Honda is fond of Ayrton Senna’s memory, and seems to genuinely appreicate the man who provided feedback for the chassis tuning of the fabled NSX supercar. Now, some 19 years after the Brazilian driver’s untimely and unfortunate death at Imola, the Japanese manufacturer has done something rather special, using their own Suzuka track, which played host for many Japanese F1 GPs, as well as a very large number of lights and speakers.
A new video uploaded on one of their stands to remind us that they were the first to use telemetry in F1, back in the 1980s, and in 1989, they used their system to record Senna’s record-breaking lap around Suzuka.
Now, what they did was place speakers all along the track, connect them all up, and synchronize each with its own set of lights. They went through all the trouble so that they could reenact the 1989 record-breaking lap perfectly, using just sound.
The result is a very pleasant one, and can be watched by clicking play on the video, which we have posted after the jump.
Hat tip to Evandil F.!
By Andrei Nedelea
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