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Damien Smith believes Formula One is ready for another Andretti, but Marco Andretti isn't ready for Formula One. If the young American is to successfully enter the pinnacle of motor racing, there is only one path he can follow...
How good it is to hear 'Andretti' and 'Formula One' mentioned in the same sentence again. It's been a while, and last time the story was not a happy one. Michael Andretti, one of the great Indycar drivers of his age, failed to do himself justice at McLaren in 1993. But that's old history.
Now his 19-year-old son Marco is on the scene, and for any true enthusiast, it's good news. If (and surely when) the kid makes the jump to the sport's pinnacle, most of us will have our fingers crossed for him - to succeed where his old man failed, to add to the daunting legacy forged by his 1978 world champion grandfather, and to reconnect F1 to the US in a way Scott Speed never can.
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