100% agree... I think the list showed 2 constructors for Senna ... so at least 3. I was going on all the teams that people raced with. excepting Monaco in 84 Toleman never "won" a race The 1969 Matra is still one of my favorite cars ever. I grew up with the Poster for Watkins Glen showing Stewart in the Matra in the lead... love that car and poster.... Still have the poster to this day.
Growing up, F1 was "my sport" ... I definitely was the weird one out. all my friends memorized all the foot ball, base ball stuff...I knew it all about F1 and Endurance racing - including Can Am. We had a 100Ft slot car track in our attic that we used to use every day in the summer... My dad was a fanatic and so I became one as well. Then as a teen - 20's I got to go to a lot of races when My dad was taking pictures ... carrying about 80 lbs. of equipment around race tracks is not actually that much fun! But you do get to know the history of the sport!
If you remember, Prost pulled up to the Flag, and Senna passed him for the "win" ... but Prost was smart enough to know that the results would be taken from the previous lap.... sadly had Senna won, Prost would have won the championship that year instead of Lauda if full points had been awarded.
Senna did not win either with Williams, which he joined for his tragic last year, 1994. So he had wins in F1 only with two constructors, Lotus and McLaren.
Ayrtons spirit is on track every race in the heart of Max Verstappen; I was watching the race in our beach house in Malibu at 5 am with my new baby son asleep on my chest when Ayrton hit the wall . A true drivers death for a truly magnificent driver: TITAN.
I saw the race live as well, when Senna died. I have a love hate with Senna. He was an interesting person for sure. I believe when he was with Lotus that is when he was at his most impressive... when he got to McLaren with Prost he did change a lot, and not for the better. he became much more dangerous, and difficult, and less of a good driver. I think in his desire to beat Prost he went with the "alls fair in love and war" scenario... and that made him a worse driver. As a person however he was a very nice guy, and really never heard anyone have anything bad to say about him. I know when I met him a couple of times he was always very nice. This picture I took of him at Detroit in 86. right after than we got to talking about RC airplanes... he said, stay here and we'll talk later. that was just before Afternoon Qualifying on Friday. His Right Rear mechanic - Digger was his nick name - Jason - dont remember his last name, said that Senna loves remote control planes, and that they fly them in Hethel at the Chapman estate.... Image Unavailable, Please Login
