 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Formula One ndiyo nzira yepamusoro-soro yemakwikwi emota dzisina mavhiri anotenderwa neFédération Internationale de lAutomobile FIA, sangano rinodzora mitambo yemotokari pasi rose. Kunyange zvazvo yakatanga muEurope, pakazosvika ma1960 yakabatanidza makwikwi munyika yose. Pamakwikwi okutanga aAndretti eIndianapolis 500, muna 1965, akasangana naColin Chapman, muridzi wechikwata cheLotus Formula One, uyo akanga achityaira motokari yomunhu aizokunda makwikwi aya Jim Clark. Andretti akaudza Chapman nezvechishuvo chake chokukwikwidza muFormula One uye akaudzwa kuti Kana wagadzirira, ndifonere. Pakazosvika 1968 Andretti akanzwa kuti akanga agadzirira. Chapman akamupa motokari, uye muAmerica muduku wacho akatora nzvimbo yokutanga paakatanga muUnited States Grand Prix ya1968paWatkins Glen ari muLotus 49 yake. 