Ayrton Senna got help The engineers therefore went to their computers and started working. The Honda NSX, or New Sports car eXperimental, which the project went under, took years. The chassis, body and undercarriage were built in aluminium. The engine got titanium connecting rods, and all the way through the product there were these small details that testified to the car's heritage from the race track. After some time, the first prototypes were ready to be tested on the track, and it was lucky that the McLaren team had the perfect man for the job: Ayrton Senna. The fine-tuning Brazilian felt that the aluminum chassis was not stiff enough, after which Honda strengthened it further. But that Ayrton managed to become one with the car is clear if you ever find time to watch the YouTube clip from the Suzuka circuit in Japan, where Ayrton does a few laps. Not only does he dance across the pedals like a maniac, he also pushes the car so far over the limit that any other driver would have turned the car into a decoration in the sandbox. In 1990, the car was finally ready, and everyone agreed: the NSX was fantastic. And the news quickly reached Maranello. 
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