Tony’s childhood dream becomes a reality. Driving his hero’s car. You love to see it!

The sheer violence of that V12 is such a treat, damn race cars were cool back then! ❤

Fuck me! This is better than any F1 race I have seen this year.

Tony wasnt messing around, that thing is MONSTROUSLY fast. So sweet to hear that car running at full song again, what a treat.

Gerhard Berger was Senna’s teammate when that car was raced. He did all the winter testing and development work while Senna had 3 months off. At the first test back Senna immediately destroyed Berger’s best time and went on to out quality and race him all season. Berger was no slouch, he just couldn’t believe how quick Senna was.

The sound of these old cars will always hit the spot in a way the new cars will never.

Zak Brown made it possible for Tony to drive his Dreamcar. Zak is a fantastic entrepreneur and great Teamboss for McLaren . Respect man.

730hp 13,500rpm 3500cc V12 6-Speed H-Pattern 575kgs (1260lbs) Perfection

As an F1 fan of over 35 years this is my all time favourite car

This is how an F1 car should sound! Amazing! I was in Interlagos there when Ayrton won in Brazil in 1991. Best race ever.

I can't give this enough thumbs up - simply fantastic to watch Tony have this experience. That's also my favorite car of all time, from my favorite F1 season of all time. Aerodynamics had been important in F1 for over two decades, but this was the last F1 car to take a relatively simple aero package and a relative lack of electronic "gizmos" to the World Championship. They put a big, high-revving lump in it, handed it to the best driver in the world to fight a desperate battle against the onslaught of time and progress, and came out on top. It was perhaps the last F1 car that really felt like an angry, alive thing - holding gears a moment too long because you physically can't shift at the ideal time, no electronics taming the roughest edges.

I just had flashbacks to my childhood... the sound of that V12 that makes your hair stand, Senna's absolute commitment (those absolutely manic on-boards from Suzuka and Monaco). To know what he meant to Brazil, just watch his funeral. To know what he meant to the rest of world, there were many many more kids than Lewis or myself bawling their eyes out when his death was announced. To see Tony, with his relationship with Senna, experience this... ooof. The tears are flowing again.

Tony was really holding back his emotions, I'm getting emotional just watching him find words to justify how much it means to him. Man that car sounds incredible!

I've watched a lot of these type historic F1 drives over the years, I don't think I've ever seen one of them where the driver was pushing the car as hard as this. Mad respect to Tony, and congratulations on making your kid self so jealous.

No HANS, no halo, no wimpy chicanes, no electric hybrids, pure power!

As a huge Senna fan, I was in tears watching this. Just the memories of this view and sound. It’s just awesome to see how much it means to Tony. Great that it happens to such a great guy.

Those gear shifts are so fucking satisfying, you can just hear how raw and mechanical they are.

What a sound!!!

TK certainly wasn't holding back. Those laps will be endlessly replayed in his head forever. What a thrill to watch.

Gotta love this piercing V12 sound

Kanaan having lived through the era of 1000hp CART beasts looks right at home man handling the McLaren with one hand while working the gears. That kind of drama and excitement is what's missing from today's racing.

It’s so good to see a historic car in the hands of a skilled champion giving no quarter. His feedback got me choked up. 🇧🇷🏁

Honda v12! Amazing. In Sennas car too!

Goosebumps throughout the whole video. Just raw power, pure mechanical insanity.

Now THAT is what an F1 car should sound like ♥️

I don't watch F1 any longer but, I wish the cars still sounded like this. The V12 era was so special.

Almost sitting in the cockpit is an awesome view. And hearing all the shifts, just great. Just great.

the magic here is all these AV equipment, with 30 years+ of technological evolution giving the same sound output we had back then. meaning that engine is a BEAST!! and only MEN are able to drive it.

So privileged i seen Senna in this same Mclaren along with some of the most competitive racers,the roar of these engines never leave my past experiences.

Best F1 lap I've seen this year

It's a shame F1 never visited Sonoma in the 60s through the 90s. This track would have met FIA standards for the times, and it would have been amazing to see F1 cars flying through Sonoma's incredible corners.

Even modern cameras can't stabilize the image. The beast was a real brute. It was hard to hold back the tears. Congratulations, Tony.

More engaging than the last 10 years at least of Formula 1. Thank you so much for this amazing bit of history!

Tony & Senna. ❤

É impossivel de descrever a minha admiração por Senna. Mesmo com a lenda tendo nos deixado antes mesmo de eu nascer é capaz conquistar e criar sentimentos de orgulho e admiração da mesma forma que fez enquanto vivo. Senna vive e viverá pela eternindade em nossos corações. O GOAT!

Tony Kanaan, Mclaren mp4/6; Honda V12; Sonoma Raceway ... I dreamed a dream

What a beast of a race car. Add Ayrton's downshifts to this, pure magic!

I can't think of a more deserved racer to drive this beast.

Cara ... Depois do Senna você foi o cara pra quem mais torci... Parabéns pela sua humildade. Você merece isso e muito mais. Obrigado por compartilhar com a gente esse momento ímpar. Obrigado campeão por pilotar o carro do campeão.

Awesome V-12 sound driven by awesome TK.

Absolutely beautiful to hear the MP4/6 “brap brap brp brp” in the middle of some of those corners once again.

I've always appreciated TK. Thank you thank you for having the man jewels to drive this race car they way it deserves, and for Racer posting this for we genuine fans.

This was without doubt the best year in F1. And I been watching since 1980.

Hear the rev reach the max rotation, is so nostalgic who give goosebumps and water in my eyes...

Even just the sound of going up through the gears is incredible. What a special day.

AMAZING!! Thank you TK for pushing that car pretty damn hard, which is how it is meant to be driven ! AND thank you Marshall for taking us along on this most amazing event!

Now that is what a race car should sound like. Awesome!

One word…EPIC!

Tony Kanaan guiando o carro que Ayrton Senna guiava, realmente um vídeo para guardar com muito carinho. Parabéns Tony, parabéns McLaren pela iniciativa. Show mil vezes Show.

I'd start watching F1 again if they brought back cars like this.

This gave me goosebumps. Then the tears flowed. Beautiful story thank you for sharing this with the world.

As others have mentioned below, a huge thanks to this channel for sharing Tony's MP4/6 multiple laps and for bringing back all the emotions of our beloved Ayrton and what F1 really, truly means. It is just unreplaceable...! There were goosebumps all over the place watching this video!! Tears in our eyes is a very true statement. I cannot think heavens were not roaring inside that cockpit together with Tony!! Kudos for keeping the memory alive of our beloved Ayrton!! I think the only thing missing was Galvão Bueno narrating Tony's lap and the victory lap jingle playing in the background...! 🤣😆 God bless

I cannot help but feel extremely happy for Tony. We can appreciate and love Ayrton but never in the way Brazilians do, specially those within motorsport, this is a unicorn of an opportunity and glad he could have it.

Kudos to Kanaan driving that beast properly

For those who don't know the history of Brazilians: Senna did a kart race in the 90s and Kanaan participated. He beat Senna on that occasion. There is a really cool story between the two.

Como é bom ver e ouvir o McLaren 1991, esse ronco do Honda V12 é fantástico! Boa lembranças do tempo que assistia os treinos e corridas de Senna. Você brocou, Tony!

Greatest video I've seen in a long time!

Marshall, kudos to you for being chosen as our representative at such a special event. No one else treats that privilege as sacred as you, my friend. Truly special all around!

Caral….. você pilotou sem mimi, foi animal ouvir o motor gritando! Muito obrigado por trazer as memórias de volta! Memórias do chefe correndo com esse carro! Animal! Parabéns Tony

Peak f1 to me right here.. v12... real shifter... simple wheel... an insane Kart..

The sound of power!! Damn!!!

Thank you so much my friend.

Fabulous to see it being driven hard, with modern cameras. Sound up full, brilliant short video.

It gave me chills! Thank you for the video, TK is a great pilot, and it is the honor of a lifetime to drive that car, that belonged to the GOAT! SENNA FOREVER!

When Kanaan puts the pedal to the metal for the first time after flicking that corner. That V12 sound, like a scream by Senna and the whole Brazilian nation. Awesome. And also: kudos for Tony not holding back in such a treasure of a car.

Seeing TK happy brings a smile to everyone 😍

Tony, já assisti mais de 10 vezes, em cada uma delas a lágrima escorre dos olhos. A qualidade do som e imagem fantástico!! Parabéns e muito obrigado

Who doesn’t Love Tony Kannan! Followed him for so many years. Great career and life accomplishments! I hope he’s fully satisfied and happy!

Really cool, as a Brazilian and a motorsport lover, seeing this, Tony driving this car, this way, full throttle, really put a smile in my face. Thanks for sharing it :)

This is what the fans really want to see, the new drivers pushing like this man did here! What an absolute pleasure to watch

Maybe the coolest thing in motorsport in this year. Congratulations, TK, you deserve it! Zach Brown could get that car to São Paulo Interlagos GP next year because in 2024, it will be 30 years from Senna's death. And put TK to drive it again!

Its a honnor to drive this car that belongs to the legendary Ayrton! Senna was citizen of the word. Regards from Brazil.

sweet exhaust note

Speechless! Damn Tony you were pushing that! There was very little room left there between stroking a collector’s piece, and being caught out by a random spin. Wow!!

Incredible sound!

Tony has always been a cool cat. To be able to experience Sennas F1 though…. Wow! Well done McLaren for running the vehicle as it was meant to be. Tony wasn’t holding back either. She was moving! 👏🏻👍🏻

The sound bought a lot of memories flooding back. Absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you for providing these moments to Brazilians. I can not stop crying 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

TK is one of the nicest people. So glad he was able to do this.❤🏁🏎

Muito feliz pelo Tony. Um cara bacana, muito merecedor de tudo que conquistou!

What a ride. Well driven

This Car🥶🥶

Wow he didn't hang about, he gave it full beans!!! Exactly how the car should be driven! 😍

Amazing Tony and McLean

That's AWESOME! I'm sure Ayrton is smiling as much as Tony, another brazilian in that car.....and the sound...that's F1 to the MAX

Just watching this is thrilling. Shivers down my whole body. Miss these true race car beasts. Well done Tony you are a very lucky man

Congratulation and thanks. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

I love Zak Brown I have been a Mclaren fan since watching Senna in the 80s my team is in great hands with him at the wheel. He gets it he knows that McLaren are very special

TK has always been and will always be one of my favorites. Such a cool, genuine guy...and fantastic racer.

The sound.... omg 😢 I hope we had this quality back in the days

So happy for TK! Thanks to Zak and McLaren for making it happen.

I had tears in my eyes just seeing this car running again. I can’t even start to imagine what it must have been like for Tony to drive!! Amazing!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷

So happy for you TK, what a treat!

Animal, Tony! Awesome!

We have definitely lost something in F1. And not just the legendary Senna.

He sounds close to tears. Beautiful.

WTG Tony! Nothing better than a V12 screaming on track. Plus it's Senna's car.

A real champion yourself Kanaan! You were selected not just because as 1 of Senna' s Countrymen who had a successful racing career. But you also have carried yourself, had a true appreciation for him in the racing world. Thank you for helping to give us true fans of Senna a glimpse of what he experienced in the 1991 Mclaren. And the enormous stress, limits and pressure he endured during those years. Alot of the tracks they raced on were very demanding to say the least. And lets remember, thier cars had less driver aides than in 2024/ todays modern era.😊😊😊.

Wish I heard this car back in the day, still thankful I grew up in the v10 era

Leave it to the old man to know how to drive with a proper gearbox. What a great car. And it's always good to see a pumped up TK.