17th anniversery of Ayrton Senna's death
Discussion
My friend and I were told about the accident by David Coulthard who we were meeting as part of the supporter meet at the F3000 race at Silverstone.... I came up with the line.... "that might give you a couple of races while he recovers" We didn't know he was dead of course but I was right on the gist of it...
Makes me feel old too, I remember it like it was just a couple of seasons ago. I watched it live on TV as I always enjoyed the San Marino race as it was usually an unpredictable race. It was very sad for the death of Ratzenberger and Senna. I liked the Simtek team they were really taking a chance on being in F1 and after that I could not see them surviving long. It was so hard to believe that Ayrton could kill himself I think it must have been like Clark dying they seemed indestructible.
For me it was the end of one the most beautiful and passionate eras in F1 for which I will always be glad to say I followed closely watching all the races on TV and always going to the British GP each year and several European ones as well. I have not been to a GP now since Hakkinen stopped.
I was at the Spanish GP when Martin Donnely had his awful crash which was also a very sad but strangely atmospheric weekend. On Sunday morning that weekend we were all waiting for the 9 a.m. track side announcement update on Martin's overnight condition. Everyone was very relieved to hear that he had made it through the night.
That day we were in the grandstand opposite the pits and when morning warm up started no one expected to see the Lotus of Derek Warwick run as Lotus did not know what had gone wrong with Martin's car so they let Derek make the decision. Eventually the roller door went up on Derek's pit garage and the Lotus cracked into life and rolled out to take part for which the crowd gave him a huge cheer of respect.
The weekend finished with a Ferrari 1 2 Prost leading Mansell home by 22 seconds third was Nannini in his last race before his terrible helicopter crash and Senna who had been on pole broke down.
There were 33 cars entered that weekend now I feel really old, strange but those really were golden days.
For me it was the end of one the most beautiful and passionate eras in F1 for which I will always be glad to say I followed closely watching all the races on TV and always going to the British GP each year and several European ones as well. I have not been to a GP now since Hakkinen stopped.
I was at the Spanish GP when Martin Donnely had his awful crash which was also a very sad but strangely atmospheric weekend. On Sunday morning that weekend we were all waiting for the 9 a.m. track side announcement update on Martin's overnight condition. Everyone was very relieved to hear that he had made it through the night.
That day we were in the grandstand opposite the pits and when morning warm up started no one expected to see the Lotus of Derek Warwick run as Lotus did not know what had gone wrong with Martin's car so they let Derek make the decision. Eventually the roller door went up on Derek's pit garage and the Lotus cracked into life and rolled out to take part for which the crowd gave him a huge cheer of respect.
The weekend finished with a Ferrari 1 2 Prost leading Mansell home by 22 seconds third was Nannini in his last race before his terrible helicopter crash and Senna who had been on pole broke down.
There were 33 cars entered that weekend now I feel really old, strange but those really were golden days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwJsOECGBU
Great video of Senna driving an NSX around Suzuka in loafers.
Great video of Senna driving an NSX around Suzuka in loafers.
Awesome video. I drive Suzuka loads on GT5 as its one of my favorite circuits. Have often used an NSX too.
Was superb to see the great man tackling it in something other than an F1 car. Interesting to see his lines and throttle control.
17 yrs, can't belive it. I was on my hols at butlins as a 16yr old. I just remember watching it in the challet. Transfixed in disbelief.
Looking forward to the movie. Should be a great tribute to a true legend.
P.S I know GT5 is only a game and not like the real thing, but it's the closest i'll ever get :-)
Was superb to see the great man tackling it in something other than an F1 car. Interesting to see his lines and throttle control.
17 yrs, can't belive it. I was on my hols at butlins as a 16yr old. I just remember watching it in the challet. Transfixed in disbelief.
Looking forward to the movie. Should be a great tribute to a true legend.
P.S I know GT5 is only a game and not like the real thing, but it's the closest i'll ever get :-)
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