A quarter of a century ago Michael Andretti made had brief Formula 1 foray, his spell in the top flight flopped and ended after only 11 races, but according to the now successful Indycar team owner he was dealt a tough hand at a time when he believes he could have matched his teammate Ayrton Senna on pace. At the time it when he came into Formula 1, did not help Andretti, whose father is legend Mario Andretti, that his rookie season coincided with Ayrton Senna at his peak being his teammate, his team McLaren were reduced to Ford engine customer status and the American insisted on frequent trans-Atlantic Concorde trips commuting between races – added together a recipe for failure as...
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