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Watching senna at donnington in 1993 in the wet was raw, controlled brilliance in action! It was cold, wet and windy but pure magic!
Keith Ainge
melton mowbray, UK
Memories of Senna's immense car control is what stands out in my mind. I remember a the damp Spanish Grand Prix in 1991, where he spun coming onto the pit straight and had the car into reverse and off the track before the car had even finished spinning. Also Qualifying for Spa 1993 where he somehow managed to put the car into a half spin to avoid Zanardi's striken Lotus at Eau Rouge. He also sprinted over straight away to try and help the Italian. Just thinking of those events now brings a tear to my eye.
Paul Dunk
London
I had never been so shocked in my life seeing him carried away from his car i just knew he was dead it left me numbed.
tim fisher
Murcia Spain
He is the best. No doubt! If he were still around Schumacher would not be 6 times world champion and Rubens would not be in the scarlet car! My fave memory is his pole time in Monaco. He just kept going and going! It was if he was in a race of his own! You will live forever in our thoughts Ayrton. You are the champion of all champions.
Pardeep Singh
Banbury, England
Senna earned his name as the magician...when he was at the wheel he made the car dance. He has been unique in being a*** to channel his emotions to help him achieve even greater focus as evident by his "out of body experiences at Monaco". Best memory. Donnington 93. Nuff said.
John W
London
I met Ayrton in Adelaide 1985 after he had hit the barriers in practise for the AGP. I was a cab driver and took him to the A&E. He was a very focussed individual but had a great sense of humour. His wrist was fine but insisted I came back to collect him. We sat and chatted outside his hotel until he was summoned inside by a team member. Very genuine and a great loss.
Terry Cunnett
London
Senna still means the ultimate speed. His ability to give everything for a single qualifying lap remains unchallenged. I hope his pole position tally will not ever be beaten. Had Senna known the single lap qualifying, he would have been greater. My favourite memories are these races where he demonstrated his racecraft in tough circumstances : Monaco 1984, Estoril 1985, Japan 1988 or Donington 1993. He was well above the rest and these days the rest was called Prost, Mansell, Piquet, Lauda... Whatever happens or whoever comes now, he remains a true great for ever.
Sylvain
London
The first F1 car I ever saw in anger was Sennas black JPS Lotus at Brands Hatch. It was a qualifying session. I was about 7 or 8 and was stood at the top of a hill, from where I could see the Start/Finish straight, then the cars went into a dip and then burst over the crest of the hill. I remember feeling the vibration of the car and hearing the ear-splitting noise of the car before I could see it and was awe struck by Sennas absolute committment and control as that beautiful black and gold car launched itself around the corner! From that moment on Ayrton Senna was, quite simply, my hero.
Miranda
Devon UK
Montreal 1989 end of the straight away to the Hairpin. Everybody was braking 100 yards from the corner. IN the wet, Senna was braking at the same spot, brake disc glowing in the rain, lapping 4 seconds a lap faster than anyone else. Nobody was even close. The man was the most brillaint racer ever. Schumacher never had a shot at pole in his first 3 years in F1 when Senna was around. Such magnetic personality, a genius in and out of the car.
Leon F Ang
Hanover, NH USA
I have too many great memories of Senna driving to pick any favourites (expect perhaps the time he punched Eddy Irvine!). He was, and still is, the greatest. But what I remember most of all, is that he was a true ambassador for his team and sport. In public at least, always smiling, always time for the fans, rarely battling off the track. His driving did the talking.
Ashley Shepherd
Swindon England
When people talk about greats he is the yard stick that we judge the other drivers against. Car control, technical ability and raw driving passion are what made this man great - no one has beat him yet.
Simon Harrison
Chesterfield Derbyshire
My enduring memory of Senna is the dogged tenacity with which he drove the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix - having fallen behind Prost he clawed back the deficit and moved to take the lead. After Prost swung into Senna to try and take out the Brazilian Senna pressed on, stopping for repairs then catching and again passing new leader Nannini to win.
Senna's disqualification from the race and the handing of the title to Prost was a farce. For all that his critics deemed him a dangerous driver, he was also the first driver to be denied a championship by being taken out of the race by his championship rival. All the more tragic in the light of his untimely death.
Keith Collantine
Cambridge United Kingdom
Returning from May Bank holiday weekend in Cornwall: ejecting the cassette on the M5 & hearing the last words of the radio newsflash: 'Senna is dead' stunned me all the way home to London. I had to slow the car down & move out of the fast lane. He was (& still is) my hero & the greatest in modern F1 even if a bit ruthless at times. His skill level was out of reach for the others. Schumacher will never really know for sure how they would have faired. Shame for us all.
James
Barcelona Spain
I'm originally from Bogota-Colombia just like Juan Pablo Montoya. I admired Ayrton Senna because not only he was a great driver, but most importanly, a great human. Senna helped the poor. He was very charismatic and full of life. I think in what ever one do in life, one must have passion about it. Senna represented life, drama, emotions, sadness and above all hapiness.
Armando Benavides
Washington, DC USA
An amazing man, and a true ambassador to his country. The hard work out of the cockpit to help those Brazilians less fortunate than himself, he never forgot what was really important. In the cockpit, what can you say? I've never seen commitment close to that of Senna on a qualifying lap. Standing on the outside of the entry to copse you could, see, hear and even feel the difference. Still very sadly missed.
Dan Goodman
Reading
Senna was, and still remains, the best sportsman ever to come out of Brazil. Better than Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Pele, take your pick. Senna beats them all hands down. He would have easily won the '94 championship and my guess is that Schumacher would still be trying to chase down Ayrton's record. My favourite memory of Senna was way back in Eddie Irvine's first GP start, where he had the nerve to unlap himself after Senna had put one on him. So he punched Irvine in the face. Magic.
Matthew
Sunderland
For some images of the Cars he drove visit http://www.visualize-it.co.uk and look under Galleries > Sport.....
Dave Wilkinson
Manchester
The best memory I have of Ayrton is his second win here at Interlagos, back in 1993. At those amazing varia*** weather conditions he destroyed the oposition. Well, the 93 season was pretty much the best season he had, i.e. Donnigton, and the other 3 wins he had with a much, much underpowered car.
Frederico
São Paulo Brazil
Senna was the consumate racer. According to his sister, in his younger days he discovered that he was not very proficient in the rain. He therefore spent hours driving his kart in the rain thereafter culminating in his "ragenmeister" status beautifully illustrated on his first lap in Donnington in '93. Most fascinating however, was his ability to describe a lap to the nth detail, gears, understeer, oversteer, corners, camber etc
Walter Ikamba
Nairobi Kenya
Senna's drive at Donington in 1993 was an obvious classic, as was his first win at Estoril in 1985. But one of my favorites was his title clinching drive at Suzuka in 1991. Berger pulled away, leaving Senna to dice with Mansell. I thought that Ayrton was having a real battle fending off the Williams. But then Nigel put it into the dirt, and once he was gone, Senna just went like wildfire, taking the lead from Berger, only to give it back to him on the last lap. That race was simply a demonstration of his vast superiority over the field. Apparently, he was just toying with everyone else!
Nicky G.
Makati Philippines
Him and Nigel Mansell, Spain '91 - What a race!!!
david baxter
Northampton
So many races but I'd have to say Japan 89. I still wear my Senna T Shirt with pride.
Keith Bowen
Chester
In 1994, after his death, Ron Dennis wrote that Senna towered above his peers. Six years earlier, in 1988, Keke Rosberg wrote (from experience) 'If Senna thinks he can just walk into McLaren and beat Prost - he is crazy'. I remember a blindingly fast 28 year old that did just that. And, by the way, he didn't lost control of the Williams - you only have to remember Berger and Piquet's accidents at Tamburello to know that something has to break for a driver to go off there.
Manish Pandey
London
When Senna won, my entire Sunday, and the rest of the week was good!
One of the best moments was Monaco 92. Nigel Mansell was going to dominate the event. Everybody expected him to win, Senna's strategy was for a clever non-stopper. It paid off, Nige needed an extra pit, and Senna got into the lead. Sliding all over the place, Senna held on!!!! Those were the most tensed last laps of a GP I watched. Murray Walker made it even more special. Senna won, Nige couldn't believe it, what a day!
Avinash Bikha
Amsterdam
A genius and an Icon, this is the only driver and sportsman even who could regularly go faster than anyone even with inferior cars. He beat Schumacher in an inferior car regularly and beat Prost, Mansell, Piquet, Lauda, Alan Jones, Rosberg, Hill & Hakkinen all in either equal or inferior cars.
David Phillips
Newport Wales
Victory at Brazil when Senna was driving a car with mechanical problems, and still managed to win. Sennal was really happy he was esctatic on the radio. God bless you Ayrton.
Elmer Moreno
Toronto Canada