Originally Posted by
Monaco92
Yes that is true. However we could argue that Senna's car had a heavier fuel load as there was no refueling then, and the cars ran full from the start.
But more interestingly sennas lap was in 1989. Shumis is possibly 2004 therefore 15 years of deveopment in F1 and hardly any difference in lap time?
I'm pretty sure this is from one of Senna's legendary qualification laps. So he would of been on minimal fuel load BUT maximum boost.
Either way, both are masters of their respective machines and driving them to their engineered limits.
regards, Paul
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