[simple simon]

Mario Andretti - father of a motor racing dynasty - wants his grandson to aim his sights at a Formula One drive.

Andretti, who won the F1 drivers' title in 1978 with Lotus and whose son Michael competed for McLaren in 1993 was asked by Autoweek magazine if he had been following the scandals involving McLaren, Ferrari and Renault."How can you not pay attention to what's going on?" he said.


And echoing a viewpoint voiced by FIA president Max Mosley, he added: "You might think it hurts credibility, but you know what? It brought a lot of attention, and it's not all that bad.


"Both sides - the FIA and McLaren - are smart enough to take their licks and move on. The championship was interesting; Lewis Hamilton did his part and made it exciting."


There is still the prospect of Andretti's grandson Marco, who tested Honda F1 machinery last year, entering the sport in the future. His grandfather would like to see him there.


"He needs to be in F1. That's where he needs to be. He has the talent. Evaluating Marco as I have, he has that style. He has his moments of brilliance, because he has that ability. In Jerez in pouring rain the second day, he looked good. In the rain, in the wet, he was absolutely competitive with the times. For six laps behind Fernando Alonso, he was right there with him. Alonso never pulled away a bit.

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[simple simon]

Marco is just so young ...... he needs more seat time for sure imo

[DOF_power]

Marco would need to stop wasting time in the USA and go to Europe in F3 and then GP2 if he wants to get into F1.
IRL and Champ Car are NOT feeding series these days.