I've been patiently waiting to record a classic Honda-powered F1 turbo car for so long and the opportunity presented itself with none other than the greatest one: the 1988 McLaren MP4/4. In fact, during the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, McLaren celebrated its 60th anniversary bringing many of their legendary cars such as this MP4/4, chassis 04, used exclusively by Alain Prost in that season. With this car Alain won three races (Monaco, Mexico City and Paul Ricard) and he used it in San Marino, Canada, Detroit and Silverstone.

According to the numbers, the MP4/4 is still the best F1 car of all time thanks to its 15 wins out of the 16 races of the 1988 season giving an impressive 93.8 per cent victory rate which hasn't been beaten yet by other cars.

1988 was due to be the last year for the turbo engines before they were banned, so most teams were making a concerted effort to establish themselves with naturally aspirated cars. McLaren went the opposite direction designing a fully new car on a pure turbo engine basis, which put the team at a potential disadvantage to their rivals (there were concerns after the FIA introduced a fuel regulation for the turbo-powered cars of 150 litres for a race distance, while naturally aspirated cars were unlimited).

But at the same time McLaren had secured the use of the 1.5L V6 Honda turbo engines which had been the best engine in Formula One since late in the 1985 season. And Honda's engine management team worked feverishly on the fuel consumption of the RA168E which was specially built for the reduction in turbo boost from 4.0 bar to 2.5 bar rather than upgrading the 1987 spec engine. The little 1.5-litre was producing 675 hp at 12,500 rpm.

Watch it doing some demo runs up the Goodwood's hillclimb course driven by Rob Garofall!

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- Camcorders: Canon Legria HF G30 & GX10 + Canon DM-100 Microphone, Sony AX-53 + Audio Technica Microphone, Sony FDR AX700 with Audio-Technica Microphone
- Event: Festival of Speed 2023
- Where: Goodwood, England

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