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."

Crash.net / Eurosport

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    ita a shame the a way a F1 isa now going ita seem to­­­­ a­­ start once a mr a hamilton asun a joined­ muclaren­­­ from­­ a dirty a tactics onna track thena­ to the a­­­ Spyagate­­ anda then a Lieagate anda witha­ corrupt a­­­ stewards­ anda­ keep a changin a rules a­ F1 asa never­­ a­ been same­ a­ since.. itta nowa a­ farce a since a­ mr­ a­ hamilton­ asun­ arrived ata­ muclaren they are a­ now­­ tarnished­ asa­ biggest a­ Cheat anda mr a­ hamilton­ asun­ with a­ fake a­ phoney­ Cheating a title­ itta­ couldnt a­ got any­ a worse­­ mea think a why a­ FIA want­ anda keep­ a changin­ the­­ rules after a­ spyagate anda­ lieagate­ toa bring the­­ a­ JUSTICE a­ back to the a­ Tracks­
    BUTTON THE A NEW­­ KING­ OFA­ F1........F1­ WORLD­ CHAMPION­­ 2009-2010....JENSON A­­ BUTTON

    From , on Fri 3 Jul 10:44PM
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    mr hamiltons son say he stay with­­ mclaren men­­ for­­­­­ life. that nice for him but what do­­ mclaren­­ men­­­ say?­­ you see mclaren is now german owned.­­­­ the­­­ parent­­ company is the mercedes benz which is­­ the­­­­­ german.­ the­ engine is the german engine.­­­­ everything­­­ about­ the­ team is the german. mr­­­­ hamiltons son now­ the­­­ swiss­ gentleman he eat­­ much­­ cheese and sings in­ the­­­ morning­ at­­ mountains. mr­­ hamiltons father is­ also­ now­­ the­­­ swiss man. in­­ fact there nothing­ british­ about­­­ this­­ team at­ all.­ even the man who­ tidy up the­­­ garage­­ after­­ the race­ has moved to­ switzerland­­ with­ his­­­ mother.­­ switzerland is owned­ by the­­ german. my­­­ friends­ the­­ whole team is GERMAN­ -­­ and guess what­ -­­ so is mr­­ glock.­ now you see­ why­­ the time stand­ still­­ for mr­­ glock on­ the­ last­ lap.­ like he in­ the time­­ warp.­ not­ even­ the­­ people­ abducted by­ the alien lose­­ the­­ amount­ of­ time he­­ lost on that­ last lap. IT IS­ A­­­­ DISGRACE!!!­ ANOTHER­­ CHEATIN­ YEAR IN 2009­ FROUM­­­­ MCLAREN AND CHEATIN­­ BASHIN­ MR­ HAMILTONS­ SON ....mr­­ a­­ hamilton asun the­ bigger a­ cheat

    From , on Fri 3 Jul 10:27PM
  3. It looks like a 2009 Indy Racing League car but­ probably runs much better. This is why Danica Patrick­ couldn't cut it in F1 today; it's just too big­ a step up, or forward.

    From Red Ears, on Fri 3 Jul 8:41PM
  4. Just looking at the era of when this car comes from­ with its wide track, single plane wings, turbo engine­ and wide slicks shows what F1 cars should look like­ today instead of the out of proportion cars they are­ running this season. Max and Bernie you are F@@@king­ ruining the sport.

    From Graham H, on Fri 3 Jul 7:43PM
  5. MS sure would have had things a little differently,­ he'd have had to fight quite a bit harder to keep­ his winning streak going but then he & A Senna were­ both bold and ruthless at the wheel.

    From steven, on Fri 3 Jul 7:12PM
  6. Senna - Prost - Mansell - Piquet ... how good was F1­ back then ....

    From Iain, on Fri 3 Jul 6:22PM
  7. UcOp M, not sure whether you understood najnet2002,­ properly, as I understand you both, you are both saying­ Senna was brilliant and that there was no one like him.­ najnet2002, also said rest in peace.

    I agree that MS­ would have had a very different career had Senna lived.

    From Ellie, on Fri 3 Jul 5:30PM
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    MP 4-4 looks great to bad that Bernie mess up F1 so bad­ that we have to watch slow cars blocking with­ Ker's!

    From raiders1, on Fri 3 Jul 5:17PM
  9. With you on that coveorman!

    From B Mackenzie, on Fri 3 Jul 3:45PM
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    najnet2002 I think you are not born in the year when­ Senna rule the F1, do you know who is Aryton Senna.­ Just the BEST F1 driver in F1 next to nothing , not­ even scumi. I really think you have your fact straight.

    From UcOp M, on Fri 3 Jul 3:42PM
  11. The old F-1 cars like this McLaren are great looking,­ the new cars look like @#$%

    From coveorman, on Fri 3 Jul 3:41PM
  12. No one Like Ayrton, RIP my friend

    From Naji, on Fri 3 Jul 3:19PM
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    Bruno Senna , the Senna name again in McLaren that is­ something to watch out in 2010, I'm sorry Hekki ,­ we like you but Senna Is really the it Man now, Lewis­ better watch out,

    From UcOp M, on Fri 3 Jul 3:12PM
  14. Wow, does that car look gorgeous or does it look­ gorgeous?

    From B Mackenzie, on Fri 3 Jul 2:59PM
  15. the senna name lives on in motor sport

    From CHRIS, on Fri 3 Jul 1:58PM
  16. Hmmm... watch out Heikki.

    From Donald D, on Fri 3 Jul 1:56PM
  17. which of the 6 chassis will Bruno be driving?

    From GeoffreyM, on Fri 3 Jul 1:49PM
  18. AWESOME !

    From JC, on Fri 3 Jul 1:12PM
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