McLaren Drivers' Biographies AYRTON SENNA ============ NATIONALITY: Brazilian DATE OF BIRTH: March 21st 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH: Sao Paulo MARITAL STATUS: Single RESIDENT: Monaco and Sao Paulo COMPETITION HISTORY: 1973 Started Karting 1977 and 1978 South American Kart Champion 1979 and 1980 Runner up in World Kart Championship 1981 RAC and Townsend Thoresen Formula Ford Champion 1982 British and European Formula Ford 2000 Champion 1983 Marlboro British Formula 3 Champion 1984 Drove for Toleman. Scored first point in second Formula 1 Grand Prix (South Africa), then second in Monaco and third in Portugal, behind both Marlboro McLarens. 1985 Signed for Lotus. First Grand Prix win in Portugal. Six Grand Prix wins in three seasons. 1988 World Champion after joining Honda Marlboro McLaren, winning a record eight out of sixteen races. 1989 Finished second in World Championship. Set his 34th pole position in the 1989 USA Grand Prix in Phoenix, beating Jim Clark's 21 year old record, and by the end of the season had extended his career total to 42 pole positions. 1990 World Champion. Increased his personal record of victories to a total of 26 and by the close of the season had established a record 52 pole positions. 1991 World Champion. Achieved his 60th pole position and 33rd race win. 1992 Increased his Grand Prix victories to 36 and his pole position total to 61. MIKA HAKKINEN ============= NATIONALITY: Finnish DATE OF BIRTH: September 28 1968 PLACE OF BIRTH: Helsinki, Finland MARITAL STATUS: Single RESIDENT: Monte Carlo COMPETITION HISTORY: 1974 - 1986 karting, five times Finnish Champion 1987 Formula Ford 1600, Finnish, Swedish and Nordic Champion 1988 Lotus Euroseries Champion British GM Lotus Series runner-up 1989 British Formula 3 Championship Finished 7th 1990 British Formula 3 Champion; Macau F3 GP Heat Winner FORMULA 1 1991 LOTUS-JUDD: Finished 15th in World Championship 1992 LOTUS-FORD: Finished 8th in World Championship 1993 Joined the Marlboro McLaren team FORMULA 1 STATISTICS Grand Prix Starts: 30 Grand Prix Points: 13 - 2 4ths 2 5ths 3 6ths MICHAEL ANDRETTI ================ NATIONALITY: American DATE OF BIRTH: October 5th 1962 PLACE OF BIRTH: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA MARITAL STATUS: Married to Sandra. One son Marco, born March 1987 One daughter, Marissa, born October 1990 RESIDENT: Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA FAMILY DETAILS: Eldest son of Mario Andretti the 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion. Brother Jeffrey and cousin John all compete in Indy Car. COMPETITION HISTORY: 1980 First competed in a Formula Ford at Watkins Glen in 1980 1982 Formula Super Vee Champion 1983 Made Indy Car debut at Las Vegas 1983 Formula Mondial Champion 1983 Finished 3rd at Le Mans with father Mario 1984 Named Indy Car Co-Rookie 1991 INDY CAR CHAMPION 1992 Lead the Indianapolis 500 for 161 of the 200 lap event before mechanical failure intervened INDY CAR STATISTICS: 27 Wins and 27 Poles Year Wins Poles Championship 1986 3 3 2nd 1987 4 2 2nd 1988 - 1 6th 1989 2 2 3rd 1990 5 4 2nd 1991 8 8 1st 1992 5 7 2nd FORMULA 1 1991 First tested the Marlboro McLaren MP4/5B in Europe at the Estoril Circuit (Portugal) and MP4/6 at Magny-Cours (France) 1993 Joined the Marlboro McLaren Team from: Area RN_Formula, Feb-25-93 19:10:46