Mark Blundell rose through the ranks of British motorsport in the mid-1980s, establishing himself in Formula 1 at a time when Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna raced at the same time, also when only the top six scored points and winning Le Mans was a very big thing. Across 61 Grand Prix starts, Blundell secured three podium finishes with iconic teams such as McLaren, Brabham, Ligier, and Tyrrell during one of the sport’s most competitive eras, when he never quite had the right cars under him but nevertheless made the most with what he got to drive. This week, the media team at gave us an opportunity to ask Blundell a couple of exclusive questions regarding his career in Formula 1.
We asked: Looking back on his F1 career, what would Mark do differently? Blundell replied: “I probably would have taken some decisions that were right for me in terms of career but weren’t right for me in terms of family. And I say that because I was already a father at 21 years old and I still hadn’t made F1 in my international career in motorsports. “Some of those points in question: the responsibility of looking after my family was a priority more so than me making career decisions that could have changed the pathway of my Grand Prix career.
“In saying all of that, I wouldn’t change it in any way, shape, or form, because I’m happy to be sitting here, able to talk about it and sitting here able to understand that I did 60 plus Grand Prix on merit and got there and d.