Ayrton Senna's first F1 tests

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Ayrton Senna's first F1 tests

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Taken from the "Official Tribute to Ayrton Senna" DVD released in 2004. This shows Ayrton testing Williams, McLaren and Toleman F1 cars.

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@luisbranko. 3 жыл бұрын

He’s testing for F1 teams and the way he speaks on the interviews compared to F2 drivers nowadays, the confidence it’s unbelievable.

@yanava 2 жыл бұрын

Drivers were much older when they joined F1 back then. Senna was about what 24? 25? Today drivers are already for 4-5 years in F1 by this age.

@segueoyuri 2 жыл бұрын

@@yanava Senna was born in 60, so he was 23 at these footages. Verstappen is now 24, Lando 22, Russell 24. Zhou is 22, Tsunoda 21

@theruckinmaul1460 2 жыл бұрын

@@yanava He is only 22 I believe during the test coming 23. But correct still a 1-2 years older than current practice nowadays. Talent spot is pretty easier nowadays with the videos, easy to travel and all.

@pedrolima1319 2 жыл бұрын

@@yanava disagrre! Sorry, Senna were already more experienced by that time, since he started at such young age in kart

@SurrealCereal 2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrolima1319 that's the average age to start karting though these days, even 10 years old is considered late to start karting.

@Bhargav.Changela88 Жыл бұрын

Fearless Driver.. Good human being... RIP Champion Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

@lucianomartins5663 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but this guy was the very best driver of F1! How emotion for all the races! Thanks Ayrton Senna. God with you!

@404TVfr Жыл бұрын

Not sorry, but also he's the best of his kind and of his time. I doubt he'd do any good post-2000.

@genius0498 11 ай бұрын

@@404TVfryou doubt he would do any car in the 2000 where cars are easy to drive, the downforce is better compared to the early 90s, that's an interesting statement. But he is still the fastest f1 driver ever so.

@Luciphur 6 жыл бұрын

Frank WIlliams walks around, I've never seen this before.

@watanuki_F1 2 жыл бұрын

Tests were in ‘83, his accident was three years later.

@jraybay 2 жыл бұрын

It's quite amazing he managed 3 podiums with that Toleman

@pierovittori1076 3 жыл бұрын

What impresses me is how clear and sharpened are his thoughts, even at this point of his career, zero experience in f1 and very young. So self confident and mature.

@felipedraper 2 жыл бұрын

Zero experience in F1 but at this point he has more than 10 years of motorsport

@AntoniOrszykowski 2 жыл бұрын

Basically he was saying that car was not the best but give me a year and I will be wherever I like. With his talent back then he could probably win on anything that felt in F1 class.

@dougie504 2 жыл бұрын

'It certainly isn't a winning car' followed by 'but it'll get me to the winner's platform' haha how sensational. Was an absolute prodigy and he knew it too. Polishing turds into gold nuggets.

@Fatherjohn76 2 жыл бұрын

Such a psychological game, even then Senna: Most drivers beg for this opportunity but I’m so good Williams can’t even afford me Frank Williams: he begged so we let him play in the car for a bit Senna was an incredible talent for sure, but the sheer insane confidence played a big part

@leelantern805 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I never seen this footage before, the confidence he had that young. My favorite driver all time both on and off the track

@falmark187 3 жыл бұрын

His first time in a F1 car and was 1 sec faster the the team had been around the track.

@brotendo 2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy. When they said that in the video, I heard it, too.

@andrealettich 2 жыл бұрын

@@brotendodennis and frank they dont get him? Why? Experience or other driver in the grid at the moment?

@skodalaskoda8754 2 жыл бұрын

you think it was his first time in an f1 car? his first test for mclaren.. everyone knew he was going to be the biggest thing in f1 before he started

@Triggernlfrl 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrealettich Dennis and Frank did not see the driver as the winner but the car...

@LMSILVIA 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrealettich In F1 politics and money are the biggest factor...

@anothervoyager9654 3 жыл бұрын

One word: Legend.

@josedacunhafilho 3 жыл бұрын

I have followed F1 for the past 53 years, and can count, pretty much on the fingers of one hand the great drivers from the period since I was old enough to watch races, whom I did not see race in front of my eyes: Clark, Brabham, Rindt, Gurney, and perhaps McLaren. I had the privilege of standing one meter from Senna's Toleman when he engaged first gear and left the pits for his first lap around a circuit in Brazil with a F1 car. Back then it didn't mean a whole lot, but in retrospect, it was a bit of a historical moment. It was for a tyre testing in January 1984 at the now defunct Jacarépaguá circuit in Rio. Coincidentally, Emerson Fittipaldi was also testing that day, in a weird car with a Mickey Mouse livery (literally), and I believe it was the last time he drove a F1 in Brazil

@jakubkrcma 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@YzzoY 2 жыл бұрын

Muito legal este relato.

@guimazzo10 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing it, amazing story!

@holmeshaulage2725 2 жыл бұрын

Are u saying that past drivers we're more capable than modern day drivers like Hamilton? ...I agree that it was pure driving back in the day but on the other hand I think the modern day driver is a more sophisticated intelligent harder working driver. Senna was amazing and inspired generations.... But senna cars compared to modern era are night and day ....Modern day drivers have evolved along with the cars . LEWIS HAMILTON is the greatest F1 DRIVER to ever grace a race track ...he has came old school to modern and still won 7 titles ....Hamilton will never ever get the recognition he deserves until he's 20 years away from the sport

@holmeshaulage2725 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan of F1 FOR OVER 30 YEARS and seen some amazing drivers ...Rosberg.. VETTEL... HAKKINNEN...SCHUMACHER...ALONSO. BUT imo Lewis Hamilton is the greatest driver to ever grace a race track ...Also I don't configure with the racist shit that happens in sport ,but I think F1still finds it hard to accept that the greatest ever is mixed race.

@motorsportfan1246 3 жыл бұрын

How ironic, his first ever test was in a Williams and his last race ever was also in a Williams. Destiny

@gathel8574 2 жыл бұрын

But they not join Williams at first

@MewCun 2 жыл бұрын

I don't see the irony?

@brotendo 2 жыл бұрын

That's not what irony means, but ok.

@jesperb8626 2 жыл бұрын

309* people, plus the OP, don't know the meaning of irony.

@skavuska9130 2 жыл бұрын

That's not irony dude.

@buioso 2 жыл бұрын

Senna with no experience in F1 acting like he was the best driver. Because he was.

@holtz000 3 жыл бұрын

A National hero. 🇧🇷

@mbas0507 2 жыл бұрын

je je Toleman : its a car for a podium, HEY AYRTON ONLY YOU MADE THAT POSSIBLE

@skavuska9130 2 жыл бұрын

Always valuing himself, confident and mature, even before F1. What a legend.

@FausM. 3 жыл бұрын

In the end it was the reverse of how the tests started, he entered toleman, he went to mclaren and finally to williams

@gilvansouza 2 жыл бұрын

1:40 Car swaying left and right under braking, front end goes into the corner, sharp and quick, rear steps out he controls it and in a flash he is out of the corner. So cool to watch 😌

@rinc78 2 жыл бұрын

People still wondering who's the goat in F1...

@JonathanAllen0379 6 жыл бұрын

4:45 - If only he'd started with McLaren then, he'd have skipped ahead five years.

@watanuki_F1 2 жыл бұрын

Ron Dennis offered a contract to Senna in ‘82 if I’m not wrong, according to a Brazilian biography, but Senna refused to sign it because he would assume a role as a test driver. Ron became very upset back then saying that any driver in the world would sell his mother to get such that chance, but Ayrton wanted to be a full-time F1 driver.

@Subiromba 2 жыл бұрын

F1 lost so much with his death, imagine how valuable he would have been for the sport after retirement. His awareness about the sport even as a rookie is amazing, I'm positive he would have reached a big position at FIA, probably president.

@demonfire2989 2 жыл бұрын

or maybe an advisor in some f1 teams to help rookies and give them useful tips.

@xXAlmdudlerXx 2 жыл бұрын

Back when talent was so important, that you could get into an F1 car he first time and beat the teams lap record by a full second.

@JonathanAllen0379 6 жыл бұрын

5:21 - 5:41: A premonition of things to come, several years down the road still...

@elionalejandroparedesborna2266 3 жыл бұрын

This rookie Senna looks pretty promising, let's see what he does with his talent

@lukasahrens9999 3 жыл бұрын

It is incredible how he aware he was of his position in formula 1 as a rookie.... like he could have pushed for a seat at williams or mclaren but in the end he decided to go to toleman to show off his skill he might could have not shown with a stronger car... He would have been maybe 5 or 6 times world champion if there wasn't the crash in imola

@watanuki_F1 2 жыл бұрын

He could have been championship contender in ‘85 and ‘86, if it weren’t for Lotus unreliable cars that he drove + some silly mistakes. However Senna said he needed to grow up as a driver to learn how to be a serious contender, and according to myself, also how to play his cards politically speaking A.K.A. how he stayed at Lotus for ‘87 being able to move to Ferrari, because of Honda engines, and a chance to use them as a bridge to jump into McLaren in ‘88.

@zorayanuthar9289 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't crash by himself he was shot by an ice bullet... Do the research it's still possible to find the info on the net

@imadequate3376 2 жыл бұрын

"It's not as good as Ferrari" "I'm still gonna win" Legend.

@mautrindade 2 жыл бұрын

Actually the subtitles are wrong, he says "but maybe it can go to the podium"

@oogway351 2 жыл бұрын

he actualy won the race in toleman in monaco. but they predicted this will happen so stopped the race suddenly even if conditions were same since long time

@rhodriedwardwilliams 2 жыл бұрын

@@oogway351 that’s not what happened at all if that race had run Bellof was gonna win he was smashing both the Legends on pace

@andrebentivegna3156 2 жыл бұрын

Ayrton Senna is not dead, he is just one lap ahead of everyone...🏁🏁🏁🙏🏻

@canarybirb6151 2 жыл бұрын

Nice words bro...

@andrebentivegna3156 2 жыл бұрын

@@canarybirb6151 🙏🏻🏁🏁🏁

@404TVfr Жыл бұрын

@@andrebentivegna3156 so corny tho

@dominiquey5629 3 жыл бұрын

Drifting in the Williams while testing! 😎

@DiViNiTY1337 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible. I didn't know he tested for both Williams and Mclaren before signing for Toleman. And he went faster than they'd ever gone, for both teams! Imagine if he'd have been driving for either since 1984, instead of scrapping away in backmarkers. How the history books might have looked different.

@nenadgardilcic7329 2 жыл бұрын

Well,Lotus of course wasn't shining as he used to but still wasn't backmarkers when Senna joined to them.

@lalixvalencia1340 3 жыл бұрын

Simply the best... as Tina sang for us.

@funonoldwheels7150 2 жыл бұрын

His intensity, concentration and confidence were so great, I'm convinced that he could have bent a spoon with his mind

@pedropedra.7777 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Brazil, São Paulo, Senna's homeland !!!!!!

@hannahmillington5781 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if he had driven for Williams or McLaren in that era - we might have been looking after so many more titles. Toleman and Lotus were never title contenders in that era.

@maziu27 2 жыл бұрын

he definitely knew his worth

@gordonfreeman1839 2 жыл бұрын

A great man and a great driver!

@PabeGeet 2 жыл бұрын

The magic of KZfaq. This is crazy raw

@AV-RC 2 жыл бұрын

That helmet. That livery... it's F1

@TechnoRacerX 2 жыл бұрын

Literally ahead of advanced human conditions this guy.

@jxetv5049 2 жыл бұрын

And how about ol Frank... Just an absolute gentlemen. Brings a car out for a day to let the guy get some seat time. Class act.

@youneszadi2332 7 жыл бұрын

really amazing and very rare video thnx ..

@attiliofisher1094 2 жыл бұрын

"ayrton pay attention"... ayrton: don't worry, i know what to do...

@fabriciolcc 3 жыл бұрын

3:09 Frank Willians proving that the team made wrong decisions since always hahaha

@grandprixrejects7027 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's why they won in 1987,1992,1993,1996, and 1997 right? Foolish boy.

@watanuki_F1 2 жыл бұрын

I think not a single team principal would take such a risk to make a rookie debut in a top-level team. Don’t be slow on the uptake.

@trivignogiuliano 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe because Ayrton unfortunately wasn't there anymore in 1996 and 1997?

@nicolasmorales5807 2 жыл бұрын

@@grandprixrejects7027 and where is his team now? all because he though Adrian Newey was a nobody

@frankmorreale6433 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's why the entire team was there. So that they can give laps to a kid who they are not interested in.

@nirmalghanta 2 жыл бұрын

This rookie looks like he will always go for a gap if it exists

@snappycruise 6 жыл бұрын

he is so adorable, I love him *sights

@ragnarwiik2054 2 жыл бұрын

Such confidence

@twistedstem6965 3 жыл бұрын

goddaymn, so amazing to see the conviction with which he speaks, yes if you saw it at the time it would sound arrogant but by god did he back it up, and in his own mind he is only being truthful

@DaviMourao 2 жыл бұрын

It's one of those statements that would either become a meme or something of a premonition... In his case, the latter.

@mranti9836 2 жыл бұрын

What a legend

@Little_Alesi 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest, pure dedication

@donferguson6031 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the last statement was so true. The little turbo charged Toleman got Ayrton on the podium in more than 50 percent of the races the car finnished that year and almost the top step at Monaco... almost☝🏾

@LMSILVIA 2 жыл бұрын

A bigger statement to get that car in the podium so many times than maybe doing it in a better car. A showoff legend.

@DavidPerez-wk4xm 2 жыл бұрын

He was robbed of the Monaco win!!

@joaobatistao 2 жыл бұрын

My God!! just a Kid and so serious. And your focus!!! Miss you Senna

@nebukadnezar6509 2 жыл бұрын

Senna and Beloff.... that would be the battle in the 90. RIP... BELOFF & SENNA

@TomeeDee86 6 жыл бұрын

LEGEND!!

@personamail8377 2 жыл бұрын

Impressionante a maturidade e frieza de julgamento de um rapaz iniciando numa carreira. De fato, Ayrton não era um ser humano "normal".

@EynerZagal 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically he drove all of those teams

@vagabond142 2 жыл бұрын

0:38 It's kind of unsettling how seeing a non-paralyzed Frank Williams makes you feel... he really did put his heart and soul into F1, and we are all enriched for it

@evilelf5967 2 жыл бұрын

Senna was the benchmark. a drivers driver.his best for me was monaco in the mp4/4 pure class.

@matthewbell1968 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating look back to the past. Thank you for uploading and sharing with us 👍

@emanuell5926 3 жыл бұрын

Senna was a God on wheels

@EvryTime 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wish I could have met Sir Williams in the day. He seems a very respectable and honest individual.

@hungry4road482 2 жыл бұрын

1:40 Only his first experience but driving a F1 to its limit = absurd car control.

@Senna-78 3 жыл бұрын

Where the LEGEND began

@danielercolin531 3 жыл бұрын

Very determined, even before F1 he only think about winning or podium.

@josefilipesampaio 2 жыл бұрын

What a delicious video. Amazing footage and a good record of Ayrton personality since his first debut on f1. Thanks for the upload

@noahletwinski6955 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent rare footage It does give quite an insight on what senna thought initially when he was just dabbling his shoes into F1

@ariessantos12 3 жыл бұрын

Cant believe he was once referred to as "inexperienced" by Frank Williams.

@segueoyuri 2 жыл бұрын

he actually was lmao

@rehannoor4961 2 жыл бұрын

well frank is not wrong.

@MewCun 2 жыл бұрын

Well, because he was.

@NotTheRambo 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, why not? He didn't start his F1 Career yet. So there's nothing wrong in that. smh

@11hitmanDagenius 2 жыл бұрын

what is there to no believe in that? every damn f1 driver was inexperienced at some point.

@Superf103 6 жыл бұрын

Genius.

@iiraiyen 2 жыл бұрын

3:57 Senna knew it from the beginning. It’s why Hamilton held his lead for so long. He had the fastest car on the grid therefore he could win championships near effortlessly.

@MoisesSalgado 2 жыл бұрын

Desde muito cedo na carreira de piloto o Senna já demonstrava muita maturidade. Isso o tornou um dos melhores em pouco tempo.

@stifferdoroskevich1809 2 жыл бұрын

03:56 Exactly what Alonso said a couple weeks ago about Hamilton not winning.. But senna was a "kid" yet and with a couple of tests in a F1.. amazing understanding of how the thing work/worked

@yanava 2 жыл бұрын

Alonso only had to explain this to the press and younger fans. I'm pretty sure everyone else involved in F1 knows this

@fabianmolinari5566 Жыл бұрын

Que calidad de piloto por Dios, que humildad!! Pequeña gran diferencia con Hamilton, creído soberbio, uf le falta mucho, pero bueno dejémoslo ahí, Señor Senna mis respetos. 🇦🇷

@vwmusicplaylist1935 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage.

@fullmetalalvarez6202 2 жыл бұрын

That sliding around

@fernandes5986 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff.

@anthonyleighton4754 3 жыл бұрын

The yellow helmet made ayrton stand out...

@DJExcal 2 жыл бұрын

the real GOAT

@quilmesdave Жыл бұрын

He took on Toleman knowing, what was coming. What a fucking vision!!!

@jgarciactba 2 жыл бұрын

Apesar da didade, Ayrton, se expressava como uma celebridade com muita responsabilidade.

@anbyte1 6 жыл бұрын

The Best Ever 🙌👏👏👏🙏

@jakubkrcma 2 жыл бұрын

❤ BTW: Frank's biggest mistake. Senna would bring him SO many titles!

@skodalaskoda8754 2 жыл бұрын

senna would not drive if you could not help him win.. williams at that stage were weak, Alan Jones had just left because of a slow car

@gedhoughton9523 3 жыл бұрын

As much as he chose to race for Toleman, I think it was good that he ended up racing for all three of them!

@winner1338 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be doing an job interview soon. And I'm gonna use his answer when getting the question like: "how do you compare 2 contracts?"

@JetFire9 2 жыл бұрын

Just to think, if he had made a different decision back then, he could have been alive today.

@LagmasterB 2 жыл бұрын

Sliding through turns. Frank Williams: “I’m not signing a rookie” lol

@williamit1 2 жыл бұрын

Desde garoto ele era foda

@genrandolph 6 жыл бұрын

Well look at Stroll and Sirotkin right now at Williams...

@Questamerda 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Sir Frank Williams, will be remebered as one of the great persons of f1.

@marcochacon760 Жыл бұрын

Empezó a hacer historia muy joven para llegar a la cumbre de la fórmula uno saludos de chihuahua chihuahua México

@4rdF1Hunny Жыл бұрын

Williams doesn’t take on young inexperienced drivers… 🤣🤣🤣

@iwirt6347 2 жыл бұрын

William blew it to keep best driver ever ...

@claudioagmfilho 2 жыл бұрын

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, That was such an awesome thing to watch! One of my idols idols...

@paolociarpaglini1303 2 жыл бұрын

He was already the faster driver, I don't understand why sir Williams smile and says "too early, is an unesperience driver". True, the esperienze mutter, but if you are young and already the faster driver, that's all.

@user-cg9yu4gx2q 2 жыл бұрын

A maioria dos pilotos entra na Formula 1 por convite e alguns só com patrocinadores a pagar pelo lugar numa equipa... foi assim com o Schumacher, foi assim com o Niki Lauda, todos os grandes pilotos começaram na Formula 1 sem grandes exigências financeiras. Uma pessoa vê este video e apercebe-se o quanto anormal era este piloto, quando ele está a pedir um melhor contrato a algumas das melhores equipas para começar a correr na Formula 1. Nem era uma questão de ter oportunidade, mas de quem pagava mais xD genial!