Marko Hanželic
Monaco Grand Prix 1988: Ayrton Senna and the fastest qualifying round
"He approached the qualifications as if preparing for a religious revelation," is about the Brazilian 's approach in his only third race for McLaren said Jo ramirez, the then team boss. His focus and determination to be faster than Prosta was reminiscent of the zeal of the believer in Monte Carlo was an ideal place for such a religious rite. Senna finished the qualifiers second and 427 thousandths before Simple and 2 seconds and 680 thousandths ahead of third Berger.
“I was in another dimension, for me the track was actually a tunnel that I just drove and drove through… In the end, I realized that it was all over my conscious control. I was above my limit, but I was still able to gain a few thousandths here and there. In the end, that was my maximum, without the possibility of anything more, " is those qualifications in Monte Carlo later recalled Senna.
In the race, Senna was very sovereign, all the way up 67th roundwhen he drove into the fence at Portier and finished the race and Pgrowth "gave" victory.
