You are going to have three Formula One races in this country next year and that’s a first for any country to host that in the world. “It awakened the fan base in the United States. “It created fans that had no idea what Formula One was all about but learned about the intricacies of the sport and fascinated a lot of people. “It exploded in interest,” Andretti said. Andretti credits F1’s surge in popularity with the Netflix Series “Drive to Survive” which took off during the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 when much of the world was forced to stay home. It’s the last corner that takes you to the start/finish line.”Īfter struggling in the beginning, Formula One at COTA had a massive crowd last year estimated at 400,000 spectators over three days. “That’s the most important corner, because if you can’t negotiate that one, you can’t win the race. I’m very grateful to have our name connected with the iconic facility there that hosts Formula One in a very elegant way. “We were informed a few days ago that was going to happen. “The one thing I could do for sure and go to the limit doing the really late braking, that is something that is so impressive in the Formula One car because they are so light. “I wanted to experience it even more in depth,” Andretti said.
The settings are pretty much where they are, but we hope to have some adjustments at COTA.”Īndretti wanted to experience the sensation of racing the modern Formula One car, including the tremendous G Forces that come from shifting, braking, and turning as well as the loads that a driver feels with his neck in the turns. “To be able to really hustle the car like that, the position has to be pretty perfect. The steering wheel was in my chest, and we couldn’t do much about that. “The throttle was so far from me, I had to reach and that is not a natural thing,” Andretti said.
Because of the less-than-optimal distance in the cockpit to the steering wheel and pedals, Andretti said he was driving “six- or seven-tenths.”
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