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Tommy Byrne: Senna’s early rival, a lost F1 champion?

Tommy Byrne: Senna’s early rival, a lost F1 champion?

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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Tommy Byrne’s talent in a racing car was likened to that of
Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. To those who watched him
closely, he was a champion in the making. Why, then, did his
Formula 1 career last just five races in an uncompetitive car?
Tommy tells Tom Clarkson the story of the impressive wins in
junior categories – including one in Ayrton Senna’s car – which
got him to F1 in 1982. He explains why his straight-talking
personality and party lifestyle upset the F1 establishment and
why he never got the opportunity to race for a front-running
team. Tommy also remembers the McLaren test that could have
changed his life and the shock, decades later, when he learned
what was really going on behind-the-scenes that day at
Silverstone.