 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mario Andretti ndiye mutyairi weFormula One anobudirira zvikurusa kutyaira somuAmerica, asi haana kusiya nyika yokumusha kwake yeItaly kutozosvikira pazera ramakore 15. Akamhanyira muIndyCars kubva muna 1964 uye, kubva muna 1968, akapedza nguva achienda kuEurope kuti aite zviratidzo mumakwikwi eFormula One. Pakati pekutanga kwake neLotus pa1968 Italian Grand PrixKusvikira kumugumo wemwaka wa1974 Andretti akatanga makwikwi 21 pa84, achityaira zvikwata zvina. Mujaho wake wokutanga naFerrari wakaunza kukunda kwake kwokutanga 1971 South African Grand Prix. Andretti pakupedzisira akasarudza kusaina semutyairi wenguva yakazara naParnelli muna 1975, asi mushure memwaka unopfuura miviri uye pasina kubudirira chaiko timu yakabva muFormula One. Akasaina neLotus kwechasara chemwaka uye, pakupera kwegore, akatanga kuwana mimwe mibairo yakanaka kusanganisira kukunda pa1976 Japanese Grand Prix. Motokari yacho yakaratidza kuva inokurumidza asi isingavimbiki nokuda kwemwaka unotevera, uye kukunda kwaAndretti kwokutanga kwakamutora kumusoro kune wechitatu mumakwikwi. Nezvinetso zvakagadziriswa zvegore rakatevera akakwanisa kukunda mijaho mitanhatu uye zita revatyairi. Kukunda kwakasarudzika kwakauya paGrand Prix yeItaly ya1978, asi mujaho wakaonawo rufu rwemumwe wake Ronnie Peterson mushure mekudonha pakutanga. Andretti akamhanyisa kwemamwe mwaka mitatu, asi akawana imwe chetezve podium yekupedzisa uye aive akanakisa gumi nemaviri mumakwikwi. Akasiya Formula One muna 1981 asi akadzokera kuFerrari kumakwikwi maviri ekupedzisira a1982 zvichitevera kukuvara kwaDidier Pironi, masvondo mashoma mushure mekufa kwemutyairi weFerrari Gilles Villeneuve. Pakati pemakwikwi 128 eF1 anotanga Andretti akapedza ari pachigaro chepamusoro ka19, 12 acho ari pachigaro chepamusoro. 