Blundell has not retired from racing just yet! source: CART.com - John Oreovitz Mark Blundell spends less time in the cockpit of a racing car these days than he once did, but the 36-year-old Englishman remains closely involved in auto racing in a variety of ways, including serving as the in-studio analyst for the British Formula One broadcast. Blundell was already thinking about a television career in the days when he was winning races in the CART FedEx Championship Series for the now-defunct PacWest team--including the closest race in CART history, at Portland in 1997. He occasionally provided color commentary for the BBC when it held the F1 broadcast rights before he joined ITV's studio team full-time at the start of the 2001 season. Mark's candid, no-nonsense style connects instantly with casual F1 fans and his inside knowledge gives him loads of credibility with those who follow the sport closely. However, Blundell hasn't retired from racing. For the second year in a row, he competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the lead driver for the factory MG team. Mark holds the outright Le Mans track record for the circuit before chicanes were installed in the Mulsanne straight, and he shared the winning car with Derrick Warwick and Yannick Dalmas to capture the French endurance classic in 1992. His car failed to make the finish this year, but Mark was instrumental in developing the MG LMP-675 Class chassis that is currently making waves in the American Le Mans Series.
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