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The McLaren MP4/8 was a Formula One racing car which competed in the 1993 season. It raced in all sixteen Grands Prix, scoring five wins. The car was driven by triple World Champion Ayrton Senna in his 6th season with McLaren.

"1993 McLaren MP4/8
The McLaren MP4/8 was a Formula One racing car which competed in the 1993 season. It raced in all sixteen Grand Prix, scoring five wins. The engine was a Ford HBD7 3.5 V8. The car was designed by Neil Oatley around advanced race car technology including a semi-automatic transmission, active suspension and traction control systems.

McLaren had to make do with the Ford HBD7 3.5 V8 engine which had inferior power compared to the Renault engine found in their chief rival Williams and even the higher spec Ford engine fitted in the Benetton that season.

Because Benetton had a pre-existing contract as the Ford factory team, McLaren had to settle for a customer engine which lacked some of the technological advancement of Benetton's factory engine. McLaren secured a supply of the higher spec Ford engines after the British Grand Prix. The customer spec Ford engine was approximately 40hp less than the works Ford engine in the Benetton and at least 100hp less than the Williams. During the season, McLaren improved their car and engine performance with technology from TAG Electronics.

Initially Ayrton Senna was so unconvinced by the car and the engine that he demanded a race-by-race contract at $1 million per Grand Prix. though others suggested that this was a marketing ploy between Senna and Ron Dennis to keep sponsors on edge and interested."

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