| Who? |
What |
Points |
Action |
Lap |
| 1995 – Japanese Grand Prix |
| Qualifying |
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Blundell, Mark (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Blundell crashed his MP4/10B in Friday qualifying. The car sustained damage to its suspension and Blundell finished the session languishing in twenty forth place while his team-mate, Mika Hakkinen was third. To compound his woes further Blundell had a huge 170-mph accident on the Saturday morning. Blundell was fortunate to escape unscathed from the accident.
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| 1995 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (McLaren)
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3 pts
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Blundell held up Frentzen, who was about the lap the Englishman, for two laps. Sauber were not amused but all the frustration did nothing as Frentzen was out a few laps later.
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| 1994 – Pacific Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Tyrrell)
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1 pts
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Blundell had to brake hard to avoid the first corner mayhem that was triggered my Mika Hakkinen. When he broke hard Erik Comas’s Larousse hit him and he spun the car and stalled, eliminated on the first corner of the first lap.
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1 |
| 1994 – Canadian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Tyrrell)
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4 pts
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Blundell was the second of the Tyrrell drivers to spin out of the race. Blundell spun out within sight of the flag on the second to last lap.
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| 1994 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Tyrrell)
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1 pts
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Half way around lap thirty-nine Blundell ran wide over the exit of the Varante Ascari chicane. He did the same thing on the next lap. This was due to one of the Tyrrell’s new specification carbon brake disks exploding. He was out on the spot.
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39 |
| 1994 – European Grand Prix |
| Qualifying |
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Blundell, Mark (Tyrrell)
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1 pts
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Along with Blundell, de Cesaris crashed in Saturday qualifying. Both accidents littered the slippery track with dust and debris, wrecking the chances of the other drivers to improve their qualifying times.
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| 1994 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Tyrrell)
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1 pts
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Blundell crashed out of the race on lap sixty-seven out of eight-one.
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67 |
| 1993 – European Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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On lap twenty-one, Blundell was closing down on Christian Fittipaldi’s Minardi for twelfth place. Blundell had gone for a full wet-set-up and he was flying. Unfortunately he left his braking for the fast ess bend leading into the new loop too late and slid into the sand trap that had claimed his team mate, Brundle earlier in the race.
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21 |
| 1993 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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Blundell spun his Ligier into the barrier on the inside of the exit of Tamburello on the first lap in the wet conditions. He was eliminated even before he completed a lap. Investigation seemed to point to a pre-impact suspension failure was to blame and not driver error.
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1 |
| 1993 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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In the chase down to Ste Devote after the start there was some barging between Blundell and Katayama. The result being that Blundell got bundled down into the escape road. Fortunately he was able to rejoin the race.
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| Practice |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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Blundell hurt his back in Saturday’s free practice when his Ligier had bottomed out over a large bump on the track. He was man enough to admit that his poor showing in qualifying was due to him not getting the best out of his car than the troublesome injury.
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| 1993 – Canadian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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On lap fourteen Blundell had an accident that saw him eliminated from the race. He was riding the kerbs too hard, unsettled the car to a point where it spun around, slamming backward intro the concrete retaining wall.
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14 |
| 1993 – French Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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Blundell had been unhappy with the brakes on his Ligier in the warm-up. In an attempt to remedy the problems his brake calipers were changes for the start of the race. Due to this he was taking it too easy in the early stages of the race and Schumacher and Senna were crowding him. On lap twenty-one he came up behind de Cesaris’s Tyrrell as they entered the Estoril right hander. As they came round to the end of the lap the Italian took a stage line that seemed to put Blundell off. “He seemed to be trying to hold his car tight to the right and taking bites at the corner, rather than letting it run out,” explained Blundell. “So I tough he was making room for me on the left but when I pulled level to him – and I mean literally cockpit to cockpit he just wandered into me.” This pushed the Ligier of the track and into the barrier very hard. It was a disappointing end to the race for Blundell, on his team’s home track.
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| 1993 – British Grand Prix |
| Practice |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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In Friday’s rain soaked free practice Blundell had an immense crash at Abby that wrote off his Ligier on his first flying lap. “The car took off over a bump and went sideways. I was doing about 150 mph when I hit the wall sideways. It was the biggest impact I have ever experienced and a wishbone pushed it’s way through the monocoque and sliced on of the pedals in half.”
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| 1993 – German Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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4 pts
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Blundell lost control of his Ligier under braking for the Ostkurve. Prost noticed the pirouetting Ligier in his mirrors and took to the escape road to avoid being hit from behind. Prost would later have to serve a stop go penalty for this.
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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Alesi indulged in some 210mph+ wheel banging with Mark Blundell. Very dangerous!
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| 1993 – Belgian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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On the penultimate lap Blundell attempted to slip fast Berger’s Ferrari to claim tenth place. The two cars collided at the right-hander before Blanchimont and spun off into the gravel. Both drivers had very different ideas about who was responsible for the accident.
“Although my wheels were level with the middle of his car, he chopped over on me and pitched me on to two wheels,” fumed Blundell. “By a miracle I didn’t turn over but then the car hit a guardrail. When he got out of the car he told me he knew I would attack at that point because I was quicker, but that was fighting for tenth place and only a game.” Berger had a different view; “I looked in my mirror and saw that he was nowhere near enough to try overtaking – then the next thing I knew was he was coming over the top of me!” Given Berger’s erratic performance in the proceeding races people were more inclined to side with Blundell.
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| 1993 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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On lap nineteen Blundell had just moved in to sixth place when he took his Ligier into the pits for a tyre stop. On his “out lap” he overcooked it in the Parabolica on his cool tyres and slid into the guardrail, the Ligier’s left rear tyre banging into the barrier. He coasted to a halt in the pits opposite. “I’d just overtaken Wendlinger when suddenly my car snapped into under steer midway through the corner and I just caught the guardrail”, explained Blundell.
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19 |
| 1993 – Portuguese Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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1 pts
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Blundell moved past Wendlinger on lap fifty-two to take fifth place form the Austrian driver. Wendlinger cut in on Blundell’s Ligier being launching it into the air, over the Sauber’s right front wheel and into the gravel and retirement. Wendlinger continued.
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52 |
| 1993 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Qualifying |
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Blundell, Mark (Ligier)
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4 pts
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Blundell lost the vast majority of the Friday qualifying session when he spun his Ligier and stalled the engine. He was forced to abandon the car on the track.
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| 1991 – United States Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Brabham)
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4 pts
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On lap thirty-three Blundell span his Brabham just in front of debutant Hakkinen and into the concrete wall, out of the race. His loss of control was due to a sudden loss of power from the Yamaha V12.
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33 |
| 1991 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Brabham)
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4 pts
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After Modena’s engine failed, the closely following Patrese was caught out on the oil slick on the track. Blundell was to succumb also. (Aided by the fluid dropped by Alboreto’s expiring Footwork Porsche.) Blundell’s accident was far more spectacular than Patrese’s as he lost control of is BT60Y and slammed into the armaco. The result was one very seriously damaged Brabham.
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| 1991 – French Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Brabham)
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1 pts
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On lap thirty-eight Blundell slid his BT60Y into the pit wall and into retirement as he exited the last corner on the track. He was having gearbox trouble and had become distracted trying to wrestle the Brabham into gear.
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38 |
| 1991 – Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Race |
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Blundell, Mark (Brabham)
|
 |
7 pts
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Blundell’s Pirelli tyres were not giving him great grip in the race. He had suffered with the handling balance all the way through the weekend. On lap sixty-three he lost control of his Brabham and he spun the car. Unfortunately he was unable to dip the clutch fast enough of prevent the engine from stalling. He retired from the race there and then.
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63 |
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