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What |
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| 1993 – South African Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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7 pts
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Andretti had a disastrous start to his Formula One career. He stalled his McLaren’s engine on the grid at the start. This was to prove to be a sign of things to come! Fortunately the grid was on a downhill gradient and he was able to role to the end of the pit-lane where his engine was started by his mechanics.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Andretti was running in second to last at the end of the first lap due to stalling his McLaren’s engine on the grid. By lap five he had worked his way up to the back of Derek Warwick’s Footwork. Andretti was following too closely and went Warwick had to brake hard to avoid Barbazza Andretti piled into the back of the Footwork. Andretti took the left front of his McLaren and was out on the spot. Warwick was able to continue but with a handling imbalance cause by the damage he sustained in the incident.
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| 1993 – Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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4 pts
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In Saturday Qualifying Andretti made a mistake on his first run. He left his braking too late and slid off into the muddy run off area where the car bogged down. He did have the presence of mind to keep the engine running and he sat there spinning the McLaren’s wheel until some obliging marshal came to his aid.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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5 pts
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All hell broke loose when the lights turned green. Andretti seemed to be wrong footed as a super fast start catapulted Karl Wendlinger’s Sauber through the middle of the field.
Andretti chopped across to the right hand side of the track and instantly collected Berger’s Ferrari. The cars were locked together, and slid of into the gravel trap where Andretti’s car vaulted over Berger’s Ferrari smashing down on the Ferrari’s role hoop, inches away from Berger’s head. “I was forced right,” said Andretti. “Michael was on my right,” said Wendlinger; “He was trying to go outside me but I held my line. He just seemed to swerve right when he went on to the brakes.” Berger was furious; “I don’t understand how something like this can happen. Andretti moved so violently that I had no time to react. I couldn’t move out of the way, I couldn’t brake.”
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| 1993 – European Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Andretti’s first Formula One race in Europe was attended by his father, the ex-Formula One World Champion. The race started in wet conditions. Andretti took off Karl Wendlinger’s Sauber on the first lap at Coppice, trying to follow his team-mate, Senna past the Austrian. The gap that he tried to thread his McLaren through was just too small and the two collided. Both Andretti and Wendlinger were in the gravel and out of the race. Three starts three crashes. I bet Mario was gutted! Michael was apologetic, “When I tried to take Wendlinger I suddenly realised he probably hadn’t seen me, so I braked hard but I couldn’t avoid hitting him.” Wendlinger was not in a charitable mood, “Andretti wanted to overtake me in a place where overtaking is just impossible. He crashed into the rear of my car. Michael apologised for his mistake but this doesn’t change much for me.”
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| 1993 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Just like his team-mate, Senna, Andretti spun his McLaren coming out of the final chicane and into the pit wall. As Senna had suffered an almost identical accident many though there was a malfunction in the car’s active suspension.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Andretti had his Friday qualifying times disallowed as he missed the call to have his McLaren weighted at scrutineering. After his spin the mechanics worked wonders to get his McLaren repaired for the end of the session. As Andretti accelerated away he found that the car would not change up further than fifth gear and he was screaming over the radio. He did one lap and dived back into the pits. In the furore he missed the red light that tells a driver to stop to go to the weighbridge.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Fighting hard with Karl Wendlinger, Andretti punted the rear of Wendlinger’s Sauber on lap thirty-three. The McLaren was pitched into a spin and onto the wet grass. He was suck and had to retire. Four races, and three retirements due to crashing / hitting other cars. Andretti, like most racing drivers had an excuse, “Our brake balance was set up for the wet and I couldn’t reach to adjust the control. My rear wheels started to lock when I tried to have a go at Wendlinger and locked a second time, which caused my to nearly overshoot a corner. When I finally went off I was not trig to pass him, but the car just swapped ends on me.”
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| 1993 – Spanish Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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4 pts
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Andretti lost a huge amount of set-up time on Saturday morning curtsy of a spin into the gravel. A frustrated Andretti maintained he lad lost control of his MP4/8 on oil, others were not so sure.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Andretti actually managed to bring his McLaren home to finish fifth, spoiling his “perfect” record. Five races four crashes.
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| 1993 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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4 pts
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Andretti lost control of his car under braking, in final qualifying just where Senna had done earlier in the session. He took the right front endplate off the wing as he glanced the barriers but unlike Senna he was able to continue.
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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InComing down into Lowes Hairpin on the first lap Andretti’s McLaren changed directly from first to third gear. This caused the hapless American stick his McLaren into the back of Barbazza’s Minardi. His nose cone was trashed and he needed to visit the pits. Six races five crashes. 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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| 1993 – Canadian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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7 pts
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Some people say Andretti’s stalled his McLaren at the start of the parade lap and other say the Ford HB V8 would not fire up. Either way he to start the race from the back of the field. At least this way he would have more cars in front of him to crash in to! Amazingly he did not trip over any thing or any body this race. Seven races five crashes.
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| 1993 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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4 pts
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Andretti span off into the gravel at the first corner of the race. He was too ambitious with the outside line that he was taking through Corpse. “I could see what he was trying to do, and there just wasn’t room,” noted Blundell after the race. Andretti was none too pleased with his own performance either.
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| 1993 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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1 pts
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Andretti indulged in a bumping match with Berger in the opening laps. This finally resulted in Michael terminally damaging his McLaren‘s suspension when the two cars collided on lap five under braking for the second chicane. He had to retire yet again due to his less than competent driving. Ten races, seven retirements due to crashing / spinning. “Michael made another mistake,” fumed a less than happy Ron Dennis.
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| 1993 – Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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4 pts
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In Saturday qualifying Andretti went off at the same point where Senna, his team mate went off earlier in the session. He admitted that as he approached Katayama’s Tyrrell he was in two minds as to whether to pass the Japanese driver or hold back and try again for a quick lap. As he pondered the conundrum he lost concentration and spun into the gravel. He did not stall and was able to have another fast lap. This time he hit the kerb too hard and bent the rocker arm on to p of the MP4/8’s front suspension. He had no choice but to limp back to the pits. He was not amused by the “Andretti go home!” Banner that was being displayed by some fans opposite the McLaren pits. The race organisers confiscated the banner.
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| 1993 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Andretti, Michael (McLaren)
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5 pts
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Andretti was third in the 1993 Italian Grand Prix but he stood down form the team for the balance of the season after the Italian race in preparation for a full time return to Indy cars in 1994. “The decision is purely business,” said Andretti. “It comes down to timing. Ron, at this time, was not ready to make the decision for his 1994 driver line-up. Having Chip’s (Ganassi) offer on the table I though that if I was to let that slip away I could be put in a position where I would not have anything next year.”
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United States
