Mario: Marco belong in F1

Racing legend Mario Andretti still sees an F1 future for his grandson Marco, who tested a Honda Racing car last year.

"He needs to be in F1. That's where he needs to be. He has the talent. Evaluating Marco as I have, he has that style," Andretti told Autosport.

"He has his moments of brilliance, because he has that ability. In Jerez [at an F1 test in February 2006] in pissing rain the second day, he looked good. In the rain, in the wet, he was absolutely competitive with the times. For six laps behind Fernando Alonso, he was right there with him. Alonso never pulled away a bit.

"Marco needs to step up and let people know what are his desires. I know that's where he wants to be, and I know he can do it."

[Editor's Note: Never going to happen unless Honda does the Andrettis a special favor for staying loyal to them in the IRL and ALMS. F1 teams do not rate IRL drivers very highly. They tested a good number of IRL drivers, but that is as far as it went. You can't learn much about road racing in a 100% throttle traction control series. Now that F1 is doing away with traction control, an IRL driver becomes even less relevant.]