[WIP] F1 1986

Without even mentionning Senna, Hakkinen did just fine in his short time in that car. From what I've read here and there, Andretti can take a lot of blame for not fitting in properly within the team.
 
ah scrambled brain. I was thinking of a car that came after the Andretti fiasco. this flying wing on the airbox ... BLECH!
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jpalesi said:
Without even mentionning Senna, Hakkinen did just fine in his short time in that car. From what I've read here and there, Andretti can take a lot of blame for not fitting in properly within the team.
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Michael Andretti saw F1 as a weekend job.
In those days the Concorde brought you to Europe and back to the US in 3,5 hours (as opposed to 7-8 hours on a normal plane).
This he made good use of and would fly in on Friday and return to the US on Sunday as soon as possible.
Of course this depended on where the weekend race was.
But, this gave the team and the engineers serious problems as he was never up to speed (or interested) in taking the 1993 F1 season seriously after winning the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series.
And having the great Ayrton Senna as your teammate, I would think serious is the least you should be.
Here is some interesting footage from "THE TEAM A Season With McLaren" of his time at McLaren in 1993.
You might notice how impressed McLaren was to have someone of Michael Andretti's stature in their car :D
 
Here comes the B186, the car I am looking forward the most!

Turbo lag galore, like the BT55, but without oil surges!
 
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