Ayrton Senna - 15 years on
Fifteen years to the day since the death of racing legend Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
I can still remember where I was and what I was doing at the time - despite being only 9 years old. And I remember watching racing at the time thinking "this guy is a crazy genius." I doubt there'd be many that would argue with that.
His death - alongside that of Austrian Roland Ratzenberger in qualifying the previous day - brought about a number of changes in driver safety in the sport.
The BBC have a documentary about his life in Formula 1 - which, judging by some of the haircuts, is a few years old. Well worth a wee look though, and you can see it here.
1 comments:
You've brought a tear to my eye, Malc. The days of Senna and Prost's rivalry were legendary.
You're right - he didn't understand the meaning of the word moderation and pushed everything to the limit the whole time. Truly enthralling to watch.
I remember that Imola race and that awful crash and sitting numb on the sofa waiting for news for the rest of the afternoon. I was a lot more than 9, too....
There had been another accident as well as Ratzenberger's death and he had been very concerned about safety - he was setting up what has now become the GPDA and was going to lead the drivers to campaign for more safety measures.
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