Another of the early ‘sons-of-champions’ to try his hand at the sport, Mario’s son Michael had enjoyed much success in American IndyCars but singularly failed to translate it into results at McLaren-Ford alongside Ayrton Senna in 1993.
Commuting from America and switching from comparatively basic American single-seaters to cutting-edge active suspension era F1 didn’t help. But his repeated crashes were mainly self-inflicted. He retired after scoring his only podium at Monza, and was replaced by Mika Hakkinen.
