Last night, I made the McLaren MP4/8B livery, which is technically a fantasy livery. This car might have saved Senna's life.
In 1992 Honda left F1 and took their V12 with them (the Mugen Honda was the previous generation v10 that McLaren used in 1990). In 1993, McLaren used the Ford engine and Senna was on a race to race contract because the Ford was underpowered for running at the front. In their search for more power, McLaren tried the Lamborghini V12, which was being used by Larrousse in the LH93. They modified MP4/8 which they dubbed the 8B (because the Lambo is a longer engine). They took it to Silverstone where Mika Hakkinen lapped 1.5 seconds faster than the Ford powered car.
Unfortunately, McLaren was in the midst of a deal with Peugeot, which they finalized, and that's what they used to 1994. That's the year Senna left for Williams, and the rest is history.
IF (ya I know, big IF) McLaren had gone with Lamborghini instead of Ford for 1993, EVERYTHING would have changed. They could have worked on reliability, and Senna might have stayed for 1994. The Williams FW16 started the year with issues, and was never "right" all year (which is why it came down to the wire between Hill and Schumacher in 1994). Senna would have raced a fast McLaren against a problematic Williams and, quite likely, he would have survived 1994 AND have become a 4 time world champion.
For the livery, I reproduced the MP4/9 livery on the 3500B with sloped nose. I swapped the Peugeot stuff with Lamborghini/Chrysler decals. I even added a little raging bull on the cowl above the head rest. I completed the car with a V12 swap, full race exhaust for the roar, and the full race transmission, then I detuned to the reported 750HP.
I caught it during the red flag near the end, and got the itch to recreate it
