Did Ayrton kill himself as Damon Hill suggests?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/3641633.stm

The BBC also have an analysis of hoiw the crash happened on their home page for Motorsport:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/default.stm#

it's in the bottome right hand corner of the page.

'Why Senna crashed: Revealed: The secrets of F1 icon's death'


"Just under 0.15secs after the car started to slide, the throttle reduced from fully open to 40% and the force going through the steering reduced."

"Williams say this was Senna lifting off and trying to correct the slide."

Awesome reflexes...






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FourWheelDrift said:

Just poor wording in the title of this thread.

Well, it's not if you read it in the context of Italian Magistrates, F1 Team owners on manslaughter charges, etc. I did provide two links to enable the words to be put into context.


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Eric Mc said:

Most people who watched the first two races of 1994 (me included) were more than surprised to see how Senna was struggling - he fell off the road in Brazil trying to keep up with Schumacher. He was slightly unfortunate at Aida, he was shoved off the road by an impatient Hakkinen and then rammed by Larini in the Ferrari.

I think your memory is spot on, I, like many was a huge Senna fan (and close observer), and was very concerned with his start to the 94 season. There was something, disturbingly aberrational about his races. Strange as it sounds, it was as if the darkness had descended and was all around him. It seemed like that from the start of the season, a weird strange resonance about him.I remember after each race sensing that sooner or later something seminal was going to happen, there seemed to be some relentless momentum building, maybe it was his nemesis rising...

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HiRich said:

Also, tens of thousands (it may be over a hundred thousand now) of Europeans are alive because of Imola 1994. Euro NCAP came about directly because of the pressure Max Mosley came under after the accidents. I'm not having a dig at all, but some very positive things have come out of what was a very bad weekend.

Rich,

Can you fill us in on this EuroNCAP stuff, it sounds interesting.

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Eric Mc said:

It is obvious that he was making a guarded reference to the fact the the Benetton's getaway was far better than a car without traction control should be.

I remember the same sentiments at the time, the eventual outcome (i think) a few seasons later was a ban on launch control, and who would put it past Slippery Flavio and The Red Baron...