Mario Andretti says Power did nothing wrong

Mario Andretti at his winery in Napa Valley

American racing legend Mario Andretti believes that Will Power's outburst following last weekend's controversial finish to the Loudon IndyCar Series race will not harm the series' image.

The 1978 Formula 1 world champion and four-time IndyCar champion Andretti said that Power had done nothing wrong.

"I didn't see a single element that was totally negative," Andretti told Autosport. "Will Power flipping the bird… I thought that was the best part of the day!"

"It was a bad call by the officials when they went green and the track was clearly wet," he told Autosport. "Slicks and the wet, and you have stagger on the wheels… if you spin the wheels, the car is almost going to turn around by itself."

For more from Mario Andretti about last weekend's New Hampshire race, see this week's issue of AUTOSPORT magazine.