GRAND PRIX HEROES
MARIO ANDRETTI
NARRATED BY
SIR STIRLING
MOSS O.B.E.
Factory Sealed
PAL REGION FREE DVD NON USA
(This DVD will only work in the USA if you
have a Multi Region DVD player)
During a career
spanning five decades, Mario Andretti proved himself one of the fastest, most
versatile and most determined racing drivers ever. A winner in NASCAR, Indycar
and sportscar, his determination to master Formula One made the American a
Grand Prix Hero.
Spectacular
archive footage follows Andretti’s Grand Prix adventure from the frustrating
early days through to the glory of the World Championship. Alongside
action-packed racing film, we are treated to rarely-heard interviews with
Andretti, team talk from the pits and period contributions from Lotus genius
Colin Chapman.
With narration by
Sir Stirling Moss, we witness the early struggles with an unreliable March and
the move to Ferrari in 1971 which would bring Andretti his first Grand Prix
win, on his debut with the Prancing Horse. His refusal to give up on his
Formula One dream despite numerous setbacks made him a hero to fans, and we
recall in action footage and interviews Andretti’s decision to renew his World
Championship assault in 1974 with the all-American Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing
team.
When the
unsuccessful relationship soured, Andretti remained committed to adding the
Formula One World Championship to his list of achievements, and soon found a
new home with Chapman at Lotus. Stunning colour footage recalls the highlights
of the Lotus years as Andretti finally had the machinery to prove himself: the
Lotus 77, 78 and legendary 79, a masterpiece of engineering which would bring
the team victory after victory and finally deliver Andretti the crown he had
chased for a decade.
Witness the
undoubted determination to win in epic race footage from such iconic circuits
as Zandvoort, the Nurburgring, Kyalami, Long Beach, Jarama and Zolder, plus the
fiery end to Andretti’s race at Monaco in 1975, his dramatic clash with James
Hunt at Zandvoort and the final Formula One win of a true Grand Prix Hero.
Total running time – 52 Minutes