@Fonno88 Dude, of course you're right, but clearly we're talking personal preference here, so lay off the factual bs. What's your own favorite F1 engine sound..?
its amazing too see how senna overtakes other cars with this because this thing has a turbo-charged engine chucking at 1200Hp and with very little downforce and manual gearbox!!
NO DOUBT THAT SENNA IS THE GREATEST DRIVER OF ALL TIME!!
Nope. An F1 car should sound like the '05 V10 or recent V8s, imo. Or maybe the 90's Ferrari V12.. The more revs, the better. No doubt that Sennas car is legendary, but that's because he drove it, not because of the sound.. It sounds too ordinary, too much like a street car, not like the pinnacle of motorsport that is Formula 1 - hence the name (eh, number)..
@BullytraxMusic Yes I completely agree with you. When I think Formula 1, I think about the speed and sound. The sound of a 04-05 V10 howling so damn loud. This car is actually not faster than the Formula 1 cars of the past decade, but it was a complete package.
Its just the most fabulous F1 machine that has ever, or will ever be created. The design of the car, the sound of that turbo Honda, is simply fantastic. I can only dream of one day getting close to look at that car in person.
Imagine stopping at a traffic light. Then you hear a loud sound behind you and then to your right. You look right. All you can see is the top of the Mclaren MP4/4 and the name "Senna" . You look down and you see the yellow helmet. Then you heard another loud noise. You look in your rear view mirror. You see the blue helmet in a Ferrari 641. You calmly park your car to the side of the road, take out your camera phone and watch as they blast past you as the light turned green.
Best F1 car of all time. End of story. In the hands of Senna and Prost, the best drivers of all time, the planets aligned for probably the only ever time in F1.
utter work of art, utter perfection, utter beauty. and everytime I see a picture of it, I have to think of the "bop-bop-bop" sound of senna's throttle modulation. art.
@MclarenGooner10 RB6 is MUCH faster than MP4-4, specially because of its aerodynamics, but bear in mind the MP4-4 is a 22 year old car and it's one of the best F1 cars ever made, a masterpiece.
@MclarenGooner10 Aerodynamics has never been more sophisticated in F1 than it is now, and the cars today produce more downforce than they have at any other point in history...including the era of ground effect in the early 80s. As a result, despite being WAY down on power compared to cars from the 80s, and even the v10s from the early 2000s, the latest bunch of cars can beat practically any car from F1 history around a typical track. The only exception is really the 2004 cars, they were monsters
The car has marlbolo and boss written on it, its pure manual driving unlike nowadays, and it was raced by senna and prost. holy shit every man should set driving this as their life dream, i sure do.
I disagree. You see the MP4/4 was designed by Gordon Murray, who also later designed the McLaren F1 roadcar, and had done the Brabham "fan-car" in 1978 and the championship winning Brabham BT52 in 1983, which was a car designed to be able to harness the monster power of the BMW turbo.In 1986 Murray designed the revolutionary lows-lung Brabham BT55,in which he tried to optimize the undisturbed airflow goign into the rear wing. It worked in theory but the engine needed to be tilted
This meant that the bad balance ruined the BT55.However in 1988 Murray KNEW the Honda V6 was far lower than the BMW roadcar based straight 4, and he could install it in an optimum configuration. So the McLaren MP4/4 was a Brabham BT55 that WORKED with the low-slung concept.Later other teams quickly adapted the same concept and it became commonplace.Ferrari concentrated on their 1989 car, so the 1988 car was in fact a little improved 1987 car. Benetton had a decent car.
On top of that McLaren also had THE best engine of the turbo era, the Honda V6 turbo.In 1985 it already established itself as the best engine but the troubles of Williams meant it didn't show its true potential until the end of the 1985 season. In 1986 and 1987 Williams won 3 titles with the engine.From 1988 onwards there was a boost limit on the turbo engines in order to make some teams switch to the NA engines which would be the standard from 1989 onwards. Benetton did this.
Now Gordon Murray saw the 1988 Benetton as a potential rival, so he said:"We couldn't belive our luck when we heard Benetton would not use the Cosworth Turbo for 1988". The Honda V6 turbo may have been the best engine on the grid in 1988 but Lotus used the same engine and was nowhere near the performance levels of McLaren in 1988. Nelson Piquet (Lotus driver 1988-1989) was a 3 time would champion and was still a force in 1988 but he was chanceless against the McLaren.The rest too
The only car in 1988 which might have had a slight advantage over the McLaren was the Leyton House (formerly March)designed by no other than Adrian Newey (who later designed championship winning cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull).It's "female" shaped body was a concept nobody had tried at the time, and later other teams all used it. In a few races Capelli actually caught up with the McLaren's and looked set for a close 2nd place.The Judd V8 was no match for the Honda though
So while I agree that Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna was THE best driver line-up ever in F1, and both were incredibly strong in their respective field, the MP4/4 was so fast it often finished races almost a lap ahead of all the other cars, and some times it lapped almost the entire field.
In 1989 Senna and Prost still both drove for McLaren but produced only 11 wins (10 counted, 1 disqualified). In some circuits the Ferrari was the better car. Williams had a good Renault V10...
@McLarenMercedes I feel that it was ok that Schlesser took out Senna in Monza, I'm wishing ill or anything onto Senna but Enzo Ferrari died prior to that race, it is only fitting that a Ferrari should win that race on its homeground.
yes he was. It was sad to see such a majestic machine spluttering only yards away from the crowd but at the same time, awesome to witness another Senna taking the wheel.
PLEASE PLEEEEASE show the difference on the straight! I want to see the gap :)
eamh2002 1 week ago
best F1 car of all times
josequinto17 4 months ago
@josequinto17 Actually that would be the Ferrari F2004.
rvind92g 2 months ago
@Fonno88 Dude, of course you're right, but clearly we're talking personal preference here, so lay off the factual bs. What's your own favorite F1 engine sound..?
BullytraxMusic 7 months ago
screw KERS
14jamalk 7 months ago
its amazing too see how senna overtakes other cars with this because this thing has a turbo-charged engine chucking at 1200Hp and with very little downforce and manual gearbox!!
NO DOUBT THAT SENNA IS THE GREATEST DRIVER OF ALL TIME!!
rama6maiden 7 months ago
@rama6maiden This car has 650 BHP with an additional overboost of 250 BHP for a certain amount of period. Not 1200 BHP.
rvind92g 2 months ago
Nope. An F1 car should sound like the '05 V10 or recent V8s, imo. Or maybe the 90's Ferrari V12.. The more revs, the better. No doubt that Sennas car is legendary, but that's because he drove it, not because of the sound.. It sounds too ordinary, too much like a street car, not like the pinnacle of motorsport that is Formula 1 - hence the name (eh, number)..
BullytraxMusic 8 months ago
@BullytraxMusic Yes I completely agree with you. When I think Formula 1, I think about the speed and sound. The sound of a 04-05 V10 howling so damn loud. This car is actually not faster than the Formula 1 cars of the past decade, but it was a complete package.
rvind92g 2 months ago
wet tyres in the dry?
roggerfrogger2 8 months ago
I love the sound of a V6 Turbo. MUCH better than current mosquito-sounding V8s.
Emiins 8 months ago
Isn't chassis No6 the only Mp4-4 built that didn't win a gp?
Liferacingengines 10 months ago
@Liferacingengines No, chassis #3 never won a GP. Chassis 6 was Portugal, Spain and Australia by Alain Prost.
1992Formula 10 months ago
Its just the most fabulous F1 machine that has ever, or will ever be created. The design of the car, the sound of that turbo Honda, is simply fantastic. I can only dream of one day getting close to look at that car in person.
jc790 10 months ago
That is not Senna's car. That is chassis number 6. Which is Prost's car.
soundman5150 11 months ago
@soundman5150 I saw an MP4/4 at Bahrain in 09. Ecclestone put his car collection on public display for the first time. Could that have been it?
jamma016er 10 months ago
that engine oil is so thin!
zak4829 11 months ago
A turbocharged production car producing 150 horsepower per litre is something to get excited over.
This thing was seeing closer to 1000 per litre in its most grandeur form.
An absolute monster.
C63AMGestate 11 months ago
Imagine stopping at a traffic light. Then you hear a loud sound behind you and then to your right. You look right. All you can see is the top of the Mclaren MP4/4 and the name "Senna" . You look down and you see the yellow helmet. Then you heard another loud noise. You look in your rear view mirror. You see the blue helmet in a Ferrari 641. You calmly park your car to the side of the road, take out your camera phone and watch as they blast past you as the light turned green.
symustafa1996 11 months ago
What a fucking monster this mp4-4
xradio86 11 months ago
One the best chassis of all times, with the best engine in F1 history, and two legendary champions. Once in a lifetime.
boardernut 1 year ago
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gazboselectamo 1 year ago
Best F1 car of all time. End of story. In the hands of Senna and Prost, the best drivers of all time, the planets aligned for probably the only ever time in F1.
beeDUB75 1 year ago 2
HONDA V12 TURBO1200 HP!
IT´S CAR IS THE GODZZILA OF F1.
RolandTFlackphayser 1 year ago
@RolandTFlackphayser
pretty sure its a v6 1.5L twin turbo.....
typeRalright 1 year ago
utter work of art, utter perfection, utter beauty. and everytime I see a picture of it, I have to think of the "bop-bop-bop" sound of senna's throttle modulation. art.
DCDUBHH 1 year ago
One Question i know this might be a bit stupid but whcih car is the fastest and more aerodynamic efficient Red Bull RB6 or McLaren MP4-4
MclarenGooner10 1 year ago
@MclarenGooner10 RB6 is MUCH faster than MP4-4, specially because of its aerodynamics, but bear in mind the MP4-4 is a 22 year old car and it's one of the best F1 cars ever made, a masterpiece.
r0n12 1 year ago
@MclarenGooner10 Aerodynamics has never been more sophisticated in F1 than it is now, and the cars today produce more downforce than they have at any other point in history...including the era of ground effect in the early 80s. As a result, despite being WAY down on power compared to cars from the 80s, and even the v10s from the early 2000s, the latest bunch of cars can beat practically any car from F1 history around a typical track. The only exception is really the 2004 cars, they were monsters
wahaya2 1 year ago
Amazing! Superb car, it was really suitable for an idol like Senna.
mcolmx 1 year ago
The mp4-4 sounds like a men car! The new mclaren sounds like a fag car.
coldbr 1 year ago
McLaren MP4-4: That is the REAL Formula One Car,
which separates the men of the boys.
Actually the Formula One is divided B.S. and A.S. : Before Senna and After Senna.
jomach 1 year ago 7
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I like his helmet
suits exactly with the car
auaq 1 year ago
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I like his helmet
suits exactly with the car
auaq 1 year ago
I like his helmet
suits exactly with the car
auaq 1 year ago
I bet the mechanics were thrilled to hear him hit the rev limiter at the end.
EJW1 2 years ago 4
who's that driver?
kirrevargashotmailco 2 years ago
The car has marlbolo and boss written on it, its pure manual driving unlike nowadays, and it was raced by senna and prost. holy shit every man should set driving this as their life dream, i sure do.
launger 2 years ago
They say parts are hard to find for Mp4/4, but surely McLaren in all it's McLarenness could cast a needed part in about an hour?
gold333 2 years ago 2
l understand this one chassis, the MP4/4/6 was also used by Prost to win some races back in 88. Anyone knows better?
StyrofoamKup 2 years ago
what a dream drive.
u.k. is so fortunate to have a GoodWood.
goofballez 2 years ago 3
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So glad Bruno stopped that disrespectful Twat from getting into it.
aussiepassion 2 years ago
mp4/4 is fantastic
BronoskiFelipePent 2 years ago 20
most dominant car in F1
would have won all 16 races in 1988 if not Schlesser took Senna out with 4 laps to go in Monza
McLarenMercedes 2 years ago 30
@McLarenMercedes only because of the driver, it was actually an underdog in terms of the machine itself.
Only the driver could push it 10/10 to dominate the series.
monkeyboy866 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
I disagree. You see the MP4/4 was designed by Gordon Murray, who also later designed the McLaren F1 roadcar, and had done the Brabham "fan-car" in 1978 and the championship winning Brabham BT52 in 1983, which was a car designed to be able to harness the monster power of the BMW turbo.In 1986 Murray designed the revolutionary lows-lung Brabham BT55,in which he tried to optimize the undisturbed airflow goign into the rear wing. It worked in theory but the engine needed to be tilted
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
This meant that the bad balance ruined the BT55.However in 1988 Murray KNEW the Honda V6 was far lower than the BMW roadcar based straight 4, and he could install it in an optimum configuration. So the McLaren MP4/4 was a Brabham BT55 that WORKED with the low-slung concept.Later other teams quickly adapted the same concept and it became commonplace.Ferrari concentrated on their 1989 car, so the 1988 car was in fact a little improved 1987 car. Benetton had a decent car.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
On top of that McLaren also had THE best engine of the turbo era, the Honda V6 turbo.In 1985 it already established itself as the best engine but the troubles of Williams meant it didn't show its true potential until the end of the 1985 season. In 1986 and 1987 Williams won 3 titles with the engine.From 1988 onwards there was a boost limit on the turbo engines in order to make some teams switch to the NA engines which would be the standard from 1989 onwards. Benetton did this.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
Now Gordon Murray saw the 1988 Benetton as a potential rival, so he said:"We couldn't belive our luck when we heard Benetton would not use the Cosworth Turbo for 1988". The Honda V6 turbo may have been the best engine on the grid in 1988 but Lotus used the same engine and was nowhere near the performance levels of McLaren in 1988. Nelson Piquet (Lotus driver 1988-1989) was a 3 time would champion and was still a force in 1988 but he was chanceless against the McLaren.The rest too
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
The only car in 1988 which might have had a slight advantage over the McLaren was the Leyton House (formerly March)designed by no other than Adrian Newey (who later designed championship winning cars for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull).It's "female" shaped body was a concept nobody had tried at the time, and later other teams all used it. In a few races Capelli actually caught up with the McLaren's and looked set for a close 2nd place.The Judd V8 was no match for the Honda though
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@monkeyboy866
So while I agree that Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna was THE best driver line-up ever in F1, and both were incredibly strong in their respective field, the MP4/4 was so fast it often finished races almost a lap ahead of all the other cars, and some times it lapped almost the entire field.
In 1989 Senna and Prost still both drove for McLaren but produced only 11 wins (10 counted, 1 disqualified). In some circuits the Ferrari was the better car. Williams had a good Renault V10...
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes I feel that it was ok that Schlesser took out Senna in Monza, I'm wishing ill or anything onto Senna but Enzo Ferrari died prior to that race, it is only fitting that a Ferrari should win that race on its homeground.
rvind92g 2 months ago
Why are they using tires with tread?
wanksta30 2 years ago
só um senna poderia pilotar outra vez esse carro...
rogersantz2 2 years ago
I love the way it sounds!!!!
mcwoking 2 years ago 2
Gawd I wish I could see it live. That turbo sounds freakin' awesome!!!
Julesdropgems 2 years ago
Believe me it was. I say it going up Goodwood hill before it broke down a few hundred yards further up.
ledonster1 2 years ago
Let me guess, Bruno Senna was driving when it broke.
Julesdropgems 2 years ago
yes he was. It was sad to see such a majestic machine spluttering only yards away from the crowd but at the same time, awesome to witness another Senna taking the wheel.
ledonster1 2 years ago
I like Bruno a little less now. (lol)
Julesdropgems 2 years ago 2
yeah
szolnokiszabolcs 2 years ago
jammy sods......loving the booooOOOOOOOOOOST at 02:54 !!
RSOxford 2 years ago
not HD, why?
oksansaa 2 years ago
That car makes a wonderful sound!
And it reminds me yet again, how much I miss Ayrton...
BoscoNeedsHugs 2 years ago 2
OH YEAH
benedictnasalroad 2 years ago
Great stuff!
haynet1962 2 years ago