Bruno Senna to drive Ayrton's McLaren

Eurosport - Fri, 03 Jul 10:50:00 2009

Bruno Senna will drive his late uncle's legendary McLaren Honda MP4-4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend.

FORMULA 1 Ayrton Senna during the 1988 F1 season in the turbo-powered McLaren - 0

Bruno has been invited by McLaren Racing to drive the McLaren Honda MP4-4 at Goodwood during the first two days of the festival, allowing fans the opportunity to see at close quarters the F1 car which dominated the 1988 season in the hands of Alain Prost and Bruno's uncle, the late Ayrton Senna. Together they won all but one race in that year's championship.

The car that Bruno will drive is a part of the McLaren Collection which is displayed at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, and last week Bruno visited the factory to be fitted into the car by some of the mechanics who worked with Ayrton in that Championship winning year.

Speaking ahead of this weekend's festival, Bruno said: "Driving this hugely powerful turbo engined 'monster' will be a great experience for me on one of my weekends off from my Le Mans Series programme.

"It is hugely motivating to drive such an historic car and especially to be trusted by the same people that ran Ayrton to all those victories back in the 1980's.

"An F1 car from this era is not too similar to a current F1 car, and Goodwood is not exactly a Grand Prix venue either, but I am sure this fun weekend will only serve to wet my appetite again for F1."

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  1. marnio from peru,Andy murray has won 14 titles so far­ while beating Nadal and federer,and is No's 3 in­ the world,.
    Yes none are grandslams but he's only­ 22!

    From alord72, on Mon 6 Jul 6:02PM

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    I will put­ this through immediately Elfy and you will receive an­ invite to our next 25 to 1 party (25 Angels and 1 man­ go for it). So start taking your vitamins young fella,­ you will need them.

    From Site Angel, on Mon 6 Jul 5:21PM
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    I'm the site idiot, give me thumbs up if you would­ like to join and piss off others, We are the potato­ mashers.

    From MR Wanker, on Mon 6 Jul 3:14PM
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    Bruno was a big dopey boxer but absolutely @#$% at­ driving, i remember when Bruno punched a sack of­ potatoes and mashed them all up, lovely with English­ Butter.

    From MR Wanker, on Mon 6 Jul 3:00PM

  5. Well for sheer mental illness the marnio poster, that­ guy has to be on a different scale or at least off the­ scale. What a waste of life. He aint even got any new­ material.

    Prognosis sad w()nker/ asylum seeker. Lol!

    From repeatalarm50, on Mon 6 Jul 6:39AM

  6. Site Angel, could you be a little more specific? You­ say greater than 80 on­ the touronroute muppet­ scale,­ 82? 87? 94? Some of us are compiling a league table and­ specific values would therefore be greatly appreciated.­ Thanking you in advance for your time and the diligent­ service you provide. Elfy.

    From elfywatson, on Mon 6 Jul 6:29AM

  7. I am the site Angel and I thumb down muppets.

    On this­­ page I have thumbed down the following muppets:­ the­ Jeanette Bolan IDs (Marnio from Peru, Potter &­ Bernard), the Nick (the perv) Rees ID (pitcrew66),­ eseptiyanto (simply a muppet) and keith.mehaffey­ (surely no one is that stupid Keith).

    These muppets­ are all greater than 80 on­ the touronroute muppet­ scale, with touronroute being exactly 100 as per scale­ definition.

    From Site Angel, on Mon 6 Jul 4:02AM
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    Bruno Senna is a whack job he got no sense of driving I­ tihink he need to pracice more to become an F1 driver,­ also I got tired of driver who use nepotism to race I­ mean look at Nelsinho Piquet and Nico Rosberg both of­ them never win a race, a podium maybe but both of them­ are not their elder's so I believe Bruno only a­ commercial act to rate's up the sport if he race­ that is.

    From Iceman jr, on Mon 6 Jul 3:37AM

  9. Enzo Ferrari 9 WDC, 8 CC
    Ron Dennis 10WDC, 7 CC

    Lewis­­ Hamilton, youngest ever world champion

    McLaren only­­ team to win Can-AM, Indy, LeMans and multiple F1 world­­ championships. All in record time.

    McLaren­­ acknowledged manufacturers of 'the' greatest­­ road car.

    McLaren official rebels against the Ferrari­­ fake royalty.
    McLaren true enemy of the FIA, Max,­­ Bernie and Ferrari.

    Mclaren, the rebel team against­­ the Ferrari fake royalty.

    Remember all the­ corruption­ McLaren have had to suffer under Bernie and­ Max and­ Ferrari just because McLaren and Hamilton were­ a­ threat. Never forget.

    Bernie now admits his­­ admiration for Hitler, imagine if we had known that a­­ couple of years ago. Still Hamilton became the­ youngest­ ever world champion, despite everything they­ could­ throw at him and his team.

    The beauty of the­ Mclarens.­ The Mclaren ruffians are pure and utter­ class. Ron­ Dennis has the same career record as Enzo­ Ferrari in­ terms of titles won when they were in­ charge and­ McLaren has done so much more than Ferrari­ in such a­ shorter space of time. The beauty of the­ MP4/4 maybe­ only matched by the beauty of the carbon­ Williams FW­ 14B.

    McLaren always have the coolest­ drivers, Hunt,­ Senna, Hakkinen, Hamilton and the best­ road cars, and­ the only team to have won Can Am, Indy,­ Lemans and F1­ titles. McLaren are the true ultra's­ of world­ motorsport.

    From woodrowtio, on Mon 6 Jul 2:58AM

  10. POTTER ,shut up cos ya jelous that site angel is fit­­ and you are'nt. Mclaren is best. can say what ya­­ want, when yav finished Mclaren is still best. so is­­ Hamilton.

    From brucef1lee, on Mon 6 Jul 2:37AM
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    mea think a site a angel a bigger a Muppet thana Max­ a­­ sittin a in all a hot onna weekend a scouting from­ a­­ site toa site a thubing a down what hea dont a­ like­ mea­ think a site a muppet i mean a angel isa­ 24hrs a­ day­ onna thumbing a down a very a sad anda­ the bigger­ a­ Muppet than Max anda mr a hamilton asun­ toa gether

    From , on Mon 6 Jul 2:29AM

  12. pitcrew66,how would you like to pay £6m tax & NI­ out of your £12m earnings to this useless­ government!?,i'm bloody sure i wouldn't either!

    From alord72, on Mon 6 Jul 2:16AM

  13. Aye marnio , and that logic makes you the Argentinian.

    From A.Moaner, on Sun 5 Jul 9:53PM

  14. Marnio from peru, Potter, Bernard, you are such a pric­ k, how much of your life have you wasted with this­ @#$%, it gives me so much enjoyment to count your days­ and weeks gone down the drain. Hamilton beat you and­ all the people like you, people like you never win, you­ know that which is why you are forced to repeat extreme­ b anal nonsense. How many Hamilton and McLaren fans­ have you created, have you ever wondered. Lol

    Go­ outside in the sun.

    From repeatalarm50, on Sun 5 Jul 8:20PM

  15. hhi...marnio from peru...don't say tennis like­ that...tennis got their own style &­ attitude...racing also got...same all sport...why­ everybody like football..? also rubbish coz 22 player­ aim for 1 ball..crazy is it...i like­ football...football got soul...is easy..watch porno n­ play ur own dxxk...

    From z, on Sun 5 Jul 10:37AM
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    dont forget LH is now SWISS to avoid supporting­ British tax payers

    give him a Swiss~German flag to­ wear on helmet & tracksuit

    From pitcrew66, on Sun 5 Jul 10:36AM
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    why you people talk about the tennis????
    the tennis­­­ very rubbish game. just hitting the ball over a net­­ for­ the many hours.
    i watch the tennis game for the­ 5­­ minute and i fell into sleep so the deep i thought­ i­­ had the died and when i woke up i thought i was­ in­­ heaven with michael jackson.
    tennis is the game­ for­­ the middle aged lady and the older gentleman who­ can­­ not get the girlfriend.
    and why the brits go on­ about­­ it so much?? no one ever seen on tv a british­ person­­ win a tennis tornament because the last time a­ british­­ person win a tennis tournament the tv not yet­ the­­ invented.
    this andy maurry is the good player,­ but­ like­ so many other english sport stars he fail­ to­ deliver­ when it the matters.
    if i were the english­ i­ would­ invent some new sports because they not the­ very­ good­ at the ones we have now.
    and i not know why­ the­ english and the scots argue so­ much.
    they are the­ same­ as far i am concerned. in peru­ we see england as­ the­ country and we not really­ understand why the­ scots not­ just accept they are­ english people too,­ but just from­ the more northerly­ regions of the­ england. if they­ make the one, they may­ be better at­ playing the tennis­ and the football. in fact, why is­ the brits so bad at­ sports?

    From marnio from peru, on Sun 5 Jul 8:08AM

  18. It would be awesome to see young Bruno drive that­ incredible rocket of a car that the unforgettable­ Ayrton piloted around the '88 F1 circus. Bruno,I­ hope and wish you all the best,that someone opens a­ door to this talent. It would be great to see a Senna­ again,but we know you have the talent. So let's see­ this talent grow into a possible champion.... A­ chance,I think he is worth....

    From R R, on Sun 5 Jul 8:06AM

  19. BERNARD - MARINO - SUPER MARIO FFS

    ARE - ALL -­ AR$EHOLES

    From MC A, on Sun 5 Jul 7:19AM
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    i must admit after reading some of these posts Touron­ does have a point.
    Why did glok slow down so much in­ the last lap..
    Why was glok driving on the wet side of­ the track in the last few remaining bends allowing­ hamilton to take the inside DRY line to victory.­
    HHHmmmmmm.....seems a little suspicious to me...Can­ anyone enlighten me as to why Glok lost so much time on­ the Last Lap it was if he was abducted by the ALIENS­
    Whats it all about..
    Why cant this question be­ answered especially by mclaren fans and especially by­ Doughnut Ray $%^&...
    Why has the evidence ie..the­ last lap of the brazilian GB especially the last few­ corners been removed from You Tube..
    Why do Mclaren­ fans keep running away from this question and the­ Truth..
    people keep saying wait till jeremey clarkson­ show..all will be revealed...
    i mean considering glok­ was on slick tyres why was he driving right in the wet­ line of the track on the last few corners..everyone­ keeps saying they are surprised he finished at all­ considering the conditions...Various posts state it was­ like an ice rink...
    So why was Glok driving in the WET­ on SLICKS on the WET LINE NOT/ THE DRY LINE on the last­ few bends....please tell im waiting and have been all­ Day and probably will be for a long time yet.­
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    ps...for the record any driver who­ won the title in 2008 was going to inherit a phoney­ crown After the season weve had,,,HOLD YOUR HEADS IN­ SHAME MCLAREN FOR ANOTHER CHEATING YEAR IN 2009 AS IM­ SURE YOU WILL!!!and you didnt disappoint did­ you............

    From Bernard, on Sun 5 Jul 4:56AM
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