Senna - 30 years later
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Seems unbelievable that it's 30 years since that very awful Imola weekend. One thing that's in my mind though is in the last 3 decades we've had Schumacher, Häkkinen, Vettel, Hamilton - all champions, all brilliant racers, but no one else has ever grasped the pure talent that Senna had. Also poignant to remember he did everything whilst only ever making 34 - so wouldn't even be retirement age today. Sid Watkins tried to convince him not to race - I wonder where we'd be now if he'd listened. RIP to a genuine motorsport legend.
StevieBee said:
Odd, isn't it? I'm the same.
Had he survived, I'm not certain he would have remained in the sport for much longer. By the mid 90s, the cars were starting to become much more predictable beasts and the races more strategic and chess-like. He had this odd throttle modulation style and an ability to take a car beyond the limit of adhesion and back again in fractions of seconds which the incoming generations of cars didn't need - or could accommodate. I think he would have bored quite quickly.
Had he survived I'm sure he wouldn't have gone to the next race. After Barrichello had his big accident on the Friday, then the horrendous accident of Ratzenberger on the Saturday I feel that as he flew away from Imola he'd decide he'd achieved a lot - he was spiritual and had already been discussing it with people. Had he survived, I'm not certain he would have remained in the sport for much longer. By the mid 90s, the cars were starting to become much more predictable beasts and the races more strategic and chess-like. He had this odd throttle modulation style and an ability to take a car beyond the limit of adhesion and back again in fractions of seconds which the incoming generations of cars didn't need - or could accommodate. I think he would have bored quite quickly.
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