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- 148 Years Since an American Won an F1 Race▼It’s Been 48 Years Since an American Won an F1 Race. It’s Time for It to Happen Again
An American driver has not won a Formula 1 race since 1978, when Mario Andretti took the checkered flag. With Formula 1's popularity surging in the United States and American involvement in the sport growing, commentators are arguing the drought should end soon, calling on current and upcoming US drivers to finally return an American to the top step of an F1 podium.