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Andretti: F1 needs an American driver with a top team

Article To news overview Mario Andretti is pushing to get IndyCar driver Colton Herta into Formula 1, but believes that he has to be given an opportunity with a top team in order to boost F1's appeal in America. Herta - who races for Andretti's family team - recently achieved his fourth IndyCar Series victory and the 21-year-old is also the youngest person to ever win a race in the category. Andretti believes that placing a driver like Herta with a leading team in F1 would be a great thing for the US, but is critical of how the current superlicence regulations in Formula 1 could prevent it from happening. "We’d need the American driver with a top team, not in the back with no...
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