Ayrton Senna is regarded by many as the greatest Formula One driver ever to have lived.
Anybody who ever saw him race -- or, indeed, anyone who saw the superb 2010 film 'Senna' -- will have witnessed one of the most prodigious talents in the history of motor racing.
So, to pay tribute to the three-time F1 World Champion, Honda (the company which supplied McLaren with the 3.5-litre V10 which was fitted to Senna's 1989 car) has created a new video which uses sound and telemetry data to recreate the Brazilian maestro's 1989 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying lap.
It's an astonishing spectacle. In using cleverly-positioned lights to illuminate the track at various points, Honda shows exactly where Senna was on the circuit, recreating his racing line. All of this is set to the scream of the V10 engine in Senna's McLaren, a sound you just don't hear in Formula One any more thanks to the current regulations which require smaller (and far less sonorous) V8s.
The Japanese Grand Prix of '89 is, of course, notable for the collision between Senna and his arch-rival and teammate Alain Prost, which saw Prost retire from the race and Senna continue to win, only to be disqualified for missing a chicane as a result of the crash.
Click on the image below to watch the video.
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