The pranks of Gerhard Berger
Frogs, passport photos and helicopter jokes
You’d be upset if someone stole and threw away the keys of the hire car you’re driving in the middle of Milan rush hour, right? Or if you’d found a live frog in your suitcase, or discovered a picture of a male member had replaced your passport photo?
Aytron Senna was always suffering from lanky Gerhard Berger’s practical jokes, but then the Austrian does have a large photo of one of his enormous F1 shunts on the wall of his mountain lair. Mad? Maybe. Dangerous? For sure. For that reason, Ayrton should have known not to leave his briefcase unattended in a helicopter…
Whoops! When team-mates crash
One of Formula 1's most iconic shunts; in the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, Ayrton Senna and Alan Prost collided to bring the 1989 world championship to a dramatic conclusion.
The MP4/4
The 1988 MP4/4 won 15 of 16 races and scored 199 points in the constructors’ championship, almost three times as much as runners-up Ferrari.
An unexpected meeting
The tale of van driver 'Barney's' unexpected encounter with a certain F1 legend, Ayrton Senna.
Iconic red and white livery
The liveries of McLaren
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