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22 Dec 2004, 17:38 (Ref:1186073)
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Senna in a Penske
Has anybody got details of how well Senna did in his Penske test many years ago,was it on a oval,times,coments etc
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22 Dec 2004, 17:40 (Ref:1186075)
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Ayrton Senna tested a Penske Indycar at Firebird raceway in Arizona, USA
(taken from on this day.) Also if you search there was a thread about when he tested the car and comparing it to an F1 car. Last edited by luke; 22 Dec 2004 at 17:44. |
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22 Dec 2004, 17:42 (Ref:1186076)
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It wasn't on an oval.
It was at the Firebird test circuit in Arizona. As I recall he was impressed with the car in terms of the input needed from the drivers and set times which were on the pace. However, he didn't want to take the risk of racing on ovals 
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22 Dec 2004, 20:11 (Ref:1186187)
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22 Dec 2004, 20:35 (Ref:1186213)
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Although Mario, (I think) tried to add him to the grid or the 500, that would have been amazing.
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23 Dec 2004, 00:30 (Ref:1186406)
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Great Pics!
 It is odd, it isn't that long ago, yet it seems so innocent. 
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23 Dec 2004, 06:33 (Ref:1186478)
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I read in one of the racing mags recently in a article about senna, that he really didn't like the penske at all, but said nice things about it publically to be polite.
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25 Dec 2004, 09:54 (Ref:1187771)
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they must have been MARLBORO comments
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25 Dec 2004, 11:16 (Ref:1187782)
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Just imagine if he had gone Indy racing......
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25 Dec 2004, 13:33 (Ref:1187822)
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Yeah, he probably woulda died sooner.....
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25 Dec 2004, 14:15 (Ref:1187830)
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25 Dec 2004, 21:29 (Ref:1187904)
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wish he had of (gone to CART) around 92 / 93 (williams renault dominate) - CART racing was better than f1 in my opinion
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26 Dec 2004, 11:24 (Ref:1188002)
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Which layout was used for the test?
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26 Dec 2004, 13:17 (Ref:1188028)
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the main circuit there id have imagined.
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26 Dec 2004, 13:50 (Ref:1188041)
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I would have thought so. Originaly I thought this test was on the Phoenix oval.
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26 Dec 2004, 21:19 (Ref:1188140)
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Actually I doubt he would have died sooner. By 1993 the death rate in CART wasn't that high and CART cars were reasonably well constructed. their was a massive shift in regulation safety during 1992. As a F1 driver he'd have done really well. As Armco Bender noted it wasn't a serious test. Really more to wind Ron Dennis and the journo's up. I don;'t know about his private comments but publicly he supported the lack of active suspension and driver aids that were just starting to become prevalent in F1.
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26 Dec 2004, 21:30 (Ref:1188141)
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Its amazing how much press Indycar racing suddenly got when Mansell and Senna were thinking about an Indycar switch ....their press people must have thought xmas had come early that year !...
for me , the 1993 Indycar World series was one of the best seasons of Motorsport i have ever witnessed .  It was just Top Class !
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And having been watching that season on DVD reaffirms what Sato san has to say here. Nige was really quite unbelievable - but I thorough enjoyed it the first time 'round and now watching the races again!
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27 Dec 2004, 03:03 (Ref:1188227)
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