F1 Donington 1993

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I was reading the other day a book about Senna's career and the guy who wrote it singled out his first lap at Donington GP in 1993 as the all-time masterpiece in F1 history.

The Williams domination made F1 boring those days so I was not very keen on it but, as it was pouring, I decided to watch it as in those conditions Senna's legendary abilities in the wet could balance things. I still remember it as if it was today: the guy was 5th in the grid, started badly and lost some places and then ... IN HALF LAP... overtook everybody!

At the end of first lap he was 3 sec. in front of everybody else! The rest of the GP was exciting with a mix of rain and dry (Senna using slicks in the wet, everybody else constantly changing tyres, Prost alone must have changed a dozen of times!) but that first lap will stick in my mind forever.

Anyone here remembers it or even was there watching it?

Nuno

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Frik said:

www.gvde.yucom.be/senna-eng93.mpg

Big Thanks Richard

Don't now how I did get the idea that he had lost some positions in the start.

F355GTS said:

...fantastic race but miserable conditions to be out in it!

Gosh! How I envy you guys who were there, rain and all.

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Heebeegeetee said:

Schumacher got alongside Senna at the start, and Wendinger passed both of them, so he briefly lost two places.

Yeah what I meant was that I was under the impression that he started 5th, not 4th. Memory tricks I guess.

Edited to finally put the grid right.

>> Edited by raftom on Friday 12th March 17:03

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woof said:

...been round it in the 911 at 4am on the Saturday morning

No coppers at that hour then? Was there in a late afternoon in the 944 and they were looking at me with face.

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Kaazaed and found this. Alas is without sound but as much more in-car footage.

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0682725401/Ayrton_Senna_Donnington_Park_1993_Onboard.asf