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Forza Motorsport 7 (2017)

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Senna and McLaren teammate Alain Prost won fifteen of the sixteen races between them; the only race neither driver won was the Italian Grand Prix.

Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships in 1988, in his first year with McLaren.

The wins record in 1988 season belonged to Senna who finished with eight wins.

Senna also set the single season pole winning record by claiming the fastest time on thirteen occasions during the year, finishing the season with 29 career pole positions, only four behind the record, which was another held by the great Jim Clark.

One of the remarkable race was 15th round in Japan. Once again, where the title was decided. This time it was the end of the weekend, and not the beginning.

Prost made a superb start to the lead, whilst Senna stalled, lucky in the fact that Suzuka had a sloping grid, helping to start his car. Senna knew he had nothing to lose and everything to gain in this race, and knew he could seal the championship here.

By the end of the lap he had already made up six positions, and by the fourth lap he was sitting in fourth position.

Senna was hot on the tail of Prost. Prost disliked the wet, and his failing gearbox only added to the Brazilian's chances.

When the pair came round to lap some back-markers, as Prost was caught up with de Cesaris, Senna went past to take the lead, and set three consecutive fastest laps and setting a new lap record.

As he was now in front of the field of competitors and due to become world champion, he signaled to stop the race.

However, the race ran its full distance and Honda were reveling in their 1–2 finish, whilst Prost was bitter, but readily accepted that Senna was a deserving champion.

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