14 Years ago....

[Biohazard]

Reconstruction of what happened to Senna

Is that taken to be accurate?

 

[Hxc]

RIP both of them....

Just makes you remember how good safety is today...remember kubica last year? I thought he was gone after that, but god those cars are tough now.

 

[Flibster]

Bumpitty bump.

15 years.

Fifteen!

A decade and a half.

*removes John Player Special cap and bows head*

 

[shauncr91]

I hate this thread, even though I was too young to remember the accident it still makes me feel sad

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

i was watching that race , was 15 years old then. I couldnt believe it and still cant . RIP...

i cant watch F1 since then too , lost any interest in it.

 

[deko]

it still amazes me that he crashed because his reactions were incredibly fast, any normal driver wouldnt have counter-steered anywhere near that quickly and would probably have been fine, bit of a spin perhaps. senna's skill was just utterly incredible.

 

[CocoPops]

Always comes up on my birthday
Turn 30 tomorrow and was 15 at the time, just when a lad really appreciates great driving talent.

RIP Ratzenburger and Senna.

 

[Wicksta]

I can't beleive it's a year since I saw people posting "I can't believe it was 13 years ago".

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Senna stopping during qualifying to help Erik Comas

All F1 drivers walk this line, and thankfully F1 is much safer now.

Does anyone know the truth (or have any insight) about the rumours that both drivers were actually dead at the scene of their respective accidents, but due to rules about the race weekend being cancelled if a driver dies on circuit, they were artificially kept alive to force death to be pronounced off-circuit?

 

[Flibster]

I can't beleive it's a year since I saw people posting "I can't believe it was 13 years ago".

*cough* 2 years.... *cough*

I just bumped the 2008 post.

 

[Fido McNasty]

...

 

[GingerNinja1989]

RIP
On the positive side its been 14 years of F1 with no fatality's.

Yup, vastly better than it was years ago.

Still, very sad that it did happen though

 

[JRS]

Christ, fifteen years....RIP Roland and Ayrton, and thank God we didn't also lose Rubens on the Friday in that huge crash at the Variante Bassa.

More has been said about Ayrton than virtually any other driver in the history of the sport, so I'm going to point to this piece on Roland instead.

 

[Housey]

Senna stopping during qualifying to help Erik Comas

All F1 drivers walk this line, and thankfully F1 is much safer now.

Does anyone know the truth (or have any insight) about the rumours that both drivers were actually dead at the scene of their respective accidents, but due to rules about the race weekend being cancelled if a driver dies on circuit, they were artificially kept alive to force death to be pronounced off-circuit?

Often happens in Italy as they have some very strict laws around responsibility and though I don't have the details I have read about it in the past. It's not as morbid as it sounds and I don't believe they are doing anything that they wouldn't do anyway just pronouncing death away from the track.

 

[JRS]

Same way no-one ever dies in the House of Commons - they always die en route to hospital or in hospital, never in the House.

 

[Scania]

We all moan about "what F1 has become" as such, but, its un deniable that safety has improved in a massive way - shame such a high price was paid for it by the drivers that went before.

 

[dannyjo22]

More has been said about Ayrton than virtually any other driver in the history of the sport, so I'm going to point to this piece on Roland instead.

I didn't realise Irvine drive for Roland at Le Mans. I know Villeneuve used to get upset about the lack of roland coverage on the anniversary as they were friends.

 

[Griffo]

That's a nice article about Roland.