Senna is for car race as Chaplin is for cinema and Einstein for science and the Beatles for music and Hendrix for GTR, they are all frames where everyone else are battling inside the picture!
What made Senna so special? Was it his incr4dible pole setting ability, was it his precision at tracks like Monaco, even thirty years after his death nobody has more wins there than him, was it his legendary car control in the wet, was it his sheer determination, was it his sheer ability to wring everything from any car, even a broken one as in Brazil 1991 when he was stuck in 6th gear yet he still took the flag. And then there is the side of him that shows he was not simply a machine, he saved Erik Comas after Comas had a big accident, he was at Rubens's bed when Rubens opened his eyes in hospital after a bad accident...and then there is the flag they discovered in Senna's car after his accident that killed him, an Austrian flag he planned to wave as a gesture of respect for Ratzenberger who was killed the day before. Senna, the ruthless racer...and Senna the kind human being...
@@ajitgopalakrishnan8051 Yes of course there is that as well, I only mentioned racing related incidents to emphasize that he also cared about other drivers and did not merely see them as opponents that must be beaten. I will always remain a Senna fan...without the yellow helmet Formula one is not the same.
I remember my dad telling me when i was ten years old watching races with him in the late 80s "Watch how he drives, See how he takes the turns? He can feel the track through his whole body, he was born for this" . When Senna died, I was like 15, my dad said "a true legend just died, the best ever" I was looking at my dad while he was reading the news and seeing his eyes tear up. Never saw dad so emotional again.
@@F1Guy-Guy they didn't have the talent, reputation, fanbases, intensity, contrasting driver styles, dominance in the face of other serious competition (such as Piquet ,Mansell and Schumacher), or crashes that Senna and Prost had.
Have you heard the story of when he hit the wall and got mad, told his engineer that the wall had moved, they went to check the wall and it had moved like 3cm towards the track?
To think that Senna achieve everything in F1, with the late 80's & early 90's car. When the technology & electronic was still not too dominating the car. Calling Senna an overrated is truly crime.
@@maxwellspeedwell2585 maybe. But Senna still remains the maestro to take any car, to the absolute limit, a notch above everybody else. Dive deep enough and you'll know better. Fangio or Clark would probably be the closest ones. But as complete? Never. Senna is and will remain, some things he did are still crazy nowadays. Deep dive and you'll understand.
He was never overrated he was however often held in high jealousy and fear at his single minded determination by others. After watching F1 for almost 50 years I can honestly say that there are two drivers in that time frame that stand out for me. 1/ Ayrton Senna 2/ Jacques Villeneuve Both drivers only knew how to give absolutely 100% all the time without restraint and sometimes to the point of insanity. But if your looking for a racers racer those are the two. Even Mr Ferrari never criticized Jacques Villeneuve because he understood that he gave his absolute best all every time he drove his car. The only other driver he never criticized was Tazio Nuvolari for exactly the same reason. But back to Senna his confidence was only exceeded by his ability and car control he did not have to have the fastest car to win he just had to have the opportunity. As the Lotus team said if they found a 10th of a second improvement in the car Senna would find that 10th on the track and sometimes even more. Senna was obsessed with winning every single race in any type of vehicle he lived to win and win he indeed did in very difficult and extremely dangerous cars of the era. As unfortunately both he and Jacques lost their lives in these fast and fragile machines. There are many great drivers and many ways you can rate them but if you want the drivers who never flinched and every lap was run at extremely break neck speed lap after lap race after race year after year then these two stand out in this time period and they never disappointed their fans with politics or virtue signalling they just want to win with honor.
how the fuck can you forget Schumacher? He was well known for giving 100% during the entire race, putting down qualifying laps all race, something not even Senna could and an indication is his pretty bad fastest lap stat.
@@kevinprengemann7456what the hell are you on about? Senna is litteraly known as the fastest man of the last 40 years there is no debating that, people debate who’s the greatest but never the fastest because nobody went close to senna’s performance in terms of of pure speed
I watched it live eating my dinner on sunday as an 11 year old boy,the entire weekend was a distaster,first Rubins big crash followed by Rolands death,and the next day my hero crashes :(
There have been a lot of drivers that destroy competition while they were on the best cars. The difference for Ayrton is that there were many moments of magic while he drove bad cars. There is noone other in F1's history with moments like that and that is the great difference
you forget what schumacher did from 1996 to 1999 in less competitive Ferrari’s and even before 1994 he had moments of brilliance while being a rookie and in much less competitive cars.
@@kevinprengemann7456it was indeed impressive but no way near what Senna did in monaco 1984 w/ a toleman, for instance. Senna was different, somewhat herculean.
On s en moque de shoumi...la preuve c est qu il a fallut ce grand malheur, la mort D 'AYRTON ,pour qu enfin il puisse se démarquer des autres pilotes.JAMAIS AYRTON vivant ,shoumi n aurait pu faire cette carrière. Le Malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres ,et, shumi en a bien profiter...Aujourd'hui, SENNA n est plus là et personne personne ne pourra se rendre aussi INDISPENSABLE que LUI...car Il etait bien plus qu un pilote de F1 il était un SEIGNEUR,un D.IEU,pour son Pays,les enfants de ce pays et pour nous qui aimions le suivre dans ses courses automobiles....je suis née un premier Mai et depuis le jour de sa Mort mes anniversaires portent un goût amer du nom de SENNA...Le KARMA dit on...le Karma...alors shoumi...est un pilote certainement bon...Mais il n aura jamais le charisme de SENNA ...❤
@@dj7oya That was one race, my god. What Schumacher did 1996 in Spain in massive rain was more impressive than Monaco 1984 or Donnington 1993 (he had TC). Being 4 seconds per lap faster at some point is insane. I think it never happened before or after. Saying Senna is herculean is delusional fanboy style phrasing. No driver is inhuman or whatever. They can "only" extract the best possible performance from the car they currently drive, not more. I am more impressed by Schumacher than Senna, but I would never come up with such nonsense. And I still wont say either of them is better. But fanboys cant stop comparing and saying driver X is better blabla.
would have won the WDC in 94, 95 and 96. Ferrari have already confirmed that he would almost certainly have been signed by them and that Schumacher era would NEVER have happened...would have probably ended with 9 or 10 WDCs and easily 100+ wins. Probably close to 150 poles.
Here in Brasil we would hope it would rain everyday where Senna would race. I have this very strong memory from my childhood. Watching F1 on Sunday morning with my parents and cheering that it was raining wherever Senna was going to race.
El inolvidable Ayrton Senna permanecerá en la historia como el piloto más carismático y competitivo de la F-1. Ya pasaron 30 años desde que se fue al paraíso y aún siento su pérdida como la de un ser querido. Así de grandioso es su legado. 🇧🇷🏎️🫶🏼
As a non-biased brazilian I can safely say he was the best F1 driver to ever exist. Sheer wildness, instinctive driving, crazy strategies and legendary rivalries, he was a trully complete driver. After 88's Monaco GP, Senna said he felt like he was in a tunnel while on the track, almost as he was in a different dimension. On freaking MONACO. It reminds me of those scenes in the Speed Racer live action film where he just enters an imaginary tunnel and drives purely on instinct. That's how good Senna was, but the most important: he absolutely LOVED what he did. He was passionate about the sport and his legacy will always be honoured by other pilots, regardless of which generation they're from. But as a BIASED brazilian I can proudly say he will ALWAYS be the greatest F1 driver to have ever existed, period.
@@vgbclean he WAS the best and still crashed. The circuit was knowingly dangerous and there was another fatality (Ratzenberger, RIP) on that same track just a day before and Barichello had also had an almost fatal crash. Every single F1 driver has already crashed, it just happens that Senna crashed really badly in a time where safety wasn't that much of a thing as it is today. In fact it was because of Ratzenberger and Senna that F1 eventually began considering adopting the HANS device and also other safety measures, which still took a while to be implemented officially. Besides all that, his car suspension played a huge role in the crash, as the front wheel lost contact with the track and made him fly towards the wall.
1994's San Marino Grand Prix in Imola has to be the worst memory for any Brazilian motorsport fan. Senna's death still hurts today on our hearts. By the way, Senna and Ratzenberger deaths that weekend shadowed the horrible accident with another Brazilian driver, Rubens Barrichello. He almost died too on Friday's practice. Also the accident at the start of the race injured spectators with all the debris flying over the fence. That weekend was insane in the worst way possible!
People pretending to admire Senna while crying about how Verstappen is racing. It's so ridiculous, in the glory days of F1 the racing was way harder than what we see now and Senna especially was absolutely ruthless on track.
We don't have the radio messages from back then but I don't remember ever hearing Senna slamming his own team the way Max does. When you listen to the interviews with Sennas engineers or designers he was looking at details and doing whatever he could to improve the car. I highly doubt his engineer ever called him childish over the radio. Take a listen to Beyond the Grid with Paul Monaghan (keeping in mind he is in Max's team) he praises Max's ability highly but also takes subtle jabs, his comments saying something like when the car spins its never Max's fault he'll blame the car/team letting him down. Thats not my words, thats his team members. Sennas team member (I forget who right now) didn't want worry him by telling him the skid block had smashed off and broke the gearbox before the race, only telling Senna at the end of the race. Senna said dont worry, always tell me, I would have driven round the issue to make sure it finished (by changing his driving style) amazingly supportive of his team. I think Max is brilliant, truly one of the best the sport has ever seen and I love hard racing but Max gives hard racing but cant take it and thats what annoys me. He kicked off he got ran wide at the first corner in Hungary, then did basically the same thing to Lewis at the next corner but that was fine. Same with Lando and Max in Austria, Max was pulling the same moves on Lando but Max wasnt happy when they are used against him. Senna would fight hard and take it too from everything I've seen. The things Senna kicked off about is obvious things that weren't right like the pole being on the wrong side of the track. Senna also cared a great deal about other people in and out of the F1 which putting Max to one side for a second, makes him quite different to a lot of people. Giving a great deal of money to people in Brazil. (this is taking nothing away from Max's ability in a car, what he did in the wet in Brazil a few years back was amazing, all I'm saying is theres a difference between the two)
@@miker7920 The problem has always been Hamilton because he always gives his competitors a chance to race with him usually giving space and has one of the best records for none contact
Anyone who has seen races with Mansell, Senna, Piquet, Prost, and their contemporaries really knows what F1 is. This was the last harvest where the cars and the guys were insanely wild.
The thing is, let's face it, what made Ayrton a complete driver was that he embodied an unmistakable sensitivity and aggression. These two traits merged into an irrepressible will to win with a heart of gold and an authenticity to his soul and the outside world that he exuded a strong aura that I have never felt again in any F1 driver today. It's about a kind of feeling, perception. Schumacher didn't have that and Verstappen has a little bit of it. Schumacher, whom I hold in high esteem, was reasonable and Verstappen has fire, but not the depth of soul of an Ayrton Senna. Ayrton is and was the greatest. He was in the fast lane both as a driver and as a person.
Bruh no one uses facebook in 2024 LOL. I'm a Hamilton fan... but Hamilton as well as myself will tell you Senna is the GOAT. Lewis' entire driving style from his qualifying, wet weather god tier status, overtaking and insane all time race pace is half natural God-given talent and the other half is completely modeled after Ayrton Senna. Senna is the OG... but no one has quite mimicked Senna in all aspects like Hamilton. Sure Verstappen can set a quick one lap... but everything else goes to Hamilton in this era. Hamilton is like Apollo and Senna is Zeus... the OG... the King.
I watched him at Silverstone and brands, and trackside in qualifying he was visiblly different to everyone else, regardless of how good his car was.. just completely spectacular and on the edge, doing things no one else was quite getting to.
An excellent video and summary, on Ayrton! Even 30 yrs after that tragic day,, I still get emotional and cry,,! Yes, I was watching the TV coverage of the race,, and till today,, still feel the impact and the shock, of those last moments of Ayrton! He was truly brilliant in so many aspects,, driver, person and humanitarian,, his Legacy will continue forever! God be with him! Thanks for the video!
In the cockpit of Senna's car there was a Brazilian flag and an Austrian flag. He told Galvão Bueno "when I win, I want to pay tribute to Ratzenberger. Get by and bring me one flag of Austria" rip goat
I'm Brazilian, and it's easy for me to say that Senna was and still is the best driver who ever lived. However, for me, it was Prost who allowed Senna to become everything he was. Their rivalry brought out the best in each of them.
Senna and Mônaco GP It's as if they were made for each other. There's even a situation where a TV producer from Globo TV ( the official F1 channel in Brazil) was fired and then rehired one day after because he selected a set of random laps from Mônaco GP to be shown on TV and the directors thought it was lazy work, that the guy had just repeated the same lap over and over but after following the background and realizing that the clouds and the people were changing positions, they understood that Senna was following exactly the same route without deviating a single millimeter to either side. Watching Senna racing on those avenues is like watching history being made, it seems that those avenues are alive and bending for Ayrton to pass.
Senna's death in 1994 is still the biggest plot twist in F1 history. He would have won several titles in Williams (that got undoubtedly the best car on the grid) and his final plan was going to Ferrari in 99 or 2000. Schumacher would have no chance.
94 Senna would recover by the last GP in Adelaide the champioship lead and win it. Senna would have a triple championshp in 94 , 95 and 96 for Williams then move to Indycar win the Indy 500 in 97 While Schumacher would go to Mclaren and win 98 and 99. Senna would Join Ferrari in 99 and after a year adapting as runner up to Schumi would be champion in 2000 for Ferrari where he would then retire, Schumi and Barrichello would be the Ferrari line up in 2001 to 2005. Senna would retire with 7 titles. Montzemolo was already talking to Senna in 93.
Absolutely NOT overrated! How many he would've won had he not died? Surely 94, 96, 97, and maybe 95, so I'd say at least 6 total titles with a possibility of 7.
@@paulusrumanouw3176 do you know that a whole season isnt math and Senna would likely made himself and Hill lose points to Schumacher, since Senna drove in dirty way sending the others flying left and right? No you dont
@Palmacry95 Senna was way better and faster than Hill and Schum won only by 1pt over Hill AFTER cheating and crashing into Hill otherwise he would have lost the title to Hill! Simple logic if you can still comprehend that.
When Senna died my family and I were having lunch. It was the first and only time I saw my father crying. We lost someone from our family, even that we never met him. And many years after that I cured my depression only watching and reading about Senna's life history.
Good video, but you forgot to say that he made some sequence of incredibles laps at Monaco that he has milimeters from the walls and each lap he got a better time until the team, desparate, called him to slow and it made he lost his focus and collid with the wall. Another thing whas that he stopped his car at a qualifying to save the life of a unconscious pilot that collided. His car was leaking gas and Ayrton turned off the engine. The French pilot Érik Comas said that if Ayrton didn't stopped the engine, probably the car would became a ball of fire in seconds and he would have died.
He's definitely an icon and is one of the best F1 drivers but als a fan I must admit, others have surpassed him in terms of being a complete F1 driver. He died too soon and his pure race craft will never be forgotten!
I just don’t think there’s a driver with more natural talent but that’s what’s hard about f1 the cars are so hard to compare a good driver can win a championship with the best car whilst a better driver can’t compete
I was born in 91 in brazil, i dont remember that day in 94 but we all remember how the country changed after that... Senna is the GOAT at least for us Brazilians
I was a big fan of Senna, truly remarkable man. Monaco 84 was paramount, and in fact he got away from a potential accident had the race not been stopped: he went hard on the kurb at portiers, damaging his right suspension. The race stopping gave him even more protagonism. I didn't know about the watch, and I'm a watches collecter, lol. Great video.
I dont know man, but I always cry when I see something about ayrton's death. I wasn't alive at the time, but when I was a child my father always talked about how great Ayrton was, the cars that he drived, and how the whole crountry feel his death. I think after Pele, Ayrton is the great on of my crountry
The thought of Senna moving to IndyCar in 93 or 94 as was rumored when he tested a Penske and was very much on the pace and taught the regulars how to change up their driving style. Knowing how utterly dominant the 94 Penske was, Senna in that car would have been an absolute curbstomp for Penske. PT, Senna, Little Al and Senna would have made an absolutely formidable team. The thought of Senna obliterating the field in a 93 or 94 Penske and battling with Mansell and Emmo and Little Al and Mario and Michael, it's something we never got but the rumors were very very much there in the early 90s though. Remember how big of a deal Nige's move was? Now imagine how much of a boost that would have given IndyCar in Brazil, it would have made F1 into a second or third class sport something Max and Bernie would not be able to deal with at all.
4:07 Maybe Schumacher learned that from Senna, 'cause he was always the best when it rained. I wish we had the chance to see them both longer in competition.
Ayrton Senna, proved that being a truly great driver is not merely winning the most races or pole positions, it's how it's accomplished. Jimmy Clark is overlooked by modern F1 fans. Clark was also an extraordinarily great driver. Quote from Senna, just as a reminder for today's FIA and fans; "F1 is not a Show"
Senna, Schumi and Lauda are the greatest drivers Formula 1 ever had, that's for sure. But that question is unnecessary, because everyone knows the answer.
Hi, at 8:32 on your video it shows a book. Any idea what that book is / who by etc? I'm building a 97T model and want to make it as nerdy perfect as possible!
The first Scottish ace, Jim Clark jr., is the true G.O.A.T of Formula1. Sadly, he was taken from the world way too early. He achieved 2×F1 GP WDC TITLES, (in 1963 & 1965) also accomplishing 8×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS' i) F1 GP POLE POSITION ii)F1 GP FASTEST LAP iii)F1 GP LEADING EVERY LAP OF THE RACE iv)F1 GP VICTORY ***All to be achieved in any one F1 GP on the official FiA annual calendar. (And he still has the most ahead of the 6 of Sir Lewis Hamilton.) Plus, 25×F1 GP VICTORIES, 32×F1 GP PODIUM FINISHES and 33×F1 GP POLE POSITIONS of his 72×F1 GP STARTS in a brief racing career, which ended so prematurely on Germany's 'Hochenheimring' circuit during a practice F2 race. He also won the Indianapolis500 in 1965, the same year as his second Formula 1 Grand Prix World Championship.
@@thedorianmode8087Sorry to be the one telling you that, but America isn't the only country in the world. Senna dated a 15 years old girl because the age of consent in Brazil is 15, not 18 like in majority of countries in the world. Both of them were Brazilians so they follow the Brazilian's rules, not whichever country rules you're from.
The best of all time, knew everything about his car, he was a beast challenging the limits of the track and a incredible charisma, only those who saw him will understand how great this driver was. Senna is the GOAT.
The numbers might not put him as a #1 but the intangibles - even with his life cut short - are head and shoulders above the rest. His mindset and competitiveness alone is legendary, it's like when you watch the Last Dance and you understand why opponents feared MJ, and LBJ might have longevity and be more accomplished in totals, but he doesn't have that same aura.
Incrível que toda vez que vejo o acidente que matou o Senna, eu derramo lágrimas 😭 não cicatrizou essa dor. Sou brasileiro e nao vejo F1 como antes. Voltei a assistir um pouco por causa do Lewis. Senna é para sempre, o maior ícone da F1. ❤🇧🇷
Senna accomplished all he did with only 161 starts. Imagine what he would’ve done on 200-220 starts like most f1 drivers. Goat 🐐
F1 seasons had way less races back then, that's why he's achieved so much in so few races.
And at least 2 seasons with extreme bad luck with the cars.
@@dj7oya and? that doesn't change how good as a driver he was
@@nyxlanders He didn't say it did, geez... Get a grip.
@@dj7oyaThey changed There was 1 per month if I'm not mistaken.
Senna is for car race as Chaplin is for cinema and Einstein for science and the Beatles for music and Hendrix for GTR, they are all frames where everyone else are battling inside the picture!
Pele for football...
Perfect examples and perfect conclusion!
@@JohnnyBoyBlues thanks
MJ for Basketball*
Mano , adorei seu comentário, abraço de o Brasil!
What made Senna so special? Was it his incr4dible pole setting ability, was it his precision at tracks like Monaco, even thirty years after his death nobody has more wins there than him, was it his legendary car control in the wet, was it his sheer determination, was it his sheer ability to wring everything from any car, even a broken one as in Brazil 1991 when he was stuck in 6th gear yet he still took the flag.
And then there is the side of him that shows he was not simply a machine, he saved Erik Comas after Comas had a big accident, he was at Rubens's bed when Rubens opened his eyes in hospital after a bad accident...and then there is the flag they discovered in Senna's car after his accident that killed him, an Austrian flag he planned to wave as a gesture of respect for Ratzenberger who was killed the day before. Senna, the ruthless racer...and Senna the kind human being...
And his charitable reputation?
@@ajitgopalakrishnan8051 Yes of course there is that as well, I only mentioned racing related incidents to emphasize that he also cared about other drivers and did not merely see them as opponents that must be beaten.
I will always remain a Senna fan...without the yellow helmet Formula one is not the same.
Parabéns ao comentário, o Senna era exatamente assim
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Obrigado 🇧🇷🇧🇷
Excellent comment! Very well said. That represents his spirit, the inspiration and and the legacy he left to all of us. 🇧🇷
I remember my dad telling me when i was ten years old watching races with him in the late 80s "Watch how he drives, See how he takes the turns? He can feel the track through his whole body, he was born for this" . When Senna died, I was like 15, my dad said "a true legend just died, the best ever" I was looking at my dad while he was reading the news and seeing his eyes tear up. Never saw dad so emotional again.
Senna and Prost was probably the greatest rivalry in F1 history
Hamilton Vs Rosberg And Alonso Vs Hamilton
@@F1Guy-Guydoesn't come close
@@gdlorenzodm5664 Yes it does there's been a lot more wheels banging and action around the buzz around The time at Mclaren and Mercedes
@@F1Guy-Guy they didn't have the talent, reputation, fanbases, intensity, contrasting driver styles, dominance in the face of other serious competition (such as Piquet ,Mansell and Schumacher), or crashes that Senna and Prost had.
@@ajitgopalakrishnan8051 You can blame all that on Hamilton
Have you heard the story of when he hit the wall and got mad, told his engineer that the wall had moved, they went to check the wall and it had moved like 3cm towards the track?
Volta após volta ele sempre fazia as curvas iguais
Senna's legacy is simply unforgettable
To think that Senna achieve everything in F1, with the late 80's & early 90's car.
When the technology & electronic was still not too dominating the car.
Calling Senna an overrated is truly crime.
Mate, Senna isn't overrated. Lionel Messi is.
@@gerardkhachaturyan4814nope
@@gerardkhachaturyan4814neither are over rated. Y’all bums that never did anything in their lives need to relax
@@jacobstathers8823 😆😅😂🤣🤣
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Senna is basically the first superstar,icon and legendary motorsport racer in all of motorsports history
Wasn’t that Fangio?
…then Moss?
…Then Clark?
@@maxwellspeedwell2585 no
Was Dale Earnhardt playing chess, then?
@@maxwellspeedwell2585 maybe. But Senna still remains the maestro to take any car, to the absolute limit, a notch above everybody else. Dive deep enough and you'll know better. Fangio or Clark would probably be the closest ones. But as complete? Never.
Senna is and will remain, some things he did are still crazy nowadays. Deep dive and you'll understand.
@@MysticNay And now with the power of social media it's only been about that Hamilton guy
He was never overrated he was however often held in high jealousy and fear at his single minded determination by others.
After watching F1 for almost 50 years I can honestly say that there are two drivers in that time frame that stand out for me.
1/ Ayrton Senna
2/ Jacques Villeneuve
Both drivers only knew how to give absolutely 100% all the time without restraint and sometimes to the point of insanity.
But if your looking for a racers racer those are the two.
Even Mr Ferrari never criticized Jacques Villeneuve because he understood that he gave his absolute best all every time he drove his car. The only other driver he never criticized was Tazio Nuvolari for exactly the same reason.
But back to Senna his confidence was only exceeded by his ability and car control he did not have to have the fastest car to win he just had to have the opportunity.
As the Lotus team said if they found a 10th of a second improvement in the car Senna would find that 10th on the track and sometimes even more.
Senna was obsessed with winning every single race in any type of vehicle he lived to win and win he indeed did in very difficult and extremely dangerous cars of the era.
As unfortunately both he and Jacques lost their lives in these fast and fragile machines.
There are many great drivers and many ways you can rate them but if you want the drivers who never flinched and every lap was run at extremely break neck speed lap after lap race after race year after year then these two stand out in this time period and they never disappointed their fans with politics or virtue signalling they just want to win with honor.
how the fuck can you forget Schumacher? He was well known for giving 100% during the entire race, putting down qualifying laps all race, something not even Senna could and an indication is his pretty bad fastest lap stat.
I think you meant Gilles.
@@fazz27 Yes him as well
@@brentritchie6199 Jacques is french commentator, was there 2 Jacques Villeneuve ?
@@kevinprengemann7456what the hell are you on about? Senna is litteraly known as the fastest man of the last 40 years there is no debating that, people debate who’s the greatest but never the fastest because nobody went close to senna’s performance in terms of of pure speed
As I Brazilian it doesn’t matter how many times we watch the news from may 94 it will always hurts
o cara nem precisa ver o video todo, só de ver o carro indo pra curva, ja sabemos qual acidente foi...
I watched it live eating my dinner on sunday as an 11 year old boy,the entire weekend was a distaster,first Rubins big crash followed by Rolands death,and the next day my hero crashes :(
There have been a lot of drivers that destroy competition while they were on the best cars. The difference for Ayrton is that there were many moments of magic while he drove bad cars. There is noone other in F1's history with moments like that and that is the great difference
you forget what schumacher did from 1996 to 1999 in less competitive Ferrari’s and even before 1994 he had moments of brilliance while being a rookie and in much less competitive cars.
@@kevinprengemann7456it was indeed impressive but no way near what Senna did in monaco 1984 w/ a toleman, for instance. Senna was different, somewhat herculean.
On s en moque de shoumi...la preuve c est qu il a fallut ce grand malheur, la mort D 'AYRTON ,pour qu enfin il puisse se démarquer des autres pilotes.JAMAIS AYRTON vivant ,shoumi n aurait pu faire cette carrière. Le Malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres ,et, shumi en a bien profiter...Aujourd'hui, SENNA n est plus là et personne personne ne pourra se rendre aussi INDISPENSABLE que LUI...car Il etait bien plus qu un pilote de F1 il était un SEIGNEUR,un D.IEU,pour son Pays,les enfants de ce pays et pour nous qui aimions le suivre dans ses courses automobiles....je suis née un premier Mai et depuis le jour de sa Mort mes anniversaires portent un goût amer du nom de SENNA...Le KARMA dit on...le Karma...alors shoumi...est un pilote certainement bon...Mais il n aura jamais le charisme de SENNA ...❤
@@dj7oya That was one race, my god. What Schumacher did 1996 in Spain in massive rain was more impressive than Monaco 1984 or Donnington 1993 (he had TC). Being 4 seconds per lap faster at some point is insane. I think it never happened before or after. Saying Senna is herculean is delusional fanboy style phrasing. No driver is inhuman or whatever. They can "only" extract the best possible performance from the car they currently drive, not more. I am more impressed by Schumacher than Senna, but I would never come up with such nonsense. And I still wont say either of them is better. But fanboys cant stop comparing and saying driver X is better blabla.
@kevinprengemann7456 "that was one race" lmao.
The record books would be mostly his, if he lived. He would have raced until 2000... Easy.👍👑
would have won the WDC in 94, 95 and 96. Ferrari have already confirmed that he would almost certainly have been signed by them and that Schumacher era would NEVER have happened...would have probably ended with 9 or 10 WDCs and easily 100+ wins. Probably close to 150 poles.
2 6th places in the first 5 races, in a car that was way towards the rear of the grid in terms of performance, spoke volumes on Senna's skill.
Here in Brasil we would hope it would rain everyday where Senna would race. I have this very strong memory from my childhood. Watching F1 on Sunday morning with my parents and cheering that it was raining wherever Senna was going to race.
El inolvidable Ayrton Senna permanecerá en la historia como el piloto más carismático y competitivo de la F-1. Ya pasaron 30 años desde que se fue al paraíso y aún siento su pérdida como la de un ser querido. Así de grandioso es su legado. 🇧🇷🏎️🫶🏼
As a non-biased brazilian I can safely say he was the best F1 driver to ever exist. Sheer wildness, instinctive driving, crazy strategies and legendary rivalries, he was a trully complete driver. After 88's Monaco GP, Senna said he felt like he was in a tunnel while on the track, almost as he was in a different dimension. On freaking MONACO. It reminds me of those scenes in the Speed Racer live action film where he just enters an imaginary tunnel and drives purely on instinct. That's how good Senna was, but the most important: he absolutely LOVED what he did. He was passionate about the sport and his legacy will always be honoured by other pilots, regardless of which generation they're from.
But as a BIASED brazilian I can proudly say he will ALWAYS be the greatest F1 driver to have ever existed, period.
If he was the best to ever do it, would he have crashed ?
Yes, since crashing is not always a driver's fault.
@@vgbclean he WAS the best and still crashed. The circuit was knowingly dangerous and there was another fatality (Ratzenberger, RIP) on that same track just a day before and Barichello had also had an almost fatal crash. Every single F1 driver has already crashed, it just happens that Senna crashed really badly in a time where safety wasn't that much of a thing as it is today. In fact it was because of Ratzenberger and Senna that F1 eventually began considering adopting the HANS device and also other safety measures, which still took a while to be implemented officially. Besides all that, his car suspension played a huge role in the crash, as the front wheel lost contact with the track and made him fly towards the wall.
Non biased Brazilian lol you wint the joke of the day.
@@lukaswildner8040 that is the joke, of course I'm biased ;)
I could still argument in favor of my pov very objectively if needed tho.
Senna was a champion even from heart
1994's San Marino Grand Prix in Imola has to be the worst memory for any Brazilian motorsport fan. Senna's death still hurts today on our hearts.
By the way, Senna and Ratzenberger deaths that weekend shadowed the horrible accident with another Brazilian driver, Rubens Barrichello. He almost died too on Friday's practice.
Also the accident at the start of the race injured spectators with all the debris flying over the fence. That weekend was insane in the worst way possible!
People pretending to admire Senna while crying about how Verstappen is racing.
It's so ridiculous, in the glory days of F1 the racing was way harder than what we see now and Senna especially was absolutely ruthless on track.
We don't have the radio messages from back then but I don't remember ever hearing Senna slamming his own team the way Max does. When you listen to the interviews with Sennas engineers or designers he was looking at details and doing whatever he could to improve the car. I highly doubt his engineer ever called him childish over the radio.
Take a listen to Beyond the Grid with Paul Monaghan (keeping in mind he is in Max's team) he praises Max's ability highly but also takes subtle jabs, his comments saying something like when the car spins its never Max's fault he'll blame the car/team letting him down. Thats not my words, thats his team members.
Sennas team member (I forget who right now) didn't want worry him by telling him the skid block had smashed off and broke the gearbox before the race, only telling Senna at the end of the race. Senna said dont worry, always tell me, I would have driven round the issue to make sure it finished (by changing his driving style) amazingly supportive of his team.
I think Max is brilliant, truly one of the best the sport has ever seen and I love hard racing but Max gives hard racing but cant take it and thats what annoys me. He kicked off he got ran wide at the first corner in Hungary, then did basically the same thing to Lewis at the next corner but that was fine. Same with Lando and Max in Austria, Max was pulling the same moves on Lando but Max wasnt happy when they are used against him. Senna would fight hard and take it too from everything I've seen. The things Senna kicked off about is obvious things that weren't right like the pole being on the wrong side of the track.
Senna also cared a great deal about other people in and out of the F1 which putting Max to one side for a second, makes him quite different to a lot of people. Giving a great deal of money to people in Brazil.
(this is taking nothing away from Max's ability in a car, what he did in the wet in Brazil a few years back was amazing, all I'm saying is theres a difference between the two)
@@miker7920 The problem has always been Hamilton because he always gives his competitors a chance to race with him usually giving space and has one of the best records for none contact
The cars drive better now, but they also go much faster.
@@easyenetwork2023 not that much faster. Sennas era had 1500hp rockets with much less grip :traction - down force
@@LaveaFirmisyes thats why he went to Williams in 94 lol
those years there were pretty fast cars, refuelling and great competition, some of the best years ever in F1 history.
Senna was the best, just simply the best
@@yindyamarra But not as good as that Hamilton guy
@@F1Guy-Guy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop, just stop
@@F1Guy-Guy bad bait
@@F1Guy-Guy The idol of Hamilton is Senna
@@gabrielbelehMost People these days only know who Senna was through that Hamilton guy
As a brazilian myself and an all time fan of F1 i must say, i miss him so much. Nice video by the way.
Anyone who has seen races with Mansell, Senna, Piquet, Prost, and their contemporaries really knows what F1 is. This was the last harvest where the cars and the guys were insanely wild.
Dud, Senna, Mansel and Piquet were insane....with them in the race you knew it would never get boring.
The thing is, let's face it, what made Ayrton a complete driver was that he embodied an unmistakable sensitivity and aggression. These two traits merged into an irrepressible will to win with a heart of gold and an authenticity to his soul and the outside world that he exuded a strong aura that I have never felt again in any F1 driver today. It's about a kind of feeling, perception. Schumacher didn't have that and Verstappen has a little bit of it. Schumacher, whom I hold in high esteem, was reasonable and Verstappen has fire, but not the depth of soul of an Ayrton Senna. Ayrton is and was the greatest. He was in the fast lane both as a driver and as a person.
The wet run at Donington proved that to me.
Not to me
Senna is the GOAT, only millenals that are stuck on FB think otherwise.
@@laurentb.8236 Alexa who is the F1 GOAT? It's Lewis Hamilton
Bruh no one uses facebook in 2024 LOL. I'm a Hamilton fan... but Hamilton as well as myself will tell you Senna is the GOAT. Lewis' entire driving style from his qualifying, wet weather god tier status, overtaking and insane all time race pace is half natural God-given talent and the other half is completely modeled after Ayrton Senna. Senna is the OG... but no one has quite mimicked Senna in all aspects like Hamilton. Sure Verstappen can set a quick one lap... but everything else goes to Hamilton in this era. Hamilton is like Apollo and Senna is Zeus... the OG... the King.
non, Senna était un très bon pilote comme Prost. Ce qui l'a fait rentrer dans le coté meilleur ou légende, c'est qu'il est mort en course.
Ask Lewis who is the goat @@F1Guy-Guy
@@gabrieldegois8687 Ask a Goat Who is the GOAT? Or Alexa who is The goat of F1 =Sir Lewis Hamilton. - everytime
He was amazing, close to perfection. I could'd belive he did such things in front of my eyes.
I watched him at Silverstone and brands, and trackside in qualifying he was visiblly different to everyone else, regardless of how good his car was.. just completely spectacular and on the edge, doing things no one else was quite getting to.
You meant Silvastone
@gabrieldegois8687 no, Silverstone and brands I put. Brands hatch that is
@@stuartwelsford8909 some called Silvastone since Da Silva won 6 out of 8 F3 races on it.
@gabrieldegois8687 never saw him in F3 unfortunately. Saw him at Bands in 85 and 86 lotus renaults in F1...
The fact that you win a F1 race with a 1 minute to the 2nd place and then lap everyone else at least once!... that just says it all right there.
An excellent video and summary, on Ayrton! Even 30 yrs after that tragic day,, I still get emotional and cry,,! Yes, I was watching the TV coverage of the race,, and till today,, still feel the impact and the shock, of those last moments of Ayrton! He was truly brilliant in so many aspects,, driver, person and humanitarian,, his Legacy will continue forever! God be with him! Thanks for the video!
In the cockpit of Senna's car there was a Brazilian flag and an Austrian flag. He told Galvão Bueno "when I win, I want to pay tribute to Ratzenberger. Get by and bring me one flag of Austria" rip goat
He's definitely a GOAT
The documentary on Netflix about him was an amazing film
I'm Brazilian, and it's easy for me to say that Senna was and still is the best driver who ever lived. However, for me, it was Prost who allowed Senna to become everything he was. Their rivalry brought out the best in each of them.
Another great video, Keep it up. R.I.P senna
I remember wake up every morning on sunday to watch his races, Senna is our hero in Brazil and always will be.
Senna and Mônaco GP It's as if they were made for each other. There's even a situation where a TV producer from Globo TV ( the official F1 channel in Brazil) was fired and then rehired one day after because he selected a set of random laps from Mônaco GP to be shown on TV and the directors thought it was lazy work, that the guy had just repeated the same lap over and over but after following the background and realizing that the clouds and the people were changing positions, they understood that Senna was following exactly the same route without deviating a single millimeter to either side. Watching Senna racing on those avenues is like watching history being made, it seems that those avenues are alive and bending for Ayrton to pass.
THE RAIN MASTER. Ayrton Senna, simply the greatest of all time.
Not mentioning Senna's victory in Interlagos with a broken gearbox was a crime. Nevertheless this was a great and emotional video. Thank you!
THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND AYRTON SENNA!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Senna's death in 1994 is still the biggest plot twist in F1 history.
He would have won several titles in Williams (that got undoubtedly the best car on the grid) and his final plan was going to Ferrari in 99 or 2000.
Schumacher would have no chance.
94 Senna would recover by the last GP in Adelaide the champioship lead and win it. Senna would have a triple championshp in 94 , 95 and 96 for Williams then move to Indycar win the Indy 500 in 97 While Schumacher would go to Mclaren and win 98 and 99. Senna would Join Ferrari in 99 and after a year adapting as runner up to Schumi would be champion in 2000 for Ferrari where he would then retire, Schumi and Barrichello would be the Ferrari line up in 2001 to 2005. Senna would retire with 7 titles. Montzemolo was already talking to Senna in 93.
The number one; simply the Best; the bastard crazy super fast
Great video dude! Btw, the GOAT thumbnail was the best of them all.
Senna could be the GOAT with a full career
True
He’s not the goat . Didn’t do enough
@@vgbcleanyeah because he fucking died
@@vgbclean you are schumacker fan Boy
If only Williams didn’t give him a weak steering column
Absolutely NOT overrated! How many he would've won had he not died? Surely 94, 96, 97, and maybe 95, so I'd say at least 6 total titles with a possibility of 7.
"surely 94" sure while he was totally struggling against Schumacher Benetton
@Palmacry95 do you know by how many points and how Schum won that 94 title and from who?
@@paulusrumanouw3176 do you know that a whole season isnt math and Senna would likely made himself and Hill lose points to Schumacher, since Senna drove in dirty way sending the others flying left and right? No you dont
@Palmacry95 Senna was way better and faster than Hill and Schum won only by 1pt over Hill AFTER cheating and crashing into Hill otherwise he would have lost the title to Hill! Simple logic if you can still comprehend that.
@@paulusrumanouw3176 that if you think that the season would go in the exact way Just with a different driver lol
Ayrton Senna um grande Homem!! Um grande Piloto!!🇧🇷
Been waiting 2 weeks for a banger video from the best F1 channel❤❤😊😊
Legend! ❤️
I love senna so much he is my favourite F1 legends Senna you are the legend in sport history ❤
Yeah, he is the best of all times
@@ArteemFrames Unless Hamilton
@@F1Guy-Guy😂😂😂😂😂
Great documentary, keep it up! Senna stays remembered.
When Senna died my family and I were having lunch. It was the first and only time I saw my father crying. We lost someone from our family, even that we never met him. And many years after that I cured my depression only watching and reading about Senna's life history.
Senna was special. Something unique and not repeatable
Amazing vídeo. Super well edited. #SennaForever
Ayrton Senna was a force of nature
A combination of spetacular raw talent and sometimes terrifying determination
Senna is far above from the others
Absolutely!
Nice essay. I really enjoyed it.
Fangio. Brabham. Stewart. Hunt. Lauda. Senna. Schumacher. Hamilton. Vettel. Alonso. There is no single GOAT. There is a HERD.
There's only one that can be called the GOAT and the only driver thats in Pole Position is still that bloody black fella called Hamilton
this is bs. it's the same as sayhing lebron, magic, bird are the same as mj. crap. Senna is the goat.
@@Rickson708 3 total of Championships Is not Goat Hamilton is The GOAT record holder
@@F1Guy-Guy ask hamilton whos the goat. he will tell you senna.
Well said!
another Banger from DailyFuelUp
Appreciate it mate, put my heart and soul into this vid haha ❤️
@@DailyFuelUpThanks for the Reply man made my day❤
Good video, but you forgot to say that he made some sequence of incredibles laps at Monaco that he has milimeters from the walls and each lap he got a better time until the team, desparate, called him to slow and it made he lost his focus and collid with the wall.
Another thing whas that he stopped his car at a qualifying to save the life of a unconscious pilot that collided. His car was leaking gas and Ayrton turned off the engine. The French pilot Érik Comas said that if Ayrton didn't stopped the engine, probably the car would became a ball of fire in seconds and he would have died.
‘You either die a Hero or live long enough to become a Villain’
What a great short documentary. Thanks!
He's definitely an icon and is one of the best F1 drivers but als a fan I must admit, others have surpassed him in terms of being a complete F1 driver. He died too soon and his pure race craft will never be forgotten!
His indirect understudy Hamilton is now a more completed driver.
I just don’t think there’s a driver with more natural talent but that’s what’s hard about f1 the cars are so hard to compare a good driver can win a championship with the best car whilst a better driver can’t compete
Simply the best!!
I was born in 91 in brazil, i dont remember that day in 94 but we all remember how the country changed after that... Senna is the GOAT at least for us Brazilians
SENNA number one
@@narcelioalves3470 Hamilton number 44
@@narcelioalves3470 Hamilton number 44 🐐
I was a big fan of Senna, truly remarkable man. Monaco 84 was paramount, and in fact he got away from a potential accident had the race not been stopped: he went hard on the kurb at portiers, damaging his right suspension. The race stopping gave him even more protagonism. I didn't know about the watch, and I'm a watches collecter, lol. Great video.
I remember that weekend, I along with the rest of the world, I was stunned and walked around for the next month in a lost shocked state.
In 84 Monaco Bellof was also amazing
A Mystical Figure that transcended the Sport ❤
I dont know man, but I always cry when I see something about ayrton's death. I wasn't alive at the time, but when I was a child my father always talked about how great Ayrton was, the cars that he drived, and how the whole crountry feel his death. I think after Pele, Ayrton is the great on of my crountry
Beautiful video ❤
The thought of Senna moving to IndyCar in 93 or 94 as was rumored when he tested a Penske and was very much on the pace and taught the regulars how to change up their driving style. Knowing how utterly dominant the 94 Penske was, Senna in that car would have been an absolute curbstomp for Penske. PT, Senna, Little Al and Senna would have made an absolutely formidable team. The thought of Senna obliterating the field in a 93 or 94 Penske and battling with Mansell and Emmo and Little Al and Mario and Michael, it's something we never got but the rumors were very very much there in the early 90s though. Remember how big of a deal Nige's move was?
Now imagine how much of a boost that would have given IndyCar in Brazil, it would have made F1 into a second or third class sport something Max and Bernie would not be able to deal with at all.
4:07 Maybe Schumacher learned that from Senna, 'cause he was always the best when it rained.
I wish we had the chance to see them both longer in competition.
it needs a machine to beat the master that williams wheel supspension was crazy illigal robot
Oh fuck, I'm crying again with that crash...
Thank you for this video 🇧🇷
Ayrton Senna, proved that being a truly great driver is not merely winning the most races or pole positions, it's how it's accomplished.
Jimmy Clark is overlooked by modern F1 fans. Clark was also an extraordinarily great driver.
Quote from Senna, just as a reminder for today's FIA and fans; "F1 is not a Show"
I think personally that 98 should have been Senna's.. and if Senna never died maybe 5 titles would have been his finish!
Only cool people saw the original title and thumbnail
Senna is the undisputed goat of formula 1
Senna, Schumi and Lauda are the greatest drivers Formula 1 ever had, that's for sure. But that question is unnecessary, because everyone knows the answer.
I respect that but again that’s ur opinion. I think it’s Lewis for me.
@@IGG2002 The answer is Hamilton 🐐
@@F1Guy-Guykkk o Hamilton diz que é o Senna
@@SwaggySimon20 It's not up for opinions polls or debates for Goat title all points at the black fella called Hamilton
You forgot that Jim Clark was the Ayrton Senna of his era.
When you think of F1 you think of Senna first then Ferrari and everyone comes after
Anyone who says he was not the greatest wasn’t alive when he was racing.
That’s a really good video. Everything’s pristine
Happy you enjoyed it mate ❤️
Hi, at 8:32 on your video it shows a book. Any idea what that book is / who by etc? I'm building a 97T model and want to make it as nerdy perfect as possible!
This is my wallpaper from now on 🏎️🧢👑🐐
Senna was one of the best. But even he had idols. Please do a video on Jim Clark.
Respect to Brazil , Aryton is a legend !
audio balance is ALL OVER THE PLACE
The first Scottish ace, Jim Clark jr., is the true G.O.A.T of Formula1. Sadly, he was taken from the world way too early. He achieved
2×F1 GP WDC TITLES, (in 1963 & 1965) also accomplishing
8×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS'
i) F1 GP POLE POSITION
ii)F1 GP FASTEST LAP
iii)F1 GP LEADING EVERY LAP OF THE RACE
iv)F1 GP VICTORY
***All to be achieved in any one F1 GP on the official FiA annual calendar.
(And he still has the most ahead of the 6 of Sir Lewis Hamilton.) Plus,
25×F1 GP VICTORIES,
32×F1 GP PODIUM FINISHES and
33×F1 GP POLE POSITIONS of his
72×F1 GP STARTS in a brief racing career, which ended so prematurely on Germany's 'Hochenheimring' circuit during a practice F2 race.
He also won the Indianapolis500 in 1965, the same year as his second Formula 1 Grand Prix World Championship.
As a brazilian I'm pretty comfort to say that he's the best human being to be born in Brazil in at least last 2 centuries
And he was engaged to a 14 year old girl as well. 🤣🤣🤣
How did senna get a free pass from that????
@@thedorianmode8087Sorry to be the one telling you that, but America isn't the only country in the world.
Senna dated a 15 years old girl because the age of consent in Brazil is 15, not 18 like in majority of countries in the world. Both of them were Brazilians so they follow the Brazilian's rules, not whichever country rules you're from.
@@kiansquared A minor correction, the age of consent in Brazil is 14, not 15. And if the parents consent, with 16 you can get legally married.
The best of all time, knew everything about his car, he was a beast challenging the limits of the track and a incredible charisma, only those who saw him will understand how great this driver was.
Senna is the GOAT.
Senna foi considerado o melhor piloto do século 20🇧🇷
The numbers might not put him as a #1 but the intangibles - even with his life cut short - are head and shoulders above the rest. His mindset and competitiveness alone is legendary, it's like when you watch the Last Dance and you understand why opponents feared MJ, and LBJ might have longevity and be more accomplished in totals, but he doesn't have that same aura.
Incrível que toda vez que vejo o acidente que matou o Senna, eu derramo lágrimas 😭 não cicatrizou essa dor. Sou brasileiro e nao vejo F1 como antes. Voltei a assistir um pouco por causa do Lewis.
Senna é para sempre, o maior ícone da F1. ❤🇧🇷
Idolo da minha nação nosso heroi
hey bro ! why the shadow of senna seems like a baphomet in thumbnail?
What a good video
Thank you
Senna era a velocidade, o carro, a F1
The Very Best Ayrton Senna🇧🇷🔥
I saw the goat on the thumbnail and thought it was Latifi. Senna seems good, too.