(AP) — Michael Andretti was tanned and thinner when he made his way from his yacht to the starting grid for IndyCar’s season ... a t-shirt and flip flops — an eye-popping sight to the ...

Team director Mario Andretti has declared the 24-year-old his top choice for one seat. IndyCar's lead commentator Will Buxton has now thrown one more name into Cadillac's F1 driver prospect pool.

"I've won pretty much everything with him apart from the Indy 500. But I guess we can still have Mario (Michael's father, a racing legend) around and the Andretti name is still in the team.