McLaren MP4/4: Why F1's Most Dominant Car Almost Never Raced

In 1988, one car won fifteen of sixteen Formula One grands prix. That record has never been approached. But the machine that set it came within weeks of never existing — and the engineering decisions that made it unstoppable were invisible to every rival until it was too late. In this video: Why Gordon Murray's radical reclined seating position changed F1 aerodynamics permanently How Honda's RA168E produced over 900 horsepower from a 1.5-litre engine — and why the documentation was destroyed The qualifying gap at Silverstone that showed McLaren wasn't racing the field The Senna–Prost dynamic that turned the most dominant car in history into a two-way war How Ayrton Senna recovered from last place at Suzuka to win the championship in the rain #Formula1 #F1History #F1Engineering #McLaren #AyrtonSenna #MP44 #FormulaOne #F1Documentary #GrandPrix #F1Untold