Jocar F1jc The Ayrton Senna Page

The picture's are about a 1:43 scale Die Cast Mclaren Honda MP 4-3 as driven by Ayrton Senna in a test for Mclaren in 1987.

It was made by Minichamps ( Paul's Model Art ).

This is part of the Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection -  Edition 43 No. 26.The Code number is 540 874399.

Last Photo by Gabriele who put it in Wikipedia.org

Ayrton Senna

1987 came with much promise for better things. Lotus now had the same powerful Honda engines as Williams after Renault decided to step out of the sport. After a slow start, Senna won two races in a row: the prestigious Monaco GP (the first of a record breaking six victories at the Principality) and the United States GP at Detroit for the second year in a row, once again taking the World Championship lead. This time, the Lotus-Honda 99T seemed to be more or less on par with the all-conquering Williams-Honda cars once again driven by fellow countryman Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell. But despite the improved performance of 99T, which used a highly innovative and technical active suspension system, the Williams FW11Bs of Piquet and Mansell would still be the cars to beat. The gap between the two teams was no more evidentthan at the 1987 British Grand Prix at Silverstone where both Mansell and Piquet lapped the identically-engined Lotuses of Senna and team-mate Satoru Nakajima. After a spin due to a faulty clutch in the third to last round in Mexico, Senna was out of the championship hunt, leaving Piquet and teammate Mansell to fight it out for the last two races.Mansell badly injured his back in a heavy accident while practicing for the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, effectively handing the 1987 World Championship to Piquet since he would miss the season-ending race at Australia in Adelaide. However, this meant that Senna still had a chance to finish as runner-up in the standings if he finished at least third in both remaining races. He finished second in both Japan and Australia. At the Australian Grand Prix, post-race scrutineering found the brake ducts of his Lotus-Honda to be wider than permitted by the rules and he was disqualified, bringing his last and most successful season with Lotus to a sour end. After the disqualification, he was classified third in the final standings, with 57 points, one pole position, and six podium finishes (four seconds and two thirds). This season marked a turning point in Senna's career as, throughout the year, he built a deep relationship with Honda, a relationship which would pay off in big dividends, for Ayrton was heading for McLaren who had secured Williams' supply of Honda's V6 turbo engines for 1988.  Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_Senna