{"id":497305,"date":"2018-02-01T00:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T08:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54948"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:01:12","slug":"product-reviews-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-53\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Mario Donnini<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-587123 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2-100x68.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2-770x521.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PR201802-p2-293x198.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest in author Donnini\u2019s series of \u201cLife in Pictures\u201d reflections on prominent racers and events is devoted to the 1978 F1 World Champion and four-time U.S. National Indycar Champion Mario Andretti. Mario\u2019s story should be familiar to most readers, and here it\u2019s told exquisitely in photographs accompanied by many of his own words as he offers illuminating insights from his career.<\/p>\n<p>The text, presented in both English and Italian, takes the form of brief interviews about certain aspects of Mario\u2019s life, career accomplishments and relationships, a format that works very well, as each chapter is liberally illustrated with relevant photos.\u00a0Among the most interesting is his description of his victory for Lotus in the inaugural Japanese Grand Prix in 1976, an event widely celebrated in other contexts, that led him to commit to tackling the full F1 schedule in pursuit of the World Championship, which he secured two seasons later.<\/p>\n<p>Many books have been written about Mario Andretti, but even if you have them all, you should make further space available on your shelves for this one. Available for \u20ac40\/\u00a340\/US$75 from enthusiast bookstores or direct from publisher Giorgio Nada Editore at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giorgionadaeditore.it\">www.giorgionadaeditore.it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures By Mario Donnini The latest in author Donnini\u2019s series of \u201cLife in Pictures\u201d reflections on prominent racers and events is devoted to the 1978 F1 World Champion and four-time U.S. National Indycar Champion Mario Andretti. Mario\u2019s story should be familiar to most readers, and here it\u2019s told exquisitely in photographs accompanied by many of his own words as he offers illuminating insights from his career. The text, presented in both English and Italian, takes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":587106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-497305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Zimmermann reviews books\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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