Saturday 19th May 2018

Watch Bruno Senna in the Senna!

The McLaren hypercar video we all wanted to see made, here for your weekend viewing pleasure

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Is there really any more to be said the McLaren Senna? Beyond what's it like to drive on the road, and whether it will fit at a McDonald's drive-thru, not a great deal. But you'll have to excuse us if additional mention of the new Ultimate Series McLaren still gets us a bit giddy, because it is one heck of an automobile.

Here we have the Senna on video, with brand ambassador - and nephew of Ayrton - Bruno Senna doing the driving. It's nothing you won't have heard before, though there's little denying the Brazilian is very charismatic in front of a camera. And, well, you get to see an 800hp McLaren go sideways - that has to be worth a couple of minutes of anybody's time, doesn't it?

That's about all you need to know for the vid; as for that road drive, expect something in the next few weeks - though the McDonald's drive-thru may not actually happen...

 

 

[Itsallicanafford]

...still upset with the way it looks?

[donutskidmark]

Everything is rosey- until you drive up a road with a speed bump.

[The Vambo]

donutskidmark said:

Everything is rosey- until you drive up a road with a speed bump.

Everything is rosey- until you drive up to IKEA and try to fit a OLDHOFLAPPE 3 door wardrobe with integrated shoe rack and soft-close mechanism in it.

[Maldini35]

donutskidmark said:

Everything is rosey- until you drive up a road with a speed bump.

No problem. It has nose lift.

Still rosey.

[ReaperCushions]

Pretty spooky seeing the close up of him in that helmet. They have the same eyes... took me back 20 years.

[Herbs]

Itsallicanafford said:

...still upset with the way it looks?

It looks a 1000 times better in the video than it did in the launch pictures - like the new Vantage, it appears to be very colour sensitive

[BarcelonaLewis]

I really don't understand why people have an issue with the looks, I think it's fantastic.

[Ashtray83]

I have gone from hating this car with a passion to absolutely loving it, I didn’t expect it to grow on me like it has

[rallycross]

I was lucky enough to be out in a Senna a few days ago and it is a fantastic thing, how wonderful that a company based in a Woking could create a world class carbon fibre beast like this. Could this turn out to be the best ever petrol engined car ever built?

[PBDirector]

that’s a differently-produced video and I like it.

[JasonF83]

I love it, I love the fact it is just a raw petrol engine without all that hybrid gubbins. Hydraulic p.a.s. steering too which is almost unheard of these days, much more feelsome than electric power steering.

Edited by JasonF83 on Friday 18th May 21:58

[TheJimi]

It's been said before, but those eyes, in that helmet...

[sege]

I've only watched the first 20 seconds of the video so far and I've already spotted a mistake in production. Why did they make Bruno walk all that way to get in the car? They could have got a shuttle bus or even better, parked it closer to the building.
Wonder what other mistakes I'll see in the rest of the video....

EDIT: Bruno didn't warm it up before doing a burnout.....
EDIT2: (Assuming they were honest impressions and not just Bruno reading from a script someone else wrote for him - in which case that's another mistake - they could have just got the script writer to read it into the camera themselves) I'm surprised he wasn't able to offer at least some constructive criticism. Maybe the car really is perfect in every way? Well done McLaren!

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

[HighwayStar]

sege said:

I've only watched the first 20 seconds of the video so far and I've already spotted a mistake in production. Why did they make Bruno walk all that way to get in the car? They could have got a shuttle bus or even better, parked it closer to the building.
Wonder what other mistakes I'll see in the rest of the video....

EDIT: Bruno didn't warm it up before doing a burnout.....
EDIT2: (Assuming they were honest impressions and not just Bruno reading from a script someone else wrote for him - in which case that's another mistake - they could have just got the script writer to read it into the camera themselves) I'm surprised he wasn't able to offer at least some constructive criticism. Maybe the car really is perfect in every way? Well done McLaren!

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Seriously!!!??? Too. Much. Thinking.
How you suck the joy out of something...

[TheJimi]

sege said:

I've only watched the first 20 seconds of the video so far and I've already spotted a mistake in production. Why did they make Bruno walk all that way to get in the car? They could have got a shuttle bus or even better, parked it closer to the building.
Wonder what other mistakes I'll see in the rest of the video....

EDIT: Bruno didn't warm it up before doing a burnout.....
EDIT2: (Assuming they were honest impressions and not just Bruno reading from a script someone else wrote for him - in which case that's another mistake - they could have just got the script writer to read it into the camera themselves) I'm surprised he wasn't able to offer at least some constructive criticism. Maybe the car really is perfect in every way? Well done McLaren!

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Edited by TheJimi on Saturday 19th May 09:01

[ZOLLAR]

rallycross said:

I was lucky enough to be out in a Senna a few days ago and it is a fantastic thing, how wonderful that a company based in a Woking could create a world class carbon fibre beast like this. Could this turn out to be the best ever petrol engined car ever built?

Not envious at all!
Agree with your point too.

[sideways man]

Yep, those eyes.......

Who is mclarens test driver now that Chris Goodwin works for Aston?
Seems they could do worse than hire Bruno.

[Funkstar De Luxe]

It feels desperate to me. Name a car after a dead man who had no involvement with the company and then drag in a relative to give it the “seal of approval”.

McLaren are always trying to trade in a history that isn’t their own. Soulless, horrible company.

[ghost83]

Those eyes! Omg

Best I’ve seen the Senna tbh as all the pictures made it look horrid

To be honest though I thought the 720s was dog ugly until I’ve stood with one in the flesh and thought it was gorgeous

[The Vambo]

sege said:

I've only watched the first 20 seconds of the video so far and I've already spotted a mistake in production. Why did they make Bruno walk all that way to get in the car? They could have got a shuttle bus or even better, parked it closer to the building.
Wonder what other mistakes I'll see in the rest of the video....

EDIT: Bruno didn't warm it up before doing a burnout.....
EDIT2: (Assuming they were honest impressions and not just Bruno reading from a script someone else wrote for him - in which case that's another mistake - they could have just got the script writer to read it into the camera themselves) I'm surprised he wasn't able to offer at least some constructive criticism. Maybe the car really is perfect in every way? Well done McLaren!

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Edited by sege on Saturday 19th May 02:34

Holy fk, and that's the edited post :