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That's the thing about the best drivers, they can make going fast look so undramatic.
That said, there's a few things at play there.
The lap is midway through a race, rather than a qualifying lap. As such, it's less on edge and more about trying to finish the race. This lap was probably around a 1:18, which is only 2s off Senna's fastest lap of the race, which he won by 9 seconds.
Part of the reason you are perceiving it as slow is actually audio. It sounds like he is short shifting quite a lot in the early part of the lap, very different from the screaming you'd expect from the engine. He could be fuel saving a bit here too.
Add to this that it is upscaled video footage. This never really does well, as the 60fps is mostly machine learning rather than actual found footage. Tom Scott actually has a really good video on this subject.
When it's all a bit smoothed out compared to the 25fps it probably was to begin with, your brain will be used to the images being slightly choppier, and thus movement is sharper and more pronounced in the footage you are used to seeing from the time, so th ebrain thinks its a bit slower. This is one of the issues some people have with modern F1 cameras, is that they are too stable and have a poorly optimised FOV to give a real sense of speed. That said, in return we have really high quality onboards that don't break up and are fantastic for replays and analysis, so it's a compromise.
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My dad met this guy at a ride day at Calder Park in 2012 after he won the Super2 series at just 18 years old. (yes, dad did ride with him). I met him at Sandown in 2013 when he was racing in the main game for GRM and I knew the kid had some serious talent. He won at Queensland Raceway and Pukekohe in his debut V8 Supercar season - an incredible feat for a rookie. No one has come close - not even Shane Van Gisbergen. Gary Rogers has a habit of snuffing out young talent and McLaughlin has proven that emphatically. When I met him, he was just another driver. People weren't crowding around his pit box but after putting on a spectacular display at Adelaide in 2014, he gained a legion of fans. Ever since then his rise has been incredible, and being the fastest man to ever lap Indy shows the WORLD that he is one of the best racing drivers to come out of New Zealand, next to Scott Dixon, Shane Van Gisbergen, Jim Richards and Denny Hulme. Even if he doesn't go on to win the Indy 500, his name has been written into history. If he does, he's a certified legend of motorsport. How fitting that he does it in a car that pays tribute to Rick Mears. What a story.
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