Mario Andretti was 10 years previous when the primary ever Method 1 World Championship Grand Prix occurred at Silverstone, on the thirteenth of Could 1950.
The 1978 World Champion has seen the whole lot the top of motorsport has to supply over the previous 75 years, and is certainly one of simply 34 drivers to win the final word prize, so he’s the proper individual to have fun such a landmark anniversary on this episode of Past The Grid.
Talking to host Tom Clarkson, Andretti charts the historical past of F1 by way of his eyes. He explains how totally different the automobiles felt to drive in numerous eras of technical improvements, what it was wish to compete in a really harmful interval of racing, and the way security improved over time.
