Marco Andretti

Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American retired auto racing driver who competed in the IndyCar Series from 2006 to 2025. He is the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti, the son of CART champion Michael Andretti, and the cousin of Trans-Am Series driver Adam Andretti.

After coming up through the ranks of junior open-wheel racing series, Andretti competed in the IndyCar Series for 15 years with his family's team Andretti Herta Autosport. During his time in IndyCar, Andretti won two races and finished a career-high fifth in points in 2013 and was the 2006 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year. In addition to IndyCar, he also has raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Formula E, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and raced in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2021 to 2023, Andretti raced in the Superstar Racing Experience, in which he was named the 2022 SRX Series champion. In 2024, he competed in selected NASCAR Craftsman Truck and ARCA Menards events

Though his racing career was winding down, Andretti was still primarily focused on competing in the Indianapolis 500. In total, he has competed in 253 IndyCar races. On October 29, 2025, the 20-time Indianapolis 500 starter, 2020 Indy 500 pole winner, and two-time IndyCar Series race winner announced the decision to retire on social media.

Early life and education Andretti was born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania on March 13, 1987, to Sandra Spinozzi and eventual IndyCar champion Michael Andretti. His paternal grandfather is Mario Andretti, a highly successful racing driver who raced professionally for four decades and won the Formula One Drivers' Championship in . Other members of the extended Andretti family have also had success in various categories of racing.

Andretti attended Notre Dame High School in Easton, Pennsylvania, graduating in 2005.

Career Andretti won eight races in the 2003 Barber Formula Dodge Eastern Championship, and was champion in the Barber National and Southern class the following year. Andretti making his Indy Pro Series debut in 2005 on the Streets of St. Petersburg, where he finished first In 2005, Andretti raced in the Star Mazda series and made six starts in the Indy Pro Series. Andretti's win established him as the 2006 Bombardier Rookie of the Year.

2007

The 2007 season was not as successful for Andretti. He failed to finish ten times and only completed seven races. The team struggled to find balance on ovals, with accidents eliminating him from the races in Japan, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago, as well as the Mid Ohio road course. After finishing second at Michigan, Andretti finished eleventh place overall with 350 points.

2008 Andretti ran his first night race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the first race of the 2008 season, with a 2nd-place finish behind Scott Dixon. He also led the most laps of the race – leading 85 – and received an additional three points. At St. Petersburg, Andretti snapped a half-shaft on his car trying to leave the pits, causing him to retire. In the third race of the season at Motegi, Japan, Andretti spun out on the first lap of the race. At the 2008 Indianapolis 500, Andretti finished third, after leading several laps. During the race, he passed teammate, Tony Kanaan, who then crashed into the wall, blaming Andretti.

A week later, Andretti captured his first IndyCar Series pole at the Milwaukee Mile and became the youngest IndyCar pole winner at the time – at the age of – but crashed out with three laps to go in the race. His car slipped up the track, collecting Ed Carpenter, which in turn caused Vítor Meira to go airborne as he drove over Andretti's tire. The eventual winner, Ryan Briscoe just missed the wreckage, as Andretti finished 21st. At Texas Motor Speedway, Andretti had one of the best cars and was able to drive the high line all night, but Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti made contact with just a few laps to go.

Andretti finished third at Iowa, and then ran a strong race at Richmond but lost position when he pitted under green and a subsequent caution allowed the race leaders to pit under yellow; he finished ninth. Andretti finished fifth at Watkins Glen before mechanical failure caused his car to crash out at Nashville. He also raced earlier the same day in the American Le Mans Series race at Lime Rock Park. At Mid-Ohio, Andretti got caught up in a four-car wreck on a restart on lap 42 which ended his race, before a seventeenth place finish at Edmonton after contact with his teammate Danica Patrick. At Kentucky, Andretti took the lead from Scott Dixon, but as the race neared its end, all drivers had to pit for more fuel and Dixon took the win, while Andretti finished third. Andretti failed to finish higher than eighth in the final three races, as he finished seventh in points.

2009

The 2009 season began on two street circuits, allowing Andretti to show the benefits of his A1 Grand Prix experience. At St. Petersburg he tangled late in the race with veteran Alex Tagliani, finishing thirteenth, but overcame a nineteenth place start in Long Beach to finish 6th due to a different pitting sequence. This was Andretti's first time at Long Beach, a circuit at which both his father and grandfather won multiple times. After a sixth place finish at Kansas. Andretti looked to Indianapolis, where he had been second and third in two of his three starts. Starting eighth, Andretti attempted to pass KV Racing Technology's Mario Moraes on the outside of the South chute between turns 1 and 2. Moraes moved towards the wall, apparently unaware that Andretti was outside of him, and both cars collected the wall. Both Andretti and Moraes expressed their displeasure with each other in their on-air interviews. Andretti called the second-year driver "clueless" and said that "he doesn't get it and never will. I should have known who I was racing with."

The remainder of the year did not yield much success, as Andretti's best finish of the year was fourth at Texas. He continued his improved form on the road and street courses, finishing fifth at Watkins Glen, eighth in his first race in Toronto – where his father won a record seven times – and sixth at Mid-Ohio before finishing eighth in the final standings.

2011 and 2012 In 2011, Andretti placed ninth at Indianapolis after starting 27th. On June 25, 2011, Andretti won his second IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. It was his first win in 79 races since his win at Sonoma Raceway in 2006.

In 2012, Andretti started the year with fourteenth place at St. Petersburg, eleventh at Alabama, 25th at Long Beach, and fourteenth at São Paulo. He led the most laps (59) at Indianapolis but hit the turn 1 wall on Lap 188. Andretti continued the season with eleventh at Detroit, seventeenth at Texas, fifteenth at Milwaukee, and a best finish of the season at Iowa, where he finished second. Following his runner-up at Iowa, he had sixteenth at Toronto, fourteenth at Edmonton, eighth at Mid-Ohio, and 25th place at Sonoma. At Baltimore, Andretti made another finish in the back of the field, finishing fourteenth. Just as the season was about to end, he achieved the second pole position of his career at Fontana, finishing the race eighth. Andretti finished sixteenth in the point standings.

2013

Andretti started the 2013 season with a third-place finish at St. Petersburg. This was followed by two seventh place finishes at Barber and Long Beach, matching his top-ten tally from the 2012 season. In the fourth race of the season at São Paulo, Andretti finished third and was able to move to second in the championship thirteen points behind Takuma Sato. He also led his first seven laps of the season. At the Indy 500, Andretti qualified third and was consistently in the top-five throughout the race. He led 31 laps and finished fourth after two late yellow flags that prevented him from moving forward in the field. After the race, Andretti said he was "frustrated" with the finish because he had not been below fourth all race. However, after the 500 he took the points lead by eleven points over Sato.

Andretti continued his season with the first doubleheader at Detroit, finishing twentieth in the first race – his lowest finish of the season – and 6th in the second race, marking improvement between the two. At Texas, he performed relatively well, staying within the top-ten for most of the race, and later finishing fifth. He claimed his third pole position at Milwaukee, but despite his success in qualifying, his engine blew after the first pit stop, leaving him with a twentieth place finish, before he finished ninth at Iowa. At Pocono, where his grandfather and father had once raced, he was at the top of his game, setting the track record for the fastest lap, and gaining a fourth career pole. Despite leading early in the race, he faded to a tenth place finish in the end. At the Toronto doubleheader, he qualified and finished in the top-ten, staying consistently well during the race. He finished fourth in race one, and finished ninth in the other race at Toronto, without any other events altering his finish. At Mid-Ohio, he finished ninth, without having many eventful occurrences throughout the race. He finished the season fifth in points.

2014 to 2017

2018

On December 7, 2017, Andretti Autosport announced plans for Andretti to swap car numbers with teammate Alexander Rossi for the 2018 season. Rossi would move to the No. 27 team while Andretti took over Rossi's No. 98.

2020 Following disappointing 2018 and 2019 seasons in which he failed to secure any podium finishes, Andretti qualified for the pole position at the 2020 Indianapolis 500, posting an average speed of 231.068 MPH—the first time an Andretti had sat on the pole for the Indy 500 since his grandfather Mario in 1987. The high point in his season proved short-lived, however, as he quickly faded after the race's start and ended up finishing thirteenth. Andretti would finish no higher than tenth during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

IndyCar In January 2021, Andretti announced that he would "step away" from full-time IndyCar racing, though he will continue to work with the Andretti Autosport team in a testing and development role. He placed 19th in the 2021 Indianapolis 500. He finished 22nd in the 2022 Indianapolis 500, 17th in the 2023 Indianapolis 500, 25th in the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and 29th in the 2025 Indianapolis 500. On October 29, 2025, Andretti would announce his retirement from motor racing and the Indianapolis 500.

Sponsorship In February 2018, U.S. Concrete announced that they would be sponsoring Andretti in six of the upcoming races including the Indianapolis 500 and the GP of Long Beach. other sponsors include Verizon and PennGrade Motor Oil. Andretti was partnered with KULR Technology Group as a driver and ambassador, and KULR served as a sponsor for his No. 98 entry in the Indianapolis 500 for 2022 and 2023. 2024 and 2025 saw Andretti with primary sponsorship from Mapei, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemical products for the building industry.

Formula One Honda Racing F1 tests Honda Racing F1 announced in December 2006 that Andretti would be presented with an opportunity to test their Formula One car, and on December 15, Andretti drove their Formula One car at Jerez in Spain. Honda sporting director Gil de Ferran commented that he had done a good job. Andretti said that he had greatly enjoyed the test but also told reporters that he wishes to enter Formula One only after he has won the Indianapolis 500.

On February 7–8, 2007, Andretti participated in a second Honda Racing F1 test for two days in Jerez, Spain. As in the previous test, Andretti drove the team's 2006 Formula One car. His (unofficial) fastest lap of the day on February 7 was less than 1.5 seconds slower than Honda team driver Jenson Button's fastest time. His (unofficial) fastest time on February 8, in changeable conditions, was less than one second slower than that of the 2005 and 2006 Formula One World Drivers' Champion Fernando Alonso's fastest lap, although several seconds slower than Honda driver Rubens Barrichello.

American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring Andretti drove in the ALMS Sebring 12-hour endurance race for the Andretti Green Racing XM Satellite Radio car in March 2008. He was able to put in times in the 1-minute 48-second range that neither of his co-drivers was able to match. Although the car was retired early from the race, it was in the position for a podium finish.

On July 12, 2008, Andretti raced in the American LeMans race at Lime Rock Park, Conn in the AGR XM Acura. Later that same day, he raced in the IndyCar Series race in Nashville.

Andretti, Franck Montagny, and Tony Kanaan raced at the Petit Le Mans on October 4, 2008. A late-race incident retired the No. 26 XM Radio Acura early, with a seventh-place finish in LMP2 and sixteenth overall.

GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Andretti made his Rolex Sports Car Series debut in the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, driving the No. 2 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford with Ryan Hunter-Reay, Michael Valiante, Scott Mayer and Miguel Potolicchio, finishing 10th overall.

SRX Racing After stepping away from full-time IndyCar racing, Andretti joined Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham's new Superstar Racing Experience where he would run the full six-race season in the No. 98 stock car. Andretti would perform exceptionally well in the series, with him winning the race in Slinger Speedway late in the season. It was his first victory in any form of motorsports since his final IndyCar win in 2011.

Andretti won the 2022 SRX Series championship, besting Ryan Newman by two points. The championship victory came despite not winning a race during the course of the year.

A1 Grand Prix 2008–09 season

On November 3, 2008, Andretti was confirmed to be racing for A1 Team USA at the second round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season. Andretti was given the opportunity to race after Andretti Green Racing was revealed to be taking over the management of A1 Team USA starting with the 2008–09 season, and his father Michael Andretti became seat holder.

Formula E Andretti competed for Andretti Autosport in the fourth round of the 2014–15 Formula E season in Buenos Aires, replacing Matthew Brabham. For the fifth round in Miami, Andretti was replaced by Scott Speed.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Andretti made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in 2022 at the Charlotte Roval in the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro for Big Machine Racing. He would finish 36th after being involved in an accident with 22 laps remaining.

Craftsman Truck Series In 2023, Andretti made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports, where he would finish in nineteenth position after starting in seventh. He would then run the final two races of the Truck season for Spire, finishing eighteenth at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and 35th at Phoenix Raceway due to a crash with Chris Hacker.

At the Circuit of the Americas in 2024, Andretti finished 31st after the rear end assembly completely detached from his truck.

ARCA Menards Series

In 2024, it was revealed that Andretti would participate in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway for the ARCA Menards Series, driving for McGowan Motorsports with Cook Racing Technologies. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that Andretti would run up to fourteen races driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for CRT across the main ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West.

Personal life Off the track, Andretti spends his time in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, having purchased his childhood home from his father, Michael, for $2 million.

In September 2017, after the conclusion of the 2017 IndyCar Series, Andretti married his long-time girlfriend, model Marta Krupa, sister of model and former Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa. On December 11, 2021, Andretti announced on Instagram that he and Krupa were "parting ways in a very friendly way." Andretti became a father to a baby girl Miura on the 17th of September 2024.

In May 2025, Andretti presented a plan to convert his grandparents' house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania into a multi-unit development. Despite neighbors' protestations, the plan was approved by the city's planning commission.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Skip Barber National Championship Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2004 SEB7 SEB3 VIR3 VIR2 ROA2 ROA1 HAL3 HAL2 MOS5 MOS7 MTT5 MTT2 ROA2 ROA8 1st 191

Star Mazda Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2004 G&W Motorsports SEB MOH LRP26 SNM POR MOS ROA ATL PHX LAG NC 0 2005 MJ Motorsports SEB19 ATL6 MOH4 MTL5 PPIR8 SNM2 SNM6 POR19 ROA24 MOS6 ATL9 LAGDSQ 5th 288

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2005 Andretti Green Racing HMS PHX STP1 INDY16 TXS IMS1 NSH MIL KTY3 PPIR SNM1 CHIWGL2 FON 10th 250

IndyCar Series (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Pts Ref 2006 Andretti Green Racing 26 Dallara IR-05 Honda HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY SNM CHI 7th 325 2007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH MIS KTY SNM DET CHI 11th 350 2008 HMS STP MOT1 LBH1 KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH EDM KTY SNM DET CHI 7th 363 2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MOH SNM CHI MOT HMS 8th 380 2010 Andretti Autosport SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MOH SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS 8th 392 2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MOH NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LVS2 8th 337 2012 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MOH SNM BAL FON 16th 278 2013 25 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MOH SNM BAL HOU HOU FON 5th 484 2014 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MOH MIL SNM FON 9th 463 2015 27 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MOH POC SNM 9th 429 2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET RDA IOW TOR MOH POC TXS WGL SNM 16th 339 2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW WGL SNM 12th 388 2018 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 98 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW POR SNM 9th 392 2019 Andretti Herta Autosport withMarco Andretti & Curb Agajanian STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA TOR IOW MOH POC GTW POR LAG 16th 303 2020 TXS IMS ROA ROA IOW IOW INDY GTW GTW MOH MOH IMS IMS STP 20th 176 2021 Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian ALA STP TXS TXS IMS INDY DET DET ROA MOH NSH IMS GTW POR LAG LBH 35th 22 2022 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MOH TOR IOW IOW IMS NSH GTW POR LAG 33rd 17 2023 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MOH TOR IOW IOW NSH IMS GTW POR LAG 35th 13 2024 STP THE LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MOH IOW IOW TOR GTW POR MIL MIL NSH 43rd 5 2025 STP THE LBH ALA IMS INDY DET GTW ROA MOH IOW IOW TOR LAG POR MIL NSH 34th 5

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1 Run on same day. 2 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Years Teams Races Poles Wins Top 5s Top 10s Laps led RAF Indianapolis 500wins Championships 15 1 248 6 2 42 107 1032 200 0 0

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2006 Dallara Honda 9 2 Andretti Green 2007 9 24 2008 7 3 2009 8 30 2010 16 3 Andretti Autosport 2011 27 9 2012 Chevrolet 4 24 2013 3 4 2014 Honda 6 3 2015 8 6 2016 14 13 2017 8 8 Andretti Autosport with Yarrow 201812 12 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 2019 10 26 2020 1 13 2021 25 19 Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 2022 23 22 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 2023 24 17 2024 19 25 2025 29 29 Andretti Global

Complete American Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2008 Andretti Green Racing LMP2 Acura ARX-01b Acura 3.4L V8 SEBovr:18cls:6 STP LNB UTA LIMovr:6cls:5 MID AME MOS DET PETovr:16cls:7 MON 24th 38

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2008–09 A1 Team USA NEDSPR NEDFEA CHNSPR15 CHNFEA8 MYSSPRRet MYSFEA3 NZLSPR11 NZLFEA11 RSASPR17 RSAFEA8 PORSPR12 PORFEARet GBRSPR GBRSPR 11th 24

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2010 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Lola B10/60-Rebellion LMP1 175 DNF DNF

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points 2014–15 Andretti Autosport Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE BUE12 MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN LDN 30th 0

Superstar Racing Experience (key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner. Superstar Racing Experience results Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 2021 98 STA10 KNX7 ELD42 IRP4 SLG11 NSV11 4th 171 2022 FIF7 SBO8 STA2* NSV2 I552 SHA9 1st 195 2023 1 STA6 STA II3 MMS9 BER4 ELD6 LOS6 2nd 167

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2021 Andretti Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY SEB MOH WGL4 WGL ELK PET 21st 312

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2022 Big Machine Racing 48 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV36 LVS HOM MAR PHO 72nd 1

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2023 Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH19 POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM18 PHO35 42nd 39 2024 Roper Racing 04 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA31 MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP25 RCH MLW31 BRIDNQ KAN34 TAL HOM30 MAR PHO 46th 34

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ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2024 Cook Racing Technologies 17 Chevy DAY25 PHO21 TAL DOV19 KAN9 CLT IOW22 MOH5 BLN IRP7 SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW10 DSF GLN14 BRI22 KAN23 TOL 16th 307

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2024 Cook Racing Technologies 17 Chevy FIF DOV19 NSV FRS IOW22 IRP7 MLW10 BRI22 13th 190

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2024 Cook Racing Technologies 17 Chevy PHO21 KER PIR7 SON11 IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER 23rd 120 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota PHO17