Senna

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:42 am

Senna lap of Japan

this is from 1989

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:05 pm

blo*dy hell. fast and bumpy to say the least

respect!!

mac · Post by **mac** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:40 pm

Listen to the throttle whilst cornering - he's blipping it all the way round!

I think it was Brundle who said that the other drivers could hear this and know that they had no chance getting past in the next corner.

Mac

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:57 pm

simply awesome!

I wonder how lon that engine lasted! That circuit would've been a nightmare with the ground effect cars I guess.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:36 pm

hows about this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfN-g-WB4mI

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:39 pm

GregR wrote:hows about this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfN-g-WB4mI

awesome. looks sped up to me though.

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:54 pm

Wow. You have got to listen to that on full volume!!! I love the braking from what must be close to max speed down to a low grumble in 2nd for the double hairpin (is that the S?) with the back of the car going left and right trying to overtake him.

What a shame it was his career ended the way it did

Respect.

Robin

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:57 pm

Was a class act. We were deprived of seeing more greatness.

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:36 am

Tom wrote: awesome. looks sped up to me though.

Might have been. Watching the vid the lap appeared to be completed in about 1:18. According to wikipedia (here) the fastest race lap was a 1:24 but that was in the days of low fuel qualy laps with super sticky tyres. I can't find the pole time on t'internet.

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:53 am

http://www.motorsportsetc.com/info/spd_mon.htm

has 1991 Monaco pole as
1991 Ayrton SENNA (McLaren-Honda) 01:20.344

just a tad faster than he was in the Lotus in 1985
1985 Ayrton SENNA (Lotus-Renault) 01:20.450

jason · Post by **jason** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:50 pm

Can never bore of watching Senna at work - still miss his talents (and charisma too).

I was fortunate enough to see him on track at a few GPs in the mid 80s. Will never forget watching him make his Lotus-Renault, on full-crazy-turbo-boost, skip & dance on the tarmac at Brands Hatch qualifying '86. Awesome.

jason · Post by **jason** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:53 pm

Senna vs Prost moments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ylxv805bg

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:19 am

There is no doubt he was the best ever driver and we were tragically robbed of seeing him break even more records.

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:49 am

Just tried it Lawrence, and got this.

tut

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jason · Post by **jason** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:13 am

tut wrote:Just tried it Lawrence, and got this.

tut

This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Copy of the same video of same lap is also here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrkKl6BaHc