In this episode of Past Gas, James, Joe, and Nolan dive into what is potentially the greatest rivalry of all time; Senna Vs. Prost. The rivalry began when Senna joined Mclaren in 1988 and continued until his untimely death. Find out if the FIA played favorites with Prost and much more on this episode of PAST GAS!
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James seems to rag on white guys and virtue signal about hating Nazis quite a bit in these podcasts.
What’s up with that?
None of the other hosts seem to do similar things.
It’s like he hates himself for being white
Y’all should do Michael Schumacher
The reason senna was so fatigued was not only braking force on the pedal is insane, but youre wrangling a 1000hp turbo monster around a track at near 200mph speed with z e r o power steering lol. As well as the 6th gear thing its seriously straining
Alain Prost wasn’t really racing, he was driving and taking advantage of his friends that were in control of the races. Don’t get me wrong, he was wickedly fast, but wasn’t a great racer
Part of the reason that it was so tiring to run with the broken gearbox was that he had to hold the car in gear. Apperently he had cut his hand through his gloves because of the effort. But please fact-check to make sure that this is true
Didn't driving in sixth hurt Senna because he literally had to hold the car in sixth and was driving with one hand? I've definitely heard that but am unsure of the truth of it.
I love you Nolan, but holy shit I think the only name you pronounced right was Senna
I love what you guys do but to be honest that episode was painful to listen to… You're basically rehearsing Senna's documentary (with its obvious bias in favor of Senna ) and amplifying this bias.
Your passion for what you're talking about is ofc a big part of this show, but if this passion is biased because of a lake of research on your part, only taking one side of the story, it's problematic. I hope you'll be more careful in the future.
Love you, stay fired up!
56:25 Senna stated the car did not want to stay in sixth gear, so he was physically holding the shifter in place, driving with his other hand, and as James stated revving the engine/breaking to maintain his place.
Senna was cold and calculating too, and didn't mind punting people off the track, on purpose. Senna had his detractors…Murray Walker, for one.