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Ayrton Senna attacks the right-hander

SportLocation Formula 1 Desk · 16 Sept 2026

Ayrton Senna’s car is caught mid-corner, then vanishes down the straight in one neat burst of speed.

Ayrton Senna’s clip is built around a single, sharp moment: the car turning in, clipping the right-hander and then running away from the camera.

That matters because the corner is doing the storytelling. The red-and-white kerb gives the car a line to aim at, and once it is rotated through the bend, the shot is over almost as soon as it begins.

There is no need to overcomplicate it. The interest is in the clean placement through the turn and the quick exit that follows, with the barriers and boards holding the frame while the car clears the scene.

It is a simple piece of racecraft on view: commit, place the car, and get the power down before the track disappears ahead of you.