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He would've done well. Drivers at that level are all fairly equal.
What I wish he had done was stay in Indycar in 1993. He won eight races in 1992 and would have won more, but he had some reliability issues. They sorted those out and he was really looking forward to driving the same car in 1993, as he felt he had a chance to win it all. The formula 1 offer was too tempting though, what with his dad urging him on, and the rest is history. What is not as well-known is that he'd had discussions and tests with F1 teams from about 1990 on. Michael even had a race seat offer from Ferrari, but he had a commitment to Carl Haas that he didn't want to break. Al Unser Junior had similar test drives and explored a few possibilities, but his family warned him against a move to F1. Al had the ability to he was quickly up to speed and in one test was several tenths faster than Ricardo Patrese, in the same car.
I'm also reminded of the fact that Mario Andretti is a pilot and flew himself to race weekends for years. When Mario had his run in F1, not only did he fly back to the states between rounds, he often raced in the states between his F1 commitments.
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