age of 82 is possibly the most impressive automotive win any racing driving could wish to have.
Just an opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car that one last time, truly a sight to behold!
If I age as well Mario has then I needn't ask for more, I hope you had a great time Mario!
His laptime was faster than Indycar. Incredible talent
No it wasn’t.
I still think this man is the greatest ever American race car driver! He will always be my favorite!
In the 90s my dad (RIP) worked for Texaco in PR for Texaco's racing sponsorships. I never got to meet Mario, but my dad did multiple times and I have four personally signed photos from him hanging in the hall of my office. Great driver.
I love moments like this, so lovely to watch. Similarly, Lewis Hamilton & Stirling Moss at Monza together always makes me cry!
Full marks to mclaren 👏🏻
Legend. Thank you Zak brown for making this happen.
I remember Zak Brown offering Mario the chance to drive a McLaren F1 car on live TV before one of the F1 Grands Prix.
It’s actually happened!!
got to meet mario many year's ago at mid ohio, he has to be one of the greatest race car driver's ever, won in all type's of race car's
Boa noite !!!!!!!
Cara, que emoção ver o Gigantesco Mário Andretti de novo em um Fórmula 1.
Sem palavras para descrever.
Absolutamente fantástico.......
Muito obrigada pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal.
Abraço do Brasil.......
Great that Mario got to drive this. Interesting that even though it's a 2013 McLaren they've repainted it in the 2022 Livery, don't see this repainting very often
They tend to do this at publicity events because of current sponsors wanting to be featured. At the goodwood festival of speed one year they had the 2021 redbull livery with honda logos covering one of vettels Renault powered cars, which was weird to see
The dedication and motivation is amazing. GARCÍA MARIO😍😍😍😍😍
What a great driver Mario is, true ambassador of the sport! His car is McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes FO108F 2.4 V8 driven in 2013 by Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez. Not the fastest McLaren car -- best results were 4th place of Jenson Button in Brazil, 5th place of Sergio Pérez in India and another 5th place of Jenson in China -- but still much faster than any of cars of the Mario Andretti era.
Waw the McLaren boss kept his promise. I remember he mentioned he would let Mario drive a modern car on one of the race grids earlier in the year!
It's the second drive he's promised and delivered on- the first was letting Ricciardo drive one of Dale Sr.'s cars last year if he won a race. He took his drive at COTA.
Not gonna lie, that early 2010-s Mclaren looks cool with the current livery
82 years old... i can't stop thinking about this... 82 years old!!😯
So happy to look at this.
Thank you for sharing this so I can witness this unique moment. Made my eyes tear up
wish i can drive like that in my 80's! Great job pops!
Aarghh just the sound and knowing he just does it!!
Awesome! Rode with him at XFINITY Racway, ride of my life. Just listen to that engine!! MUSICAL!
Was there with my kiddos…loved it ❤🙏🏎
Mario Andretti alongside Daniel Ricciardo in the 2026 Andretti Autosport x Audi F1 Team.
We can all dream at least 😅
I don't know what his lap times were for this, but you can tell he hasn't lost a bit of it. First couple laps just taking it easy, warming up the car, tires and brakes. Second lap was a little faster. Third lap you could see he was starting to get some heat in the tires and brakes. Give him 30 laps and I expect he wouldn't be far from race pace. The passion for taking a car, finding it's limits and holding it there, or just past, never dies.
he is in his 80s.. his body could not handle that
@@hamdanali2036 Maybe, depends on his conditioning and mental acuity. I've known a few 80 year old people that ran marathons. I'm sure he wouldn't be able to race 200 laps, but 30. Maybe. And if he did 30 laps in like sessions of say 5 laps or so he would likely be about to do a race pace lap, but I don't think he could sustain race pace.
@@The_Opinion_of_Matt … if you think an 80 year old can drive at the race pace of a current f1 driver then touch grass pls
@@hamdanali2036 He drives an Indycar pretty regularly, which is a real workout. I expect physically, the only obstacle he had was his neck muscles.
@@justin4911 lad the jump between f1 and indy in terms of fitness and physicality is like playing COD vs fighting ISIS
Extremely impressive to see. Mario, you rock buddy 😍
Super Mario ! When I was still a teenager, I saw him compete live at an F1 race in Zeltweg, Austria.This was on August 17, 1980, exactly 5 years after the fatal accident of the American Mark Donohue. We also looked at the site of the former accident from a few meters away. Mario's car was no longer competitive in 1980. That's when the turbo era began with Renault.He was also eliminated in this race, but I've been a big fan of his ever since!
Great to see Mario behind the wheel.
I have seen him race in person. The year he became world champ. Long live the Super Mario!!
Andretti said dont put me in that hybrid sh*t i need revs!!!!!!!!
Bring Andretti name to F1
Mario has always been a class act. One of my hero's.
Mario is the greatest ever in my mind and a racing legend. Indy loves Mario!
Mario you INSPIRED me in sooo many ways look forward TOO telling you all about it in person 🏆 CHAMP
Old cars on new livery is so damn sick man 💪💪🔥
Brings a tear to the eye such a legend a wonderful man
What a Racer. 82 Years. Respekt
Long Live Mario Andretti!!
I'm so glad they did this
I'm loving these new liveres on older cars. Looks so cool and retro
How awesome!!! Much love for Mario & the whole family.
Unreal 80+ and flying down the straight forever a legend
You absolutely LOVE to see it.
Thank you Zax Brown and Goodwood for making this happened...
such a nice drive for a man in his age. Yes, he is not going on the edge but still a progression can be seen in this 4 minutes video and he is really coping with the g-forces. Most people in 80s have problems to go with their cars in traffic.
Legend. Taking a turn named after him in a modern F1 car at 80+... sheesh.
I am a great Fan of Mario , A have A lot of little F1 cars of him , I wish him the best of luck to come with his team to come in the F1 , its marvelous on his age to race in the track , 👍🏿👍🏿 PROFICIAT , FROM BELGIUM , 👊👊👊
That livery looks so cool on that car. Ofc the vodafone-chrome-livery is also a classic, but I really would have liked to see that one on those cars as well.
82 years old🤯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Mario has a difficult time here, TAKING THE SMILE OFF HIS FACE lol what fun he must have had
He’s cutting the corkscrew every time. You just know he’s in practice mode and wants to set a fast lap. Always a racer.
Back when racing was racing and men were men. Top bloke!
Awesome! Congrats on getting a corner named after him in Austin as well!
Parabéns
Mario sou seu fã
E essa McLaren e simplesmente
Linda 😍😍😍😍😍
This was a great thing by McLaren team allowing true legend to drive their car