

30 when his twin brother died of complications from COVID-19. The call Andretti never prepared himself for came Dec.

He needs something to do at the racetrack to feel alive,” said Michael Andretti, gesturing across the Andretti Autosport hospitality center to his 81-year-old masked father mingling with guests at Ind圜ar’s season-opening race. “Before COVID, at least he was getting out, doing stuff he liked, and then he lost all his endorsements and he was just sitting at home and he’s there by himself. And when all the racetracks were closed, his world became very, very small. There is no bigger star at a racetrack than Mario Andretti, the only driver to win the Formula One championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.
