The 1988 season marked the beginning of the most intense rivalry in F1 history between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. While teammates, their contrasting styles created a fierce internal battle.
If you want to understand the allure of 1980s Formula 1, 1988 is the perfect case study. It had the screaming turbo engines, the minimal safety aids (the cars were manual shift and incredibly twitchy), and the beginning of sport's greatest rivalry. While the racing at the front was often a McLaren parade, the internal battle between Senna and Prost is the stuff of legend. The 1988 season marked the beginning of the