Comments on: Hamilton to drive Senna’s McLaren

By: The sri lankan

The sri lankan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:14:28 +0000

wouldnt this conflict with mercedes? the 4/4 is powered by a honda

By: halifaxf1fan

halifaxf1fan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:43:56 +0000

I may be snarky but I am also very accurate. Lewis Hamilton is delusional in his fantasy of being Senna.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:12:50 +0000

I suspect Lewis will have the biggest smile ever…

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:23:44 +0000

At Silverstone!

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:23:23 +0000

Nostalgia indeed – I should know better as my most vivid memory of ’88 was Mansell driving the balls off his Williams with the ropey Judd V8 to finish an incredible 2nd. A transition year if ever there was one!

By: James Whiteley

James Whiteley — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:15:43 +0000

Ha ha no problem. Yeah I think about 1986 was the year in which absolute power was at all time high, with the BMW powered Benettons having as you say nearly 1400 bhp in quallifying. Crazy but great times they were.

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:10:41 +0000

I suppose I should say “alleged 1400BHP”

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:09:57 +0000

Ooh, thanks for that James, I was probably getting a bit too nostalgic there remembering the 1400BHP qualifying grenades of previous seasons!

By: James Whiteley

James Whiteley — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:52:47 +0000

“The MP4-4 had significantly more power!”

Actually it didn’t! In 1988 the regulations only allowed a maximum of 2.5bar from the turbos. As a result, the MP4/4 actually only had about 680 bhp in race and just slightly more in quallifying. The 2008 McLaren would have had about 750 to 770 bhp. Still the MP4/4 is one of the most ellegant and beautiful racing cars ever.

By: ajokay

ajokay — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:22:24 +0000

I wonder if he’ll wear Senna’s helmet design too.