Car · McLaren · 1988
McLaren MP4/4
In the final year of turbos, with boost and fuel cut hard, McLaren won 15 of 16 races and led 1,003 of 1,031 laps. The one it lost was Monza, two laps from the end, when Senna hit a backmarker while leading - five weeks after Enzo Ferrari's death, and Ferrari finished first and second. Senna and Prost took 199 of a possible 240 points between them and did not speak civilly again for years.
- Seasons
- 1988
- Entries
- 32
- Wins
- 15
- Poles
- 15
- Fastest laps
- 10
- Constructors' titles
- 1
- Drivers' titles
- 1
Why it mattered
The idea. Murray's very low Brabham packaging, Honda's last and best turbo, and the two fastest drivers alive
What it did. 15 wins, 15 poles and 10 fastest laps from 16 races. Senna's first title and McLaren's constructors' championship.
- Designers
- Gordon Murray, Steve Nichols, Matthew Jeffreys, Bob Bell
- Supersedes
- mclaren-mp4-1
- Design life
- 1988
- Confidence
- high
Specification
- Chassis
- Carbon fibre honeycomb monocoque
- Front suspension
- Double wishbones, pull/push-rod actuated coil springs and dampers
- Rear suspension
- Double wishbones, rocker-arm actuated coil springs and dampers
- Brakes
- carbon disc
- Gearbox
- Weismann-McLaren
- Gears
- 6-Speed
- Tyres
- Goodyear
- Fuel
- Shell; Qualifying: 84%–16% Toluene / Methanol; Race: 60%–40% Toluene / Methanol
- Engine
- Honda RA168E, 1494 cc, 80° turbocharged V6 (2.5 Bar limited), mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
- Configuration
- 80-degree turbo V6
- Capacity
- 1,494 cc
- Aspiration
- turbocharged
- Power
- 675 bhp
- Power note
- 675 hp @ 12,500 rpm ; 313 ftlbf @ 10,000 rpm
- Weight
- —
- Wheelbase
- 2,875 mm
- Track, front
- 1,824 mm
- Track, rear
- 1,670 mm
A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.
Every entry 32 entries
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Where this comes from
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Predecessor
- MP4/3
- Successor
- MP4/5
- Races (published)
- 16
- Wins (published)
- 15
- Poles (published)
- 15
- Confidence
- reference
- Specification source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4/4
- Register source
- https://github.com/f1db/f1db