RACING DRIVER

Mario Andretti

1940 - Today

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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver. One of the most successful drivers in the history of motorsports, Andretti is one of only three drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR. He has also won races in midget car racing and sprint car racing. Andretti won the Formula One World Championship in 1978, four IndyCar titles, including three under USAC sanctioning, and one in CART. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Andretti has received more than 4,325,372 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Mario Andretti is the 22nd most popular racing driver (up from 25th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Racing Driver.

Mario Andretti is most famous for being a race car driver. He won the Indy 500 in 1969 and is the only driver to win the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, and the Formula One World Championship.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mario Andrettis by language

Over the past year Mario Andretti has had the most page views in the with 585,406 views, followed by Italian (77,356), and German (57,495). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (301.96%), Ido (175.62%), and Malagasy (162.87%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mario Andretti ranks 22 out of 1,080. Before him are Gilles Villeneuve, Bruce McLaren, Ronnie Peterson, Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, and Jacky Ickx. After him are Jim Clark, Clay Regazzoni, Graham Hill, François Cevert, Jack Brabham, and Nigel Mansell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mario Andretti ranks 52. Before him are Denis Law, Mina, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Patrick Stewart, Nancy Pelosi, and Burhanuddin Rabbani. After him are Eduardo Galeano, James Caan, Tarō Asō, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Nancy Sinatra, and Cliff Richard.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Mario Andretti ranks 17 out of 700. Before him are Pope John IV (600), Pope Caius (250), Laura Antonelli (1941), Saint Marinus (275), Leopold Ružička (1887), and Crispus (305). After him are Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Svetozar Boroević (1856), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Luka Modrić (1985), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), and Ivan Ribar (1881).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Croatia

Among racing drivers born in Croatia, Mario Andretti ranks 1. 

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