Just saw a heart-rending documentary about Ayrton Senna. Three time Formula one world champion. Record holder for one of the most pole positions. Brazil's pride.
Last driver fatality in Formula one.
Though his initial entry into the game is drive purely by passion, slowly he seems to have developed keener instincts for the politics of the game and more importantly the art of playing the press.
The ping pong actions of rivalry between Senna and Prost are not entirely Prost's fault as the documentary will have us believe.
Senna's 'strategy' of forcing opponents to run too close to the pitwall is what seems to have kick started the rivalry in the first place. Not just that he further ups the game in the 1989 San Marino grandprix by breaking their agreement not to get into each other's way to the first corner.
Prost , with the alleged help of Jean-Marie Balestre the then FIA president (who was later alleged to be an ex-Nazi) and a French man like Prost gets Senna unfairly disqualified after his fantastic win at Suzuka, the Japanese Grand Prix.
They go a few more rounds with each other with Prost going as far as putting a clause in his contract with Williams to NOT sign up Senna as his team mate knowing fully well Senna's efforts at that time to sign up with Williams.
Despite this and more, post Senna's untimely and tragic demise at just 34 years old at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Prost was one of six pall bearers and was a trustee of the Ayrton Senna institute.
I have always been amazed by the ability of men to generously forgive.
And the general inability of us women to do so.
Anyways, a meteoric life though it might be, I think Ayrton had packed more fun, fight, passion and love in his short life than most of us in a longer life time.
A wonderful watch. Recommended.
Last driver fatality in Formula one.
Though his initial entry into the game is drive purely by passion, slowly he seems to have developed keener instincts for the politics of the game and more importantly the art of playing the press.
The ping pong actions of rivalry between Senna and Prost are not entirely Prost's fault as the documentary will have us believe.
Senna's 'strategy' of forcing opponents to run too close to the pitwall is what seems to have kick started the rivalry in the first place. Not just that he further ups the game in the 1989 San Marino grandprix by breaking their agreement not to get into each other's way to the first corner.
Prost , with the alleged help of Jean-Marie Balestre the then FIA president (who was later alleged to be an ex-Nazi) and a French man like Prost gets Senna unfairly disqualified after his fantastic win at Suzuka, the Japanese Grand Prix.
They go a few more rounds with each other with Prost going as far as putting a clause in his contract with Williams to NOT sign up Senna as his team mate knowing fully well Senna's efforts at that time to sign up with Williams.
Despite this and more, post Senna's untimely and tragic demise at just 34 years old at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Prost was one of six pall bearers and was a trustee of the Ayrton Senna institute.
I have always been amazed by the ability of men to generously forgive.
And the general inability of us women to do so.
Anyways, a meteoric life though it might be, I think Ayrton had packed more fun, fight, passion and love in his short life than most of us in a longer life time.
A wonderful watch. Recommended.
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