Mario Andretti plugs grandson for American F1 ride

[Lizzy]

Tell me what you think of the article below!

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/24/ap6091241.html

[AGRfan26]

I'm not surprised Marco's name is on the list. I'm more surprised it wasn't on the list until Mario had to point him out ! I don't want him to sell out to an F1 team that hasn't proven themselves. I'd rather see him wait, prove himself in Indycars and get on with an established F1 team. I'm ready to wrap up A1GP and concentrate on the #26 and the 2009 Indycar Season !

[Val]

While I understand that racing in F1 is a goal for Marco, I feel that to truly succeed there he needs to be on a top team. I don't think a new team would have the experience needed to compete right away with some of the top teams in F1 and it would lead to major frustration. I think Marco would be best off staying in Indycar's get the experience and keep an eye out for potential spots on one of the established teams.

And I agree that it was surprising he wasn't intially on their radar until Mario mentioned him.

[Zoe]

Can I just say that I looked up the clip on youtube and....well...cringed. Pressure to do well this season has got to be bad enough without Mario coming out with stuff like: If I was to build the perfect driver I'd build Marco.

Anyway, by 2010 the worse of the major changes in F1 should be over and USF1 will have a whole year basically focusing and preparing for that season but these changes might still end up doing [beep] all in the sense of shaking up the grid especially with how far some teams will go to find that wee loophole (this was why the Renault team was so under power at the start of last season). I still think that Marco would gain more from doing a season in GP2 before jumping into the F1 and I still want him to be wearing Rosso Corsa coloured overalls when/if he does.