Video: Onboard with Senna, Monaco 1990

Hold your breath as we wind the clock back a quarter decade and go for a blast around Monaco with Ayrton Senna

At the 1990 Monaco Grand Prix Ayrton Senna was the man – he took pole position, recorded the fastest lap, and won first place in the event ahead of defending F1 champion Alain Prost. Of course he also went on to win the 1990 F1 World Championship, however right now let’s keep the focus upon this thrilling video shot at Monaco, which allows us to ride onboard with Ayrton as he records an utterly blistering lap around the street circuit, driving the McLaren MP4/5B.

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Image: The Cahier Archive