{"id":21941,"date":"2018-11-23T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T13:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=21941"},"modified":"2018-11-23T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T13:15:48","slug":"tricampeao-mundial-por-antecipacao-relembre-as-corridas-de-senna-apos-os-titulos-conquistados-no-japao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/tricampeao-mundial-por-antecipacao-relembre-as-corridas-de-senna-apos-os-titulos-conquistados-no-japao\/","title":{"rendered":"Three titles before the end of the season: take a look back at Seena\u2019s races after the championships he clinched in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The 2018 F1 season comes to an end this weekend, in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Over the last ten years, only five championships were decided in the final race of the season: 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2016. In 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and this year, the champion was known before the last grand prix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A three-time F1 world champion, Ayrton Senna clinched all of his titles in Suzuka, at the Japanese GP, the next-to-last race in the 1988, 1990 and 1991 seasons. In all three occasions, the Brazilian went to Austrialia for the year\u2019s final race as the reigning champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Take a look back at Senna\u2019s races immediately after winning a title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Last Grand Prixs after Ayrton Senna\u00b4s 3 Titles\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzwQFLObesc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">1988<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">After Ayrton\u2019s first world title, McLaren was still celebrating, especially because the team was closing out a near-flawless season, with 14 wins in 15 races up to that point. During the qualifying sessions in Australia, Senna\u2019s challenge was to take the pole position from Alain Prost, who had been the quickest in the Friday practice sessions by just 0s153. On the following day, Senna took the pole with a time of 1min17s748, just 0s132 ahead of the Frenchman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">It was Senna\u2019s 29th pole position in his career and his 13th in 16 GPs that year, a record in the category that would only be beaten by Nigel Mansell in 1992.\u00a0 With 8 wins in the season and 14 in his career so far, Senna was just one triumph away from scoring the 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0win for Brazil in Formula One history. But that would have to wait until the following season, in San Marino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">At the start, Prost took the lead and Senna fell to second place. Senna However, had a few gearbox issues throughout the race, and wasn\u2019t able to catch up with the Frenchman, who led the race to the end. Senna finished in second place, wrapping up the year with 90 points, while his rival had 87. McLaren and Senna could keep celebrating on the streets of Adelaide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">1990<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In 1990, Senna won his second world title after a series of controversial decisions in battles with Prost for two consecutive years. The following race would, once again, take place in Adelaide, Australia, marking the 500<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0F1 GP in history. In 2019, Formula One will reach its 1000th GP, in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">On the day the starting grid was decided, Ayrton took the pole position. He would be starting alongside Gerhard Berger, on the first row. On Sunday, Senna dominated the race until the 62<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0lap. While Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost fought for second place, Ayrton had a braking mishap and his McLaren hit a tire barrier. Despite the result, the Brazilian finished the season with six wins and 78 points, seven more than Prost. The Frenchman was the runner-up, with five wins that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">1991<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Senna arrived in Adelaide with the title already clinched, since he had beaten Nigel Mansell in the fight for the title in Suzuka. After handing the win in Japan to his teammate, Berger, Ayrton wanted to win in Australia. On Saturday, Senna had his 60th pole position ever. Berger, his teammate, had the second best time, rounding out the first row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the race, Senna had an extra challenge: He had to help McLaren win the Constructors\u2019 Championship, in which Willams had an 11-point lead. Both teams would be fighting for each point in Adelaide. \u201cI\u2019m not here just to celebrate; I\u2019m here to do my best. The season isn\u2019t over until after this grand prix\u201d, said Senna before the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">On Sunday, the race started in the middle of a thunderstorm. It was raining so hard drivers had to make a super-human effort to stay on the track. Ayrton was the only leader over the race\u2019s 16 laps. Mansell ended up hitting a wall and Berger spun out twice on the same lap. Brazilian Maur\u00edcio Gugelmin hit the wall of the boxes and almost ran over two marshals, causing a serious accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Since an agreement about a second start wasn\u2019t reached, the race was suspended and drivers were awarded half the points according to their position on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0lap. Senna was in first, Mansell in second and Berger rounded out the podium in third. To this day, the \u201991 Australian GP is considered shortest race in F1 history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">With the result, McLaren achieved its goal. The team finished the Constructors\u2019 Championship with 139 points, while Williams was the runner up, with 125 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 F1 season comes to an end this weekend, in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. 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