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Lotus 98 Renault Turbo F1 (1986)
Renault V6 turbo engine, 1492cc and 900cv
Season 86 was not much better for the paulista in his attempt to become world champion; in fact, it was similar in results to the previous one. A heart attack victory at the Jerez GP, in which he beat Mansell by inches, and another in Detroit. From this moment in his country of origin he was promoted to the category of national hero.
It turned out that on Saturday of that last weekend the Brazilian soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup in Mexico by the French. It is not necessary to remember how Brazilians live their soccer team matches; Well, on Sunday, after reaching the finish line ahead of the Gauls Prost and Laffite, Senna waved the flag with the national colors on the way to the pits, thus restoring national honor.
Finally, he came back fourth in the championship: The limitations of available gasoline and the high consumption of Renault engines, which in classification with the turbo blowing at maximum pressure could reach 1200 hp, and the lack of reliability - he had to abandon in six runs - kept him from going any further. Alain Prost took the cat back to the water.
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