In 1978, I competed for the first time outside Brazil, in Europe,
World Championship.
He was driving at its best, pure race.
There was no policy.
No money in between. It was real competition.
We did not think that karting
could become a career.
Milton da Silva Ayrton's father
But it is becoming significant proportions
and we are a bit 'worried
probably because finish in Formula One.
May God protect him
Neyda Senna Mother of Ayrton
from harm. Are the dangers of my biggest fear.
I would like to thank because it is a good son
and this year he worked well and honestly.
For me, it is more important than any title.
Few really know me.
People do not understand how hard a pilot of racing cars.
I had to leave behind,
thousands of miles away, family and friends
to live in Europe.
And they're still very young. I do but fight.
I've never had anything easy.
The time has come.
Ayrton is ready to ride for the first time a Formula One car.
I believe it was God to give me this opportunity,
I've been waiting a long time.
And now it is also helping to remain calm, tranquil, relaxed.
I have always liked man-machine combination.
I think it is the real special feature automobile racing
and, in particular Formula One.
People say: "It all depends on the car, right?"
It really is not so, even if the car has a good 50%, maybe even more.
Even if 75% or 80%,
I'altro 20%, represented by the pilot,
is absolutely crucial. This is what can make a difference.
But the same car ... There are those who believe and who not.
The cars themselves are beautiful objects.
A little 'less when they are painted as cigarette packets
or in other ways where the paint today, perhaps,
but the beauty is in the form of the service function,
in the form of self that somehow expresses
Ia rate that will when put in motion.
The engineering details,
even for non-experts, are very beautiful.
Can be considered sculptures, if you like.
The combination of these machines, beautiful and inanimate,
with the heroic figure of the riders,
the courage and romance, this kind of thing
are the ones that fascinated me as a child.
I believe that for the 80 Formula One
have been one of the most glorious period.
The cars were almost simple, compared to those of today.
Only served to turn the steering wheel. The shift lever to change gears.
It was a time when pilots were still making a difference
and all the knowledge in engineering and electronic
IASC still much to be done to the pilot.
There was Alain Prost, said "The Professor"
pilot a very uniform, a real computer.
There was Nelson Piquet, Brazil,
very emotional, intelligent and crafty pilot.
And Nigel Mansell, the Lion of England
that was very exciting to see, a pilot spectacular.
And then the Seine, the virtuous.
See all these drivers in competition,
in much the same point in his career,
in a sense, almost overlapping,
but in reality all the best, was phenomenal.
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Ayrton, this is a beautiful city,
with wonderful streets to walk, but unsuitable to host a race, no?
REGINALDO LEME
Indeed. I arrived at the last minute
and I was surprised. I've never been to Monaco.
I did some test drive
And fortunately, I managed to adapt to the path.
There is no margin for error: any error would result in an accident.
But for now, I'm satisfied.
I traveled a lot, by the chronicler of Formula One
when Ayrton began to be noticed aboard a Toleman.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
The Toleman was not a winning team.
The car was bad
and never won a race.
That's why what Ayrton did in Monaco was true genius.
Many drivers do so. Beginning in a small team
and disappear without a trace. Shall conform to the level of the team.
But there is a rare breed of drivers, Senna was certainly in part,
that can go in a small team
and so do the benefits that go beyond the perceived level of self
as to turn all to exclaim: "How?"
What he did has been to make everyone in the paddock,
aware of what he could do, who he was and what his potential.
What could make this car that had nothing,
and bring to such a result,
in the worst possible conditions for a pilot.
It is impossible to overestimate how scary
run in the rain, how hard it is.
The pilots did not see anything if it rains,
especially if they are behind another car.
The big tires are now raise so much water
that is like driving in dense fog.
Imagine driving on the motorway with the dense fog,
with a visibility of 20 meters, speed racing.
Be able to do really makes a difference
among the great drivers and good ones and that's it.
Alain Prost, who started well, is in the head with a big gap.
Monaco Grand Prix
3 June 1984 Eighth race Senna in Formula One
Behind him, there's Nigel Mansell, followed by the two Ferraris.
Niki Lauda is fifth.
Sixth, Rosberg.
Seventh, Manfred Winkelhock. Eighth, Ayrton Senna.
But Senna is making a big comeback.
He left in a third position * and is now seventh.
Nigel Mansell loses control!
Ayrton Senna over Keke Rosberg gaining the third position.
Item Galvao Bueno Commentator Globe
It also outperforms Niki Lauda!
Ayrton Senna earns second place
the most dangerous part of the track!
Voice of James Hunt World Champion 1976
Here comes Ayrton Senna,
a truly exceptional talent.
FASTEST LAP A. SENNA (BRA)
1 '54.334 " 1 03,97 km / h = 64.60 mph
Is catching three seconds per lap to Alain Prost.
7 A. PROST - 1 9 A. SENNA POSTING: a 5.369 "
Very impressive.
Prost ago waved to the commissioners. He wants the race to be stopped.
Who can blame him?
In fact, from a purist point of view and totally dispassionate,
there is no reason to stop it.
I see a commissioner with a red flag.
They want to stop running.
1 A. PROST - 2 A. SEN NA POSTING: 5.31 2 "
He gets the checkered flag.
Incredible!
Prost and Senna stops than the finish line before him.
Ayrton raises his arms and gesturing with enthusiasm!
Celebrated as if he won the race!
If he had a few more laps,
would certainly come into his head.
I had a serious chance of winning.
But until he crossed the finish line in first position,
you do not know.
Formula One is politics, money
and when you are not yet important, must also deal with such things.
There was Alain Prost, the world champion,
the head of the Monaco Grand Prix,
that held up the wet, among many accidents,
giving their best for that victory in Monaco
when there comes a pilot the first year in Formula One,
originating in a few cities in Brazil, Ayrton Senna.
It was one of the most rainy races I've ever seen
and had to be stopped.
What I could not understand was that Senna
was in the French zone, an event referred to French
with the FIA ??headquarters in Paris
and led by the French.
For him there must be a reason from the rain,
not considered a problem,
negated because this victory.
He knew that in another three or four laps
Prost would have reached, then it would have exceeded
and was leading the race.
A tragic outcome for Senna. However,
if not world champion this year,
I certainly will in the future, if his career will continue.
Ayrton Senna the new star of Formula One!
Rooms for the first time on the podium in Formula One
after a great race.
What will you do next year?
Stay with the Toleman?
-What are your plans now? -I do not know.
John Bisignano
Still do not know. I did not take any decision. There's nothing definite.
We will have to wait and see what happens.
You will not be satisfied until you get a victory, however, is not it?
If you participate in a competition, as a car race,
you have to do well. Or is it better to leave this alone.
I remember in Detroit, a couple of weeks later,
there were already rumors among journalists,
managers and sponsors, who were wearing.
Recalling the work of Philip Morris,
a personal contract with him after that.
We knew it would not have been Toleman for the three years,
How long did the contract,
because the Toleman team did not improve
and its potential was not sufficient for a talent like that.
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Lotus
Go to the Lotus was a perfect choice for Ayrton.
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
It was a team that had won of many world titles and Grand Prix
and worked very hard by Ayrton, to give
everything he needed to win.
When I came Formula One in 1984,
I was just beginning.
I had a lot to learn and achieve.
Any positive result constituted a step forward
and gave me extra motivation.
Then I came in a larger team, Lotus,
and have continued to grow.
I'm still growing.
When I have problems, I always look at the next race.
If I did not have this possibility, maybe next or the next five
will get better.
I always try to improve.
Even as a child, always knew what he wanted
Neyda Senna da Silva, and Milton Parents of Ayrton
and made sure to get it.
Item Neyda Senna Mother of Ayrton
For example, paid particular attention in the classroom, school,
so you do not have to study at home
and have more time to go on his go-kart.
Undoubtedly, Senna was from a privileged setting.
Voice of Richard Williams Sports journalist, The Guardian
His family was very wealthy.
When his parents realized he wanted to do the race car driver,
they had no problems to support while moving the first steps in karting.
But it would be a mistake to think that Senna arrived in Formula One thanks to the money.
He realized
that in order to leave a deep impression and sustainable in Formula One
had to fight and only move forward thanks to his talent.
Grand Prix of Portugal - April 21, 1985 Second Ayrton race with Lotus
Ayrton was exceptional when it rained.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
When the conditions were bad and the track became slippery
had a higher gear.
The Estoril race was incredible.
Double all the cars except one.
It is wonderful! An extraordinary feeling.
I am very happy because, in my second year in Formula One,
I made my first dream, that is to win a Grand Prix.
It is something unique.
It's like a drug.
A feeling very strong and intense.
Once established, you can not help it.
It was raining really hard. There was no competition, really.
He won that race 1 00 times.
It was a race important for many reasons for Brazil,
including the fact that this Sunday, Brazil,
was not the president-elect
President Tancredo Neves.
It was a very important political moment for Brazil,
because it was the first elected president
after the end of the dictatorship.
Fell ill and soon died.
There was the risk that Brazil suffer another blow
or something like that, that nobody wanted.
Senna's win was very important in that sense,
for the public and the Brazilian people and for us there,
and I'm sure it is realized later in the evening
when we were at dinner. We went to dinner,
but then left the restaurant to return to Brazil.
They Mili Okada Japanese television,
Fuji TV. I am a TV personality, not a journalist, and then ...
Okay. Let's have a picture together.
Mili Okada Fuji TV
Many Japanese girls
I'm a fan of Mr. Senna, I think.
Now I am close to him and I'm so nervous ...
Come and visit Japan. See you soon.
-Thanks. A basin. -Thanks.
Hello! Another kiss.
It was very complete.
From tires to the engine, to each component of the car,
wanted to know everything.
Pushing the mechanics and engineers to the limit,
first of all to understand, then to improve the collection.
It's required a lot of energy,
but was concentrated in this part of the job as much as driving.
It was the first, perhaps, to stop at the circuit
1 to 9:00 or 0:00 pm with the engineers and mechanics.
He did not want to go back to the hotel or go play golf as Prost and others.
Just a word Can you describe the style of Ayrton:
"Fast".
Drove cars beyond their design capacity.
Restrained only at the last. It flew through the corners, skirting the edge.
On the track, danced. Continuously grazed the disaster,
but always managed to stay on track.
Early in his career,
Voice of Ron Dennis T eam manager McLaren
Ayrton stood for speed and dedication.
Eventually, though, the main quality literacy is intelligence.
And I thought, "That kid has what it takes."
It soon became evident that
Lotus Ia was not enough for him,
that was a stable at the beginning of the decline.
I think at that moment even he
could do nothing to stop all this.
The pilot does not design the car.
So he did what he had done, that are great drivers,
that is, change it back and go in a more competitive team.
It is a fundamental instinct for a pilot
know where to stay.
Knowing who is not competitive This season,
but who will be next.
At that time the teams stronger
were Williams and McLaren.
The McLaren was,
I can tell, a stable which has always reflected
values ??of Ayrton.
In that sense Ayrton and Ron Dennis have much in common.
They are both perfectionists e. ..
I'll use this. Both have
I'idea that nothing will go wrong if it is well planned and executed
and have always fought for the same ideal.
Ron comes from
a reality of hard work.
It is one that has struggled to get where he is now
and has been successful.
At that time the trilogy
"The best team, best driver, best car "
was led by Ron Dennis at McLaren.
In the mid-80s, McLaren were the team to beat.
Ron Dennis was the best team manager Alain Prost and the best rider.
Alain Prost World Champion 1985, 1986
Everyone called him "the Professor" because he
methodically what was needed to keep the lead with points.
If this is meant to reach the fifth,
remained in fifth place and collect the points awarded,
rather than fighting for the third, the second or first place.
Surely, then, he well understood the politics of sport
and could move inside with more intelligence than anyone else.
She is known as the "Professor"
Selina Scott Talk show Wogan, BBC
because all plans and always knows what it does.
Is this true?
I'm just very realistic. When they are competitive,
I know I'm competitive. Otherwise, I recognize not to be.
Why are there no women pilots?
I do not know why women are not competitive
in motor racing, especially in Formula One.
But she is a very good woman. Know someone at McLaren
who would like very much. I can arrange something.
Alain, if someone teaches me how to drive
car racing I leave this job e. ..
There is nothing important I can not teach.
He never drive his wife?
My first real encounter with him, the first time we really talked
was in 1984, during
an event for Mercedes in Germany
for which they had organized a competition at the Nurburgring, the new Mercedes 1 1 9.
There were the old and new rider Formula One, that the current drivers
plus some ex-Formula One drivers.
I remember Denny Hulme and some other driver.
There was in this race program
and some of Mercedes
I asked if I could Senna wait at the airport.
Its first flight was 0-1 five minutes after my
and since I had the car, expect it could give him a ride.
It was the first time we spoke,
during that long journey of two or three hours.
There we had time to talk. It was not many words,
but he seemed impressed. Yes,
from what I was driving fast that highway in Germany.
He said, "Go fast!"
It was nice, we spent time together,
because they do not know anyone.
So much stayed with me, at least the first day.
What was funny, because
seemed a very open, friendly
and then we started testing
and we were fighting for pole position.
He was very competitive.
I was on pole, he was second and then at the start
Part of the flag and I said to myself: "Wow.
"I must be careful with this type."
It was 1984.
I had no idea that we were stable mates.
In Formula One your team-mate
is your biggest rivals,
Ia person to beat
because it is the only one who has the car equal to yours.
I can say McLaren and that the Ferrari is better
or be the Ferrari with the McLaren is better, but not
that my Ferrari
is different from that my teammate.
Thus,
especially at early career
when a driver arrived in a stable
and its first rival is his companion.
If it goes better than his fellow
has a chance to move on.
If not, it's the end of his career.
Prost had already won two world championships with them.
He was there for several seasons,
den had a defined position in the team.
Believed to be, and believed that the rest of the team
I considered this, the first pilot
the leader of the team,
Ia person who would be dedicated Most of the efforts.
But then came the Seine
that certainly would not have accepted the role of the latter.
Team had not entered into to be supportive to others.
Announcement of the McLaren drivers
We believe we have the two best drivers in the world.
Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
And the more professional.
If next year not win on a regular basis,
we certainly do not blame the pilots.
It is a great opportunity for me, professional level.
And on a personal level, I am very happy to work with Alain.
The first year at McLaren was decisive in the life of Ayrton.
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
He was very nervous.
It was as if he wore on his shoulders the weight of the world,
because they now had the responsibility
to demonstrate pilot who was a first-rate.
Before coming to the Senna McLaren
Alain Prost was considered the destroyer of team-mates.
I remember Jo Ramirez
I said:
"Reginald, I am concerned
"What will happen with Ayrton Senna at McLaren.
"I know he has talent,
"Alain Prost but is a fighter,
"Creates the atmosphere of a battle
"Which helps him to destroy his opponents,
"As he did with Keke Rosberg."
Using the word "destroy" in the technical sense.
Destroyed on the track,
mentally beating his opponent.
I said to Jo Ramirez:
"Jo, will be different with Senna.
"Because he has more talent
"The other drivers
"Prost who was on the team."
And that's what happened.
Alain Prost was surprised.
Despite all that Prost had
and in terms of talent,
understanding of race, intelligence
and cold blood, he was surprised
when he began racing with Ayrton. Would never have thought
pilots could be as good as Ayrton.
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For the first time in his career, Ayrton has a car capable of winning the Championship
and do not want to waste this opportunity.
-This is normal and this will spur us on. -And you?
-For me it's a bit 'different.
You mean let it go?
I have a little 'more pressure on him, because of you.
Saw them smile,
Voice of Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
but at the same time, body language is perceived
that they realized what would happen.
Alain, of course, felt well placed and cured at McLaren,
Ayrton but aspired to world title and threatening its position.
Both were very intelligent and masters in the art of driving.
For them, the challenge was to fight each other
rather than beat the other drivers.
He had a purpose. When he arrived in Formula One, it is obvious
that its purpose was me.
When I arrived in Formula One, I was happy to have done.
We are very different drivers. I've never had a target.
There was a pilot which I thought: "I want to beat him!"
I had the utmost respect for more experienced riders.
To Ayrton was something else. Really wanted to beat me.
She wanted at all costs become world champion and beat me.
This was his strength,
something more in its approach
because to be a racing driver You must be motivated.
MONACO GRAND PRIX 1 4 May 1988
1. A. SENNA - 2. A. PROST POSTING: 55.1 14 "
That day, I suddenly realized I was not driving more consciously.
It was as if I were in another dimension.
The circuit became a tunnel and I did not do anything but move forward.
Now I realize that I had a conscious perception of things.
Ayrton was several seconds ahead on his pursuers. He had victory in hand.
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Was leading a few laps at the end. With a radio communication,
advised him to slow down, given the distance from the second.
Ayrton Senna is over against the wall.
Senna is in the barrier! It came out of the car ...
Ayrton Senna dropped out of the car. The race is over for him.
Ayrton Senna no longer in command Grand Prix of Monaco.
Absolutely incredible!
A. PROST WINNER MONACO GP 1988
He would not beat me. He wanted to humiliate me.
Voice of Alain Prost
He wanted to prove to be stronger than me.
Better than me. That was his weak point.
The reaction to the accident of Ayrton was pure anger with himself.
He could not accept it.
He returned to his apartment
and emerged only two or three hours later.
That weekend, I came so close perfectly that I am relaxed
and I left room for errors. It took me a lesson.
Then,
I lost confidence in myself. I had to recover slowly
reacting with determination.
I've become much stronger, after that incident.
Somehow, I got closer to God and it was important for me as a man.
Monaco marked a turning point in the season of 1988.
Ayrton won a stunning series of victories,
winning six the following eight races
and finishing just ahead of Prost Drivers' Championship.
What will you do now?
We'll have fun. We enjoy very much.
We will fight. Maybe out of the car.
I think the Championship become even more interesting.
You can not win the Championship tied?
-No. -Damn.
There can be only one winner.
GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN 30 October 1988
15 * It is the Grand Prix of the season.
It is late at night and Brazil is waiting
Ayrton Senna wins his first world title in Formula One,
realizing a dream who as a child.
Ayrton was very tense.
Voice of Pierre Van Vliet Commentator TF 1
It was in pole position. He would become world champion,
if he won the race. The pressure was enormous.
They are about to leave. Here we are. Green light.
Senna will not start!
Senna remains on the grid!
Prost came out on top while Ayrton Senna left behind.
Ayrton Senna is a 4 * place.
I thought, "So long title.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
"It's over."
He won the eighth place. An amazing comeback for Senna.
Then there was her favorite position:
it rained.
Senna is now in fourth position.
Senna runs, runs, runs!
Senna is approaching. He wants to get ahead.
Ayrton Senna over Prost and launches.
Ayrton Senna is now in the lead.
I started to be happy during the last lap.
I thanked God
It was incredible. I was going to win the championship,
Despite all the anxiety and tension.
I felt His presence.
I have seen God
It was a very special moment for me.
An indescribable feeling.
I remained in the memory
and part of me.
The Brazilian Ayrton Senna!
World Champion 1988!
San Paolo
What incredible race!
A great victory. He had to replace the position * 1 6.
AYRTON SENNA WORLD CHAMPION 1988
Ayrton, do you feel as world champion?
I feel so much peace.
It is as if someone had removed a huge burden
from the shoulders and head.
It is difficult to understand what it means be a world champion.
What about a man who claims they had seen God in various situations,
even the last lap of a Grand Prix,
a few meters from the finish that would make him world champion?
Many might be skeptical.
Rightly, in my opinion.
Senna seemed absolutely convinced
seeing God He did not say how it was God,
how God appeared at that time,
but he had the right to say it.
Surely he knew it would seem nearly
not really crazy, maybe, but to arouse skepticism.
And who are we
to suggest the contrary, before such a statement?
But surely this is something unique in the history of Grand Prix.
When we speak of God,
I state that I believe in God,
but would never use Ayrton's own words.
If you are in the same stable, have the same interests
and take a risk with the other drivers and team members,
this kind of thing not put you at ease,
because it is not only believe in God,
but to use it as a strength
to be always right.
That is, he believed to be always right
and what could be dangerous on the track,
this sometimes I did not feel very comfortable.
Yes, there were many cynics
Formula One
who wondered if it was
very authentic and real
account of his feelings and its values.
But on other occasions I have been witness
in private moments, and it was absolutely sincere.
It was what he felt.
He felt he had the support
the God he believed in
and why I
or anyone else, we had to dissuade him?
Because he
was special, was one that it undertook,
and his deep faith, for me, is a beautiful thing, if what you believe is positive.
San Paolo 1 5 November 1988
It is an amazing person.
It is very modest
and gives luster Brazil's image abroad.
Shares his victory with us.
I admire him very much.
It is very brave.
I just know this.
We are proud of him.
It is one of the few things that we can still be proud of.
Once, I asked Ayrton when he stopped racing.
He said, 'Mom, stop when I won the world title. "
In my heart, I knew that was not true.
We all know that.
Video of the Senna family
Senna's family and the family Yamin Angra
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
After the 1988 Championship, after he won the title,
clearly noticed that had changed.
He had found himself.
He had discovered who he was.
It was found that a process its conclusion in that victory.
At Christmas, many things happen.
Make new friends,
like what I'm about to introduce.
Xuxa Meneghel Brazilian TV Star
He was part of my 1988.
Ayrton Senna.
It is not nice?
I have a question for you.
Here are all excited but I am more than anyone else,
because it is not easy to talk Ayrton now that is my friend.
Ayrton, do you want for Christmas?
As a Christmas present?
I can not say what I want to seriously.
Why not?
It should be censored. Let's say I just want to be happy.
Tell me your ear.
Happy New Year.
Happy 1990.
Good '9 1.
Happy '92.
Happy '93.
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Voice of Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
In 1989, the team worked with less serenity previous year.
Both drivers started to express different levels of aggressiveness,
1 Ayrton Senna 2 Alain Prost
especially when competing with each other.
It is curious
that the term "team mate" is translated "teammate."
I've often used the word "Enemy team".
If you have two drivers, as in the case
Prost and Ayrton,
as team-mates,
inevitably arises
internal strife.
As a journalist and frequent
a TV production in which, every weekend
we talked about how things,
Ia rivalry we liked.
We liked the track in the garage and then in the camper.
Ron was literally behind Ayrton.
I understood very soon.
This is business. For him it is business, I have always been clear.
When I was with Niki,
IUI was, I would say half and half at the beginning
and then ended early, of course, behind me,
because I represented the new generation and also Ayrton,
when I was with him, was the new generation.
McLaren have always been treated equally.
At times you go to extremes.
For the selection of engines, for example. Once you have determined
what were the two to use in the race,
then the allocation was done literally at random.
We put the numbers of the two motors in a kind of container,
then the pilots took turns.
This was, perhaps,
to dispel the impression that
Ia decide who to give the Honda engines.
But it was,
more than anything else, paranoia, since it did not take much.
An engine or just a setting best
could determine who would win the race
and the World Cup.
With Prost and Senna in the same team,
romantics certainly cheering for Senna
and the pragmatists for Prost.
Senna was a bit 'cruel about it,
but that was partly true
Prost often sought an apology,
who does not like to hear from riders.
Honestly say that you prefer:
"The car was not right," "I was not fast enough"
or "It happens,"
Prost but tended to go into details
why the car was not right or that he had played against him.
It was,
although each element of the explanation had a basis in fact,
of something unpleasant in some way. Of those that do not really want to hear.
Team were born in contrasts.
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
Engineers stopped to share information.
Pilots began to be observed each other to see
who obtained what from whom.
And Ayrton, who loved the sincerity,
was not at ease as Alain Prost
giostrasi in a 'further dimension: the politics of sport.
Senna, Prost. Prost, Senna.
At the start, The first two are always their.
But among them is war.
For the French driver Alain Prost,
his teammate it is not fair to him
and these disagreements could affect
the rest of the season.
Grand Prix after Grand Prix they went more and more.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
Ayrton said: "This Frenchman is tough.
"He wants war."
Some time later,
started to not talk anymore.
J EAN-MARIE CROSSBOWS FIA President
I think the president FlA period, Jean-Marie Balestre,
Voice of Pierre Van Vliet Commentator TF 1
Alain would support, because they were good friends.
I remember it was Jean-Marie Balestre responsible
when Senna was prevented to win the Monaco Grand Prix
with the Toleman, when he was a novice in Formula One.
Balestre was a character dividing, very confrontational,
very controversial and autocratic.
E Balestre was still in charge at the end of the 80s
and throughout the early '90s,
when Prost and Senna had the famous incident at Suzuka.
Balestre was the one which sought to penalize
and suspend, or whatever, Senna,
On that occasion he felt discriminated against,
probably not wrong.
Mr. Ballestas had the room close to mine, on the other hand,
when I came in the room was there,
came in and did a chat.
Do not forget that
I had a collaboration very useful
Crossbows with the president to safety.
But Ayrton was convinced
that it was a conspiracy and it all started from there,
and for that I am very sorry.
I would like to welcome the President FLSA, Mr. Crossbows.
Please, gentlemen.
Japanese Grand Prix Pre-race meeting for drivers.
All drivers in the world you watch on TV
because they think, foolishly, you are an example to follow.
It is mistaken, but that's what you think.
I repeat.
No danger in the World Championship final.
I say this clearly.
Now depends on you.
For me, the rest was easy.
I was clearly faster.
Believe it or not, but I during the race I was playing with him.
I was very fast. I knew that normally would not have been able to overcome.
I talked to Ron and Ayrton, two or three races before Suzuka
since every time Ayrton, especially at the start, he overtook
and I let the road to avoid collisions.
I kept telling them:
"From now on I will not let more road.
"We will fight among ourselves, I do not care team spirit.
"I will fight for myself."
The Championship was a head to head.
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
Senna had to win Grand Prix of Japan
because the fight for points could continue until the last race.
Prost and Senna knew that a withdrawal of would have secured the world title.
GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN 22 October 1989
Camera on-board Ayrton Senna
Prost, first. Senna, second.
Prost jumps to the command.
His departure is better.
Around 45 of 53 Chicane Casio
Lap 46 of 53 Chicane Casio
Here is an opportunity waiting Seine. Try to pass.
Good heavens, it's amazing.
Clashed. For Prost, is positive.
If the race ended like that, Prost won the title.
Again, Ayrton Senna is a victory instead.
It is hard to do people believe, Supporters of the Seine,
when you say "I did not do it on purpose."
To be honest I do not care much, because
I guarantee that I did it on purpose. But I have not left the road,
very different, especially in that corner.
But if you're not a pilot who knows that corner, the path
and the chicane, you can not judge.
It's a waste of time trying to explain that situation.
I think so. It was a racing incident,
especially if you're fighting for the title.
I knew that leaving the road,
I would not have shot the chicane.
It was a bit 'unless they surrender. The level of aggressiveness
caused the collision between the cars.
Which, let me tell you, is part of the game.
What they have achieved was the real injustice.
Skip Nannini.
Nannini is now in the lead.
Senna is still in its box.
Senna back on track, but it is far from Nannini.
Reaching it is almost impossible.
It's all or nothing, five laps to go.
It will be a suicidal race to the Seine, if he decides groped.
Prost, Ayrton saw the return stroke
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
and went immediately office of the marshals.
Nannini, first. Senna, second.
Senna tries and passes Nannini.
Senna is in the lead.
Around 51 of 53 Chicane Casio
Waving Brazilian flags.
All stand up.
Ayrton Senna.
The checkered flag.
Senna celebrates the cockpit.
SEN NA AYRTON WINNER GP JAPAN
Throw strikes on the helmet.
The Brazilian Ayrton Senna.
Visibly moved,
raises the visor and wipes her tears.
It is a fantastic victory.
Never seen anything like it.
I returned to the pit stop
Ayrton and I saw that, driven by the commissioners, spread.
Obviously I was not happy,
all. I went to the box where I discussed with Ron,
nothing else.
Yes No, not ...
You have not gone before the control tower?
Before the box. Or not.
According to me you went first to the tower.
Perhaps the tower.
Hello, you discussed with Ron at the tower.
The tower, yes, because Ron was already there
and discussed. But never,
at no time I have found, for example, the tower
alone with Mr. Crossbows.
It never happened. But I read it many times.
We discussed,
but they are not even entered towards race.
Maybe in 20 minutes.
Damn.
A cup of tea?
The podium was never delayed.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
Nigel, Nigel, missed the chicane.
He used the escape route.
Office of the marshals
Over the wait was prolonged, more feared that it was becoming policy.
The decision taken by the commissioners
FIA Press Officer
race of the Grand Prix of Japan
excludes the number one car and his driver, Ayrton Senna,
the final outcome of the race.
After the race,
I giant screen
has repeatedly shown the incident
REGINALDO LEME
and the return of Senna on the track.
After reviewing these images, The race officials have concluded
that, having made the chicane
to resume racing
Senna has infringed Article 56 Regulation of the FLA.
You are world champion, Alain?
Apparently, yes.
I was not sure at 1 00%. I know the rules,
but you never know how can it be interpreted.
To be quite honest, I am very happy to leave,
Why work with Ayrton is becoming really impossible.
It's a good ending for the Championship.
What I want to do now
is to show the images I believe that significant
because it has been said that you can not use the escape routes back in the race.
Replay Austria 1 98 1 G P
Escape routes do not serve as passages in case of emergency. You must stop,
to reverse and get back on track from where you entered.
It is important to remember that there were no exclusions
or penalty or disqualification.
And that's why he was excluded Grand Prix of Japan?
Where is the consistency? It is not fair.
It was the first time that a team has appealed
and an appeal against its own pilot.
I was in the mood when, honestly,
want to become world champion, but you know that anything is possible
and if you see your team go that far
do not know what else could happen.
Prost was very political.
I think it's fair to say
that was very stable during his career
and, as far as I know, with the relationship was not closed properly.
Alain, you say that it was a normal trajectory.
But, from aerial photography,
think you started the curve very soon.
It was not a normal trajectory.
I won 39 Grand Prix and now three world titles.
I would think that such a thing on purpose?
I had already begun the curve,
maybe a little 'soon, if you will, but that was my path.
FIA headquarters in Paris
The Court of Appeals ruled
for Senna six-month license suspension,
warning not only to Ayrton Senna
but for all the drivers,
and a fine of 1 00. $ 000.
Even if you are one of the best riders in the world,
you have no right cause of stupid accidents.
The whole affair has been treated
as if the responsibility of the event was totally mine.
I was given the blame for everything and have been penalized accordingly.
I was treated like a criminal.
And this is absolutely unacceptable.
They've taken the Championship
and driver's license suspended for a period.
I think that is the worst example political use of power
one of my five years on the Formula One circuits.
Ayrton would never forget.
Alain Prost, I am sure, to himself, deep down, ashamed.
The regulation was later changed,
to admit what he had done Ayrton, thanks to all this.
It was a blow to Ayrton,
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
Crossbows because he had behaved even worse than Prost.
Viviane Senna
He even thought to withdraw from Formula One.
I let him stay for a while '.
Voice of Ron Dennis T eam manager McLaren
Then, with kindness, I convinced him that if you believe in certain values,
if you think they're right values,
then yield in the face of the dark forces
you face in life is not even thinkable.
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L 'years later, in 1990, he returned to more mature and the team work more calmly.
Prost left McLaren for Ferrari
and Senna was in a perfect position to compete for the championship.
All pilots reach their limit.
My limit is different from that of Prost. This is the reality.
Instead of trying to improve its capacity,
considered easier to attack me.
Ayrton was a small problem. He believes that he can not kill,
because he believes in God and things like that.
I think it is very dangerous for other drivers.
Just because I believe in God and have faith in Him,
not mean they are immortal;
which are immune from danger,
as has been said.
I'm afraid of hurting me just like everyone else,
especially driving in Formula One,
where the threat is constant.
Spanish Grand Prix 30 September 1990
Martin Donnelly Lotus
Is that him?
Who is it?
Martin Donnelly.
I was in the box. The tests were interrupted.
I've heard several people say that there had been an accident. Donnelly.
That was a bad accident. Very ugly. A tragedy.
So I decided to go to that location to judge for yourself.
I went through my head millions of thoughts. In the end,
I realized I did not want to give up my passion,
Even after seeing what I saw.
I tried to recover calm and concentration.
I went up on the car and I started to run,
running, trying to do even better,
it was the only way to mitigate the impact it had on me.
I was not ready to give up. As I was afraid to continue,
I was not ready to abandon my goal, my goal, my goal,
Ia my passion, my dream, my life. Why this is my life.
Ayrton Senna 1 '1 9, 844 " POLE POSITION
From what I hear, is no longer life threatening,
which is really very, Considering the impact he had.
What happened to him, can happen to anyone of us.
There are things that can be anticipated
and things that can not be foreseen.
These are the most dangerous,
as evidenced by the incident today.
I hope there will be no more things like that in the future.
GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN 21 October 1990
Incredibly, for the third consecutive time
the championship is decided Grand Prix of Japan.
Only, this time, the withdrawal of Prost would secure the title to Senna.
Gentlemen, good morning.
The traffic light turns from green the checkered flag will be 53.
Pre-race meeting for drivers.
Maneuvers and / or dangerous behavior
will be placed immediately under investigation
and may lead to license suspension
valid for one or more races for the Formula One Championship.
Any questions?
There was a lot of confusion last year with Ayrton.
Nelson Piquet World Champion 1981, 1983, 1987
To be repeated?
The safest thing,
if you take the chicane, is that the commissioners stop the pilot.
When cars do not pass, then, let him leave.
If we are to reverse and back
with another car in the opposite direction, is dangerous.
Okay.
The all think so?
Yes. Yes.
-Thanks. -Thank you very much.
I can not stand. It's absurd.
After what happened last year, is really absurd.
You have shown ... I did not say anything. Someone else raised the issue
and everyone agrees. Last year was tough for me.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I can not stay.
The pits and on the grid tension prevails.
With the world title at stake, everyone is very nervous.
Today Ayrton Senna left the meeting the pilots.
He argues that the first should start
on the left of the grid, not on the right.
If the interior was clean, would be better inside.
But it is dirty. So it is better outside, in Hungary as o. ..
The trajectory is the path that usually follow the cars.
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
It is the fastest route along the path.
It is very important that the pole position is on the trajectory.
If on the other side, we start from a little-used area of ??the track,
offering half of adhesion.
If the circuit was free, it would be better
I'esterno, not the internal
because inside there is no grip.
We will look at.
Yes, please.
But the head of the Commissioners, the FLA Crossbows and would agree?
Ayrton Senna will start in pole position tomorrow at the Japanese Grand Prix.
In second position, see Prost.
Voice of Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
He got the pole position.
Then, suddenly, pole position was mysteriously
moved on the dirty side of the track and he thought it unfair.
Voice of Ayrton Senna
Crossbows have influenced the choice.
I know. We all know that.
I have been cheated many times by the system.
I said: "Today, it is not spoken.
"Today will go as I say.
"No matter what happens. Goes as I say. "
GREEN LIGHT
Senna snaps forward,
but it's Alain Prost to take the lead! Exactly!
Senna try to go inside ...
There was a collision.
Clashed.
Senna has been touched.
Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna clashed again
and were both released from the track! Incredible!
If the race continues, the title would have been assigned.
I wonder if unfurled the red flag.
We have not yet seen.
Apparently, the race will continue.
The Championship is over.
Ayrton Senna is the world champion 1990.
It is very sad that the Championship end this way.
I had passed behind the tower
and I stopped in a prohibited area,
entrance to the pit.
Ayrton just cut the line of the pit,
I moved over the wall
and ear,
I heard from Bristol, Connecticut:
"Ask del'incidente. Impact.
"Ask him who did what to whom."
Can you tell us what happened the first lap, Ayrton?
We touched the first corner,
27 - AYRTON SENNA BRA F1 WORLD CHAMPION 1990
while we were fighting for control, and we came out of both.
Why do the pole position
was on the wrong side of the track? You wanted change.
Of course I wanted to change. One fight, is done in four to get the pole
and then is put on the wrong side of the track.
How does it feel to be world champions?
It feels pretty good.
Congratulations.
Voice of Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
When Ayrton returned, his attitude
and his body language showed a strong inner conflict.
It was not proud of himself.
Neither he enjoyed the idea
that it had decided World Championship.
The title of world champion drivers in the category goes to Ayrton Senna.
FIA AWARDS PARIS 1990
Approaching the world champion, Ayrton Senna.
He knew that I was next.
He moved inside, moving towards the first corner.
I've chased and he opened the path.
He knows me well
and therefore must have known that I would try to overcome it, if I had seen an 'opening.
Okay. Let me make you another difficult question.
Considering the total number of times
Jackie Stewart F1 World Champion 1969, 1971, 1973
in which the other world champions clashed with other drivers,
you, in the last 36, 48 months,
you run into other cars and drivers
more than all other samples combined.
I am surprised that you own I put this question, Stewart,
because you have a lot of experience and know well the world of racing.
You should know that being a race car driver
means risking all the time.
Be a race car driver means that you compete with other people.
If you do not try to embed when you see an opening,
are no longer a race car driver.
Because we are all in competition, competing to win.
Our main motivation to compete and win.
Do not get third, fourth, fifth or sixth.
Is not it always been like that?
It is irrelevant. Everything you're saying, Jack,
is totally irrelevant.
I won more Grand Prix than anyone else in the last three years.
I've been in pole position more than anyone else in history.
I won two world titles in the last three years.
I do not think ... I can not understand
how you can turn over things
I had to say more accidents than anyone else.
Among other things, is not even true.
The rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Prost
is the strongest I've ever seen in sports
throughout my career. Over 38 years spent in Formula One,
I was involved in football, World Championships, Olympic Games
and worked in many other areas,
but I've never seen a rivalry similar to that between Prost and Ayrton.
He understood everything.
There were criticisms, especially by Prost,
the behavior of Ayrton as a person.
He was a product of pure racing kart.
He brought in Formula One a way to run that
until then, was typical of the kart,
an approach to the races that brooked no compromise.
The head to head in rival
and physical contact between vehicles were good for the kart.
Not create safety problems.
But everything changed a bit ', with the cars.
I think this is one of the things which shocked most of the older rivals.
There were not accustomed.
They had grown with a different type of rules,
rooted in the belief you can not risk contact
with the car of a rival,
because if I did you may die.
Two of the greatest champions Formula One
in the sand. Championship ruined.
Accuse each other, but Prost was the hardest.
His reaction was violent.
I wanted to punch him in the face,
but I was so disappointed
that did not succeed.
I really dislike.
The battle between Senna and Prost, which continued for several years,
was a godsend for Formula One.
Let sport. It's the end of a love story.
The television audience increased. It was a success.
People are talking about.
It was a controversial history, shocking and fascinating.
The motoring we gained in popularity.
Even commercially. Bernie Ecclestone was smart
in distributing the TV rights.
But, to preserve the ratings, characters are
and the affair between Prost and Senna hit the mark, of course.
Ayrton became famous even outside the car,
through the impact of Formula One on television.
I am very sorry for people because ...
Sent her away.
They are good people and it is nice to see them dismiss the case.
I'm really sorry.
In Brazil, it was very different.
People were not happy under the ruling regime.
There was extreme poverty.
So the charm of the Seine, at a time so difficult, it was incredible.
The situation in Brazil was very negative and depressing.
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
But many times, when Ayrton won,
instead of trying to hide its origins in Brazil, as did others,
did the opposite, waving the flag of his country.
And he did every Sunday.
He was an inspiration to people. That's why they loved him so much.
Attend a Grand Prix in Brazil
has no equal.
And when Ayrton Senna is at its highest
be involved is an OBE,
be in the paddock, on the grid.
People ask me:
"What was the best experience of your first five years on the circuits of Formula One? "
And they're all amazed when I say:
"The first time who ran again in Sao Paulo,
'At Interlagos. "
Senna is in pole position
Ia race is about to begin
and there are 300,000 Brazilian fans
singing "Olé, olé, olé! Seine, Seine!"
You can not hear the engines that light, it is also nearby,
songs for fans of the fans
that make you to victory
and show their love.
He wanted to win the Brazilian Grand Prix.
He wanted to win his Grand Prix
we finally arrived, after seven years of his career,
but did not win the race more meaningful.
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Ayrton had never won Grand Prix of Brazil.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
It was from when he entered Formula One who dreamed of winning in his country.
Brazilian Grand Prix 21 March 1991
The Brazilian Grand Prix is ??on.
Red light. Green light.
A good start.
Come on, Senna!
Senna is a close command.
Giro 54/67
Ayrton took the lead.
Before him an easy race. He won effortlessly.
Voice of Ron Dennis McLaren Team manager
Here Seine. It starts to rain.
It's raining. It must stop.
But then the change can be stopped
and he had to face the number of laps that remained
only in sixth gear.
7 laps to the conclusion
It was impossible to drive a car Formula One stopped in the sixth.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
Ayrton would have liked to stay. He could no longer drive it.
But he had already tried many times to win the Brazilian Grand Prix
and found a special force within himself.
An 'other curve Senna and cut the line.
You start to victory.
Ayrton, Ayrton ... The Brazilian Ayrton Senna!
In the lead from start to finish lnterlagos wins!
A wonderful victory for Senna.
A. NA SEN - Winner GP BRASIL 1991
Voice of Ayrton Senna
No way!
Damn,
I won!
Prost, bastard.
He won and then fainted.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
It was his most heroic moment.
Because of the tremendous physical effort,
I had muscle spasms shoulder and neck.
The pain was tremendous.
The physical and mental stress this weekend was unheard of.
But could there be only one result.
I finished the race with no more energy.
What's wrong?
The shoulders, the shoulders.
Only his shoulders.
Come here, Dad. Come on.
Come here.
Touch floor.
Do not touch me.
Quiet, Ayrton.
Do not touch me.
Need help?
Carries the flag for me.
I fought hard.
I wanted to finish the race and finish in first position,
because He is the greatest
and I gave this race.
That's what happened.
It is God who gave me this race and I'm happy.
It was thrilling.
All hail the Brazilian Senna for his victory. Congratulations.
I thank all of Brazil. I thank all the fans.
This weekend I felt around me so much warmth
that we could not win.
It could not be otherwise.
And we did.
House of the Senna family, Sao Paulo
Life can be very difficult in Brazil. There are ...
In Brazil you can find all the details. There is a fantastic nature.
You can have all the nice material things purchased with money.
But at the same time, There are also many problems.
Social problems, poverty. And, as a result, violence.
I try to help
as I can. Especially children.
Ayrton was so well known in Brazil
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
that's a lot of people asking for help
for personal problems. Hospitals
and charities sought his support.
Ayrton gave and tried to work things out.
But did not want to make donations random.
He wanted to develop something organized, structured
to help Brazil, especially the children.
In 1 99 1, Ayrton was in great shape.
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
It was his best year in my opinion.
He won seven races, Always in pole position.
It was dedicated as ever to his work.
But he seemed to possess greater wisdom.
He grew as a person.
Grand Prix of Mexico 1 4 June 1991
But then the car betrayed him.
For the first time, he thought seriously he could hurt you in Formula One.
I conducted a neurological examination
Professor Sid Watkins Medical F 1
controlled and chest, blood pressure, abdomen
and arts.
-How do you think the situation? -All right.
-Not to worry? -No. Absolutely.
Voice of Professor Sid Watkins F1 Doctor
The personal relationship deeper I've had with a driver.
Every time I went on the circuit and I met Senna
usually he was giving an interview or was surrounded by many people.
As soon as I saw, a beautiful smile lit up her face.
It was wonderfully modest,
quality is not very common car drivers in racing.
-Okay. -It was a pleasure.
Be careful.
You still have so much to do.
Yes, some other little thing.
Questions? Yes
Grand Prix of Germany 28 July 1991
We talked about the chicane and barriers
created with the tires.
A collision with the tires
threw his car into the air, probably
by rolling it on herself.
In Mexico, it happened to me just that
and here it can happen to other people.
I agree that the we have at the moment
is not the ideal solution.
Roland Bruynseraede Race Director
The President spoke yesterday with Mr. Mosley.
No, no, no. Forget Mr. Mosley.
It has ...
Forget it.
Okay. The FISA president ...
No, forget the president.
We discuss the issue raised by Mr. Senna,
what we intend to do today in this specific race.
We can not do anything for this race.
In my opinion, it is better to remove the tires.
Yesterday I happened to pass the braking point at the first chicane.
Let me finish. Let me finish.
I went straight. The street was blocked
and I could not go back.
If we remove the tires, we put the cones.
Yeah, okay. In this way, the way of escape ...
Yes
No, you need to share the same point.
It should be observed travel distance.
There is no turning back.
I'm sorry, but this regulation.
It is written in the regulation. We received the letter yesterday.
Page three.
Here. The last two paragraphs.
Excellent penalty for her.
Jean-Marie, is the same thing.
No problem, Ayrton. No problem.
This is the best decision to take, Jean-Marie.
Try to understand.
The best decision is mine.
I have a bad feeling.
No, you do not know what's my decision.
My decision is always the best, at every opportunity.
And my decision is
a democratic vote. Only the pilots.
Show of hands.
Who is in favor of the replacement tire with the heel?
Raise your hand.
Okay.
Who is opposed?
Abstain? Do you all agree, then.
The tires must be removed immediately and replaced with cones, right?
Three hours after
Alain, what happened at the chicane?
I tried to overtake Senna. It was ...
I was hampered throughout the race, so not very fair.
Prost I believe that everyone should know by now.
We always complain about the car or tires,
the team, mechanics, fuel, the other drivers of the circuit.
The fault is always of others, never his.
Yes, no problem.
So I have nothing to lose. I can not win the championship,
but if you should ever do again so wrongly sent him off the track.
Prost was fired by Ferrari because he had criticized the coach.
Voice of Richard Williams Sports journalist, The Guardian
He could not do anything that taking a year off,
telling everyone who was on sabbatical.
My favorite moment of a Grand Prix was the starting grid
and usually walked the pit lane to the center of the grid
to give updates on each team from the start.
I do not know if it depended on whether
I approached the head of the grid
or at the time of the start of the race
but I swear that, in fact,
when I was near the car of Ayrton Senna
sometimes, there seemed to be something different in the air.
There was an energy, a force,
There was a spirit in quell'abitacolo
that there around other cars on the grid.
It was just shocking.
GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN 1 9 October 1991
If I finish in second place, The championship will be concluded.
If it does not win Mansell,
even then, almost surely, The championship will be concluded.
Around 9 of 53
Mansell tries to overcome, but it goes straight.
Mansell goes straight.
The Championship is over. Mansell can not leave.
SEN NA AYRTON THREE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION
The Brazilian Ayrton Senna, three world titles!
A lifetime dedicated to this moment
by a genius of international sport.
Three-time world champion and many other titles before him.
And only 31 years.
33 wins, three world titles.
Breaks record after record. It celebrates as only Senna can do.
The third world title puts Senna among the greatest of all time.
It is a very special gift for me.
Thank you so much.
Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 November 1991
I followed the Seine, walked with him
the streets of many countries around the world,
especially to get to the circuits, as in Japan,
where there is one kilometer from the hotel
the track and cross an amusement park.
And I thought: "How can a person be adored so much? "
It was a worship without limits.
I kissed her hand next to the Seine, three-time world champion.
I want to Senna. I want to hug him and kiss him.
Got a box Photos and newspaper articles.
Everything you can imagine.
It is the only good thing in Brazil.
After the third world title I saw another Senna.
He was very pleased and confident. Already familiar with the sport.
He had seen with his own eyes pros and cons of car
and continued to love him like any other driver.
It is a wonderful holiday.
Anything goes.
Have you spoken to Formula One today?
Formula One is too rigid. Today is Carnival.
Some of your girls ever told you: "Faster, Ayrton?
Yes
Ayrton for the third world title
was the culmination of a script he had written for himself
well before entering Formula One,
because he knew he can do it and can do even more.
It was already an idol of sport in Brazil.
With the third title, it became the world.
I would like to continue to improve.
Do more. It makes me happy.
If you feel that my learning speed decreases,
that my learning curve flattens,
I'm not happy.
It is not only the professional, as a pilot. It is also as a man.
Obviously,
I will learn more as a man that as a pilot,
because my career as a pilot may only last a few years.
I hope that my life, however, last very long.
Maybe I'm only half- of my existence.
So I still have much to learn and do in life.
I reach true happiness when I feel complete
something that does not prove at present.
But I still have so much time in front of me to succeed.
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The following year, The competition was distorted
by technical innovations of the Williams cars.
The car is balanced on its own. Each curve was controlled by computer.
The pilot did not have to do anything that go as fast as possible.
Vehicles without this system were at serious disadvantage.
McLaren still fails to keep pace with the Williams-Renault
with the result that the three times world champion Ayrton Senna
can not hope to retain the title.
When you enter into this sort
war technology
you can end up completely blocked.
This is the mail that matters.
Anyone driving the car,
Nigel Mansell WORLD CHAMPION 1992
is the computer to do everything, not the pilot.
I do not think it would be desirable
for a World Championship
Pilots.
The negotiations were lengthy
and still do not know who will be Prost's team-mate.
The three-time world champion has signed
a two-year contract with Williams
and during the week begin to test the car.
I asked only one thing in the contract:
Ayrton did not have as a teammate.
Voice of Alain Prost
I explicitly requested.
And they immediately accepted,
saying that it was not their intention.
This was my only request in the contract,
because I wanted to win the Championship
and do not miss this opportunity.
I noticed when I drove the car September, Estoril
once the first few laps, it was raining
and the car was really incredible.
I have never driven a car like that throughout my career.
Yes, for sure
that car was at least a second faster.
It is no secret
I tried hard to achieve
an agreement with Williams.
It is a very complex situation.
You ...
It is very beautiful. Is also not clear.
I'm pretty sure of one thing:
I'm the one that has more to lose
if I had to stop for a year or more,
because they are at the peak of his career
and the career of a Formula One driver is limited.
So if I stop, I'd lose out more than anyone else,
at both professionally and personally.
Adriane Galisteu
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In 1993, Ayrton steered his car so brilliant.
For me, it was his best season.
Brazilian Grand Prix 1 993
European Grand Prix 1 993
He completed some of his best races,
Monaco Grand Prix 1 993
even though he spent most of the time looking at the back of Williams,
much faster than his car.
The French driver Alain Prost
won the World Drivers Championship Formula One for the fourth time ...
Prost won the championship and retired,
IASC free field.
It seems almost that you wanted to say goodbye to McLaren.
Do you think it your last year at McLaren?
I think so. Last.
My contract was for three years.
Then one day in July
I get a call from Frank, and tells me:
"I need to talk. I have some strong pressure from Renault
"And I have to talk to you about something."
I said, 'All right, Frank. I think I know what you want to talk to me.
"But I'm on vacation." I was home for a few days.
"If those of Renault want to talk to me,
"I come here."
Indeed he was, with a project,
came to see me and tried to explain that
Renault thought Ayrton to put on my team
I'anno later.
I said, 'Well, but it is not. We have a contract.
"Just think of a thing mid-season is not correct.
"Let's do this.'s Wait a bit ',
"Still a few races, see what happens. "
At this point I will say one thing
that nobody knows, or very few people know,
but it is the right time to talk about it.
I did not want to be back Ayrton's teammate.
I did not want people continue to believe and say:
"Poor Ayrton, always with the second car,
"Alain is as normal to win, because it has the best car. "
Then I said: "Well, you want to Ayrton and I understand.
"But as for me, pay me well the contract next year and I will retire. "
I did not want to retire.
I did not want his retirement. But to see repetition of the same situation,
especially in my country,
take back that direction,
I did make that decision very quickly.
But I wanted to tell them after a month or two,
I wanted to become world champion.
I did not want to lose this opportunity.
When I realized that I won the championship,
I said, "Solder the contract and I will retire. I've had enough. All right? "
Here's what happened. I did not want to retire.
I retired from Formula One the only reason.
Otherwise I would have continued.
Ayrton fought hard to win at Monaco, but did not make it,
Iotti to win at Suzuka, but did not make it,
and when he struggled to go to Williams
was the end of his career.
Sometimes it makes no sense ... We always say
that we must fight for our ideals, for what we want out of life.
But sometimes the battles do not bring the desired results.
GRAND PRIX OF AUSTRALIA FINAL RACE OF 1993
We try to do both our best.
Sure.
Let us behind what has happened.
Definitely.
Well.
Even if I had not said so, this was my goal.
Yeah, okay.
Even if we had not spoken,
I would not have changed ... I tried to do my best as always.
Voice of Mark Fogarty Journalist F1
Ayrton, what did he say Ron Dennis when you come down from the car?
It's never too late to change his mind.
However, he said he is happy for me e. ..
It's funny. He said the same thing to me.
Ron has done so.
I said we had to keep memory in the good times spent together
and finish it with a good time.
It was the last race Senna raced for McLaren
Prost and the last one he played with Williams.
Although no one knew it yet,
was the last time both were on the podium.
SEN NA AYRTON WINNER GP AUSTRALIA
Since then, from when I was on the podium
beside him on the same level,
changed completely.
It has become another person, really.
There is a before and after that podium.
It's something absolutely amazing.
It was a different person,
other than a pilot, I think,
with a different personality.
He behaved in an entirely different way.
At the press conference,
Fortunately, there were all the TV waiting for us,
why not stop talking and ask me things all the time,
speaking as he had never done before.
It was right go to McLaren after the Lotus.
It was definitely the right choice.
And to compete with Alain Prost
was something very brave and smart to do.
Smart because he knew, or thought,
to be better than Prost
and, by competing with him,
that was the touchstone Formula One then,
could prove once and for all his qualities.
He noticed that
that another team had a car better than the McLaren,
by far the better of the early 90s.
In '92 they won World Cup with Nigel Mansell
and in '93 with Prost.
And he wanted to be on that car in '94.
It was then that the instincts betrayed him.
Perhaps, given the known factors and parameters,
was the right decision.
Go back and review the conditions
would lead to the exact same decision.
That decision states. That turned out to be wrong.
But in no way he could know,
before getting on the Williams for the first time in '94.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna.
Announcement of the Williams drivers
Ayrton is perhaps the best pilot on the square, the best driver currently in operation.
Frank Williams
The team has what it takes to succeed
and this is what our partners, investors and sponsors expect from us.
Consequently, Ayrton is the best equipment, so to speak,
we can give the car to meet these expectations.
The lnternational Federation Sport Automotive
banning certain issue of computing devices
that help drivers in Formula One race.
This is to stem the uncontested domain of the richest teams,
1 994
as the Williams-Renault World title holders.
To Ayrton Senna, is a race against time.
Must be an integral team and adapt to the new car.
He says they are not at ease.
The car is no longer
electronic components used last year:
traction control
special brakes and active suspension.
The cars are much less stable
without the electronically controlled suspension.
As a result, are more difficult to drive
and it is very likely to occur more coats and off the track.
More coats mean more fun for the audience
and also for us, until the pilot nothing happens.
Otherwise, it is not a good situation.
Senna is second.
Brazilian Grand Prix 27 March 1994
Separate them almost eight seconds.
Around 56 of 7 1
Undoubtedly, we are not satisfied
Patrick Head Chief Engineer Williams
how are things going at the moment with the car.
It is not easy to manage.
Pacific Grand Prix 1 7 April 1994
The cars were not to use none of the electronic aids
installed the previous year.
But Senna was convinced
by Benetton driven by Michael Schumacher
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER BENNETTON FORD - WINNER
winner of the first two races of the season, mount, something more,
Flavio Briatore Benetton team manager
in particular, traction control, which eliminated wheelspin.
Not right that was fought so easily from Benetton.
He wanted to protest,
Voice of Frank Williams T eam manager Williams
but we did not.
SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX, IMOLA APRILE 1994
If he had brought with him emotion in that race,
different from all previous races,
it may have been the frustration
to know that his main rival driving a car
on which there was something illegal.
This would always provoked as his sense of fairness.
Does not give it anything,
nothing abnormal about his behavior,
knowing and believing all this.
I can only bring back his words, because I can not judge myself
but was convinced Benetton that cheat.
He was very upset and it causes a lot of problems.
He was unhappy with the car again, its performance.
Therefore, it is obvious that it was not very happy,
said that was not the motivation.
Several times he told me: "I can not be justified against Michael,
"Against other drivers."
It was just like
if he lost the passion,
had problems with the car, with the stables and security,
perhaps some small personal problem.
Perhaps he had lost his abilities.
It was an amazing thing.
It was very obvious, for me and other people close to Ayrton.
Josef, his coach and perhaps one of his best friends,
Sid Watkins, all three
for various reasons, we form the view soon
Ayrton had now repented to have left the team.
Not only for the competitiveness or otherwise,
but mainly because he did not expect of being in a culture so different,
quite far from the way it is.
Start from zero. In practice, the championship starts here for us.
It is an ideal location to find, but the reality is this.
You've already won three times here in the past. And today you have to win again, at all costs.
I would like.
Friday 29 April 1994
Senna was so nervous that weekend. I had never seen him so tense.
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
I never saw him smile even for a moment.
Always maintained a concentrated expression, irritated,
sad.
It is the balance.
It is unstable.
The car has worsened.
There is a predominant tendency
or the balance is constantly changing?
It tends to understeer more.
In the first round, tended to understeer.
Then, in the second, has changed abruptly.
Oversteer and understeer?
Yes
Instead of mid-corner,
has lost grip at the beginning.
When it is normal to lose grip loses too much.
Saliva on a car, we can say, as a gun was never tested.
He had many problems, many defects
to work on, that needed to be resolved,
some of which seemed pretty basic.
One of the things I hate more pilots
is a car changing behavior in the curve.
There are two things, oversteer and understeer.
Oversteer is the slip on all four wheels
when you press the accelerator
and turn the steering wheel to balance
so that seems to go in the opposite direction
from where you want to, but in reality the car
slides along the curve.
Understeer is when you need to steer more than expected
to turn a corner.
The bad thing is that most of the cars
has one or the other feature,
but those made really bad to have both.
And switch in the blink of an eye,
in the middle of a curve, when you least want it to happen.
It's something that disturbs the pilot, because it undermines your confidence
integrity of the car.
And it is really crucial, especially for Formula One,
develop,
for the pilot, the total trust
temperament and behavior of the car.
It was evident early in the season in '94
that this was not Williams's situation.
He had the unpleasant fault not to maintain balance.
It takes a lot to accommodate such a thing.
It was clear that by the end of the season Williams had made it.
Damon Hill won the race and he was running for the title.
And the following season and the two subsequent
in '96 and '97, Williams won the title again
because he had passed the hard times.
But the arrival of Senna coincided with that period
and I think it disturbed him very much,
because they expect very different things.
He expected to run a car who could win the championship.
Instead he found himself with the difficult task
to help engineers
to remove the car his vices to make it competitive again.
Rubens Barrichello Jordan
Know Ayrton or should I submit?
Four years earlier
No, I already know.
The familiar name of or you've already met?
I know him because I follow Formula One
and we met.
Why are you so nervous, then?
Why stand next to someone like him
always put in turmoil.
Be ', good luck to the sample and the eventual champion.
RU BENS BARRICHELLO QUALIFYING
Damn.
REPLAY
Rubens did you see?
He's fine. He's fine. It is shock, obviously, but it goes well.
Did you talk?
Yes
Get well, Rubens.
Saturday 30 April 1994
When I arrived at Imola
Ia the first thing I saw was the screen
on which he wrote: "Alain, we miss you."
Or maybe: "We miss you, Alain."
"To my friend, Alain. We miss you." Or: "I miss you."
It made me very happy.
I find the most beautiful thing I've done for me, really.
Because it is a very important message,
not only because they wrote it, unfortunately,
the day before he died.
When you are ...
Try to put the head of a pilot in his position.
And ask yourself why Ayrton would think of me,
at that time of day.
I reflect on all the time. I find it incredible.
This is a very strong message.
And for me it was something really important.
Ayrton did not feel more at ease with the new team
Voice of John Bisignano ESPN Commentator
nor with the car.
But he struggled and managed to win pole position.
Damn.
I must regain control of myself.
Roland Ratzenberger Pilot Simtek
I do things with the car that no one ...
The push too hard?
Roland Ratzenberger Simtek
320 km / h?
Ladies and gentlemen, the organizers Grand Prix of San Marino
Newsroom Imola
learned Ospedale Maggiore di Bologna
that the driver of car 32, MTV Simtek Ford, Roland Ratzenberger
died as a result of trauma reported in the incident
took place at Imola
during the qualifying Saturday 30 April.
It was the first time that our generation was faced with the death of a pilot.
Voice of Pierre Van Vliet Commentator TF 1
That afternoon, the atmosphere is very heavy.
Everyone thought: "But what are we doing?"
Or: "What for?"
Voice of Professor Sid Watkins Medical F 1
Ayrton was very upset and cried.
So I said:
"You know, Ayrton, you've already won three world titles.
"You're the fastest man in the world."
I knew he loved fishing. "Why do not you retire?
"I withdraw too 'I and we go together to fish. "
He said, 'Sid, I can not retire. "
ACCESS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
Item Reginaldo Leme Commentator Globe
That Saturday, at dinner, Frank Williams was not at all sure
Senna would be presented at the start.
I was sure that I did not want to compete.
The last time I saw Ayrton was that Sunday.
He was very agitated.
Some friends went to talk to him.
He was very agitated, was camper from Williams to the box,
back and forth. Before you take
print position in the cabin,
I always ask something about the strategy
Brazilian pilots and others who are near.
Some respond, others do not
but they always say the important things
I can report to the public during the race.
Expected to be able to
Ia my question to Ayrton, but could not.
I realized that was not the time for such an application.
Sunday May 1 1994
That morning when she awoke,
Item Viviane Senna Sister of Ayrton
asked God to speak to him.
He opened the Bible
and read a passage that said
that God would the greatest gift of all,
or God himself.
A collision.
All pass around. Look.
REPLAY
Lamy arrives at full speed.
Lehto is stopped.
JJ Lehto BEN Etton
A nasty collision. Lamy and Lehto have had no luck.
Pedro Lamy LOTUS
Enter the safety car.
SAFETY CAR
They told me that Ayrton had revealed someone before the race
hold or carry a flag of Austria.
In victory, or if it was still on the podium,
very likely,
wanted to wave it as a tribute to Roland Ratzenberger.
Lights out the safety car.
It means that the safety car is about to come into the pits.
Starting over. Senna is in the lead.
Schumacher is second.
On the sixth lap, Michael Schumacher trying to put pressure on the Seine.
T elecamera on-board Ayrton Senna
Around 6 / 58
Bad impact on the Seine.
At the Tamburello curve.
A very serious accident.
I pulled out of the cockpit,
takes off his helmet and intubated for him to breathe.
Voice of Professor Sid Watkins Medical F 1
By neurological signs, I realized
that trauma to the head would have been fatal.
Then he sighed, and his body relaxed.
It was at that moment ... I am not religious,
but at that moment I thought that his spirit had left the body.
Seeing the helicopter to fly to the hospital,
I still had hopes.
I did not realize.
During the live commentary I did not realize.
Of course, I imagined that he was wounded
and perhaps in bad conditions,
but I did not realize he was dead.
I did not want to understand it, maybe.
It was something unreal.
Ayrton's accident was caused
problems of his own car.
And, of course,
not related to competitiveness
none of the cars around him.
Again there are people who support
inseguisse that Benetton's Michael
too aggressively, the need to compensate
Ie inadequacies of his car.
For me it is nonsense.
As usual, the people attempts to rewrite the script.
The fact is that
I'auto Ayrton almost certainly sold,
causing the accident,
as sometimes happens. These things happen.
It was certainly of a mechanical problem.
I'm very careful what I say,
because they had changed the steering column.
It may be an explanation.
I have no idea, really.
But surely it was a mechanical failure.
The talent he had was used.
I had had any strength or power that reached him,
had an obligation to pursue career, that his passion.
These thoughts, of course,
I have accompanied
when he lost his life,
because even at times when realized,
when nobody knew for sure, moments in which he made
who had lost their lives,
I was
strangely uncomfortable with the fact
that would not have done anything differently.
It was what I wanted to do.
And if that was to be the outcome
of his career,
I do not think it would change, even if he had known.
We realized that this was a serious thing only after the race.
As usual came different information.
I remember that someone was, comment on the flight,
cha to tell us he was just a broken arm.
Five minutes later received very bad news.
I remember saying it was useless to make an announcement,
before you know how things really were.
And we learned much during the commentary.
Then, as it happens, a lot of news arrived.
And on the way to the airport,
we knew it was serious.
You went to Frank after the race?
No. Actually, yes, sorry.
I went to Frank, the box, immediately after the race.
It was the first thing I did after the comment.
Frank and Patrick were together, but still did not know.
It was immediately after the race. They did not know anything definite.
They were shocked,
but wanted to avoid assumptions and waited.
Only understood, on the road to the airport, the increase
the seriousness of the thing.
Think about the hard times of life, to extreme emotions,
but inevitably things do not improve, in that sense,
through thought,
indeed, the pain is rising and, for me,
Ie emotions of that time were not a fragment of what I tried
going to Brazil for his funeral.
For all those people in Brazil,
for all his fans around the world,
will remain forever young.
Ayrton Senna will always be faster.
Do not ever grow old.
Will always
the sample
Brazil and the world.
The pain, even today,
is the best way I have to remember what he did.
When I meet a Brazilian
I feel I say dovergli
I knew Ayrton Senna and I interviewed at least 1 00 times.
Once I was on a cruise on the Nile
with 33 Brazilians, besides me and my wife,
and I told one of them Ayrton Senna interviewed have 1 00 times.
During the following week,
each of them came to me.
They had to talk to someone who had spoken with Ayrton Senna.
They must also tap someone who had touched
shook hands with Ayrton Senna.
It was as if I had known, spoken,
touched and shaken hands with God
and should do so through me, too.
These people were about 1 0 years
when Ayrton won championships.
And as a child he was taught
that was one of the most important people never existed,
between those who had a Brazilian passport.
When you spend the first five years in a sport,
you wonder if you made a wise choice.
I think it done. And I know Ayrton Senna ...
And I know Ayrton Senna believed to have done.
You think about it? Me too would like to see
Ayrton with children and grandchildren on the beach.
But you can imagine to hear news type:
"Ayrton Senna dying of cancer after a long battle in 50 years? "
I do not know. Poetically,
as unjust, he is better suited
have died in a racing car.
Even at speeds of race, the Tamburello curve is not a
when you make mistakes.
The car must have had a problem.
Maybe it was broken power steering.
Either the temperature of the tires was not optimal
and the car skidded off the road.
Will always remain a mystery.
There was a lawsuit?
In my opinion, broke the steering column
and the car became uncontrollable.
But above all, it was a fatality,
because the car crashed with an 'angle for the suspension
went to hit his helmet.
The fortunes of Ayrton had been exhausted.
His body did not report or fractures or bruises.
If the suspension, breaking,
was over 1 5 1 5 cm cm above or below,
would return to the pits on foot.
Bologna, Italy
I was lucky to get
airport half an hour before his plane.
I saw the coffin load on the fire truck,
who then embarked on the road that goes from the airport to the city,
six-or eight-lane highway
where traffic flowed in one direction only,
following the fire.
Vehicles of all types imaginable.
It was extraordinary.
All followed him, many with flags, banners
or her photos attached on the doors of cars, trucks
or other vehicle that you can think of,
in this fast road into the city,
in front of houses and windows crowded with people,
buildings with flags, banners
decks crammed with people,
all who came to greet him.
Then people in the queue to pay homage to the body,
who have waited up to seven or eight hours.
Children, elderly, people of all kinds,
with a majority of young
because Brazil, demographically, is a young country,
And the youth seemed to have a special relationship with him.
But even the elderly and everyone else.
Hours, hours and hours straight just to go in front of his body
and leave a memory beside the coffin.
An impressive sight.
And then there was another procession to the cemetery for the funeral.
Once again there were people everywhere, climbing walls, trees
and any other surface that allowed it.
The sky was covered with helicopters, journalists and each other.
Then came the Brazilian Air Force jet,
the equivalent of the Red Arrows,
that have drawn in the sky with smoke, "S" of the Seine.
Unbelievable.
I was at the funeral of Bob Marley,
which was very similar in how a nation has come forward
as a sign of gratitude to someone
that represented them in the world.
Sao Paulo, Brazil May 4 1994
He was my idol. It represented the best of Brazil.
I miss you, Senna.
Do not forget you.
The Brazilians need food, education, health care
and a little 'joy.
The joy it has been removed.
AYRTON SEN NA DA SILVA 21 -03-1 960 01 -05-1 994
Nothing can separate me from the love of God
Who is or has been
the pilot you've competed against with greater satisfaction?
Both historical and current.
I have to go back
in 1978, to 1979
and 1980, when I was in karting.
I competed for the first time outside Brazil, in Europe,
as a teammate of Fullerton.
His name Fullerton. He had a lot of experience.
I really enjoyed driving with him
because it was fast and consistent.
The pilot thought a truly complete.
He was driving at its best, pure race.
There was no policy.
No money in between.
It was real competition.
I keep a wonderful memory.
Ayrton Senna died at the age of 34.
After his death,
Ia FIA mandated Professor Sid Watkins and his friend,
to improve safety in Formula One.
Since then, it was not registered no death in Formula One.
The Ayrton Senna Foundation, created in 1995 by his sister Viviane,
education has contributed more of 1 2 million poor Brazilian children.
One director is Alain Prost.
Italian