HONDA MP4/6 3.5L V12 Exhaust Sound!!!!

The MP4/6 was the first McLaren to be powered by a Honda V12 engine, which was rated at 725 bhp (541 kW; 735 PS). The car was tested by Berger in the off-season, but he was unimpressed with the new engine, feeling it was underpowered compared to the 690 bhp (515 kW; 700 PS) V10 engine used in the 1990 car, the MP4/5B. When Senna returned for pre-season testing he and Berger, along with Honda, knuckled down to try to solve the engine's problems. McLaren's domination in the early part of the year was mainly due to the lack of reliability of the 700 bhp (522 kW; 710 PS) Renault V10-powered Williams FW14.
The MP4/6 raced throughout 1991 with a manual "H" pattern gearbox. A semi-automatic transmission was tested during the season (and shown at the Hungarian Grand Prix) but was never regarded as good enough to be used in a race; Ferrari and Williams were the only teams to use semi-automatic gearboxes during 1991. The MP4/6 would go down as the last Formula One car to win a World Championship using a manual transmission or a V12 engine.
Senna won the first four races of the season, in the United States, Brazil, San Marino and Monaco, before Williams and Nigel Mansell found their feet with the FW14, which dominated in mid-season. Consistent podium finishes throughout the year helped McLaren, but Senna insisted that Honda step up their engine development program and demanded further improvements to the car before it was too late. Honda responded with an updated version of the V12 engine, while Oatley redesigned various features of the car, particularly the sidepods and wings. Senna won in Hungary and Belgium before clinching his third and final Drivers' Championship in Japan with second place behind Berger; he then won the final race in Australia to secure the team's fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
McLaren continued with the MP4/6, upgraded to 'B' specification, for the first two races of 1992, Senna finishing third in South Africa. The car was then replaced with the official 1992 car, the MP4/7A, though three MP4/6Bs were brought to the 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix as spares.
The MP4/6 was considered by some to be the most competitive car in the Formula One field until Williams sorted the FW14, which was aerodynamically and technically more advanced. In all, the MP4/6 took eight Grand Prix wins and ten pole positions, and scored 148 points. The car brought a close to McLaren's domination of the sport, stretching back to the mid-1980s.

[@endel1ed]

Senna eternity.

[@sentientdogma1206]

Greatest engine sound of all time

[@caioborgesbaghdad3250]

Ayrton Senna da Silva, the best race driver in History, our greatest hero, Senna Forever!!!

[@mushrume]

back when honda was a force to be reckoned with ......... maybe again someday

[@AridaneKunOnline]

Aged like fine milk.

[@luke_sv6702]

@@AridaneKunOnline yesn't

[@gustavo_paganelli]

Honda is back

[@Alexkugs]

@@gustavo_paganelli I agree

[@janimizer1725]

now they're contending with mercedes for both championships. you got your wish

[@LeMagnum440]

Proper sound, love it

[@rafaelvaleroflores9247]

The Best f1 car ever

[@luissoto7127]

The best F1 era . Big engines , not the shit we have now

[@erojerisiz1571]

Also looks better

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Sounds like the V6 except more sonorous and meaty. Like a V6 or 2 strapped together that revs a bit higher and sounds louder. I don't hate the sound they make now but this is miles better.

[@okbutwhocares]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks actually they'd sound pretty good if it wasn't for the MGU-h

[@MrOiram46]

@@okbutwhocares Definitely, I saw Mercedes tease their new 2022 F1 car and it sounded brutal… for half a second before they covered the exhaust with something and it made it sound worse than my 10 year old vacuum cleaner

[@denismcmanus8740]

Honda done such a great job with this engine won on it's first race and went on to win the championship the only v12 to do so best sounding engine also

[@JotaV2502]

Even with misfiring the sound is beautiful. The car was only running on 10 or 11 cylinders

[@FreeBestplayer123]

?

[@JotaV2502]

@@FreeBestplayer123 The car had an engine problem, it was running with 1 or 2 cylinders less

[@mmksd81]

The best!

[@lu_lu_lu_uesugi]

こんな素晴らしいエンジンを作る事が出来る、勝てるエンジンを作る事が出来る、そんな技術力のあるメーカーだと。決して今のホンダマン達は忘れてはいけないと思います、一人のホンダファンとして、一人の日本人として、思います。

[@chrismc1977]

It’s only running on 11! 🤐😳

[@alexkatsikas4151]

Fuck I think you’re right it doesn’t sound right

[@t.9547]

この車...F1史上最後のV12マニュアル車なんだぜ...超暴れ馬

[@DjembeWorld]

아름다운 소리

[@正義-s7f]

当時、フェラーリなど名だたるメーカーすら敵ではなかった、これが伝説のv12サウンド！ 魂を揺さぶる音 POWER of DREAMを体現して見せたマシン

[@tyoyusuf8501]

ayton senna is not japan

[@kita7939]

@@tyoyusuf8501 But HONDA is Japan

[@glaubervoigt2649]

My goodness

[@fabioth79]

Questa era la F1

[@LARRY_HOLMES_88]

it's not the original engine of this car… this sound is a v12 but doesn’t sound like the mp4/6 of the 1991 season…

[@vickramgangaram2925]

It's probably not revving too high

[@alexanderivkin7086]

V12 OR BUST!

[@eppsislike]

Why the short shifts?

[@MrSkeleton131]

It's not a race, it's purely a demonstration run for fans. Why risk damaging the engine for no reason?

[@トラトラト]

こいつと787Bになら、鼓膜破られてもいい。

[@Mqt-x5y]

V6ターボじゃしょぼいよね今は