Ayrton Senna 1960 - 1994

[MUSICRAFT]

Thirty years ago today Sunday May 1st 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix the world lost the greatest Formula 1 driver.

Ayrton Senna 1960 - 1994

“I race designed to win”

“There is no compromise.”

“You give everything you have.”

“Everything.”

“Absolutely everything.”

R.I.P Ayrton

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qZu7h5ys0

 

[R2D2]

Talk about being the Grim Reaper.

 

[Revolutions]

Didn’t another driver die in a crash on the same weekend?

 

[DCarmi]

Didn’t another driver die in a crash on the same weekend?

Sadly yes. Roland Ratzenberger. Only one other driver, in an F1 meeting, has been killed since then (Jules Bianchi). Given that in the 50s, 60s and 70s it was pretty much a driver a year being killed, that's a definite improvement in safety.

 

[jjbomber]

Didn’t another driver die in a crash on the same weekend?

Day before. There hadn't been a death for 12 years and then two come along at once. I believe there's only been one in the 30 years since.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

BBC Top Gear Ayrton Senna Tribute -

“I think Senna I will put him in number one” Fernando Alonso

“For me Senna is number one” Felipe Massa

“For me he was number one” Rubens Barrrichello

“I will put Ayrton Senna as number one” Jarno Trulli

“For me Ayrton Senna undoubtedly was the number one” David Coulthard

“I will put him number one you know he was definitely the greatest driver” Mika Hakkinen

“If you ask me I put Senna as well in number one” Michael Schumacher

“He had a God given talent that I haven’t witnessed anywhere else. A sixth sense of where the grip was before he turned into a corner” Martin Brundle

“You know I’ll be honest with you. I was never a Senna fan. I always thought Gilles Villeneuve was the greatest racing driver of them all. But to make this film I’ve watched hours and hours and hours of footage and the thing is Villeneuve was spectacular on a number of occasions, Senna was spectacular every single time he got in a car” Jeremy Clarkson

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_K76vPGYo&t=269s

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Senna's awesome pole lap at Adelaide, Australia in 1991

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxDqikS-_A0

 

[12th Monkey]

Watched Senna and the TG tribute last night. Cars from that era sound fabulously feral.

Thought occurs that even though I've had heroes in music, film, comedy, literature etc, Senna eclipsed them all.

Thanks for flagging this up Rick - the major anniversary had passed me by. I can still recall the accident so clearly even though it's more than half a lifetime away, and that I was sure he was dead from the off.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Saudade Part 1 & 2 - Tribute To Ayrton Senna (Chris Rea)

R.I.P Ayrton

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoC1PLOnwOo

 

[12th Monkey]

Love & Rockets had a mournful instrumental called Saudade - no idea what it meant at the time. The word is mentioned in Richard Williams's book The Death of Ayrton Senna, and apparently has no direct English translation, but means something like 'the sense of loss felt when a loved one is no longer there' - or at least it does if memory serves. Good book, btw.

 

[nopiano]

The Senna documentary is on at 11:20pm tonight on Channel 4. I recall the events quite vividly.

 

[jjbomber]

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