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The Lotus 79 is a Formula One car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, ... Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson driving their Lotus 79s at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix.
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, ... Andretti's title-winning Lotus 79, dubbed the "Black Beauty."
Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:32.651 10 11 Carlos Reutemann Lotus-Ford 1:32.682 11 12 Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS-Ford 1:32.858 12 13 Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 1:33.065 13 14 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:33.090 14 15 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:33.297 15 16 Jacky Ickx Ligier-Ford 1:33.355 16 17 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:33.362 17 18
At the preceding Italian Grand Prix, Mario Andretti had secured the driver's championship. At Watkins Glen, Andretti put his Lotus 79 on the pole before a record crowd of over 150,000 fans, but Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann completed a sweep of the two United States races in 1978 by finishing 19 seconds ahead of Australian Alan Jones. Andretti ...
The third row featured Mario Andretti, who had decided to use the old Lotus 79 instead of the new 80 and Gilles Villeneuve in his Ferrari. His teammate Jody Scheckter was on the fourth row, alongside Carlos Reutemann's Lotus while the top 10 was rounded off by the two Tyrrells of Jean-Pierre Jarier and Didier Pironi.
It was the sixth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 70-lap race was won from pole position by Mario Andretti, driving the new Lotus 79. Teammate Ronnie Peterson was second in the older Lotus 78, with Carlos Reutemann third in a Ferrari.
But, Andretti among others believed the teams' position was personal in that they simply didn't like Andretti, who ran 13 races in the 1993 season. His father, Mario, is the 1978 F1 world champion. The Andretti application had already been approved by the FIA, which is F1's ruling body, but later denied by F1 itself.
Another new car introduced was the Lotus 80, but Mario Andretti only used it in qualifying. Ferrari 's Gilles Villeneuve drove a slightly modified 1978 Ferrari 312 T3 instead of the new 312 T4. At the start Niki Lauda got away well from the front row and quickly pulled a lead of a few seconds, while the pole sitter Mario Andretti was dropped ...