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With the pressure intensifying, Andretti began the year with crashes in at [[1993 South African Grand Prix|Kyalami]] and at [[1993 Brazilian Grand Prix|Interlagos]]. In the latter of these two, he had a massive collision at the start with [[Gerhard Berger]] in a [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. He then qualified sixth for the [[Sega European Grand Prix]] at [[Donington Park]] but collided with [[Karl Wendlinger]]'s [[Sauber]] on the opening lap. Next time out at [[1993 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], he again fell foul of Wendlinger after a drive that might have ended with a visit to the podium, and many critics cited this as the key turning point for the American.<ref name="mclaren.com" /><ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com">{{cite web|url=http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2000/ita/okeefe.html|title=Man for One Season|publisher=Atlas F1|access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> In the [[1993 Spanish Grand Prix]], Andretti finally completed a race, finishing fifth amongst the established front runners.<ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com" /> His showing was criticized by former McLaren World Champion [[James Hunt]] because Andretti was lapped by his teammate Senna.
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According to Andretti's son [[Marco Andretti|Marco]], the McLaren team "sabotaged" his father's chances at being competitive in order to replace him with the team's test driver [[Mika Häkkinen]], who would require a smaller salary.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} In 2008, Marco said: "The reality of it was, they had Mika Häkkinen ready to come in for a lot less than what my dad was getting paid, and that's all it was. Right then and there, they had to make him look [bad]. They would make the car do weird things in the corner electronically, stuff out of his control." Andretti still had problems in practice for the [[1993 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]], and both he and Senna spun off with [[brake balance]] problems early in the race. Andretti was able to continue and fought back up to third, holding off Wendlinger. Throughout the season, Senna experienced similar reliability problems to Andretti, mainly electronic gremlins, particularly in San Marino, [[1993 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[1993 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]], and [[1993 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]], although Häkkinen equalled Andretti's third place Monza finish in [[1993 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]], while Senna won both the Japanese Grand Prix and the season ending [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]], his final race for McLaren.<ref name="mclaren.com" /><ref name="atlasf1.autosport.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/05/22/sports/other_sports/doc4835195490406345041530.txt|title=Local News and Video for McHenry County, Illinois|work=Northwest Herald}}{{cbignore}}{{dead link|date=January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr546.html|title=Portuguese GP, 1993 Race Report - GP Encyclopedia - F1 History on Grandprix.com|publisher=Grandprix.com|access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr548.html|title=Australian GP, 1993 Race Report - GP Encyclopedia - F1 History on Grandprix.com|publisher=Grandprix.com|access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>
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