That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.

Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.

Let's stop the startwatch.

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?

Mansell can see him in his earphone.

There are four different cars filling the first four places.