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== McLaren career ==
[[Image:in_Ayrton_Senna_01.jpg|thumb|340px|Ayrton Senna
In [[1988]], thanks to the relationship he had built up with [[Honda]] throughout the [[1987]] season with [[Lotus (car)|Lotus]], and with the approval of McLaren's #1 driver, Alain Prost, Senna joined the [[Team McLaren|McLaren]] team with then-two-time World Champion [[Alain Prost]] as his team mate. The foundation for a fierce competition between Senna and Prost was laid, culminating in a number of dramatic race incidents between the two. The pair won 15 of 16 races in the dominant [[McLaren MP4/4]] in 1988 (The Italian GP was won by Ferrari) with Senna coming out on top, achieving his first World Drivers Championship. The following year their rivalry intensified into battles on the track and a psychological war off it. This searing rivalry was typified by their mesmerising race-long battle for victory in the [[1989 German Grand Prix]], which Ayrton won. Prost took the championship after the infamous Suzuka chicane incident, where their two cars tangled Prost as Senna attempted to overtake. If neither McLaren finished, Prost was world champion. In 1993 Prost admitted that he had knowingly not moved aside as he had seen Senna approach. Prost supporters may say that Prost had the inside line, while Senna supporters may say that Senna's car was ahead and that Prost appeared to actually turn slightly towards Senna causing the cars to lock together and go off the circuit, across the chicane. Senna managed to get back to the pits for a new nose cone, rejoined the race, retook the lead and won the race, only to be disqualified for illegally cutting the chicane.
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