Back in 1985 or 86, at the end of his first season with Lotus, the year before Lotus got the Honda engine, I had to go to Los Angeles airport, to a Brazilian airline (Varig). It was early morning and, upon approaching the counter a woman there caught my attention (very hot). Then I noticed two guys at the same counter. When I got there, I looked at the man next to me and mentioned that he looked like Senna. He just smiled and said he heard that a lot. Then I looked behind and saw several suitcases with the Quantas tag, just a day after the Australian GP, so I turned to him and said that he was Senna, and he admitted. I told him then that when I was watching the Estoril race, when he was battling Piquet hard for first place, that I knew he was going to run out of fuel before the race ended. He, a bit annoyed, said that I knew, his box knew, everyone knew, except himself, as his car computer showed that he had enough fuel for another 1.8 laps while he was on the last lap. I apologized and said that I didn't mean to know better but that every time he raced the way he did he ran out of fuel. I also said that I believed he would win the championship the next year. He asked why did I think so and I said that he was getting the Honda engine, which appeared to save fuel and that would allow him to drive hard. He said that he hoped I was right and we parted with "good luck" wishes. On May first 1994 I got up at 4 AM to watch the San Marino GP, as I always did to watch Senna race, and saw the accident. I was expecting him to get out of his car and storm back to the pits, utterly pissed... then I learned he died. That night I flew to Mexico City, where I was working on a project for Tequila Cuervo, and on Monday night I watched a show called "Caliente" on Mexican TV. The show host, for that particular episode, invited several guests but they all must have had some contact with Senna one time or another. There were two Mexican racers that raced in some formula (2,3, 4, I don't remember) and raced for the best team in the category at the time. They recounted the day when the team boss informed that this Brazilian was joining the team but that they shouldn't be concerned, as they would continue being drivers 1 and 2 while the Brazilian was paying to race. They said that they saw this kid arrive at the team box, wearing a racing suit without any sponsor patches, get in the car a go for it full force, returning with only the steering wheel in his hands. They remembered an interaction between Senna and the team manager regarding tire pressure. It was raining lightly, Senna came to the pits and requested them to increase tire pressure to 25 PSI all around. The team manager said that the tire pressure was (if I remember) 20 on the rear and 18 in front, refusing to change it. Senna said that he was paying therefore they should do as he asked, and they did. He started putting two seconds per lap over every other driver. At the end of the deal, returning to the pits, he was asked "how come?". He then explained to the team manager that with lower pressure, when the tire touched the ground the threads would close (that category used threaded tires) and, by increasing the pressure the threads would remain open, expelling the water more efficiently. The team changed the tire pressure rules. Finally, in a very long story (sorry), one of them asked Senna why did he changed the racing line when it rained, and gained so much time over the others. Senna said that the usual racing line was full of oil and rubber, a bad combination with water, so he would move to the clean less favorable racing line because he could get better grip there, and take the curves faster. It took me ten years to watch F1 races again after Senna's death.
Ron Pinto me too . I didn’t watch F1 from 94 till 2006 .. but man I wish I met him , grew up in Brazil .. one day someone I was talking to said something to me about , oh you’re Brazilian and he was talking Pele. I said to him , instead of talking pele , just say Ayrton Senna to a Brazilian you meet ... saw him months later and he said to me . Man Pele has nothing on Senna when it comes to the Brazilian people real sport hero
Fernando, if you watch Top Gear, with the three funny guys (Geremy, Richard and...) you may have heard a comment by Geremy. He said that he was never a Senna fan and that he liked Villeneuve, that Villeneuve was sometimes espectacular while driving. But the, he says, he participated in the production of a BBC documentary about Senna, which was when he got t know about the Brazilian. He said Villeneuve was sometimes espectacular when driving a car, but Senna was espectaculat every time he got in a car.
Brit F1 fan here. I was just old enough to catch the last few years of Senna in F1 and I remember the day we lost him. For the first time in my life, I felt this great sense of dread. It was as if all the rules had changed, and something utterly precious and magical had been blinked out of existence. He brought so much joy to my weekends and his racing was something that my whole family enjoyed. Respect and love forever.
Senna was the modern version of Achilles, the greek hero. All what we know about Achilles is in the books. But Senna, I was there early in the Sunday morning, watching all the way.
when the film SENNA was in theaters in 2010, I went to watch, the emotion and the commotion was in the air, it could be noticed that everyone was affected... I myself did not hold back the tears for several times, the most incredible was that at the end of the film my immediate reaction was to stand and clap to the idol in respect to his story, and the most incredible thing was to notice that my reaction had been also the reaction of many others, it was a unique moment the moment of SENNA FOREVER 😥everyone clapping their hands in tears, never imagined that this could happen in a theater, watching a movie, and I've not seen that again... I think that translates what Senna represents to the Brazilian people - a Legend, a Hero.
He was fast because his flow was so relentlessly perfect. His ability to pick up the patterns and set up the car, his mind is driving far far ahead knowing the track and his body is controlling the car right now being able to make all the corrections without ever losing focus on what’s out ahead of him. He’s doing this with far far less than split second decision making and complete precise corrections. In other words the man was highly intelligent
"His ability to pick up the patterns and set up the car"...Not so much...Senna was a fast driver no doubt, but he did not set anything up, he knew how to drive that was it, he had to resort to politics and intrigue in order to always have the best car and best engineers, and without it he couldnt do much.
Senna is the greatest driver in my lifetime. His ability to make underpowered cars competitive purely on his driving skills are unmatched. His driving skills in the wet unrivalled. GOAT.
one of the greatest talents the world will ever see.....The greatest lost in professional motorsports ever..... THE BEST. THERE WILL NEVER BE A DRIVER LIKE HIM AGAIN PERIOD,.
He had amazing feel for any car he drove. There are times that cars feel better than others he could bring that out of them. He also had more awareness of the ragged edge and how to exploit it.
The man was Simply the Best at what he did....Go Fast. He was a great man....helped so many people...he would have done so much more. Love You, Ayrton.
+Chris A Nice one ! Thank you for the reply and info. F1 has never broke thru in the US - John B was definitely one of the few sports journalists who truly understood what was so unique and special about Grand Prix racing. For that alone he has my respect. Top guy !!
He's literally on the limit in every corner. Being on this limit,there is always a huge risk. I suppose it's all or nothing if you wanted to be the best before all the modern driving aids. Respect to all the motor sport drivers who we've lost. They put their Life on the line.
The first time I saw Senna he was in the JPS, Australia. The last race of the season...I saw him 'bounce' over a major curb, then lose a front wing, the next front wing...I followed him every race after that on ESPN, with Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and John Bisignano. Just excellent!
A very interesting topic.Watched Senna at Adelaide in 85 into Lotus. He was going through the first S see sawing the streering wheel but he was quick Experts talk about human reaction times but these guys are way ahead of that. The 2 best drivers I ever saw on Race cam were Schumacher and Mansell (yes Nigel) both seemed to know exactly what the car is going to do and reacted before it did it . I was watching a video about a pilot who did see the same thing. He anticipated where his opponent would be & set his sight at that point. He upset the establishment but was a lethal fighter pilot.
There's a video on here about when he tried out for IndyCar as a means of getting better deals because F1 was scared he would go, but he never intended to. He drove a few laps and that was all it took for him to be faster than the actual IndyCar drivers. They actually changed their style to be like that of Senna. He did the same with the LMP cars and a few other classes but he said that he didn't like them because they were too heavy and not as agile as F1 cars.
This will never be forgotten. It was different from everyone. He gave himself up with all his strength to do his best on the tracks. He was talented, dedicated, courageous, focused, determined, guided with his heart. Had he not died, Schumacher would not have been a champion seven times. Senna for me is the best ever.
He could brake very late and not so hard as other drivers in order to carry more speed through the corners. It was Williams fault for not making a single piece steering column that was to Senna's liking. They welded an extra length to the original design instead of making a longer single piece. He should have refused to drive without a single piece, longer steering column. That was his only mistake.
He very likely didn't know about the steering column details, only that it was changed to his liking. By the time he realized something is going wrong, it was already too late
Max Verstappen is no where near the level of Senna. Max is an agressive driver who pushes hard without calculating the risks. Senna was almost one with the car, he was pushing the car but knew exactly how the car would behave. He knew exactly what to do to defeat his opponents. The closest I have ever seen to another Senna is probably Marq Marquez, his riding is almost unbelievable at times. People hate him now but in the years to come after he is finished with the sport people will realise how good he was. Senna afterall got the respect he has after his career ended. 😪
He is correct.I could never imagine senna retiring or becoming old and frail it was like GOD sent an angel with mystical powers to be with us for a while just to remind us that he exists then took the angel away.I had the privilege of watching senna drive at 7 grandprix and it was just out of this world watching it.I was a kid then but remember it like it was yesterday.My dad never watched a race ever again not on television or live after sennas death.
The quote about transcending consciousness and driving off of instinct is very real. You might not take this as serious because I did it on forza motorsports 4, but there was a rival challenge where you had to race 11 miles on mount Fuji in heavy traffic and the lightest tap on another car or the rails would make your lap "unofficial". I actually set a record of #49 out of about 900k people I believe. It took me try after try but eventually I would start completely zoning out and my vision in front of me would turn into like this blurry tunnel of just crazy unconscious focus where i would be driving amazingly but like half out of my body almost. If you don't believe this go look at the leaderboards for the mt. Fuji touge challenge. #49 with a fwd eg hatch.
Rebecca Carman that's kind of my whole point... he was a legendary driver because he was able to do this in real life. And btw I did that before I had a license lol you should see how much kanjo/touge runs have gone down since I got my car
I believe it and although it's completely different, I attribute having instinctively avoided a possible fatal accident one night to the reaction time and racing experience acquired from game/sims like F1 GP2.
The cars of his day were so hard to drive and endure for 2 hours. The current lot has it easy. The old cars are bone shaking, no suspension, no power steering, no traction control and driver aids, he could get the most out of a car; or a go cart with a V12 strapped to it.
senna develop some corner technologies, Less distance road, he driving on the fastest lines track. Quickest route to drive any corner, he pass corner 1 just on the exact lines to take corner 2. Our he change the balance car more to front to the back, with acceleration, hits breaks. Someway other way he’s looking to move his head to right view or left view, this is the way you going.
I'd say he was just more consistently on the limit throughout the whole corner, and braking later and taking more speed on the way in without any compromises on the exits relative to the others. I believe this is only achievable with a car that rotates very well and is therefore closer to the edge. He also seemed to look further ahead sooner than most of the others which suggests his style was more 'fast-in/fast-out' much like Schumacher. I never thought it was possible to be anything special if a driver was employing the same method and lines like everyone else in the way they teach at a typical driving school.
He was able to win with inferior cars..........................that doesn't happen now. He also raced, haven't seen too many races in F1 for more than decade, it's pathetic !!!!! Formation of taxis cruising around track cashing their cheques. Senna would be appalled.
I remember watching John Bisignano working pit lane for F1 during the great 80s-90s F1 days when ESPN coverage didn't suck... He singled out Senna as special long before anyone else was raving about him
Ayrton senna created the first simbioses ever between a man and a machine,the was just the other half of his body,that would breathe with him through the engine performance,until today NOBODY but NOBODY drives like Ayrton,he could start the race like it happened at same because of the engine died on the worm up lap he stared on the last place of grid and obviously he won the race,that was AYRTON SENNA DA SILVA.
i believe i am alive today because of a man from Brazil, i had a unknown blood illness, my uncle did have blood cancer, blood clots, my uncle was first man that the treatment for blood clots came from! when God dose work it to the rout of the problem, my illness control was found out 15 years before i knew what was wrong! the Brazil man told me info! that lead on search for cure or control! of this illness 6 months ago it happened why 25 years ago i was shocked! cried! because i knew i never get to thank him!
Gerhard Berger once said that Senna was very quick in slow corners. That would explain why he was so sucessfull at Monaco and other tracks with slower corners. He could squeese a little more out of the car in corners with his driving-technique. Like Fangio, Jim Clark and Michael Schumacher who were all famous for there precise and fast driving through corners. But you also have to say that Senna always drove in top-teams (McLaren) or at least in competitive teams (Lotus, Toleman). And he only had a top driver as his teammate once with Alain Prost. All the other drivers were either pay-driver (Dumfries) or second rated (de Angelis, Berger, Andretti).
@@sticky-fingers The TG183 he drove in the first three races was crap. But the TG184 was a big step forward and a quite competitive car. Not a top-car but a solid midfielder.
@@TOFKAS01 Toleman was a young team (with a short story) and back in the days, only the first six scored points, so with 24 cars on track "solid midfielder" cant be called competitive IMO. Without exceptional weather conditions at Monaco and Ayrton's amazing talent, his final championship result would be under 10 pts.
ricardo gaigher ricardo gaigher 2 segundos atrás senna raced against world champions, keke rosberg, nikki lauda, nelson piquet, alan prost, nigel mansell. and won. schumaker raced against NO CHAMPIONS , IN TE VERY BEST CAR, THE TEAMMATE CAR SOMETIMES SABOTETED . AND lost championship to hakkinen, alonso, raikonen also with the best car; ; you want to see the real schumaker? watch his races when he came back to F1. HE MADE NOTHING. NOTHING. with a good car. a MERCEDES . YES!!! compare with senna in 1985 and 1986. he had the 7th or 9th carm behind mc laren, ferrari, renault, brabham. and what happened? he was allways on podium, winning races , and woud be the champion if his car broken only half of had broken. BETTER THAN SCHUMMI WE HAD PROST,LAUDA, ALONSO, VETTEL, HAKKINEN, RAIKONEN, PIQUET, CLARK, STEWART, STIRLING, SENNA AND THE BEST OF ALL TIMES JUAN MANUEL FANGIO ( WON ALNOST HALF OF ALL F1 GP HE PARTICIPATED, WON 5 TIMES THE CHAMPIONSHIP, in FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS
Sena was the greatest. However, he is being made more then the best because of his accident. No doubts he was one of the best ever ever. Don't forget Michael Schumacher. He was even better and has shown this even in direct competition to the god like Sena. I do not want to say that someone is better or worse, but a lot of this god-like thing ist mainly due to the fact that he lost his life at the race track. This makes people more a legend than pure performance without sudden drama. Senna still is one of the best. He introduced a completely different approach to formula 1. This approach to some extend was brought to perfection by Schumacher who opened up a complete new dimension of formula 1 racing.
The only reason Schumacher achieved what he did was because Senna died and there were no other drivers, or cars, that could stand up to the Schumacher/Ferrari combination.
I'd say that Schumacher is a better, or perhaps the best at being a competitive f1 driver. There are many aspects to that. Senna, on the other hand, was just IMO the most talented driver of anything on four wheels. For many driving enthusiasts, and racers, I suspect Senna is highly revered. Seeing him drive was like that scene where Wade Wilson deflected and split bullets. It was superhuman at times. He isn't without fault. Overly emotional, and rash sometimes. That probably cost him some wins and championships. This is something Schumacher did better. Schumacher maintained his cool and was calculative, and yes also manipulative, all for a win. He could maintain what I think of as technical perfection lap after lap. No magic though.
@@crunchtimeeats347 You must remember that Schumacher had full support and preference from Ferrari, while Senna was always head to head with Prost, not getting preferred treatment. On top of this, Senna was Ballestre's (FIA president at Senna's time) favorite target, and that man would hurt Senna every time he had the slightest chance. In that race when Senna and Prost crashed at the first turn, Senna, being the pole sitter, asked to start from the left, as it was his right. Ballestre denied and Senna told him that Prost, being on a cleaner surface, would pull ahead of him and get to turn 1 ahead, but that he would push to pass and they would crash, as it happened. In one of the few races that took place in Rio, instead of Interlagos, after the presentation/warm up lap, Senna couldn't start because of a clutch problem. As all cars started, he ran to the pits and started in the reserve car. In a few laps he was up front, as if he were the only one racing while the others were just cruising but, at the end of the race Ballestre decided to disqualify him because he raced with the reserve car, giving the victory to Prost, the second place.
Ron Pinto yes I remember clearly. Agree with everything you say, and everything you said just proves my points above. There is no conflict of opinion here
senna raced against world champions, keke rosberg, nikki lauda, nelson piquet, alan prost, nigel mansell. and won. schumaker raced against NO CHAMPIONS , IN TE VERY BEST CAR, THE TEAMMATE CAR SOMETIMES SABOTETED . AND lost championship to hakkinen, alonso, raikonen also with the best car; ; you want to see the real schumaker? watch his races when he came back to F1. HE MADE NOTHING. NOTHING. with a good car. a MERCEDES . YES!!! compare with senna in 1985 and 1986. he had the 7th or 9th carm behind mc laren, ferrari, renault, brabham. and what happened? he was allways on podium, winning races , and woud be the champion if his car broken only half of had broken. BETTER THAN SCHUMMI WE HAD PROST,LAUDA, ALONSO, VETTEL, HAKKINEN, RAIKONEN, PIQUET, CLARK, STEWART, STIRLING, SENNA AND THE BEST OF ALL TIMES JUAN MANUEL FANGIO ( WON ALNOST HALF OF ALL F1 GP HE PARTICIPATED, WON 5 TIMES THE CHAMPIONSHIP, in FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS
Back in 1985 or 86, at the end of his first season with Lotus, the year before Lotus got the Honda engine, I had to go to Los Angeles airport, to a Brazilian airline (Varig). It was early morning and, upon approaching the counter a woman there caught my attention (very hot). Then I noticed two guys at the same counter.
When I got there, I looked at the man next to me and mentioned that he looked like Senna. He just smiled and said he heard that a lot. Then I looked behind and saw several suitcases with the Quantas tag, just a day after the Australian GP, so I turned to him and said that he was Senna, and he admitted.
I told him then that when I was watching the Estoril race, when he was battling Piquet hard for first place, that I knew he was going to run out of fuel before the race ended. He, a bit annoyed, said that I knew, his box knew, everyone knew, except himself, as his car computer showed that he had enough fuel for another 1.8 laps while he was on the last lap.
I apologized and said that I didn't mean to know better but that every time he raced the way he did he ran out of fuel. I also said that I believed he would win the championship the next year. He asked why did I think so and I said that he was getting the Honda engine, which appeared to save fuel and that would allow him to drive hard. He said that he hoped I was right and we parted with "good luck" wishes.
On May first 1994 I got up at 4 AM to watch the San Marino GP, as I always did to watch Senna race, and saw the accident. I was expecting him to get out of his car and storm back to the pits, utterly pissed... then I learned he died.
That night I flew to Mexico City, where I was working on a project for Tequila Cuervo, and on Monday night I watched a show called "Caliente" on Mexican TV.
The show host, for that particular episode, invited several guests but they all must have had some contact with Senna one time or another.
There were two Mexican racers that raced in some formula (2,3, 4, I don't remember) and raced for the best team in the category at the time.
They recounted the day when the team boss informed that this Brazilian was joining the team but that they shouldn't be concerned, as they would continue being drivers 1 and 2 while the Brazilian was paying to race.
They said that they saw this kid arrive at the team box, wearing a racing suit without any sponsor patches, get in the car a go for it full force, returning with only the steering wheel in his hands.
They remembered an interaction between Senna and the team manager regarding tire pressure. It was raining lightly, Senna came to the pits and requested them to increase tire pressure to 25 PSI all around. The team manager said that the tire pressure was (if I remember) 20 on the rear and 18 in front, refusing to change it. Senna said that he was paying therefore they should do as he asked, and they did. He started putting two seconds per lap over every other driver. At the end of the deal, returning to the pits, he was asked "how come?". He then explained to the team manager that with lower pressure, when the tire touched the ground the threads would close (that category used threaded tires) and, by increasing the pressure the threads would remain open, expelling the water more efficiently. The team changed the tire pressure rules.
Finally, in a very long story (sorry), one of them asked Senna why did he changed the racing line when it rained, and gained so much time over the others. Senna said that the usual racing line was full of oil and rubber, a bad combination with water, so he would move to the clean less favorable racing line because he could get better grip there, and take the curves faster.
It took me ten years to watch F1 races again after Senna's death.
Ron Pinto me too . I didn’t watch F1 from 94 till 2006 .. but man I wish I met him , grew up in Brazil .. one day someone I was talking to said something to me about , oh you’re Brazilian and he was talking Pele. I said to him , instead of talking pele , just say Ayrton Senna to a Brazilian you meet ... saw him months later and he said to me . Man Pele has nothing on Senna when it comes to the Brazilian people real sport hero
Fernando, if you watch Top Gear, with the three funny guys (Geremy, Richard and...) you may have heard a comment by Geremy. He said that he was never a Senna fan and that he liked Villeneuve, that Villeneuve was sometimes espectacular while driving. But the, he says, he participated in the production of a BBC documentary about Senna, which was when he got t know about the Brazilian. He said Villeneuve was sometimes espectacular when driving a car, but Senna was espectaculat every time he got in a car.
Thank you so much for sharing your Story sir. Cheers from a kid that was born in 83 and had the privilege to watch Sennas races.
Muito Obrigado!
@@dougtaquito, you are very welcome. I only wish we could have those days back
I still can't watch F1.
Brit F1 fan here. I was just old enough to catch the last few years of Senna in F1 and I remember the day we lost him. For the first time in my life, I felt this great sense of dread. It was as if all the rules had changed, and something utterly precious and magical had been blinked out of existence. He brought so much joy to my weekends and his racing was something that my whole family enjoyed. Respect and love forever.
I understand very well what you feel.
I felt exactly the same when Prost drove and then retired.
He created a new level of racing performance, it’s called Senna level
Senna was the modern version of Achilles, the greek hero. All what we know about Achilles is in the books. But Senna, I was there early in the Sunday morning, watching all the way.
when the film SENNA was in theaters in 2010, I went to watch, the emotion and the commotion was in the air, it could be noticed that everyone was affected... I myself did not hold back the tears for several times, the most incredible was that at the end of the film my immediate reaction was to stand and clap to the idol in respect to his story, and the most incredible thing was to notice that my reaction had been also the reaction of many others, it was a unique moment the moment of SENNA FOREVER 😥everyone clapping their hands in tears, never imagined that this could happen in a theater, watching a movie, and I've not seen that again... I think that translates what Senna represents to the Brazilian people - a Legend, a Hero.
One of THE greatest men who have ever lived.
Senna is the undisputed GOAT ... Raw Talent Pure Fascination Deep Respect and Endless Love for the Sport.
He was fast because his flow was so relentlessly perfect. His ability to pick up the patterns and set up the car, his mind is driving far far ahead knowing the track and his body is controlling the car right now being able to make all the corrections without ever losing focus on what’s out ahead of him. He’s doing this with far far less than split second decision making and complete precise corrections. In other words the man was highly intelligent
"His ability to pick up the patterns and set up the car"...Not so much...Senna was a fast driver no doubt, but he did not set anything up, he knew how to drive that was it, he had to resort to politics and intrigue in order to always have the best car and best engineers, and without it he couldnt do much.
@@gus931 how fucking stupid are you look at his career from the beginning fucking moron
Then how he can advantage some seconds moré than others,,like Mónaco he was going to fast 55s in front everybody almost a hole lap
@@gus931 Monaco 84 with Toleman, Estoril 85 with Lotus and Donington 93 with McLaren speaks for Ayrton
but I guess you doesn't understand a lot of F1
@@Go_Show95 You bet I did I live few miles from where he raced Go-Karts back in the day....
Senna is the greatest driver in my lifetime. His ability to make underpowered cars competitive purely on his driving skills are unmatched. His driving skills in the wet unrivalled. GOAT.
one of the greatest talents the world will ever see.....The greatest lost in professional motorsports ever..... THE BEST. THERE WILL NEVER BE A DRIVER LIKE HIM AGAIN PERIOD,.
because Senna is the definition of speed..
Frank williama adrian newey and patDick head are responsible for his death and it got swept under the rug....No justice
1:18 "...[the car] appeared alive - almost dancing..." - Senna could make his car Samba around corners!
He could hop it. It's possible to physically hop it with only driver controls, sitting that low,
most amazing bit of driving I've ever seen senna in Monaco 88 just unbelievable something you will never see again in f1 no1 RIP SENNA
He had amazing feel for any car he drove. There are times that cars feel better than others he could bring that out of them. He also had more awareness of the ragged edge and how to exploit it.
He died doing what he loved.. leading a race, beating all of those around him... one of which he knew was cheating.
Who was cheating?
@@akioasakura3624 Benetton with traction control
Senna is a Divine being
Settle down no he's not he's just a very good driver don't get over emotional
The man was Simply the Best at what he did....Go Fast. He was a great man....helped so many people...he would have done so much more. Love You, Ayrton.
I cried that May Day. I watched every race he ever raced. For John- I still have my “BRING BACK THE BIZ” shirt ❤️
There will never be another Senna
NEVER!!!
There will never be another Greg Menego.
@@levisalvini4110 There will never be another Levi Salvini.
Very moving. John B obviously thought a great deal of Senna.
Kinda surprised no-one else has alluded to this in the comments here.
+Chris A Nice one ! Thank you for the reply and info. F1 has never broke thru in the US - John B was definitely one of the few sports journalists who truly understood what was so unique and special about Grand Prix racing. For that alone he has my respect. Top guy !!
He's literally on the limit in every corner. Being on this limit,there is always a huge risk. I suppose it's all or nothing if you wanted to be the best before all the modern driving aids. Respect to all the motor sport drivers who we've lost. They put their Life on the line.
The first time I saw Senna he was in the JPS, Australia. The last race of the season...I saw him 'bounce' over a major curb, then lose a front wing, the next front wing...I followed him every race after that on ESPN, with Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and John Bisignano. Just excellent!
That was the 1985 race then I think. Ar race which gave him a lot of critisizm.
Ayrton senna will always be the best x far always
tyrone williams 4th best.
senna is the ultimate blue print for any racing driver.
A very interesting topic.Watched Senna at Adelaide in 85 into Lotus. He was going through the first S see sawing the streering wheel but he was quick Experts talk about human reaction times but these guys are way ahead of that. The 2 best drivers I ever saw on Race cam were Schumacher and Mansell (yes Nigel) both seemed to know exactly what the car is going to do and reacted before it did it . I was watching a video about a pilot who did see the same thing. He anticipated where his opponent would be & set his sight at that point. He upset the establishment but was a lethal fighter pilot.
First time he drove rally car, he only needed a few minutes to get used to it and got faster lap time than the actual rally car drivers back then .
What? I didn't know about that. Can you send me a link to the video, if there's a link. Thank you man.
@@rafaelcortesmoura2297 Search Senna rally test, it happened in 85 or 86
@@hristoitchov Surely I'll do that. Thank you.
There's a video on here about when he tried out for IndyCar as a means of getting better deals because F1 was scared he would go, but he never intended to. He drove a few laps and that was all it took for him to be faster than the actual IndyCar drivers. They actually changed their style to be like that of Senna. He did the same with the LMP cars and a few other classes but he said that he didn't like them because they were too heavy and not as agile as F1 cars.
He was. Legend.
This will never be forgotten. It was different from everyone. He gave himself up with all his strength to do his best on the tracks. He was talented, dedicated, courageous, focused, determined, guided with his heart. Had he not died, Schumacher would not have been a champion seven times. Senna for me is the best ever.
He could brake very late and not so hard as other drivers in order to carry more speed through the corners. It was Williams fault for not making a single piece steering column that was to Senna's liking. They welded an extra length to the original design instead of making a longer single piece. He should have refused to drive without a single piece, longer steering column. That was his only mistake.
He very likely didn't know about the steering column details, only that it was changed to his liking. By the time he realized something is going wrong, it was already too late
Best pilot of all times
Sweet memories...great driver...great man...flaws & all...i loved the last podium with Prost❤️
A terrible accident that should've NEVER happened. RIP Senna
he was pure racing........ like he liked
Wish there was drivers in f1 today like senna
Max Verstappen is trying to be. At the moment he's just crashing a lot:)
If there is one, we all won't be watching these Senna video over and over again.
Raymond Chan very true
Max Verstappen is no where near the level of Senna. Max is an agressive driver who pushes hard without calculating the risks. Senna was almost one with the car, he was pushing the car but knew exactly how the car would behave. He knew exactly what to do to defeat his opponents. The closest I have ever seen to another Senna is probably Marq Marquez, his riding is almost unbelievable at times. People hate him now but in the years to come after he is finished with the sport people will realise how good he was. Senna afterall got the respect he has after his career ended. 😪
Paul Thomson mr hammer is better by far
He is correct.I could never imagine senna retiring or becoming old and frail it was like GOD sent an angel with mystical powers to be with us for a while just to remind us that he exists then took the angel away.I had the privilege of watching senna drive at 7 grandprix and it was just out of this world watching it.I was a kid then but remember it like it was yesterday.My dad never watched a race ever again not on television or live after sennas death.
The quote about transcending consciousness and driving off of instinct is very real. You might not take this as serious because I did it on forza motorsports 4, but there was a rival challenge where you had to race 11 miles on mount Fuji in heavy traffic and the lightest tap on another car or the rails would make your lap "unofficial". I actually set a record of #49 out of about 900k people I believe. It took me try after try but eventually I would start completely zoning out and my vision in front of me would turn into like this blurry tunnel of just crazy unconscious focus where i would be driving amazingly but like half out of my body almost. If you don't believe this go look at the leaderboards for the mt. Fuji touge challenge. #49 with a fwd eg hatch.
JDM FASTGUYS ok I understood what u mean...
would u die if u crashed there？ get A real life...
Rebecca Carman that's kind of my whole point... he was a legendary driver because he was able to do this in real life. And btw I did that before I had a license lol you should see how much kanjo/touge runs have gone down since I got my car
I believe it and although it's completely different, I attribute having instinctively avoided a possible fatal accident one night to the reaction time and racing experience acquired from game/sims like F1 GP2.
As soon as I read Forza
The cars of his day were so hard to drive and endure for 2 hours. The current lot has it easy. The old cars are bone shaking, no suspension, no power steering, no traction control and driver aids, he could get the most out of a car; or a go cart with a V12 strapped to it.
The legend
Its hard, even to this day, to watch these documentaries of the best athlete that ever lived.
Senna ---> Number one.
he was the best all time
The best!!!!
We miss you Ayrton we miss you
Since senna died I never watched a race complete again,there's no driver that make me feel thrilled as Ayrton
he was so fast because he is the best. it s the best time when i saw raining races in begining of 90xx.
That's the only reason why he was the fastest. Because he was and is the best.
SENNA à Monaco et le roi de la pluie. SENNA venait d'un monde parallèle. Magic SENNA ❣🙏🙏🙏🙏
Senna, Messi, M S Dhoni, Khabib = GOAT
senna develop some corner technologies, Less distance road, he driving on the fastest lines track. Quickest route to drive any corner, he pass corner 1 just on the exact lines to take corner 2. Our he change the balance car more to front to the back, with acceleration, hits breaks. Someway other way he’s looking to move his head to right view or left view, this is the way you going.
I'd say he was just more consistently on the limit throughout the whole corner, and braking later and taking more speed on the way in without any compromises on the exits relative to the others. I believe this is only achievable with a car that rotates very well and is therefore closer to the edge. He also seemed to look further ahead sooner than most of the others which suggests his style was more 'fast-in/fast-out' much like Schumacher. I never thought it was possible to be anything special if a driver was employing the same method and lines like everyone else in the way they teach at a typical driving school.
the best ever....EVER.
Where can I find more clips of that guardrail illusion
Starting a race at the last place of the grid and winning the race.....ladies and gentlemen never have been seen until Ayrton
God given talent.
People compare him to God which I think is not right thing.....I mean he was good but Senna was better!!
He was able to win with inferior cars..........................that doesn't happen now. He also raced, haven't seen too many races in F1 for more than decade, it's pathetic !!!!! Formation of taxis cruising around track cashing their cheques. Senna would be appalled.
If anyone wonders about Senna's talent, just look at his tests before he got a ride:
ruclips.net/video/-xwZCqHpX7Q/видео.html
AYRTON SENNA IS still the fastest, the best, A because none achieved that magic on the track. And the big ones do not die, they just transcend
SENNA ERA. ...ESPETACULAR. ..
IMAGINE SENNA MIKA HAKKINEN AND MICHAEL SHUMACHER TOGETHER RACING.
I remember watching John Bisignano working pit lane for F1 during the great 80s-90s F1 days when ESPN coverage didn't suck... He singled out Senna as special long before anyone else was raving about him
The Alex Honnald of racing
That unedited, uncut, awkward interview creeped the FUCK out of me. Why did you include that in this.
Ayrton senna created the first simbioses ever between a man and a machine,the was just the other half of his body,that would breathe with him through the engine performance,until today NOBODY but NOBODY drives like Ayrton,he could start the race like it happened at same because of the engine died on the worm up lap he stared on the last place of grid and obviously he won the race,that was AYRTON SENNA DA SILVA.
i believe i am alive today because of a man from Brazil, i had a unknown blood illness, my uncle did have blood cancer, blood clots, my uncle was first man that the treatment for blood clots came from! when God dose work it to the rout of the problem, my illness control was found out 15 years before i knew what was wrong! the Brazil man told me info! that lead on search for cure or control! of this illness 6 months ago it happened why 25 years ago i was shocked! cried! because i knew i never get to thank him!
Senna = number one !
Who is the man interviewed that talks about senna?
Quem é o senhor que fala sobre o Ayrton Senna na parte final da entrevista?
Marco Grella john bisignano
Thanks!
Marco Grella no problem my friend. Senna sempre!
@@mvrck28: I loved the days when we had JB commentating on US television. He was a among the best ever to do F-1
SENNA THE GREATEST.
Senna was kamikadze.
Quiet touching what the interviewer say...
'Cos God drove it for him.
Senna IS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE SHIT. Btw why the hell is John so overdramatic? Is he auditioning? Lol
TwinTrident lol.. Never really noticed it. Lol . and the Oscar goes to.....
Gerhard Berger once said that Senna was very quick in slow corners. That would explain why he was so sucessfull at Monaco and other tracks with slower corners. He could squeese a little more out of the car in corners with his driving-technique. Like Fangio, Jim Clark and Michael Schumacher who were all famous for there precise and fast driving through corners.
But you also have to say that Senna always drove in top-teams (McLaren) or at least in competitive teams (Lotus, Toleman). And he only had a top driver as his teammate once with Alain Prost. All the other drivers were either pay-driver (Dumfries) or second rated (de Angelis, Berger, Andretti).
Toleman ? competitive ? no
@@sticky-fingers The TG183 he drove in the first three races was crap. But the TG184 was a big step forward and a quite competitive car. Not a top-car but a solid midfielder.
@@TOFKAS01 Toleman was a young team (with a short story) and back in the days, only the first six scored points, so with 24 cars on track "solid midfielder" cant be called competitive IMO.
Without exceptional weather conditions at Monaco and Ayrton's amazing talent, his final championship result would be under 10 pts.
De Angelis was top league driver, much better than Berger and light years ahead of Andretti
Alayn Prowst.
No maybe. None
Because he was a racing driver? Oh, do you mean 'how was Senna so fast'....
Why was he fast,he wasn't,the others were slow.
He was not, his car was!
you know nothing. watch 1994 monaco grand prix. senna was with the 14th fastest car. watch first, then build a opinion
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senna raced against world champions, keke rosberg, nikki lauda, nelson piquet, alan prost, nigel mansell. and won. schumaker raced against NO CHAMPIONS , IN TE VERY BEST CAR, THE TEAMMATE CAR SOMETIMES SABOTETED . AND lost championship to hakkinen, alonso, raikonen also with the best car; ; you want to see the real schumaker? watch his races when he came back to F1. HE MADE NOTHING. NOTHING. with a good car. a MERCEDES . YES!!! compare with senna in 1985 and 1986. he had the 7th or 9th carm behind mc laren, ferrari, renault, brabham. and what happened? he was allways on podium, winning races , and woud be the champion if his car broken only half of had broken. BETTER THAN SCHUMMI WE HAD PROST,LAUDA, ALONSO, VETTEL, HAKKINEN, RAIKONEN, PIQUET, CLARK, STEWART, STIRLING, SENNA AND THE BEST OF ALL TIMES JUAN MANUEL FANGIO ( WON ALNOST HALF OF ALL F1 GP HE PARTICIPATED, WON 5 TIMES THE CHAMPIONSHIP, in FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS
Sena was the greatest. However, he is being made more then the best because of his accident. No doubts he was one of the best ever ever. Don't forget Michael Schumacher. He was even better and has shown this even in direct competition to the god like Sena. I do not want to say that someone is better or worse, but a lot of this god-like thing ist mainly due to the fact that he lost his life at the race track. This makes people more a legend than pure performance without sudden drama. Senna still is one of the best. He introduced a completely different approach to formula 1. This approach to some extend was brought to perfection by Schumacher who opened up a complete new dimension of formula 1 racing.
The only reason Schumacher achieved what he did was because Senna died and there were no other drivers, or cars, that could stand up to the Schumacher/Ferrari combination.
I'd say that Schumacher is a better, or perhaps the best at being a competitive f1 driver. There are many aspects to that. Senna, on the other hand, was just IMO the most talented driver of anything on four wheels. For many driving enthusiasts, and racers, I suspect Senna is highly revered. Seeing him drive was like that scene where Wade Wilson deflected and split bullets. It was superhuman at times. He isn't without fault. Overly emotional, and rash sometimes. That probably cost him some wins and championships. This is something Schumacher did better. Schumacher maintained his cool and was calculative, and yes also manipulative, all for a win. He could maintain what I think of as technical perfection lap after lap. No magic though.
@@crunchtimeeats347 You must remember that Schumacher had full support and preference from Ferrari, while Senna was always head to head with Prost, not getting preferred treatment. On top of this, Senna was Ballestre's (FIA president at Senna's time) favorite target, and that man would hurt Senna every time he had the slightest chance. In that race when Senna and Prost crashed at the first turn, Senna, being the pole sitter, asked to start from the left, as it was his right. Ballestre denied and Senna told him that Prost, being on a cleaner surface, would pull ahead of him and get to turn 1 ahead, but that he would push to pass and they would crash, as it happened.
In one of the few races that took place in Rio, instead of Interlagos, after the presentation/warm up lap, Senna couldn't start because of a clutch problem. As all cars started, he ran to the pits and started in the reserve car. In a few laps he was up front, as if he were the only one racing while the others were just cruising but, at the end of the race Ballestre decided to disqualify him because he raced with the reserve car, giving the victory to Prost, the second place.
Ron Pinto yes I remember clearly. Agree with everything you say, and everything you said just proves my points above. There is no conflict of opinion here
senna raced against world champions, keke rosberg, nikki lauda, nelson piquet, alan prost, nigel mansell. and won. schumaker raced against NO CHAMPIONS , IN TE VERY BEST CAR, THE TEAMMATE CAR SOMETIMES SABOTETED . AND lost championship to hakkinen, alonso, raikonen also with the best car; ; you want to see the real schumaker? watch his races when he came back to F1. HE MADE NOTHING. NOTHING. with a good car. a MERCEDES . YES!!! compare with senna in 1985 and 1986. he had the 7th or 9th carm behind mc laren, ferrari, renault, brabham. and what happened? he was allways on podium, winning races , and woud be the champion if his car broken only half of had broken. BETTER THAN SCHUMMI WE HAD PROST,LAUDA, ALONSO, VETTEL, HAKKINEN, RAIKONEN, PIQUET, CLARK, STEWART, STIRLING, SENNA AND THE BEST OF ALL TIMES JUAN MANUEL FANGIO ( WON ALNOST HALF OF ALL F1 GP HE PARTICIPATED, WON 5 TIMES THE CHAMPIONSHIP, in FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS
0:30 Is that a real clip?
!! But how is that possible? Looks edited to me.
Senna used to talk with God, this is the Lord coming down to help the Brazilian win ;)
hahahahahahahaha
you cracked me up
No, it's just a metafora reinforcement.
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