Frankfurt Motor Show: Ayrton Senna’s McLaren Honda

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Picture: Tom Hunter

Amid all the glimpses of the future, a screaming blast from the past - Ayrton Senna’s all conquering McLaren Honda MP4/4 from 1988.

600+bhp from a turbo’d-to-the-hilt 1500cc V6 engine - and it only weighed 540kg. It won 15 of 16 Grands Prix. And you thought today’s F1 was a bit predictable...

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