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Date: 21st March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 383
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P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:04/37 COMMENTS 1/7 "Mr Perfect" Ayrton Senna blitzed the streets of Phoenix in the opening round but has yet to achieve the same result at his home circuit in Sao Paulo. After seven years of trying, Senna is still without a win at the place that means more to him than any other. He has as good a chance this time as hehas evjr had - but in the past that has not always guaranteed success. I must give credit to both McLaren and Honda. Senna gets the praise but they deserve an equally large share for producing such a competitive car straight out of the box. 5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,$Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:01/22 COMMENTS 2/7 McLaren's level of performance has got all the other team's scratching their heads once again trying to figure out what they need to do. Williams, Ferrari and Benetton hoped they had found the doorway to an equal performance this year but McLaren have firmly slammed it in their faces. Will things be different in Brazil? In my opinion the situation looks even worsj for the opposition. I have a strong suspicion that the restof the year will centre around the battle for second place. 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:48/26 COMMENTS 3/7 So who are McLaren's main rivals now? Ferrari have still got to be considered the chief challengers. Prost and Alesi are Formula One's best balanced pairing and Alesi's "press on"attitude will, in time, make him more than just a thorn in Prost's side. Just watch the political fireworks at Ferrari when that starts happening! Brazil is more suited to their car thanPhoenix and Prost looks to repeat his victory last year at Interlagos. 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket 350 Latest 360 Racing 380 M/Sport Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:49/40 COMMENTS 4/7 Williams impressed me greatly even if the unreliabilty of the new semi- automatic gearbox was anticipated. In the few days between these races a team like Williams can perform miraclesand if this is the case then the car will undoubtedly be right there. The one area of clarification is what the team will do if the number two driver (Patrese) overtakes the number onj drivjr (Mansell). A repeat of their Phoenix pantomime is unnecessary from two such experienced Formula Onj drivers. 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:59/16 COMMENTS 5/7 Sao Paulo will the last race for the Benetton B190B before we see John Barnard's new state-of-the-art car at San Marino in the third round. Benetton are the only team of the top four on Pirelli tyres which have not been as consistent as the Goodyears. If that should change then Benetton could easily deposj the three front- running Goodyear teams. With Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno at the wheel they have enough experience to make any advantage tell. In Sao Paulo the two Brazilians will have all the motivation they need. Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:00/00 COMMENTS 6/7 A number of other teams made favourable impressions. Without doubt everybody smiled for Larrousse when they picked up the final point in Arizona. It was a remarkable achievement by the team and driver Aguri Suzuki, after thedire circumstances of recent months. The three others doing a good job were Scuderia Italia, Jordan-Ford and the Modena-Lamborghini team. Tyrrell-Honda took fourth and fifth places in Phoenix and before long will be in a position to fully use the HondaV10 power. 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket Next Page Sport General M/Sport
P383 CEEFAX 383 Thu 21 Mar 21:07/11 COMMENTS 7/7 The star of qualifying, in my mind, was young Mika Hakkinen. He dragged his Lotus to 13th on the grid - material of which stars are made. He kept calm when the steering wheel came off during the race at 150mph. Assuming his steering wheel stays on only a lack of grunt will stop him repeating that performance in Sao PauloInterlagos is an impressive circuit where power plays a key part. Let us hope the monsoon rains keep away - Brazil rains are no Irish mist! 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket 350 Latest 360 Racing 380 M/Sport Next Page Sport General M/Sport