Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.
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It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken.
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You do a period of go-karting until you’re at the age of qualifying for a ride in a ‘school-kart,’ then you qualify for driving school. And several of the driving schools have a competition series for their own students.
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We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.
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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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