When Lamborghini and McLaren Made an F1 Car that was Unbeatable

Did Lamborghini have an f1 team? Were Lamborghini ever in F1? Did Lamborghini even have a chance in F1?

Throughout Lamborghini's F1 team history, the Lamborghini F1 team produced some impressive results, along with extremely competitive power units, such as the Lamborghini F1 V12 engine used by the Mclaren F1 team in 1993. They decided to give Lamborghini their last chance in being a power unit supplier in F1. The mysterious McLaren MP48B marked an important turning point for both the Lamborghini V12 engine and the iconic Mclaren F1 Racing Team. The Mclaren MP48B was installed with the Lamborghini F1 V12 Engine, at the time frowned upon due to poor reliability. Since the car was expirmental, It was painted white with no sponsers on it. The legendary Ayrton Senna along with Mika Hakkinen drove the Lamborghini powered F1 car at Silverstone and Estoril, and they were immediately impressed by the Lamborghini's immense power output. The Lamborghini F1 V12 engine was by far more powerful then the customer spec Ford V8s, and Senna seriously vouched for the Lamborghini F1 engine being used by the Mclaren F1 Team. Although the Lamborghini F1 Team had a shortlived career in F1, Lamborghini remained a power unit supplier for other F1 teams. This is the story of the iconic MP48/B that housed the iconic Lamborghini V12 engine. Although Mclaren decided to not use the Lamborghini F1 team's engine, this event will not be forgotten in F1, and the racing pedigree of Lamborghini in F1 will mark a very nostalgic reminder of the potential Lamborghini had in F1.

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[twosecsted]

Honda, and leaving the sport every single economic downturn:

Name a more iconic duo.

[mudskipperdrones]

I get to see this car everyday at work but never knew what it was for. Wow.

[sennasenna]

IF THEY HAD USED THE V12S SENNA MAY HAVE STAYED AT MCLARREN WHICH WOULDVE SAVED HIS LIFE

[acidocloridrico]

“Sponser” “Reno” “Ren Alt” (alt as in salt)
“My cah Hakkinen” Based on that I would be 100% sure you’re american

[racedayrecap]

Sorry for all the pronunciation and spelling issues, will be more careful in the future. Thanks to all who pointed it out, there’s always room for improvement, and I’ll be sure to watch out for those in new vids👍

[SamuelSantos_]

Maybe a switch to Lamborghini engines would’ve convinced Senna to stay at McLaren...

[DriftingPancake]

Did he just say “Maika” hakkinen lolol

[flatsixturbo]

Fun fact, Martin Whitmarsh, who later became McLaren's race division manager, revealed that the test car was purposely 'slowed down' as they already had a contract with Peugeot at that point. The car wasn't supposed to go faster than a certain amount of speed. Whitmarsh made Dave Ryan, the team manager at the time, fill up the car with nearly 100 kilos of fuel, and despite that Senna was able to recognize how fast the car was.

So obviously, a huge missed opportunity from McLaren if you ask me. Then again, they were highly skeptical about Lamborghini's claims regarding the engine, and they probably did not see that coming as the Larousse machinery was painfully slow on track.

[Ablecoh]

Meet one of the engineers who worked on the engine and he showed me a couple of the drawing sheets. He said the team was heart broken as that was the end of the project.

[-TJ-]

You can tell its an American F1 channel when they pronounce all the names wrong.

[kevingomes]

"Airyton Senna"
"Mica Hakkinen"
Bro I can't

[shinobihiriyu-originalninj]

I was always a Lamborghini fanboy and this video just makes me happy 😃 because Lamborghini never was a racing car or team, it was just about beating Ferrari and looking damn good 😁

[mnm]

After watching this video, I really want McLaren and Lamborghini teaming up to create a hypercar, one that is fast enough to go against the SSC Tuatara and the Koenigsegg Jesko.

[kusihari]

Still waiting for a Lambo Comeback in this sport,

[orangejjay]

You spelled sponsors wrong ... but still a bad ass video.

[stephengamble]

The previous Lamborghini F1 engines were referred to as hand grenades" by Mr Walker ! What on earth makes you think these would be any different ?

[A.Santos]

Don't worry about the criticism about pronunciation details, 99% of the major channels can't even pronounce "Ayrton"* in the 'right' way even today, not even with the internet. Keep it up 💪. One more subscriber here.
*And there is no problem with that.

[alduin]

On a far fetched assumption, if they had taken the V12 Lambo, Senna probably would 've still been here. But that's how things work I guess.

[ElectoneGuy]

Definitely dominated 1988 and 89, but 90 & 91 were close fights and they were wiped off the map by Williams-Renault in 92.

[lesblase]

I heard straight from Zak Browns mouth the Senna loved the Lambo. Imagine they had gone with the lambo. For sure Senna would have stayed & who knows, Lambo might have had a legacy in the game today..