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Andretti, McLaren put 1993 behind them

Mentioning the name "McLaren" to Michael Andretti was once a surefire way to put the IndyCar legend in a defensive stance. "I could literally write a book about it," he said in 2013 on the 20th anniversary of the painful, partial season of Formula 1 he spent with the team. "But in doing so I'm going to expose a lot of people, in doing so I'm going to sound like sour grapes. And that's the only thing. You know, it was never going to work." Andretti at Donington Park, April 1993 His role as McLaren's second driver alongside three-time F1 champ Ayrton Senna in 1993 was, as many recall, an exercise in futility, and at the heart of Andretti's frustration was former...
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