And his hopes for the Indy 500 source: irl-live.com - E.A. IndyCar driver Marco Andretti has been forced to park his car twice in the first four races - in his second season in the series - due to handling issues while at Motegi the young American crashed out. The highlight in what has been a disastrous start to the season was his fourth position at St Petersburg. THE MODERATOR : Marco, unfortunately other than that fourth place at St. Petersburg, you've had some tough luck in three of the first four races of the season. But you kind of had similar struggles last year heading into Indianapolis. Obviously, you were still able to finish second. Do you have any concerns as we head into Indianapolis or is it a completely fresh start? "No, that's exactly what it is. I've got to look at it just like that. You know, now we have a month. I think my biggest struggle lately has been no warmup. It's no excuse because everybody is in the same boat. But it has caught us out twice in the first four races. You know, Homestead and obviously last week in Kansas. We couldn't tell you what was wrong. You know, we really were struggling with the balance." "As a competitor, as a driver, it's been an absolutely miserable year so far from what I had hoped to start the season. I was hoping to be right up there in the championship hunt going into Indy. But now I can just think about winning the Indy 500. That's got to be my main mentality. " "You know, like I said, the positive thing is that we have a full month. That's what allowed me to turn my season around last year, as well, because going into Indy last year, I barely had any race experience. I mean, we broke two drive shafts, then I just wanted to finish Japan, which was almost like a test session just doing laps because we ended up 12th or something." "Anyway, I mean, I'm looking forward to Indy, having a month, driving with dad and everything like that."
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