Found some rare Senna footage on Y/T

[entropy]

1984 Mercedes 190 Allstar race @ Nurburgring:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUPXtXzjAQg

Having a go at rallying for the infamous Cars & Car Conversions article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHYt270aYE8

Testing a Penske at Firebird Raceway late 1992 (in Portugese/Brazillian TV):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5pwFSjO5bs

Driving Honda's round Suzuka with Satoru Nakajima (in Japanese):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZFPWsMhF5

[tim2100]

Senna Heel & toe

http://youtu.be/8By2AEsGAhU

[AJS-]

It always puzzles me a bit - the idea of "rare" footage on Youtube. Once it's out there it's infinitely multipliable.
[/pedant]

Good links though, thanks for posting.

[scubadude]

tim2100 said:

Senna Heel & toe

http://youtu.be/8By2AEsGAhU

NSX still one of my favourites, wonderful to see it pedalled right on the limit so well (loving the loafers too, white socks rule :-)

[entropy]

AJS- said:

It always puzzles me a bit - the idea of "rare" footage on Youtube. Once it's out there it's infinitely multipliable.
[/pedant]

True.

Most of the 'rare' stuff in the Senna film I've seen on YT!

[MikeO996]

scubadude said:

NSX still one of my favourites, wonderful to see it pedalled right on the limit so well (loving the loafers too, white socks rule :-)

More intrigued by the throttle pumping than the heel and toe

[The Stiglet]

MikeO996 said:

More intrigued by the throttle pumping than the heel and toe

Okay, this might sound a bit geeky but I've just picked up the new Autosport tribute bookazine and found a useful quote from Honda's Takeo Kiuchi, Senna's race engineer:

"When we did our simulations usually the actual time a driver set was slightly slower than the theoretical best lap from simulation. But Ayrton was always slightly quicker - and it was because we could not model what he was doing with the engine/tyre in combination. He had a way of jabbing at the throttle that people thought was all about keeping up the boost pressure of the turbo engines. Maybe it started that way, but he was still using it even with the normally-aspirated engines.

He would use the throttle to put more torque through the tyre and change the yaw, a little bit each time, before the tyre stalled and slid. This way he could get a better trajectory before the apex without as much steering. He was the only driver I ever saw doing this."

[MikeO996]

This is why I love PHs. Someone will always have answer, and usually in about a minute!

[The Stiglet]

MikeO996 said:

This is why I love PHs. Someone will always have answer, and usually in about a minute!