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This is Pato O’Ward’s POV as he rips Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/5B around Laguna Seca
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The Velocity Invitational took place last weekend, and the event is quickly living up to its concept as America’s Goodwood. Case in point is McLaren trotting out the 1990 MP4/5B Formula 1 race car, which Ayrton Senna drove to the world championship that season. And now it’s back roaring on the track. This time, we…
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Start your Friday with Senna’s lap of Donington Park from 1993
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I am sure the embedded video below will require you to click through and watch it on the F1 YouTube channel. They don’t really get how the Internet works, but that’s okay because the video IS up on their channel. This video is worth a watch every time I come across it, as it is…
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Watch Senna’s lap around Monaco restored to 60fps
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It is fair to say that anyone who calls themselves a fan of Formula 1 has seen at least a few of Ayrton Senna‘s laps around the famous Monaco circuit. What is unfortunate is all of that video has been recorded with early 1990’s video and audio technology. It still amazing but its quality cannot…
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The McLaren Senna is an ugly machine, and these laps shows why that’s a good thing
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A McLaren Senna is a focused, purpose-built machine. It’s a true race car for the road. Normally that is quite a cliche phrase, but it’s perhaps most honest when uttered about the Senna. McLaren employs a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 which produces 789 horsepower. That juice is sent rearward through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. If you…
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Carfection puts together a tribute to Ayrton Senna’s greatest lap
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May 1, 1994. For motorsport fans, it’s the day when the world went dark. On that day, 25 years ago, Ayrton Senna da Sliva was racing at the San Marino Grand Prix. Italy’s famed Imola racing circuit would prove to be the last place Senna ever piloted a vehicle. Sadly, the Formula 1 legend crashed…
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Ayrton Senna whipped a VAZ-2101 around the Hungaroring
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You hear the name Ayrton Senna and your mind goes to a few places. It might be Monaco. It could be an image of that iconic helmet and its colors. Perhaps you think of a rainy circuit and Senna putting on a driving clinic for his colleagues. What you don’t think about is the VAZ-2101. A Soviet-modified…
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Formula Fun: Remembering Senna Edition
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[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/65432208[/vimeo] 21 years ago this past Friday, the greatest racer Formula 1 has ever seen passed away after massive head injuries sustained while racing at Imola. His death was part of F1’s so called “Black Weekend” where, Reubens Barichello had a massive accident, Roland Ratzenburger died after a crash during Saturday Running, and Aryton died…
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Fantasy Finds Friday: a Shifter Kart to live out my Senna dreams
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I’m too fat to race karts… I know this. I need to weigh, um, significantly less than I do now. Still, that doesn’t mean I can’t own one and have an absolutely insane-o, awesome, ridiculous time out on a kart track. I’ll just have to be content watching 12-year-olds blowing by me. I think I’ll be…
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Ayrton Senna – Twenty Years after His Death
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May 1st, 1994. San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, more commonly known as Imola. Tamburello corner, a high speed left turn which hosted its share of accidents. Nelson Piquet, Gerhard Berger, Michele Alboreto, Riccardo Patrese, and Rubens Barrichello just two days prior, have had accidents right there, on that…
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Video: The Sound of Senna by Honda
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There have been plenty of tributes to the late great Ayrton Senna. Most are good, some are great, but occasionally they can border on truly wonderful. This latest tribute created by Honda is one such piece of wonder. The automaker used to supply the engine for Senna’s McLaren MP4/5, and they grabbed some of the…
