“It’s terrible it was 40 years ago, that means I’m getting bloody old!”
Four decades on from his maiden @f1 win in Mexico 1986, we sat down with Gerhard Berger at #FOS in July to look back on a career-changing day 🏆
Full interview 👇
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Prost's Ferrari 641 ran a 3.5 litre V12 with no turbo, rated at 680 bhp at 12,750 rpm. That scream is what Formula One traded away for efficiency.
Since 2014 the sport has run 1.6 litre turbo hybrid V6s, and F1 itself has promised louder exhaust sound to please fans.
At Suzuka in 1990, Senna and Prost collided at the first corner, and it sealed the title for Senna. A few tenths of lap time is a fair price for this noise.