Among his many legendary drives, it was Senna’s Formula 1 win piloting the McLaren MP4/6-Honda at home in 1991 that ranked as the most celebrated for the son of Sao Paulo.

The study that has begun into ways of making Formula 1 cars more challenging to drive follows ongoing complaints about them being too easy at the moment.Although the recent Singapore Grand Prix showed that current cars can be tough in situations such as extreme temperatures, more often than not drivers...