British racing driver Mark Blundell said he chose a Brabham Formula 1 race seat in 1991 over test and endurance opportunities with Williams and Jaguar and recalled his record Le Mans pole in 1990.
Blundell took pole at the 1990 Le Mans 24 Hours in a Nissan R90CK he shared with Julian Bailey and Gianfranco Brancatelli, posting a six-second margin that remains a qualifying record, though a gearbox failure ended their race.
He told Motor Sport magazine that he had agreed to race for Jaguar but accepted Brabham’s salaried F1 offer, that Williams had signed him as a test driver and released him, and that his Brabham salary cheques sometimes bounced.
Blundell described his maiden F1 season as “fairly horrendous,” noting a single World Championship point at Spa and that an Imola test in a Williams showed markedly stronger pace than his Brabham.
This report is based on information originally published by Motorsport.
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