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Some of the wins in Ayrton Senna\u2019s career were marked by the surprising strategies employed by the Brazilian driver. One of them took place exactly 26 years ago, at the 1991 Hungarian GP, when he won the race using two hard tires on the left side of the car and two soft ones on the right side \u2013 a tactic that was unusual at the time and isn\u2019t even allowed anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n Take a look at five other instances in which Senna had to overcome curious obstacles to win.<\/span><\/p>\n 1- Duct tape on the radiator hole<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Ayrton Senna became the British Formula 3 champion at Thruxton after winning the race from start to finish. Everyone at the raceway expected an even fight with Martin Brundle, Senna\u2019s biggest rival at the time, but the Brazilian used a tactic that helped him take off in the lead. The team used a piece of duct tape to close the vent of the oil radiator, making the oil reach its ideal temperature faster. Since the water was also getting hotter, Senna had to loosen his seatbelt and take the duct tape off manually after a few laps. It was a risky maneuver, but it paid off with the title at the end of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n 2- Fastest lap by going through the pit-lane<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n At the 1993 European GP, the Brazilian put on a spectacle by doing the best first lap of all time, in which he overtook four rivals \u2013 among them, Damon Hill, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher \u2013 on a wet track. But another interesting and unprecedented event also took place at that GP: the McLaren<\/a> driver posted the fastest lap in the race by going through the pit lane. Galv\u00e3o Bueno, the TV Globo (Brazilian TV) commentator at the time, remembers it very well, and the told that story to Senna TV.<\/span><\/p>\n