F1 Brazilian GP: Top 5 crashes at Interlagos

#3 Gerhard Berger and Michael Andretti, 1993

Michael Andretti had an awful F1 career.

It’s fair to say that Michael Andretti’s Formula 1 career was a drab affair, after all, the American failed to finish in 7 of his 13 races, most of them due to his poor spacial awareness.

The 1991 IndyCar champion joined McLaren for the 1993 season and had the unenviable task of partnering Ayrton Senna at the team. A collision on the fourth lap put Andretti out in his debut in South Africa, and he’d suffer the same fate again in Brazil on the opening lap.

Ferrari struggled in qualifying, with Gerhard Berger starting in 13th, but the Austrian got a lightning getaway and was challenging both JJ Lehto and Andretti going into Turn 1. Andretti opted to take the outside line, but so had Berger, and two into one doesn’t go.

Berger’s nose spun Andretti’s McLaren and the two were heading for a collision course with the barriers. Andretti slid in backwards before Berger tossed the Amercian up in the air, spinning around the crash fencing. Thankfully, neither was hurt when that could’ve easily been the case.