'The world saw him as a McLaren man' - Maurice Hamilton on his new Senna book

Behind the scenes during the Brazilian's six-year McLaren career

By James Galloway

Image: Ayrton Senna, McLaren's most successful driver (Photo ©John Dunbar)

While Ayrton Senna raced for four teams during a decade in which he illuminated Formula 1, it is McLaren with which the Brazilian legend remains most synonymous.

"What Ayrton had been doing was - this was in the days before mobile phones and the communications we have now - actually using McLaren's phone at night to phone Brazil because it was cheaper!" Ayrton Senna - McLaren (Blink Publishing) is out now priced £35 You can hear more from Maurice Hamilton on Senna in Sky F1's Senna Journalists Special, which is now available as a podcast. Click here to listen to it directly or download the programme via iTunes.
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