- "Ayrton Senna's British F3 Champion Machine."
- ―In-game catch text for the car, from GT6's Dealership
The West Surrey Racing, 1983 Ayrton Senna is the race car used by Ayrton Senna during the 1983 British Formula 3 season. It only appeared in Gran Turismo 6, added as part of Update 1.08.
In-game description[]
Ayrton Senna who showed incredible prowess in the 1982 European Formula Ford 2000 series by winning 22 of 28 races, stepped up to the British Formula 3 Championships in the following year of 1983. The team he joined based just outside of London was a relatively new team called West Surrey Racing, established in 1981 by Dick Bennetts.
In the 1983 season, the focus of attention in the British F3 was the battle between the British driver Martin Brundle (Eddie Jordan Racing) and Ayrton Senna. In the first half of the season, Senna dominated with 9 consecutive wins, but after a crash in round 10 at Silverstone, he loses his pace. One race before the final, Brundle was now leading the point rankings, and the deciding race of the series champion was carried over to the final race at Thruxton. However, Senna managed to regain his focus in this important race, and achieved a complete victory by finishing over 5 seconds ahead of 2nd place. Having won 12 races out of 20, Senna successfully became the British F3 Champion this year.
However, there was one additional goal in this year's F3. The Macao F3 in China had become a stage that would decide the F3 World Champion, with champion drivers from various countries all participating in the race. Senna came on strong in this race as well, and though it was his first time on an urban track he won the race with a definitive lead, making him the first F3 World Champion.
Meanwhile from the fall of the same year, Senna had been driving F1 cars of various teams, and on December 9, 1983, he signed with the Toleman F1 Team. Alone and far removed from his homeland Brazil, the young man who fought long and hard had finally reached the pinnacle of formula racing.
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo 6 (  v1.08+) |
Ayrton Senna Dealership | 1,000,000 | Achieve Silver in Challenge 2 of the Ayrton Senna Tribute special event. |
Trivia[]
- A string in update 1.07 mentions an Ayrton Senna Ralt RT3 #1 '83, which refers the car by chassis instead of team; this was likely changed due to licensing.[1]
- Its internal name is "ralt_rt3_83", referring to the unused name.