Berger explains why he struggled to match Senna

Gerhard Berger says his former McLaren team-mate Ayrton Senna was “absolutely the best” driver he has come across – and opened up about the challenges of matching and beating him in the same car.

Their three seasons together at McLaren saw Senna take two World Championship titles in 1990 and 1991, with the Brazilian legend also securing 16 race victories in that time compared to Berger’s three.

While the Austrian feels he was able to match Senna in terms of natural talent, there were factors that elevated his team-mate just that little bit above everyone else.

“He was absolutely the best I’ve met over the years,” Berger told Motorsport-Magazin.

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“It was a lot of things,” he explained. “First of all, Senna started driving karts when he was four or five.

“He was already a professional kart driver at the age of six. So before he came to Formula 1, Senna must have made 400 starts.

“If I add up all the races I did from the beginning of my career until I started in F1, it was maybe 40. That created a