Ayrton Senna Hockenheim '91

[Iceman917K]

Wonderful days.

[MotodudeMT]

Agree, a wonderful track destroyed.

[BRUCEFOREVER1]

That was an circuit how miss me so much...

[Elastico2]

I miss the old days!

[Kaizer147]

can someone explain why there were so much sparks? Isn't it really dangerous and effect the speed when having the car touching the ground? or there is another reason for that?

[Parkerthe1]

@Kaizer147 they used magnesium strips to stop the underbody being damaged when it was heavy with fuel at the start. the sparks are from the strips being rubbed along the track whenever the car accelerates, goes over a bump etc, they changed the strips to wood in 1994.

[SmeurkeDeKat]

@Parkerthe1 Titanium

[Nbsimons18]

great driver, pity he was such a wanker.

[peichan2]

a cette époque les voitures étaient magnifiques aujourd'hui elle ressemble a rien

[MatteoMi1979]

@peichan2 oui je suis tres d'accord

[GamingAtGermany]

I know nobody ho like the new Hockenheimring :(

[MatteoMi1979]

@GamingAtGermany the new hockenheimring is not a track,

the very track is old hockenheimring

[lferreiraalvarenga]

@GamingAtGermany Stupid Tilke must be this one. He should be shame to destroy that track.

[chouzouris]

@lferreiraalvarenga

Tilke sucks

[biskuit99]

Ayrton Senna the Master of F1

[MrSchiessbude]

kommentator is ne schlafmütze :D hätten ma lieber einen italiener dahingesetz ;D

[supercooled]

Those sparks flying off are a scary reminder/notice just how volatile those cars were. Effectively what it's saying is that on certain areas of the track, the bottom of the car is actually "bottoming out" which was ultimately what caused his car to slide at Imola costing his life. You NEVER see that in today's car designs. I'm kind of amazed there weren't more fatal crashes like Aryton's in that era.

Hockenheim wise, I think the straights are cool but let's be honest, F1 is about turns.

[GrannyBX]

@supercooled

Well there is wooden plank now on the bottom of the car, they still bottom sometimes but there is no sparks like with the titanium skid-blocks. Also they don't bottom out a lot because only a certain amount of wear of said plank is allowed.

[berdidrive]

very nice time (91) :-)

i miss this time !!!!

[T1carus]

shame hockenhiem is ruined now

[xoxTOWELIExox]

what a nice car that old mclaren was !

[teamofrivals1]

Yes it was, though Senna had the Honda engine to be grateful for. x

[didickcheeseburger]

sennas head looks so exposed compared to the safety of todays f1 cars

[connected1914]

yeah, security was shit in that time...todays helmet would have saved senna...

[BigAngeloSantorini]

Great truck, but the commentator sucks. How boring can you get?

[edw700]

I agree. And this track is best ever!

[TS14Smoke]

Great lap by Senna for sure but Mansell won the pole. At that point in the season, Senna was holding on for dear life. Better engine in the McLaren but otherwise an inferior car to Williams. This was real F1 at real racing circuits with real men driving. Their will never be anyone like Senna, Mansell or Prost...

[connected1914]

lol, you said everything

[Audioquest56]

Ayrton was fortunate that the Williams was unreliable for quite a bit of 1991 because it was the better car. He won the championship that year, but it could have gone to Mansell or even Patrese if the Williams had been more reliable.

[BrdoASIL]

Hey, Senna was a genius... Mansell and Patrese were just another one...even with a better car....

[Audioquest56]

No doubt the man was a racing genius, but even the best drivers struggle with inferior machinery. The Williams should have won in 1991 but early season unreliability ruined their chances. Also, McLaren won a couple of critical races the mid-season.

[ajd0408]

Loved this track. Thanks for the post.

[MatteoMi1979]

I also like a lot this track

[kair0x]

they've changed it alot now its just another track ! :(

[DuMbGuM]

What a great lap.

[paganini13]

Ayrton Senna!!!! the best f1 driver ever!!!!!!!

[SebiGuerrero]

lol die alten deutschen kommentatoren waren scheiße xD

[saaremaa2007]

he was fast guy.

[mdrkikoolol]

Ayrton Senna for ever ! :') !!

[scarsurfing]

Love the sparks and the track!

[HondaRacingDevellopm]

Big drive par MAGIC! power by HONDA !

Miss the old day's...snif.

[ilbiagio91]

Those were beautiful times! I was only 4 days old when it was happening.

[ryanjonik]

how is that pole when he is up a tenth? or was he trying to beat his old pole lap?

[MatteoMi1979]

Ayrton was already in pole.

Ayrton tried to beat his same time

[ryanjonik]

cool. thanks for answering.

[MatteoMi1979]

nothing thank you

[scarsurfing]

Nigel Mansell was on pole with the Williams renault.watch the other Qualifying laps on You tube.

[pocketdynamo87]

@MatteoMi1979 That isn't right, the 1:37.087 was from Nigel Mansell.

[InterSmells]

Haha, look at all those sparks. Intense.

[AR1978OJ]

Those were the days!

[MatteoMi1979]

Fantastic track and fantastic driver

I Love Ayrton

old Hockenheim is beautiful

Thanks

[AR1978OJ]

Those were the days!

[Troubledmindz]

Thanks