P PutterBeautiful watches but I'm not a fan of Senna. Very talented but lacked courage and integrity. In 1990 he was just ahead of Allan Prost for the season championship. He purposely crashed into Prost in the last race at the Japan GP in the first turn of the race. Knocked both out of the race to secure his Championship. Senna was scared to race.
Contrast that with Ted Williams when he was trying to bat 400 in 1941. Last day of the year, his manager offered to let him not play which would cause his 399.6 average to round to 400. If he had a bad day at the plate the average would have dropped. Ted risked reaching the magic number and played. He played well both games of a double-hitter and raised his average to 406. Now that a man of courage and integrity. Senna? Not so much.
Just painted my 1/20th scale Ayrton figure. Which I also purchased in the '90s, along with some model kits. All of which were left unmade when Senna died, because I was just too sad. Building the Lego McLaren earlier this year got me motivated again to make them.
More photos in the Model Cars Thread:
https://tagheuerforums.com/threads/model-cars.124971/page-17#post-2370847
Two of these watches were offered to Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna by a McLaren Exec in the late 80’s. The Frenchman kept his but I was lucky enough to obtain the Brazilian’s timepiece through a friend.
Two of these watches were offered to Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna by a McLaren Exec in the late 80’s. The Frenchman kept his but I was lucky enough to obtain the Brazilian’s timepiece through a friend.
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Speaking of Prost, I finally got around to painting a model figure I bought at the time I got my Senna figure (over 30 years ago).
So now my 1988 McLaren dream team is complete. 😀
1988 was my favorite of Senna's championships. Having stalled at the start of the '88 Japanese GP, it looked like an easy win for Prost. Senna eventually got his car going but was down in 14th place. However, the changing wet & dry conditions brought out the best in Senna, as he caught and ultimately passed Prost for the win and world championship!
I also just added the 1/18 AUTOart McLaren MP4/6 to my collection. Senna's 1991 Championship winning car.
Again, great job Michael! 🥰 👍 Congrats, and also for the Autoart model 🥰
It’s nice to have completed the Senna-Prost team 😀 First Senna’s Title in 1988 is so valuable precisely because he won it from Prost, and also the 1990 Title. It is curious that after their great and tense rivalry they ended up being good friends, and even Prost being an ambassador of the Instituto Ayrton Senna 👍
and I just add this , full set to my collection
A question for the group, please -- Do we believe that Senna actually wore the Reference 565.306 2000 Series Quartz Chronograph, as one of his personal watches, or did he only wear it for TAG Heuer catalog photos, promotional materials, etc.?
Thanks in advance for any information about Senna's connection to this watch.
Jeff
