Ayrton Senna died 17 years ago today durning the San Marino GP. The previous day Roland Ratzenberger died during at the same race. The lack of runoff room was blamed for the deaths. This brought about the end of major racing at that track (Imola) and changes in safety requirements to all F1 tracks.
The Saturday after Ratzenbergers death and before Sundays race, Senna was heard to say that he was going to reorganize the drivers association to improve the safety conditions for drivers.
The documentary "Senna" , while it has been released in other countries, will see wide spread release in the U.S. in July. Some reviewers say that while is is something you will want to keep as a blu-ray disk, see it at least once in the theater for the impact (no pun intended).

 

i was at "Tosa" tribune when that thing happened......i will remember for ever the dust and the elicopter on the track.

people have felt immediately that Ayrton was dying.....

 

Its available on Netflix for today only. Unfortunately I dont have Netflix

 

Heres a small clip from a Senna segment of TopGear,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmqn...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yCsd...layer_embedded

 

Ayrton test drives the NXS... in loafers!

 

I watched this movie earlier this year while I was in SouthAmerica... Awesome, a bit biased in my opinion, but awesome nevertheless...

We all know Ayrton was no saint but he was GOD... and there will be no one like him ever

We miss you... I still remember crying for 2 full days... and staying home avoiding turning the TV on... what loss...

Carlos

 

I thought....

 

Wow, I finally watched the Senna documentary today and i had no idea it was the anniversary. What a coincidence.

 

Very emotional ending, did you tune into CNN right after?

 

I was only 4 when this happened so I don't remember it but my dad has told me about how much he cried that day.
The Top Gear tribute to Senna was also very emotional.

 

I agree and no i did not.

 

Thank Senna the NSX handles like a dream

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8By2AEsGAhU
Driving God

 

It's just after I finished watching the documentary, I tuned on to CCN's announcement made by Obama about the raid and kill of Osama Bin Laden.

 

I found out from my daughter about it. She got the news from a chat line. I didn't believe her at first, then i turned on the tv and bamn... now i believe her, it's true.

 

There's already a thread for that. This is about Senna. Back on topic.

 

He was a true legend ... its really sad that he pass away at such young age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSBVgqVpq0&NR=1