AYRTON SENNA ONBOARD AT MONACO WITH LOTUS-HONDA'87

[paulo80850]

saca so o ronco desse motor sem comparaçao

[fabico77]

congratulations and thanks to lotus and renault

[fabico77]

great video...a treasure Thanks superalonso!

[ivakpavlov]

driving with 150+ mph in that tunnel without seeing anything with one hand -HOLLY SH!!!t

[AyrtonSennaFan97]

@ivakpavlov Come on man, get real. This is his out lap, he is heating up the tyres which is why you can still see the stickers on them so there is no way that he is driving through the tunnel at 150mph, this would destroy the tyres which only lasted a maximum of 1 lap at full speed. And do you really think the FIA would let drivers race through a tunnel without seeing anything at 150mph? The cameras back then were very bad and set for daytime light settings, which is why you cant see anything.

[BiggerThinking1]

@AyrtonSennaFan97 Actually he is right - they do go through there at 150mph - in fact even faster - about 170mph by the end of it - and it was very dark in those days - many older drivers have mentioned it.

[AyrtonSennaFan97]

@BiggerThinking1 They would never go through the tunnel on their out lap at 170mph, it would completely destroy their tyres which only last for one lap.

[BiggerThinking1]

@AyrtonSennaFan97 Thats true of course but no-one (except you) ever said anything about out-laps -- the guy who made the original comment was merely pointing out the amazing conditions o driving an F1 car here back then.

[RTic83]

We miss u Senna

[RTic83]

V6 turbo! Sweet and powerful sound. Now only if d GTR had this engine.....

[ssssroryssss]

wow! I've never seen anyone have to lift off going through the tunnel!

[TheColinChapman]

@ssssroryssss Ayrton wasn't pushing to the max in this lap. See the stickers on his front tyres?

This isn't even al full-speed-lap, ist was his out-lap on a fresh set of rubber.

[ssssroryssss]

@TheColinChapman Yeah I agree but I was referring to the amount of power vs lck of downforce these cars had :)

[BiggerThinking1]

@ssssroryssss This was a warm up lap - if the camera had been used when it should have been - ie the next lap when he went for one of his legendary banzai pole laps - u'd have seen a mind-blowing spectacle. This is an epic waste of an opportunity - FAIL camera director!

[MrGene321]

look at how exposed the cockpit was, it looks like hes sitting in a wheelbarrow lol, balls or what !!!!!! anyways i guess them changing the design is much safer, hence what happened to ayrton RIP

[stotheimon1]

omg yust listen to the downshifts bevore the chicane... =O

[fred1050]

Very, very good!!!

Fred Filho

[MG1995OMONOIA]

one handed



[hearts76100]

balls

[reventon555]

how the fuck did he know where he was going through the tunnel amazing

[osfponikhths]

@reventon555

thats true how the heck he knew on the tunnel dark where to go????

[bob333336]

@osfponikhths It's just the camera. 

[lealowo]

i was there, i was 8 years old

[sulexi1]

Amazing Engine Sounds

[Racrewe1993]

To the greatest f1 driver ever. Sleep tight Senna you will never be forgotten  <3

[HMJogMDG]

God lap Ayrton Senna. We miss you. =-)

[curlyafroninja]

If someone crashes in that tunnel, the chances of not getting injured are damn small...

[glockfan14]

1500 HP!!!! AMAZING

[bob333336]

@glockfan14 1500HP was only available in qualifying trim as the amount of boost in that trim would melt the engine after a 5 or 6 laps. In racing trim they put out around 700HP, give or take 50HP depending on the car. But this is the 1987 Lotus, meaning it was limited in terms of boost, so they could only put out ~1,100HP in qualifying trim. Then came the last turbo year 1988, they outright banned boost adjustment and all cars were always at ~700HP in race and quali trim. Then 89 back to V12/10.

[nitrotrigger]

@glockfan14 1200 HP

[hristoitchov]

Looks so difficult to control the turbo-engine.

[RyckardPT]

@hristoitchov true, the turbo lag is quite anoying, even more in this low capacity engines. by the way, is simply astonishing the power this engines made, 1200-1500hp, simply amazing