The latest auto news, reviews, prices, product and vehicle releases. May
1st
Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
On the 20th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna, McLaren May 1st releases a specially commissioned short film that commemorates Formula 1's most enduring icon.
Filmed on location in Monte-Carlo and at the McLaren Technology Centre using the actual race car and overalls once used by Ayrton, the film vividly recreates the great Brazilian's most famous performance - his pole position lap at the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driving the dominant turbocharged McLaren-Honda MP4/4, Ayrton Senna qualified an astonishing 1.427 seconds clear of the rest of the field.
It was a superhuman effort, a performance he later discussed with great emotion: "I was driving by instinct," he said. "I was in a different dimension - like I was in a tunnel; well beyond my conscious understanding."
The film also incorporates audio from that legendary interview, conducted with the great motorsport writer Gerald Donaldson - who also contributes a brilliant account of the circumstances of that memorable conversation to www.mclaren.com/formula1.
Filmed on location in Monte-Carlo and at the McLaren Technology Centre using the actual race car and overalls once used by Ayrton, the film vividly recreates the great Brazilian's most famous performance - his pole position lap at the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driving the dominant turbocharged McLaren-Honda MP4/4, Ayrton Senna qualified an astonishing 1.427 seconds clear of the rest of the field.
It was a superhuman effort, a performance he later discussed with great emotion: "I was driving by instinct," he said. "I was in a different dimension - like I was in a tunnel; well beyond my conscious understanding."
The film also incorporates audio from that legendary interview, conducted with the great motorsport writer Gerald Donaldson - who also contributes a brilliant account of the circumstances of that memorable conversation to www.mclaren.com/formula1.