Marco Andretti Reducing Indy Car Schedule

Only doing the Indy 500 with an eye towards sports cars.

https://racer.com/2021/01/15/indycar-testing-to-begin-next-week/

BHW

 

Certainly a career that did not live up to the hype when he entered racing.

Will never forget, Marco took a Skip Barbour course at Sebring and gauging by the amount of attending
media and the resulting articles and TV spots, you would have thought it was the resurrection. I was
there that day photographing a test for one of the top sports car teams with the top drivers of the time
and you would have thought they were invisible given all the attention Marco received while learning
the ropes that day.

There were certainly a lot of very high expectations and a lot on his shoulders from a very early age. Pity,
even the name and being surrounded by the some of the best guys in the business as team mates and
engineers in his corner he never quite lived up to the hype.

Pole position at Indy certainly was a great accomplishment. But, at the green flag he went backwards
down the order. Can't help but think had he pulled off the victory at Indy in 2006 vs. Sam Hornish instead
of losing out by an eye lash his open wheel career may have been different.

BHW

 

Interesting article on Marco by Robin Miller...

https://racer.com/2021/01/18/miller-marco-was-indycars-enigmatic-mystery/

BHW

 

Haven't seen anything addressing that question.

You'd think that Andretti Autosport would have a contingency in place for such a situation
for the upcoming season.

Looking at the lap times from Sebring yesterday, Marco was there and dead last in a field
of 9 including most of his team mates.

BHW

 

James Hinchcliffe steps into full time role with Andretti Autosport.

Leigh Diffey will be thrilled, now he can say "The Mayor of Hinchville" ad nausea as much
as he likes again.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hinchcliffe-full-time-indycar-return-andretti/5202296/?ic_source=home-page-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-2

BHW