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A tribute to bring a tear to your eye
04:04 AM on Jun 01, 2008

Hey Lads,

I'm sure alot of you have probably seen this, but i thought i would post it, as its the best tribute i have ever seen, and once the music starts its just got the most amazing atmosphere which is breathtaking:

The first part is quite long, but make sure you watch it all! This video is not made by me.




Posted by Andrew Carson at 04:27 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #1

Man.
Not only a tear to the eye, but a chill down the spine as well.

I have to ask, what was that part where senna got out of his car and ran to another car? was that his team mate? does anyone know?

Senna had an interesting final weekend...

One of his good friends was talking to him the weekend of Imola 94, his last grand prix. And before the weekend started, his friend said to him
"you know Senna, you've won 3 world championships, and you like fishing. So why don't you quit and you and me shall go fishing. This is such a lifestyle for you, think about it"

and senna thought about it and said

"no, i cannot quit now. I cannot quit". - that was the weekend of his final grand prix. Scary isn't it?

And the second thing, in 89 he had another driver he was friends with who hit the dangerous wall in imola and was sent to the hospital. Senna went to visit him in the hospital and they were talking about the corner. His friend mentioned that the corner was too dangerous, and senna eventually agreed. Later the next year, they walked down to the corner to see if they could change the corner to make it more safe. And they noticed there was rebar behind it, so they could not change the corner. Senna and his friend walked back after that.

Thats the same corner where he died.

Posted by Richie Speed at 04:31 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #2

wow, very interesting stuff there andrew. The part when he helped the other driver was not his team mate i think, but he was just doing what all good racers should do, helping a fellow rival.

Posted by Andrew Carson at 04:31 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #3

Oh sure, I've just never seen anyone else stop their race to help another driver.

Brilliant...

Posted by Richie Speed at 04:38 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #4

Yeah, Senna realy was special. He was obsessed with winning to an unreal level, yet he would effortlessly stop to help. I think people like him are gone now, which is a damn shame.

Posted by Jonty Couples at 08:47 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #5

Thanks for posting Richie.

Posted by Dan Ortega at 11:51 AM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #6

I can only shake my head and ask...

Why?

Thanks for posting this Richie.

Posted by Jonty Couples at 12:03 PM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #7

Watched that Monaco Race of Kings DVD the other day, Jackie Stewart mentioned that over the course of his career, 65 drivers known to him and his wife had been killed, 6 of which were very close friends.

Amazing the progress in safety.

Posted by Richie Speed at 12:08 PM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #8

wow, 65! Thanks Jonty.

Posted by Ruslan Kochanov at 12:44 PM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #9

Yep, I saw a statistic before the F1 season start and the numbers there were frightening... Killed, injured or crippled drivers losing will to live. It's sad, but the most spectacular cars/tracks took many lives. Even though the progress in the safety systems is notable incidents still happen - remember Schumaher at Silverstone, Kubica at Montreal, Heiki at Barcelona, Alex Zanardi in the ChampCar series...
TBH I don't remember Senna well, as I was 9 years old back in 94-th, but videos like this make it very clear who he was and what kind of person he was. Thanks for posting Richie.
Here's another great driver's death - Stefan Bellof at Spa in 1985.
RIP

Posted by Richie Speed at 01:08 PM on Jun 01, 2008
Comment #10

thanks for that vid Ruslan. Every time i see that crash, and remember who belloff was i feel quite sad. Belloff was another schumacher in my opinion, he was such a fast driver, and seemed to dominate nordschlefie. Then when you see how the front wheels of his car are where he was meant to be sitting its just horrific. Thanks for the vid.


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