great article(s) on the history of Senna: http://www.f1rogues.com/index.php?pOption=articleview&pArticleId=44 Still digging through archives of magazines and books - there's one article that I would really love to scan and post up, but I cannot find it at the moment. It's the full story of his first test drive in an F1 car. If you haven't read it before... you are in for a treat (so long as I can find it!).
I've been trying to get my hands on that Senna Principle of Race Car Driving book for years. Amazon had it for sale used at over $100. I knew I should have got it years ago when it was no where near that much. About that Senna driving to win every race line. Sure Kimi comes off that way, but look at MS. It sounded as if no other current F1 drivers want to win every race. Schumi looks to win every race, and most of the time he does. It seems like Kimi is looking to finish a race at this point in the season.
As a Brazilian, I only have to thank you all, for keeping alive around the world the memory of a great driver and person... !!!!!!!!!! Thank guys !!!!! I was 18 when he died, and had my first drivers lisence exan the next monday, and i passed !!!
here is a very good site about him http://senna.globo.com/memorialayrt...a/home_ingl.htm go to "driver" then "formula one" and you will find a resume of all races....
I skipped a whole week of grad school because I was so upset. I remember seeing the shots on the BBC of the millions of people in Brazil lining up in the streets to walk behind the car carrying Senna's body. As I have stated many times here, I absolutely hated McLaren during the 80's but Senna's speed mesmerized me. I was especiually astounded at how he totally demoralized poor Prost from the outset. Senna always had that cold calculating "icy" stare in the cockpit before he went out to qualify. It was like he couldn't see anything around him except the track. I remember at Monoco he was waiting to go out and a mechanic approached his car and Ron Dennis angrily waived the mechanic away so he didn't bother Senna who was in a trance like state. I named my son after Ayrton (middle name) last June when he was born. Regards, Jon P. Kofod www.flatoutracing.net
Hey Randy, thanks for the link to the article, I thouroughly enjoyed it. Do you know where the rest of it is? Or did they stop writing after part 5? I searched around the site, but no luck, now I'm left hanging halfway through reading about Senna...
The definitive and most well written book on Senna just came out, called "The Life of Senna" by Tom Rubython. It is available in hardback only through www.grandprix.legends. I highly recommend it, the book the Death of Senna by Richard Williams is excellent also.