Mark Blundell
British · 1991, 1993–1995
Photo: Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blundell in numbers
32 official points · best championship finish: 10th in 1993
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4.9% of races
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12.5% of races with Ligier
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6.3% of races with Tyrrell
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Mark Blundell won the 24 Hours of Le Mans before he had a regular Formula 1 seat. A Briton born in 1966, he made his debut with Brabham in 1991, scored a point in Belgium, and in 1992 was left without a drive and became McLaren test driver. That June he won Le Mans with Peugeot, alongside Derek Warwick and Yannick Dalmas.
He came back in 1993 with Ligier and it was his best season: third in South Africa and in Germany, 10 points and tenth in the championship. In 1994 he moved to Tyrrell and was on the podium again in Spain, third.
In 1995 McLaren finally put him in its car, first to cover the two races Nigel Mansell could not drive and then, when Mansell left, the rest of the year. He scored 13 points, with two fourth places, but the team signed David Coulthard for 1996. He went to CART with 61 Grands Prix, 32 points and three podiums.
Ver en españolRating by season
- First season
- 72 1991
- Peak
- 73 1993
- 1995
- 73 McLaren
4 seasons in the database, from 1991 to 1995. Our own rating, from 50 to 99.
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1993
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4 team-mates across 4 seasons. When both finished the race, Blundell was ahead in 5 of 14; on the grid he started ahead in 23 of 59.
| Year | Team-mate | In the race | On the grid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Martin BrundleBrabham · 12 races | 3-1 | 7-5 |
| 1993 | Martin BrundleLigier · 16 races | 1-2 | 8-8 |
| 1994 | Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell · 16 races | 0-2 | 5-11 |
| 1995 | Mika HäkkinenMcLaren · 14 races | 0-4 | 2-12 |
| 1995 | Jan MagnussenMcLaren · 1 race | 1-0 | 1-0 |
The first number is always Blundell's. A team-mate is whoever started the same race for the same team. "In the race" only counts races both finished, because a retirement says nothing about who was quicker. "On the grid" is the starting position, with penalties already applied.
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