Isn't this one of the most memorable .. best images of all time?
Ayrton Senna & the NSX .. I believe Senna was involved in this to stiffen the NSX chassis further and further after he tested the car at Honda's Suzuka GP circuit.
Isn't this one of the most memorable .. best images of all time?
Ayrton Senna & the NSX .. I believe Senna was involved in this to stiffen the NSX chassis further and further after he tested the car at Honda's Suzuka GP circuit.
Last edited by Ringo; 26th April 2011 at 18:28.
Yeah, Senna was heavily involved with the development of the NSX. The first one they produced was too flimsy, when he tested it he gave specific feedback about how it handled vs how he felt it should handle, and Honda then totally redesigned the chassis. He made it a car that was able to outhandle the more expensive Italian counterparts The NSX is pretty much the only car that was developed in conjunction with an F1 driver - suppose that's what made Honda so good throughout the 90's, they made good use of their top driver!! No other company has done this for a mass produced car AFAIK.
Shame about Senna really, he only ever wanted to drive for Honda, and unwillingly went to Renault - if he'd have stayed with the big H, who knows, he might not have been involved in that accident but the flip side of the coin is that sadly, someone of Senna's stature within the sport NEEDED to be killed in order for the sport and safety to progress....
Like Wayne Rainey in Moto GP (then 500cc) had to crash and cripple himself in order for safety to keep up - spine protectors and camel humps with built in protection would never ave developed without his accident. Sad but true...
Yeah indeed m8 I had read about the whole involvement of senna in this and saw the vid on youtube too he really knew what he was doing on the rack with it. Yeah shame .. but that's how the world is, same as the 9/11 .. 2,000 people had to die for the airport's securities to introduce stricter procedures
I just admired the image as it shows the best driver of all time near probably one of the top production cars ever made
I was thinking the other day I'd really like an NSX one day, black one. But you've just put me off with all that drivel...
Great car, but not that great! He didn't go from Honda to Renault, he went from McLaren to Renault, and I'm pretty sure it's because Honda left McLaren/F1 in the early 90s.
Its still a great/nice car dan! Admit it
http://www.designercars.net/membercars/2318.php
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Fantastic car!! nuff said
Check out Formet67.net on youtube, they produce amazing videos of private owned cars.
This ones for Todd
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKsYRrAIeQ"]YouTube - NISSAN 200SX SILVIA S14 BY FORMAT67.NET[/ame]
Why doesn't this want to show like the previous video? :/
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