The car in which a young Ayrton Senna announced his arrival on the global stage is to be offered for sale at Bonhams' forthcoming Monaco sale.
The Les Grandes Marques à Monaco auction on 11 May already features one historic Senna racer, in the form of the McLaren MP4 in which he won his final Monaco Grand Prix, in 1993. Now it's been joined by another car which played a pivotal role in the late Brazilian's life: the Toleman-Hart TG184.
Senna made his Monaco Grand Prix debut in the Toleman in 1984, his first season in F1, and immediately set about proving both his mastery of the circuit – he ultimately won there a record-breaking six times – and his speed in wet conditions.
Having qualified in 13th, Senna charged through the field during a torrential downpour and was closing on leader Alain Prost at four seconds a lap when the race director controversially waved both the red flag and chequered flag on lap 32.
To add to the controversy, Senna actually passed Prost's already stationary McLaren and crossed the finish line first, only for officials to rule that the result at the end of the previous lap would be final.
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