"It took basically me driving like I didn't care about any sort of consequence to do that time" Sounds like some sort of zone-ish state, kinda like Senna had at that stupid fast qualifying lap time in Monaco.
It says everything about how fast Senna was tbf. It took him over an hour to beat a lap that he would've set on one run, though he would've had practice the day before as well, but still.
I’m gonna sound like a total smartass but if it’s what I think it is, that’s called a flow state. It’s where your body disconnects from your mind, essentially, and your body just does what it needs to do, knowing how to and it just does it, regardless of possible consequences because your senses are ahead of your thinking and you can’t think about them in a flow state.
@Rachel Wood Agreed, and to built off it.. To say Senna was reckless, isn't wrong but that shouldn't come off as a negative trait per say. He drove without fear, he was a True racing driver, might it have gotten him killed, sure a case could he made. And, as tragic as it is, he died being who he was, He was the driver without fear and would always push if it meant winning or going faster.
If you really dig into it, the MP4/4 technically won all it's races but it was disqualified from a race won by Senna because his car used larger brake pads albeit it was done due to awful track conditions
The thing is, the MP4/4 would reegularly outqualify the entire field by 2+ seconds (it was over 3 seconds at Imola) so one could argue it was more dominant. It also only failed to win the 16th race due to a certain backmarker...
“Never pretends to be as good”? Of course he’s not as good (otherwise we would be watching him every weekend on TV) so why should he even clarify that?
Just goes to show how quick Senna really was! In fact all those top drivers from the day. Now add in g-force, a real fear of dying or wrecking the car (and your career), limited tires and laps to do, and some 30 nM of torque on the wheel, and you'll REALLY appreciate old school drivers!
Senna had to do this in real life....with 1 car on the first try with real G forces. It took a world class UA-cam driver 100+ tries and 40+ broken cars to replicate it in a sim. If that doesn't show you how far Senna was ahead o the field....I don't know what will. I bet if Senna was alive and racing this sim...he would smash his own record bc he can do crazy stuff and start crashing cars too XD
@@DJUwU To be fair to jimmers, Senna *did* have over a hundred tries in the MP4/4, just not necessarily in Australia, as this was the last race of the season, so the crashing was more a part of the ehem, "accelerated learning process"
@@leonkennedy346 yeah but he also had the danger of a crash,g forces,no power steering and many more factors that made it a looooooooot harder.this is just a game
I also saw the Honda nsx test. the name of the skill you refer to is called "Punta Taco" and Senna used a lot of this artifice at the time of manual changes. Greetings from Brazil
@@AlefeLucas How interesting, I didn't know. This skill is not named in portuguese because "Punta taco" is pure Spanish. I don't know why in Portuguese it didn't get another name
Senna did this with a full suit/helmet, g-force, imperfect conditions, probably traffic at some point, in a real car and all on the first attempt. Scary
I was there and got to watch him that day. I have never before nor since witnessed anything like it. The Lotus was absolutely beyond it's limits of control and yet somehow he managed to keep it pointed in the right direction. Just an extraordinary talent.
The most unbelievable thing is that Senna did this without practicing days on a simulator at home or at McLaren Hq. He just had this monster of a car an some previous experiences in this track from previous years and the free practice before qualifying. It is just mind blowing to think about how anyone was able to achive things like this in the past, they did so much with so little compared to today.
It's unbelievable how much time is in just being smooth. It always amazing me how laps that sometimes feel almost slow, end up being the quickest I've done. Nice lap, Jimmy.
You guys need to watch some Jackie Stewart videos. For those who dont know, he won the title 3 times (69,71,73) and he always talked about being smooth, about how you had to be gentle, and an uneventful lap will be the fastest
Love this track. I saw Senna racing here in 80's and 90's. Was an amazing experience to watch the master at work. When F1 cars screamed like banshees. They could be heard 15km away from the track.
Fantastic video, Jimmer! As a South Australian with some very fond memories of this circuit, this video has really demonstrated how much of a challenge the track is, and by extension how fun it is to watch a car go around it in anger to find a good lap time.
I think what’s even more impressive is that Prost was only a tenth slower than Senna as well, thus showing the skill of the both of them but also the dominance of the MP4/4 since they were both around 1.6 seconds faster than P3, Nigel Mansell
As a Brazilian kid I watched basically all his races, Senna was amazing, a real genius on the track and unbelievable in the rain. Very good video, it really shown it’s no small feat what he did :)
17:34 oooo i know that feeling , ha ha ha... after bunch of struggled laping, suddenly something snaps in mind and all pieces of puzzle just fell on their places :D
UA-cam recommended me this video right on Senna's death anniversary. My dad says that when Senna died (I wasn't born yet), wherever you went in Brazil, the streets were all empty and people were all quiet. That's the impact he had on Brazilian people's lives. As a Brazilian I grew up hearing about him and it's undeniable how good he was. His skills were unbelievable.
I know this video is year old, but still... 9:12 ..."Apparently, this Senna guy is preaty quick... Who knew"... This is Jimmy's content i love to watch, it just made my day xD
Supposedly it helped to keep the turbos spoiled or something and just doing that with perfect technique. There are a whole lot of videos about senna’s driving
Crash list 7:37 - idk wtf happend 7:53 - lost control 10:45 - "the sad wheel" 11:22 - "Something's missing" 11:36 - Sbinalla 14:06 - hit the boxes entrance 14:21 - "Jesus" 15:20 - "the perfect lap" proceeds to die 16:01 - "Fuck, fuck, fuck"
You need to try the "Throttle Pulse" technique that Senna used. He keep pulsing the throttle during the curve, keeping the traction at the limit. It was a "Manual Traction Control". It also helped to keep the Turbo at high speed, helping at the acceleration at the curve exit. Sorry about my english here. Still learning.
Both me and my dad do this and it seems to work quite well. Part of what makes it viable is that when you lift, the weight of the car shifts forward, which will increase rotation, and then the next blip supplies you with enough power to keep pace.
Regarding the small text speculating the engine could've had 900-1,000 HP - Not in '88. A 2.5 bar absolute boost limit was implemented in 1988, and would limit the engine to under 700. In '87, the boost limit was 4 bar, and those higher numbers were more realistic, but the Honda motor was not in the McLaren that year.
"Its all or nothing now..." - Instantly crashes into the pit entry wall 😂 Great driving tho Jimmer. Btw I cant even imagine how scary it had to be to drive this car in real life around these tracks.
I have seen Senna and Prost live in Hockenheim in the MP 4/4 in 1988 and it was an honor to have seen them live. You did a really good job there. As you said you did it in a sim, he did it in real life with all the G Forces. He was the best driver of them all. May he RIP. Thanks for the video
Just thought I would mention that I was there for the Senna lap. At the end of the straight in qually everyone was breaking at the 75m point. Senna was flat till the 50m.
@@ferglesnerk I have a seen a greater difference in WRC with Sebastien Loeb to the field at a straigth in Algarve. It was so ridiculous people actually screamed he was going to crash :D
You can see your speed improving, finding that limit. each lap was just a pleasure with that turbo. You made the biggest leap on the quick left right abot 1/3rd way round. more speed and better line.
Great vid Jimmer, the other thing to keep in mind is Senna had injured his wrist in a soccer match prior to the Grand Prix weekend, and had it heavily strapped up for this lap. Prost was only a tenth slower than Senna's time followed by Noige, some 1.7 seconds behind...
'It took driving like there was no consequence...' That right there is why in part Senna was so good. He did not fear what could happen. Well done Jimmy!
Jimmer, as a suggestion for these types of videos at the end. I’d love to see a side by side comparison of your lap vs the real life lap you were trying to beat. I don’t know if copyright would allow it but it would be cool to see where you gained/lost vs real life.
the thing that made senna special wasnt any one particular lap; it was the fact that everytime he got in a car rain hail or shine he managed to turn a lap like this. it took you however many laps to achieve this time, senna did it in two; this was his average and to think about it like that is absolutely mind blowing
Cool to see that toward the end of the video he even starts fidgeting with the throttle through corners like senna did. Funny to see him adopting a senna-like driving style to beat sennas lap.
The trick Senna used was to keep tapping gas in turns, like really quick, to keep big turbo spooling and to have faster exits. In your best run you also stomped gas pretty early in turns, in some turns you kept pushing pedal few times before strathning your front wheels, that helped with power build up. In your early attempts your RPM goes even below 7k and it takes a lot after you exit turn to spool the turbo.
YOU: Go slow, learn the car as it progresses and slowly chip away at it. ME: Crash the first corner until i get it perfect, then 2nd corner and so on... LMFFFAAAOOO
Watching this makes me a little sad, it reminds me how how many great racing drivers and people we lost in racing, Jim Clarke, Ken Miles and Senna, gone too early.
Seeing how entertaining this lap was It would be really cool to see if you could try and beat one of Senna's pole laps each year from 85 - 94, mods permitting of course.
If you watch senna drive his lap he's never going straight he dances with the car the hole time sliding the car into the corners I never seen any other driver do that
That was called "traction control", with the remarkable difference that when Senna was doing it, it was not automated, but his skill. Same with Schumacher and his left-foot braking he learnt from Kart driving, which was used extensively at Rallying at the time. The car is not "dancing", the car is losing and recovering grip, all the time. He was only beaten when a guy who lost less traction than him came around, doing the "unthinkable" thing that gave him that little edge. Schumi shown Senna that the secret to being faster was NOT losing and recovering grip quickly, but NEVER losing that grip.
@@sombraarthur oooo you mean he showed him when he still had TC on his car. Your analyst is wrong Senna would slide the car intentionally this is why he would burp the throttle over and over into the corner. If Schumacher did not have the tc he had he could not hold a candle to Senna.
@@sombraarthur Even I could beat Senna with the 1994 Benneton. The car had much better traction and stability. The only advantage of the Williams was on the straights...it had a better motor. Senna was doing miracles to keep with Schumacher at those three initial races...you can see him absolutely on the edge and maybe it was one of the reasons he got killed.... if he accepted second place on those first races later he would win the championship because the Williams sorted out the problems and the car was much better. Even Damon Hill challenged Schumi. Senna was 10 times better than Hill
@@digiman76 that is where you are wrong, mate. Schumacher introduced new techniques like left-foot braking and he was able to keep his foot on the power much much more than Senna. What I find funny is that Niki Lauda said something alike what you said "even I could drive those cars" and then when he did, he spun out faster than the 0-100km/h accel time of an F1. Senna died because a lot of things had gone wrong, it was a complete catastrophy that happened, from a lower car due to colder tyres to fracture of the suspension and steering column, lack of a run-off area, the wall at a really steep angle and so forth. Take away one or two of those variables and he might had lived. Damon challenged Michael, because Schumi had been disqualified for two races and banned in other two. Otherwise, Schumi would have won that champioship in 1994 with a foot and both hands tied to his back, had Williams fixed that car or not.
Brilliant brilliant driving Jimmy! Thanks a lot for this great effort/review and appreciation of what stratospheric levels those men had risen to. When Alain Prost says he never drove faster than was needed (after witnessing Gilles death), one can understand it more easily after seeing what you just did. It is also a sad reminder of why Senna and Gilles are unfortunately not with us any more. Same situation here when I drive mate, sweat, fatigue, cramp mental stress ... lap after relentless lap. You might want to try the rfactor2 1988 mod for the same machines - it is a scary scary work of art.
Love the direction of the format. Challenging the greats in machines of the day.. I guess that's why they are "the greats". I was fortunate enough to be in Adelaide on the day... The noise, smell and atmosphere is the only thing missing. Keep up the good work..
If Jimmer would've done this irl he would've died at 10:49 chasing a mid 1:19. Absolutely mad to think of the danger the drivers went and faced willingly.
@@oxey_ I agree but if you look closely the car goes through the fence, that probably would'nt happen the car was not that fast anymore, the fence would hold him from going over that concrete wall and having his neck crush.
That record breaking lap, I was watching your throttle inputs and it looks a lot like Senna's technique. He would stab the throttle through corners to keep the car in boost and to drive to the limit of the tires. Great work, keep it up.
This is amazing, I’m sat here watching the video and did that thing where you’ve been up too long and phased out. Genuinely thought I was watching a 1989 grandprix. Your voice is exactly like Murray Walker.
"I didn't even do anything" Yes you did - you stopped talking. But tbh, I prefer it when you commentate at the expense of lap times, it's much more entertaining.
As someone from Adelaide who’s uncle helped manage the race, this is really special to me, thank you for doing this. Senna’s photo is still up in La Trattoria, an Italian restaurant on King William road in Adelaide from when he visited. Good history, good stuff.
Great vid Jimmy. I've got to practice heel/toe. To get the technique as reflexive as seen here must be so satisfying. And deepest respect of course to the man and driver, Senna.
Senna may have had to endure the danger of driving the real car, but he never dealt with the dreaded Microsoft USB noises. A true inspiration here.
that is irritating
Yep. I always look over at the bottom right to see if something's disconnected.
I thought it was my mouse!
What do you talking about?
@@jorge_781 The sound at 10:39
"It took basically me driving like I didn't care about any sort of consequence to do that time"
Sounds like some sort of zone-ish state, kinda like Senna had at that stupid fast qualifying lap time in Monaco.
out of body experience...
Senna did it every lap. Not just once after an hour... Senna made it look normal. Like Jim Clark at Monza. Peace
It says everything about how fast Senna was tbf. It took him over an hour to beat a lap that he would've set on one run, though he would've had practice the day before as well, but still.
I’m gonna sound like a total smartass but if it’s what I think it is, that’s called a flow state. It’s where your body disconnects from your mind, essentially, and your body just does what it needs to do, knowing how to and it just does it, regardless of possible consequences because your senses are ahead of your thinking and you can’t think about them in a flow state.
@@alissagreye2897Didn’t soldiers use to experience this in the middle of a battle?
Scariest part of all of this is that Senna did it for real, first time out. Maddening
And that's why he died. Reckless.
@Rachel Wood Agreed, and to built off it.. To say Senna was reckless, isn't wrong but that shouldn't come off as a negative trait per say. He drove without fear, he was a True racing driver, might it have gotten him killed, sure a case could he made. And, as tragic as it is, he died being who he was, He was the driver without fear and would always push if it meant winning or going faster.
Senna didn’t do it first time out. He had 3 hours of free practice and 2 hours of qualifying to build up to it.
@@nuno_alex505 thats why he died? Are you fucking stupid??
@Rachel Wood that is way they was killed, talent make you go very fast. The slow guys do not get killed. Haha
3 years later: This car is no longer the most dominant car in Formula 1 history
yea i was about to comment what about rb19 but then i saw the video was 3 years old
If you really dig into it, the MP4/4 technically won all it's races but it was disqualified from a race won by Senna because his car used larger brake pads albeit it was done due to awful track conditions
The thing is, the MP4/4 would reegularly outqualify the entire field by 2+ seconds (it was over 3 seconds at Imola) so one could argue it was more dominant. It also only failed to win the 16th race due to a certain backmarker...
@@w0lf667no because both mclarens retired from the Italian gp in 1988
This is just 18 minutes of Jimmy flexing on us with his heel and toe skills
Man I need to get into sim-racing, that looks fun as hell!
God it's such a surprise to find you here
Captain Harlock Dude has taste
The Racing Monkey Please do, I‘d watch the crap out of that
Yea leave forza its kinda well. Dead
Please do, I am also a beginner sim racer and I'd love to watch someone on the same level as me haha
love how Jimmy always acknowledges how different it was in real life. Never pretends to be as good as the real drivers. He's a good egg.
“Never pretends to be as good”? Of course he’s not as good (otherwise we would be watching him every weekend on TV) so why should he even clarify that?
@@enricomilovan5543 Nah mate clearly jimmy is better
Who on earth would pretend to be a real dri....
Oh yeah Max Verstappen.
@@privateinformation2960 womp womp grow up
@@privateinformation2960is he pretending to be a 4 time world champion too?
"this senna guy was really quick" lolololol
Yes he was
Haha you got the joke too! lol
maybe he could be world champion someday idk
Yeah but in 2012 he couldn't score a podium in a race winning car, not sure why everyone thinks he's so good tbh
Ryan Hilden were talking about ayrton Senna...
Just goes to show how quick Senna really was! In fact all those top drivers from the day.
Now add in g-force, a real fear of dying or wrecking the car (and your career), limited tires and laps to do, and some 30 nM of torque on the wheel, and you'll REALLY appreciate old school drivers!
@Rachel Wood Prost is severely underrated these days. I feel he deserves almost as much praise as Senna.
@Rachel Wood Well at least someone that knows the reality instead of praising senna as a GOD. Everything you said was spot on.
Seleron I don't think people praise him as God, it's just that people have empathy for someone who died.
@@colbymckaeff8964 I understand that, but only to an extend.
This was the comment I was looking for🙏
Real drivers are awesome
1:38 He had us in the first half not gonna lie.
Literally had a short heart attack there
i already double tapped to advance by 10 secs lol
15:18 "It has to be a perfect lap", of course... You're not only trying to beat a pole lap, it's AYRTON SENNA's POLE LAP!
This is a great point - Senna always managed to find extra time beyond what is considered perfect.
Donald Cepek cause it’s Senna...
Lee Rey I’m gonna say this every time someone Senna was fast
faster than Senna - it just took about 40 broken cars :D
Senna had to do this in real life....with 1 car on the first try with real G forces. It took a world class UA-cam driver 100+ tries and 40+ broken cars to replicate it in a sim. If that doesn't show you how far Senna was ahead o the field....I don't know what will.
I bet if Senna was alive and racing this sim...he would smash his own record bc he can do crazy stuff and start crashing cars too XD
Also the fact that riding that curb b4 the straight gave him a shitload of time reduction
@@DJUwU To be fair to jimmers, Senna *did* have over a hundred tries in the MP4/4, just not necessarily in Australia, as this was the last race of the season, so the crashing was more a part of the ehem, "accelerated learning process"
No g force either
@@leonkennedy346 yeah but he also had the danger of a crash,g forces,no power steering and many more factors that made it a looooooooot harder.this is just a game
It's crazy to think that Senna was able to get that time without killing himself or wrecking the car in the process. Nice work, Jimmy!
In one lap.... Thats the most incredible part
And then went out and drove 58 competition laps to boot.
"Why don't I drive Automobilista more?"
My exact words every time I fire up AMS.
Next day: "Oooh, new ACC update, lets se what that's about"
ACC is this game pretending to be a sim ?
FromZeroToDriftHero acc is a sim
The Original Assetto Corsa is better I think
To make it more immersive, wear loafers like Senna did while testing the NSX.
I also saw the Honda nsx test. the name of the skill you refer to is called "Punta Taco" and Senna used a lot of this artifice at the time of manual changes. Greetings from Brazil
@@MendesDavi1 Punta Taco is only in Portuguese. In English it is Heel Toe
@@AlefeLucas How interesting, I didn't know. This skill is not named in portuguese because "Punta taco" is pure Spanish. I don't know why in Portuguese it didn't get another name
Davi Ramone in Portuguese it has another name, Ponta Tacão, which is the translation of Punta Taco
@@diogosimoes29 rapaz Punta tacão nunca ouvi falar, só Punta Taco.
Aye, watching this from Adelaide
Me too :O someone here loves Jimmer like me?
@@TyroneBurns yea, been watching for years
DANKIUS same!
Go to bed it's 4AM 😂
Stephen T haha. A normal night for me I’m afraid.
Senna did this with a full suit/helmet, g-force, imperfect conditions, probably traffic at some point, in a real car and all on the first attempt. Scary
While sitting in an electric chair @ 60C+ degrees and heartbeats between 170-190bpm.
You should do an attempt on beating his '85 lap time from quali. That one was insane. Beat his team-mate, De Angelis, by like 3 damn seconds.
I was there and got to watch him that day. I have never before nor since witnessed anything like it. The Lotus was absolutely beyond it's limits of control and yet somehow he managed to keep it pointed in the right direction. Just an extraordinary talent.
@@trimat2016 you lucky bastard
@@trimat2016 wow! I kind of envy you! how old are you now?
@@d68st90 58
@@trimat2016 Great! My mom's age! Hope I'll be as vivid as you when I get 58y.
The most unbelievable thing is that Senna did this without practicing days on a simulator at home or at McLaren Hq. He just had this monster of a car an some previous experiences in this track from previous years and the free practice before qualifying. It is just mind blowing to think about how anyone was able to achive things like this in the past, they did so much with so little compared to today.
It's unbelievable how much time is in just being smooth. It always amazing me how laps that sometimes feel almost slow, end up being the quickest I've done. Nice lap, Jimmy.
And not just in sim racing, but arcade racing as well. It really is amazing how the most uneventful lap produces the quickest times.
This! It happened to me Karting. My "slowest" lap was my fastest. Crazy!
So much fun to watch! Incredible effort, well done
Smooth is fast. My dad always said this.
You guys need to watch some Jackie Stewart videos. For those who dont know, he won the title 3 times (69,71,73) and he always talked about being smooth, about how you had to be gentle, and an uneventful lap will be the fastest
Love this track. I saw Senna racing here in 80's and 90's. Was an amazing experience to watch the master at work. When F1 cars screamed like banshees. They could be heard 15km away from the track.
Fantastic video, Jimmer! As a South Australian with some very fond memories of this circuit, this video has really demonstrated how much of a challenge the track is, and by extension how fun it is to watch a car go around it in anger to find a good lap time.
I think what’s even more impressive is that Prost was only a tenth slower than Senna as well, thus showing the skill of the both of them but also the dominance of the MP4/4 since they were both around 1.6 seconds faster than P3, Nigel Mansell
The raid shadow legend comment was too funny 😂
As a Brazilian kid I watched basically all his races, Senna was amazing, a real genius on the track and unbelievable in the rain. Very good video, it really shown it’s no small feat what he did :)
Jimmy: "It has to be a perfect lap."
Me:
Jimmy:
Me:
Jimmy: *dies*
Grow up
@@Wings_of_foam I don't need to. People actually find me funny
@@SWR_Quackula Yeah, im not surprised.
@@Wings_of_foam See? I can even be bothered to put apostrophes in my sentences.
Thor Soele shut up it’s a joke
17:34 oooo i know that feeling , ha ha ha... after bunch of struggled laping, suddenly something snaps in mind and all pieces of puzzle just fell on their places :D
UA-cam recommended me this video right on Senna's death anniversary. My dad says that when Senna died (I wasn't born yet), wherever you went in Brazil, the streets were all empty and people were all quiet. That's the impact he had on Brazilian people's lives. As a Brazilian I grew up hearing about him and it's undeniable how good he was. His skills were unbelievable.
Here is a challange: Senna pole Lap from 93 in Adelaide. 1:13.371 in the MP4/8
That yeah Senna, Prost. and Hill made the top 3.
I hate everything so im ruining the 69 likes
7:39 the pistons have gone *_B E Y O N D_*
As the great David Hobbs would say "KA-BLAMMOOOO"
I know this video is year old, but still... 9:12 ..."Apparently, this Senna guy is preaty quick... Who knew"... This is Jimmy's content i love to watch, it just made my day xD
Seeing this video as a Brazilian was just so much fun. Props to you Jimmer. Driving like a champ.
16:28 Funny Senna used to tap on the throttle right around the apex. It's almost like Jimmy had to subconsciously adopt his style to do as well.
Supposedly it helped to keep the turbos spoiled or something and just doing that with perfect technique. There are a whole lot of videos about senna’s driving
this really goes to show how good senna was. RIP Legend
"I didn't even do anything, I just drove better"....hugely underestimates his talent when in the zone. Never change Jimmy.
Crash list
7:37 - idk wtf happend
7:53 - lost control
10:45 - "the sad wheel"
11:22 - "Something's missing"
11:36 - Sbinalla
14:06 - hit the boxes entrance
14:21 - "Jesus"
15:20 - "the perfect lap" proceeds to die
16:01 - "Fuck, fuck, fuck"
On the top crash he heel and toed to aggressive and over revved the engine killing it
Love watching you race around my home city. Wish the F1s never moved
This same year Senna had a really special Monaco qualifying can you do a video on that too please?
Please Jimmer.
He's done that already in one of his older videos. Tried and failed.
He could only beat the time by using the RedBull hyperF1 car.
You need to try the "Throttle Pulse" technique that Senna used. He keep pulsing the throttle during the curve, keeping the traction at the limit. It was a "Manual Traction Control". It also helped to keep the Turbo at high speed, helping at the acceleration at the curve exit.
Sorry about my english here. Still learning.
Both me and my dad do this and it seems to work quite well. Part of what makes it viable is that when you lift, the weight of the car shifts forward, which will increase rotation, and then the next blip supplies you with enough power to keep pace.
That’s why Senna was so loved. He always put it out there every lap. Ultimately it cost him his life but it’s also what made him so great
You know it's a quick lap when the third person camera appears
16:15 is when the magic show begins. Awesome effort Jimmy!
When you stopped shifting into 1st in most the corners and started rolling the apex in 2nd... Is when the true race began.
the fact Senna did this in one lap and without mistake truly amazes me
Regarding the small text speculating the engine could've had 900-1,000 HP - Not in '88. A 2.5 bar absolute boost limit was implemented in 1988, and would limit the engine to under 700. In '87, the boost limit was 4 bar, and those higher numbers were more realistic, but the Honda motor was not in the McLaren that year.
"Its all or nothing now..."
- Instantly crashes into the pit entry wall 😂
Great driving tho Jimmer.
Btw I cant even imagine how scary it had to be to drive this car in real life around these tracks.
I have seen Senna and Prost live in Hockenheim in the MP 4/4 in 1988 and it was an honor to have seen them live. You did a really good job there. As you said you did it in a sim, he did it in real life with all the G Forces. He was the best driver of them all. May he RIP. Thanks for the video
Just thought I would mention that I was there for the Senna lap. At the end of the straight in qually everyone was breaking at the 75m point. Senna was flat till the 50m.
Nonsense.
@Rylee :3 he didnt spout anything he gave his opinion i think you just need to chill
Nobody likes a liar, mate. The braking difference between car and driver was 3 - 5 metres at most. It still is today.
@@ferglesnerk yeah mate, as good as Senna was, 25m difference in breaking point is just too good to be true.
@@ferglesnerk I have a seen a greater difference in WRC with Sebastien Loeb to the field at a straigth in Algarve. It was so ridiculous people actually screamed he was going to crash :D
This really puts it into perspective. Senna did this with all of the risks and still managed an unbelievable pace. Incredible.
You can see your speed improving, finding that limit. each lap was just a pleasure with that turbo. You made the biggest leap on the quick left right abot 1/3rd way round. more speed and better line.
Great vid Jimmer, the other thing to keep in mind is Senna had injured his wrist in a soccer match prior to the Grand Prix weekend, and had it heavily strapped up for this lap.
Prost was only a tenth slower than Senna's time followed by Noige, some 1.7 seconds behind...
Every time I see anyone post something related to Senna the biggest grin takes place on my face
17:35 i heard the Murray Walker voice 😅
17:34 Senna was pissed
Matteo Foianini Aidan millward
I get it!
Good meme. Good old Millward
Roberto Moreno...
Senna... ... ... Was pissed.
'It took driving like there was no consequence...' That right there is why in part Senna was so good. He did not fear what could happen. Well done Jimmy!
0:11 debatable with the black number 3 and the blue and red 43
14:15 Jimmy's version of the DC crash! Think you did a better job there Jimmy!
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Jimmer, as a suggestion for these types of videos at the end. I’d love to see a side by side comparison of your lap vs the real life lap you were trying to beat. I don’t know if copyright would allow it but it would be cool to see where you gained/lost vs real life.
The Shell logo was perfectly centered, it’s just a trick of the light.
10:48 this crash in the 80's = Rest in Peace
14:22 too
Jimmy: This car is angry
Sena's car: Get out of my man's car. You don't deserve me!
the thing that made senna special wasnt any one particular lap; it was the fact that everytime he got in a car rain hail or shine he managed to turn a lap like this. it took you however many laps to achieve this time, senna did it in two; this was his average and to think about it like that is absolutely mind blowing
"most dominant car" that's aged well😂😂
Cool to see that toward the end of the video he even starts fidgeting with the throttle through corners like senna did. Funny to see him adopting a senna-like driving style to beat sennas lap.
Yes, I'm a year late. I didn't see anyone else mention this so I felt the need.
This guy should commentate for Sky sounds like a young murray walker!
And its GO GO GO
This is such a complete Jimmy Broadbent video. Just hits all the checks. Awesome. Much suspense. Very thrill.
billy cherokee brings me here. What a lap!
The trick Senna used was to keep tapping gas in turns, like really quick, to keep big turbo spooling and to have faster exits. In your best run you also stomped gas pretty early in turns, in some turns you kept pushing pedal few times before strathning your front wheels, that helped with power build up. In your early attempts your RPM goes even below 7k and it takes a lot after you exit turn to spool the turbo.
"Why don't I play Automobilista more? "
Jimmy for the 117th time since 2017.
YOU: Go slow, learn the car as it progresses and slowly chip away at it.
ME: Crash the first corner until i get it perfect, then 2nd corner and so on... LMFFFAAAOOO
Watching this makes me a little sad, it reminds me how how many great racing drivers and people we lost in racing, Jim Clarke, Ken Miles and Senna, gone too early.
I love the way you're driving and focusing, it's just pleasing to watch, great driver jimmer, keep it up
1:09 “Can I beat Senna’s pole?” - That’s what he said
I've watched this video so many times, and it is a great example of how incredibly dedicated and determined u are Jimmer!! Cheers!!
I was really concerned that something was unplugging on my PC but I realized it was Jimmy!!! Lmao
Seeing how entertaining this lap was It would be really cool to see if you could try and beat one of Senna's pole laps each year from 85 - 94, mods permitting of course.
If you watch senna drive his lap he's never going straight he dances with the car the hole time sliding the car into the corners I never seen any other driver do that
That was called "traction control", with the remarkable difference that when Senna was doing it, it was not automated, but his skill. Same with Schumacher and his left-foot braking he learnt from Kart driving, which was used extensively at Rallying at the time.
The car is not "dancing", the car is losing and recovering grip, all the time. He was only beaten when a guy who lost less traction than him came around, doing the "unthinkable" thing that gave him that little edge. Schumi shown Senna that the secret to being faster was NOT losing and recovering grip quickly, but NEVER losing that grip.
@@sombraarthur oooo you mean he showed him when he still had TC on his car. Your analyst is wrong Senna would slide the car intentionally this is why he would burp the throttle over and over into the corner. If Schumacher did not have the tc he had he could not hold a candle to Senna.
@@sombraarthur Even I could beat Senna with the 1994 Benneton. The car had much better traction and stability. The only advantage of the Williams was on the straights...it had a better motor. Senna was doing miracles to keep with Schumacher at those three initial races...you can see him absolutely on the edge and maybe it was one of the reasons he got killed.... if he accepted second place on those first races later he would win the championship because the Williams sorted out the problems and the car was much better. Even Damon Hill challenged Schumi. Senna was 10 times better than Hill
@@digiman76 that is where you are wrong, mate. Schumacher introduced new techniques like left-foot braking and he was able to keep his foot on the power much much more than Senna.
What I find funny is that Niki Lauda said something alike what you said "even I could drive those cars" and then when he did, he spun out faster than the 0-100km/h accel time of an F1.
Senna died because a lot of things had gone wrong, it was a complete catastrophy that happened, from a lower car due to colder tyres to fracture of the suspension and steering column, lack of a run-off area, the wall at a really steep angle and so forth. Take away one or two of those variables and he might had lived.
Damon challenged Michael, because Schumi had been disqualified for two races and banned in other two. Otherwise, Schumi would have won that champioship in 1994 with a foot and both hands tied to his back, had Williams fixed that car or not.
@@sombraarthur Benetton was a better car than Williams in 94. Fact.
Brilliant brilliant driving Jimmy! Thanks a lot for this great effort/review and appreciation of what stratospheric levels those men had risen to. When Alain Prost says he never drove faster than was needed (after witnessing Gilles death), one can understand it more easily after seeing what you just did. It is also a sad reminder of why Senna and Gilles are unfortunately not with us any more.
Same situation here when I drive mate, sweat, fatigue, cramp mental stress ... lap after relentless lap.
You might want to try the rfactor2 1988 mod for the same machines - it is a scary scary work of art.
Just think how Senna actually did it in real life with that monster car.
“Turns out he’s really quick” OH THANK YOU MISTER THATS NEW NEWS
0:31 Redbull Says Hi😂
Love the direction of the format. Challenging the greats in machines of the day.. I guess that's why they are "the greats". I was fortunate enough to be in Adelaide on the day... The noise, smell and atmosphere is the only thing missing. Keep up the good work..
Senna will be forever our Hero! Our inspiration! We really miss him! All of us...
Ayrton Senna sempre em nossos corações!
I love when the sponsor really has something to do with the youtuber. It seems like a great arcade racing game
If Jimmer would've done this irl he would've died at 10:49 chasing a mid 1:19. Absolutely mad to think of the danger the drivers went and faced willingly.
150 kmh against the barrier? dunno, legs gone for sure but maybe still alive.
@@nakekygt954 right after he went upside-down, on top of the barrier. Without sonething like a halo to save you that's almost certainly a crushed neck
@@oxey_ I agree but if you look closely the car goes through the fence, that probably would'nt happen the car was not that fast anymore, the fence would hold him from going over that concrete wall and having his neck crush.
@@CAnAbrAvA2011 hmm nice catch there
YAY! Jimmy! Thank you for adding that mini TV cam! That was a feature I had requested months ago! Awesome!
"statistically the most dominant car" yea that aged well... 😢
That was really fun to watch and to have an ideia of how hard it should be to do it for real! amazing video bro
I uninstalled AMS to make room for the sequel and then went broke so now I can't buy it. CBF reinstalling because I'm bitter. Genius move.
Great job! Your heel and toe skill is amazing
Ayrton Senna foi uma lenda, um ídolo brasileir, tinha que ter culhão pra pilotar um carro desse, naquela epoca era só braço. Abraço do brazil🇧🇷🖤👌🏿
That record breaking lap, I was watching your throttle inputs and it looks a lot like Senna's technique. He would stab the throttle through corners to keep the car in boost and to drive to the limit of the tires. Great work, keep it up.
Jimmy at my home track!? Be still my beating heart! 😍😍😍
This is amazing, I’m sat here watching the video and did that thing where you’ve been up too long and phased out. Genuinely thought I was watching a 1989 grandprix. Your voice is exactly like Murray Walker.
"I didn't even do anything"
Yes you did - you stopped talking.
But tbh, I prefer it when you commentate at the expense of lap times, it's much more entertaining.
That look when you're fully concentrated on the fast lap...that's proper scary man
The real life track seems to be much more bumpy judging from the cockpit camera footage of the 91 season.
As someone from Adelaide who’s uncle helped manage the race, this is really special to me, thank you for doing this. Senna’s photo is still up in La Trattoria, an Italian restaurant on King William road in Adelaide from when he visited. Good history, good stuff.
It was Senna,
Whut the freakin heck were you thinking!?
Great vid Jimmy. I've got to practice heel/toe. To get the technique as reflexive as seen here must be so satisfying. And deepest respect of course to the man and driver, Senna.
"... where Häkkinen had his absolutely massive crash in 19 ... 45." :D
That might explain why he still looks like he's fresh from British F3...