McLaren Lamborghini ??? September 1993 McLaren adapted an MP4/8 chassis to house the tiny V12 engine, behind closed doors; they tested a totally unliveried car with Lamborghini power. The Monday after that year’s Portuguese Grand Prix (Sep 28 1993), McLaren again tested the Chrysler-Lamborghini car, and Senna was so impressed he asked Ron Dennis, if he could race it in the final race at Japan. The answer was “NO”. McLaren’s test driver Mika Hakkinen tested the Lamborghini car too at Silverstone, and was over a second faster in it than with the Cosworth version. The answer was still “NO”. McLaren signed with Peugeot, and not Chrysler-Lamborghini. Senna had started the year on a race-by-race contract, had had enough, the Brazilian signed for Williams for 1994 to replace Prost (day after Alain Prost announced his retirement) Senna’s McLaren career ended at Adelaide in 1993, was Senna’s final win, and final podium. And despite all the animosity between them, with Prost on the podium that day too, they ‘kissed and made up’. What would have happened if McLaren had signed with Lamborghini ??? Chrysler PR director Tom Kowaleski said: “We are disappointed to say the least. We have worked very hard in the last few months, including a very intense period recently putting together a team to interface with McLaren and TAG Electronics. The car was very quick and Ayrton Senna said some encouraging things about it. There was a strong agreement to proceed together for the future. The decision may say something about F1. It’s no secret that the marque must look at its costs, and we wanted to introduce our lean and efficient approach to it.” #PoloWorldOfF1
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