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Originally Posted by wnut
in December 1985 Al Unser Jr. was apparently offered the Brabham drive alongside Piquet for 1986 by Bernie. Al said he was already signed to a contract and committed to Indycar for 1986.
December 1992 Unser spent 5 days at Estoril testing alongside Hill and Patrese and was apparently the fastest of the trio. When he approached Williams about a contract he was told, " We were just interested to see how you performed, and there is no contract available."
Would have been interesting to see Unser alongside Prost in 1993.
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But he also talked to Lotus, when Hakkinen left them.they needed a replacement, and Al Jr. was one of the main candidates. I guess he wasn't that interested in leaving the US where he can compete for wins and championships, to race for a midfield F1 team.