Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈiʁtõ ˈsẽnɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ⓘ; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994.Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held the record for most pole positions (65), among …

Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships with 90 points in his first year with McLaren. Senna's teammate Alain Prost finished as runner-up by just 3 points. Gerhard Berger finished in a distant third, driving for Ferrari. The 1988 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 42nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing.

It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1988 season. On Honda 's home track, the McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost filled the front row. Senna's pole time was 1.8 seconds slower than Gerhard Berger 's 1987 time.

Ayrton Senna's 1988 season was one of the most dominant in Formula 1 history. Driving for McLaren-Honda, he ran eight races and finished on the podium in all but one race. He also set a new record for pole positions in a season, with 13. His teammate, Alain Prost, won seven races, but Senna's consistency gave him the edge in the championship ...

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Sep 9, 2023 · That 1988 season was a tension-filled battlefield within the McLaren team, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost emerging as the protagonists. As teammates, their contrasting styles both on and off the track fanned the flames of a …

Oct 25, 2016 · It was the event in which Senna truly, after dropping several hints in the four seasons since his F1 debut, announced his arrival on the world stage. The Brazilian out-qualified Alain Prost, his McLaren teammate, by a margin of 1.427 seconds around the …

Ayrton Senna's qualifying lap during the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix is widely regarded as the best single lap in Formula 1 history.

Senna cravou a melhor volta da prova no giro 59 e mesmo com uma vantagem superior aos 50 segundos sobre Prost, o brasileiro não aliviava no acelerador. Na 66ª volta, o que parecia ser impossível acabou acontecendo: Ayrton errou na entrada do túnel e bateu no guard rail quando tinha a corrida nas mãos.

May 29, 2018 · In 1988, 28-year-old Ayrton Senna was driving the McLaren MP4/4, the second car designed by Steve Nichols and Gordon Murray for Ron Dennis' team.