#0490 'Near to Perfection'

McLaren MP4
Monaco Grand Prix 1988
Ayrton Senna

The Monaco Grand Prix in the heart of the principality, known as the playground of the rich and beautiful, was the breakthrough in Ayrton Senna's career in the top league of Formula 1 drivers in 1988. He was leading his teammate and Monaco specialist Alain Prost by 55 seconds when a crash barrier in his McLaren Honda MP4/4 killed him. With a little more patience he could easily have won, but he was so focused on his race that he just couldn't and wouldn't slow down. Later in the day he said "I felt near to perfection".