Senna (2010)

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In , I competed for the first time
outside Brazil, in Europe,

World Championship.

He was driving at its best,
pure race.

There was no policy.

No money in between.
It was real competition.

We did not think that karting

could become a career.

Milton da Silva
Ayrton's father

But it is becoming
significant proportions

and we are a bit 'worried

probably because
finish in Formula One.

May God protect him

Neyda Senna
Mother of Ayrton

from harm.
Are the dangers of my biggest fear.

I would like to thank
because it is a good son

and this year he worked
well and honestly.

For me, it is more important than any title.

Few really know me.

People do not understand how hard
a pilot of racing cars.

I had to leave behind,

thousands of miles away,
family and friends

to live in Europe.

And they're still very young.
I do but fight.

I've never had anything easy.

The time has come.

Ayrton is ready to ride for the first time
a Formula One car.

I believe it was God
to give me this opportunity,

I've been waiting a long time.

And now it is also helping
to remain calm, tranquil, relaxed.

I have always liked
man-machine combination.

I think it is the real special feature
automobile racing

and, in particular Formula One.

People say:
"It all depends on the car, right?"

It really is not so, even if the car
has a good %, maybe even more.

Even if % or %,

I'altro %, represented by the pilot,

is absolutely crucial.
This is what can make a difference.

But the same car ... There are those who believe and who not.

The cars themselves are beautiful objects.

A little 'less when they are painted
as cigarette packets

or in other ways
where the paint today, perhaps,

but the beauty is
in the form of the service function,

in the form of self
that somehow expresses

Ia rate that will
when put in motion.

The engineering details,

even for non-experts, are very beautiful.

Can be considered
sculptures, if you like.

The combination of these machines,
beautiful and inanimate,

with the heroic figure of the riders,

the courage and romance,
this kind of thing

are the ones that fascinated me
as a child.

I believe that for the Formula One

have been one of the most glorious period.

The cars were almost simple,
compared to those of today.

Only served to turn the steering wheel.
The shift lever to change gears.

It was a time when pilots
were still making a difference

and all the knowledge
in engineering and electronic

IASC still much to be done to the pilot.

There was Alain Prost, said "The Professor"

pilot a very uniform,
a real computer.

There was Nelson Piquet, Brazil,

very emotional, intelligent and crafty pilot.

And Nigel Mansell, the Lion of England

that was very exciting to see,
a pilot spectacular.

And then the Seine, the virtuous.

See all these drivers in competition,

in much the same point in his career,

in a sense, almost overlapping,

but in reality all the best, was phenomenal.



Ayrton, this is a beautiful city,

with wonderful streets to walk,
but unsuitable to host a race, no?

REGINALDO LEME

Indeed. I arrived at the last minute

and I was surprised.
I've never been to Monaco.

I did some test drive

And fortunately, I managed
to adapt to the path.

There is no margin for error:
any error would result in an accident.

But for now, I'm satisfied.

I traveled a lot,
by the chronicler of Formula One

when Ayrton began to be noticed
aboard a Toleman.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

The Toleman
was not a winning team.

The car was bad

and never won a race.

That's why what Ayrton did in Monaco
was true genius.

Many drivers do so.
Beginning in a small team

and disappear without a trace.
Shall conform to the level of the team.

But there is a rare breed of drivers,
Senna was certainly in part,

that can go in a small team

and so do the benefits that go beyond
the perceived level of self

as to turn all to exclaim:
"How?"

What he did
has been to make everyone in the paddock,

aware of what he could do,
who he was and what his potential.

What could make this car
that had nothing,

and bring to such a result,

in the worst possible conditions
for a pilot.

It is impossible to overestimate
how scary

run in the rain, how hard it is.

The pilots did not see anything if it rains,

especially if they are behind another car.

The big tires are now
raise so much water

that is like driving in dense fog.

Imagine driving on the motorway
with the dense fog,

with a visibility of meters,
speed racing.

Be able to do really makes a difference

among the great drivers and good ones and that's it.

Alain Prost, who started well,
is in the head with a big gap.

Monaco Grand Prix

June
Eighth race Senna in Formula One

Behind him, there's Nigel Mansell,
followed by the two Ferraris.

Niki Lauda is fifth.

Sixth, Rosberg.

Seventh, Manfred Winkelhock.
Eighth, Ayrton Senna.

But Senna is making a big comeback.

He left in a third position *
and is now seventh.

Nigel Mansell loses control!

Ayrton Senna over Keke Rosberg
gaining the third position.

Item Galvao Bueno
Commentator Globe

It also outperforms Niki Lauda!

Ayrton Senna
earns second place

the most dangerous part of the track!

Voice of James Hunt
World Champion

Here comes Ayrton Senna,

a truly exceptional talent.

FASTEST LAP
A. SENNA (BRA)

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, km / h = . mph

Is catching three seconds per lap
to Alain Prost.

A. PROST - A. SENNA
POSTING: a . "

Very impressive.

Prost ago waved to the commissioners.
He wants the race to be stopped.

Who can blame him?

In fact, from a purist point of view
and totally dispassionate,

there is no reason to stop it.

I see a commissioner
with a red flag.

They want to stop running.

A. PROST - A. SEN NA
POSTING: . "

He gets the checkered flag.

Incredible!

Prost and Senna stops than
the finish line before him.

Ayrton raises his arms
and gesturing with enthusiasm!

Celebrated as if he won the race!

If he had a few more laps,

would certainly come into his head.

I had a serious chance of winning.

But until he crossed the finish line
in first position,

you do not know.

Formula One is politics, money

and when you are not yet important,
must also deal with such things.

There was Alain Prost, the world champion,

the head of the Monaco Grand Prix,

that held up the wet, among many accidents,

giving their best
for that victory in Monaco

when there comes a pilot
the first year in Formula One,

originating in a few cities in Brazil,
Ayrton Senna.

It was one of the most rainy races
I've ever seen

and had to be stopped.

What I could not understand was that Senna

was in the French zone,
an event referred to French

with the FIA ??headquarters in Paris

and led by the French.

For him there must be a reason
from the rain,

not considered a problem,

negated because this victory.

He knew that in another three or four laps

Prost would have reached,
then it would have exceeded

and was leading the race.

A tragic outcome for Senna. However,

if not
world champion this year,

I certainly will in the future,
if his career will continue.

Ayrton Senna
the new star of Formula One!

Rooms for the first time
on the podium in Formula One

after a great race.

What will you do next year?

Stay with the Toleman?

-What are your plans now?
-I do not know.

John Bisignano

Still do not know. I did not take
any decision. There's nothing definite.

We will have to wait and see what happens.

You will not be satisfied
until you get a victory, however, is not it?

If you participate in a competition,
as a car race,

you have to do well.
Or is it better to leave this alone.

I remember in Detroit,
a couple of weeks later,

there were already rumors among journalists,

managers and sponsors,
who were wearing.

Recalling the work of Philip Morris,

a personal contract with him after that.

We knew it would not have been
Toleman for the three years,

How long did the contract,

because the Toleman team did not improve

and its potential was not sufficient
for a talent like that.



Lotus

Go to the Lotus
was a perfect choice for Ayrton.

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

It was a team that had won
of many world titles and Grand Prix

and worked very hard
by Ayrton, to give

everything he needed to win.

When I came
Formula One in ,

I was just beginning.

I had a lot to learn and achieve.

Any positive result
constituted a step forward

and gave me extra motivation.

Then I came
in a larger team, Lotus,

and have continued to grow.

I'm still growing.

When I have problems,
I always look at the next race.

If I did not have this possibility,
maybe next or the next five

will get better.

I always try to improve.

Even as a child,
always knew what he wanted

Neyda Senna da Silva, and Milton
Parents of Ayrton

and made sure to get it.

Item Neyda Senna
Mother of Ayrton

For example,
paid particular attention in the classroom, school,

so you do not have to study at home

and have more time
to go on his go-kart.

Undoubtedly, Senna was
from a privileged setting.

Voice of Richard Williams
Sports journalist, The Guardian

His family was very wealthy.

When his parents realized
he wanted to do the race car driver,

they had no problems to support
while moving the first steps in karting.

But it would be a mistake to think that Senna
arrived in Formula One thanks to the money.

He realized

that in order to leave a deep impression
and sustainable in Formula One

had to fight
and only move forward thanks to his talent.

Grand Prix of Portugal - April ,
Second Ayrton race with Lotus

Ayrton was exceptional when it rained.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

When the conditions were bad
and the track became slippery

had a higher gear.

The Estoril race was incredible.

Double all the cars except one.

It is wonderful!
An extraordinary feeling.

I am very happy because,
in my second year in Formula One,

I made my first dream,
that is to win a Grand Prix.

It is something unique.

It's like a drug.

A feeling very strong and intense.

Once established,
you can not help it.

It was raining really hard.
There was no competition, really.

He won that race times.

It was a race
important for many reasons for Brazil,

including the fact that this Sunday,
Brazil,

was not the president-elect

President Tancredo Neves.

It was a very important political moment
for Brazil,

because it was the first elected president

after the end of the dictatorship.

Fell ill and soon died.

There was the risk that Brazil
suffer another blow

or something like that, that nobody wanted.

Senna's win was very important
in that sense,

for the public and the Brazilian people
and for us there,

and I'm sure it is realized
later in the evening

when we were at dinner. We went to dinner,

but then left the restaurant
to return to Brazil.

They Mili Okada
Japanese television,

Fuji TV. I am a TV personality,
not a journalist, and then ...

Okay. Let's have a picture together.

Mili Okada
Fuji TV

Many Japanese girls

I'm a fan of Mr. Senna, I think.

Now I am close to him
and I'm so nervous ...

Come and visit Japan.
See you soon.

-Thanks. A basin.
-Thanks.

Hello! Another kiss.

It was very complete.

From tires to the engine,
to each component of the car,

wanted to know everything.

Pushing the mechanics and engineers to the limit,

first of all to understand,
then to improve the collection.

It's required a lot of energy,

but was concentrated in this part of the job
as much as driving.

It was the first, perhaps,
to stop at the circuit

to : or : pm
with the engineers and mechanics.

He did not want to go back to the hotel
or go play golf as Prost and others.

Just a word
Can you describe the style of Ayrton:

"Fast".

Drove cars
beyond their design capacity.

Restrained only at the last.
It flew through the corners, skirting the edge.

On the track, danced.
Continuously grazed the disaster,

but always managed to stay on track.

Early in his career,

Voice of Ron Dennis
T eam manager McLaren

Ayrton stood
for speed and dedication.

Eventually, though, the main quality
literacy is intelligence.

And I thought, "That kid has what it takes."

It soon became evident that

Lotus Ia was not
enough for him,

that was a stable at the beginning of the decline.

I think at that moment even he

could do nothing
to stop all this.

The pilot does not design the car.

So he did what he had done,
that are great drivers,

that is, change it back and go
in a more competitive team.

It is a fundamental instinct for a pilot

know where to stay.

Knowing who is not competitive
This season,

but who will be next.

At that time the teams stronger

were Williams and McLaren.

The McLaren was,

I can tell, a stable
which has always reflected

values ??of Ayrton.

In that sense Ayrton and Ron Dennis
have much in common.

They are both perfectionists e. ..

I'll use this. Both have

I'idea that nothing will go wrong
if it is well planned and ex*cuted

and have always fought
for the same ideal.

Ron comes from

a reality of hard work.

It is one that has struggled to get where he is now

and has been successful.

At that time the trilogy

"The best team,
best driver, best car "

was led by Ron Dennis at McLaren.

In the mid- s,
McLaren were the team to beat.

Ron Dennis was the best team manager
Alain Prost and the best rider.

Alain Prost
World Champion ,

Everyone called him "the Professor"
because he

methodically what was needed
to keep the lead with points.

If this is meant to reach the fifth,

remained in fifth place
and collect the points awarded,

rather than fighting for the third,
the second or first place.

Surely, then,
he well understood the politics of sport

and could move inside
with more intelligence than anyone else.

She is known as the "Professor"

Selina Scott
Talk show Wogan, BBC

because all plans
and always knows what it does.

Is this true?

I'm just very realistic.
When they are competitive,

I know I'm competitive.
Otherwise, I recognize not to be.

Why are there no women pilots?

I do not know why
women are not competitive

in motor racing,
especially in Formula One.

But she is a very good woman.
Know someone at McLaren

who would like very much.
I can arrange something.

Alain, if someone teaches me how to drive

car racing
I leave this job e. ..

There is nothing important
I can not teach.

He never drive his wife?

My first real encounter with him,
the first time we really talked

was in , during

an event for Mercedes in Germany

for which they had organized a competition
at the Nurburgring, the new Mercedes .

There were the old and new rider
Formula One, that the current drivers

plus some ex-Formula One drivers.

I remember Denny Hulme
and some other driver.

There was in this race program

and some of Mercedes

I asked if I could
Senna wait at the airport.

Its first flight was - five minutes after my

and since I had the car,
expect it could give him a ride.

It was the first time we spoke,

during that long journey of two or three hours.

There we had time to talk.
It was not many words,

but he seemed impressed. Yes,

from what I was driving fast
that highway in Germany.

He said, "Go fast!"

It was nice,
we spent time together,

because they do not know anyone.

So much stayed with me,
at least the first day.

What was funny, because

seemed a very open, friendly

and then we started testing

and we were fighting for pole position.

He was very competitive.

I was on pole, he was second and then at the start

Part of the flag
and I said to myself: "Wow.

"I must be careful with this type."

It was .

I had no idea
that we were stable mates.

In Formula One your team-mate

is your biggest rivals,

Ia person to beat

because it is the only one who has the car
equal to yours.

I can say McLaren
and that the Ferrari is better

or be the Ferrari
with the McLaren is better, but not

that my Ferrari

is different from that
my teammate.

Thus,

especially at early career

when a driver arrived in a stable

and its first rival is his companion.

If it goes better than his fellow

has a chance to move on.

If not, it's the end of his career.

Prost had already won
two world championships with them.

He was there for several seasons,

den had a defined position in the team.

Believed to be,
and believed that the rest of the team

I considered this, the first pilot

the leader of the team,

Ia person who would be dedicated
Most of the efforts.

But then came the Seine

that certainly would not have accepted
the role of the latter.

Team had not entered into
to be supportive to others.

Announcement of the McLaren drivers

We believe we have
the two best drivers in the world.

Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

And the more professional.

If next year
not win on a regular basis,

we certainly do not blame the pilots.

It is a great opportunity for me,
professional level.

And on a personal level,
I am very happy to work with Alain.

The first year at McLaren
was decisive in the life of Ayrton.

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

He was very nervous.

It was as if he wore on his shoulders
the weight of the world,

because they now had the responsibility

to demonstrate
pilot who was a first-rate.

Before coming to the Senna McLaren

Alain Prost was considered the destroyer
of team-mates.

I remember Jo Ramirez

I said:

"Reginald, I am concerned

"What will happen
with Ayrton Senna at McLaren.

"I know he has talent,

"Alain Prost but is a fighter,

"Creates the atmosphere of a battle

"Which helps him to destroy his opponents,

"As he did with Keke Rosberg."

Using the word "destroy"
in the technical sense.

Destroyed on the track,

mentally beating his opponent.

I said to Jo Ramirez:

"Jo, will be different with Senna.

"Because he has more talent

"The other drivers

"Prost who was on the team."

And that's what happened.

Alain Prost was surprised.

Despite all that Prost had

and in terms of talent,

understanding of race, intelligence

and cold blood, he was surprised

when he began racing with Ayrton.
Would never have thought

pilots could be as good as Ayrton.

N.
(Grand Prix Formula One)



For the first time in his career, Ayrton
has a car capable of winning the Championship

and do not want to waste this opportunity.

-This is normal and this will spur us on.
-And you?

-And you?
-For me it's a bit 'different.

You mean let it go?

I have a little 'more pressure on him,
because of you.

Saw them smile,

Voice of Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

but at the same time,
body language is perceived

that they realized
what would happen.

Alain, of course, felt
well placed and cured at McLaren,

Ayrton but aspired to world title
and threatening its position.

Both were very intelligent
and masters in the art of driving.

For them, the challenge was to fight each other

rather than beat the other drivers.

He had a purpose.
When he arrived in Formula One, it is obvious

that its purpose was me.

When I arrived in Formula One,
I was happy to have done.

We are very different drivers.
I've never had a target.

There was a pilot which I thought:
"I want to beat him!"

I had the utmost respect
for more experienced riders.

To Ayrton was something else.
Really wanted to beat me.

She wanted at all costs become
world champion and beat me.

This was his strength,

something more in its approach

because to be a racing driver
You must be motivated.

MONACO GRAND PRIX
May

. A. SENNA - . A. PROST
POSTING: . "

That day, I suddenly realized
I was not driving more consciously.

It was as if I were in another dimension.

The circuit became a tunnel
and I did not do anything but move forward.

Now I realize that I had
a conscious perception of things.

Ayrton was several seconds ahead
on his pursuers. He had victory in hand.

/

Was leading a few laps at the end.
With a radio communication,

advised him to slow down,
given the distance from the second.

Ayrton Senna is over against the wall.

Senna is in the barrier!
It came out of the car ...

Ayrton Senna dropped out of the car.
The race is over for him.

Ayrton Senna no longer in command
Grand Prix of Monaco.

Absolutely incredible!

A. PROST
WINNER MONACO GP

He would not beat me.
He wanted to humiliate me.

Voice of Alain Prost

He wanted to prove
to be stronger than me.

Better than me.
That was his weak point.

The reaction to the accident of Ayrton
was pure anger with himself.

He could not accept it.

He returned to his apartment

and emerged only two or three hours later.

That weekend, I came so close
perfectly that I am relaxed

and I left room for errors.
It took me a lesson.

Then,

I lost confidence in myself.
I had to recover slowly

reacting with determination.

I've become much stronger,
after that incident.

Somehow, I got closer to God
and it was important for me as a man.

Monaco marked a turning point
in the season of .

Ayrton won
a stunning series of victories,

winning six
the following eight races

and finishing just ahead of Prost
Drivers' Championship.

What will you do now?

We'll have fun. We enjoy very much.

We will fight. Maybe out of the car.

I think the Championship
become even more interesting.

You can not win the Championship
tied?

-No.
-Damn.

There can be only one winner.

GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
October

* It is the Grand Prix of the season.

It is late at night and Brazil is waiting

Ayrton Senna wins
his first world title in Formula One,

realizing a dream
who as a child.

Ayrton was very tense.

Voice of Pierre Van Vliet
Commentator TF

It was in pole position.
He would become world champion,

if he won the race.
The pressure was enormous.

They are about to leave.
Here we are. Green light.

Senna will not start!

Senna remains on the grid!

Prost came out on top
while Ayrton Senna left behind.

Ayrton Senna is a * place.

I thought, "So long title.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

"It's over."

He won the eighth place.
An amazing comeback for Senna.

Then there was
her favorite position:

it rained.

Senna is now in fourth position.

Senna runs, runs, runs!

Senna is approaching.
He wants to get ahead.

Ayrton Senna over Prost and launches.

Ayrton Senna is now in the lead.

I started to be happy
during the last lap.

I thanked God

It was incredible.
I was going to win the championship,

Despite all the anxiety and tension.

I felt His presence.

I have seen God

It was a very special moment for me.

An indescribable feeling.

I remained in the memory

and part of me.

The Brazilian Ayrton Senna!

World Champion !

San Paolo

What incredible race!

A great victory.
He had to replace the position * .

AYRTON SENNA
WORLD CHAMPION

Ayrton, do you feel
as world champion?

I feel so much peace.

It is as if someone had removed
a huge burden

from the shoulders and head.

It is difficult to understand what it means
be a world champion.

What about a man who claims
they had seen God in various situations,

even the last lap of a Grand Prix,

a few meters from the finish
that would make him world champion?

Many might be skeptical.

Rightly, in my opinion.

Senna seemed absolutely convinced

seeing God
He did not say how it was God,

how God appeared at that time,

but he had the right to say it.

Surely he knew
it would seem nearly

not really crazy, maybe,
but to arouse skepticism.

And who are we

to suggest the contrary,
before such a statement?

But surely this is something unique
in the history of Grand Prix.

When we speak of God,

I state that I believe in God,

but would never use
Ayrton's own words.

If you are in the same stable,
have the same interests

and take a risk with the other drivers
and team members,

this kind of thing
not put you at ease,

because it is not only believe in God,

but to use it as a strength

to be always right.

That is, he believed to be always right

and what
could be dangerous on the track,

this sometimes
I did not feel very comfortable.

Yes, there were many cynics

Formula One

who wondered if it was

very authentic and real

account of his feelings
and its values.

But on other occasions
I have been witness

in private moments,
and it was absolutely sincere.

It was what he felt.

He felt he had the support

the God he believed in

and why I

or anyone else,
we had to dissuade him?

Because he

was special, was one that it undertook,

and his deep faith, for me, is a beautiful thing,
if what you believe is positive.

San Paolo
November

It is an amazing person.

It is very modest

and gives luster
Brazil's image abroad.

Shares his victory with us.

I admire him very much.

It is very brave.

I just know this.

We are proud of him.

It is one of the few things
that we can still be proud of.

Once, I asked Ayrton
when he stopped racing.

He said, 'Mom, stop
when I won the world title. "

In my heart,
I knew that was not true.

We all know that.

Video of the Senna family

Senna's family and the family Yamin
Angra

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

After the Championship,
after he won the title,

clearly noticed that had changed.

He had found himself.

He had discovered who he was.

It was found that a process
its conclusion in that victory.

At Christmas, many things happen.

Make new friends,

like what I'm about to introduce.

Xuxa Meneghel
Brazilian TV Star

He was part of my .

Ayrton Senna.

It is not nice?

I have a question for you.

Here are all excited
but I am more than anyone else,

because it is not easy to talk
Ayrton now that is my friend.

Ayrton, do you want for Christmas?

As a Christmas present?

I can not say what I want to seriously.

Why not?

It should be censored.
Let's say I just want to be happy.

Tell me your ear.

Happy New Year.

Happy .

Good ' .

Happy ' .

Happy ' .



Voice of Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

In , the team worked with less serenity
previous year.

Both drivers started to express
different levels of aggressiveness,

Ayrton Senna
Alain Prost

especially when competing with each other.

It is curious

that the term "team mate"
is translated "teammate."

I've often used the word
"Enemy team".

If you have two drivers, as in the case

Prost and Ayrton,

as team-mates,

inevitably arises

internal strife.

As a journalist and frequent

a TV production in which,
every weekend

we talked about how things,

Ia rivalry we liked.

We liked the track in the garage and then in the camper.

Ron was literally behind Ayrton.

I understood very soon.

This is business.
For him it is business, I have always been clear.

When I was with Niki,

IUI was, I would say half and half at the beginning

and then ended early, of course, behind me,

because I represented
the new generation and also Ayrton,

when I was with him,
was the new generation.

McLaren
have always been treated equally.

At times you go to extremes.

For the selection of engines, for example.
Once you have determined

what were the two to use in the race,

then the allocation was done
literally at random.

We put the numbers of the two motors
in a kind of container,

then the pilots took turns.

This was, perhaps,

to dispel the impression that

Ia decide who to give the Honda engines.

But it was,

more than anything else, paranoia,
since it did not take much.

An engine or just a setting best

could determine
who would win the race

and the World Cup.

With Prost and Senna in the same team,

romantics certainly cheering for Senna

and the pragmatists for Prost.

Senna was a bit 'cruel about it,

but that was partly true

Prost often sought an apology,

who does not like to hear from riders.

Honestly say that you prefer:

"The car was not right,"
"I was not fast enough"

or "It happens,"

Prost but tended to go into details

why the car was not right
or that he had played against him.

It was,

although each element of the explanation
had a basis in fact,

of something unpleasant in some way.
Of those that do not really want to hear.

Team were born in contrasts.

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

Engineers stopped
to share information.

Pilots began to be observed
each other to see

who obtained what from whom.

And Ayrton, who loved the sincerity,

was not at ease as Alain Prost

giostrasi in a 'further dimension:
the politics of sport.

Senna, Prost. Prost, Senna.

At the start,
The first two are always their.

But among them is w*r.

For the French driver Alain Prost,

his teammate
it is not fair to him

and these disagreements
could affect

the rest of the season.

Grand Prix after Grand Prix
they went more and more.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

Ayrton said:
"This Frenchman is tough.

"He wants w*r."

Some time later,

started to not talk anymore.

J EAN-MARIE CROSSBOWS
FIA President

I think the president FlA period,
Jean-Marie Balestre,

Voice of Pierre Van Vliet
Commentator TF

Alain would support,
because they were good friends.

I remember it was Jean-Marie Balestre
responsible

when Senna was prevented
to win the Monaco Grand Prix

with the Toleman,
when he was a novice in Formula One.

Balestre was a character
dividing, very confrontational,

very controversial and autocratic.

E Balestre was still in charge
at the end of the s

and throughout the early ' s,

when Prost and Senna
had the famous incident at Suzuka.

Balestre was the one
which sought to penalize

and suspend, or whatever, Senna,

On that occasion he felt discriminated against,

probably not wrong.

Mr. Ballestas had the room
close to mine, on the other hand,

when I came in the room was there,

came in and did a chat.

Do not forget that

I had a collaboration
very useful

Crossbows with the president to safety.

But Ayrton was convinced

that it was a conspiracy
and it all started from there,

and for that I am very sorry.

I would like to welcome the President FLSA,
Mr. Crossbows.

Please, gentlemen.

Japanese Grand Prix
Pre-race meeting for drivers.

All drivers in the world
you watch on TV

because they think, foolishly,
you are an example to follow.

It is mistaken,
but that's what you think.

I repeat.

No danger
in the World Championship final.

I say this clearly.

Now depends on you.

For me, the rest was easy.

I was clearly faster.

Believe it or not, but I during the race
I was playing with him.

I was very fast. I knew that
normally would not have been able to overcome.

I talked to Ron and Ayrton,
two or three races before Suzuka

since every time Ayrton,
especially at the start, he overtook

and I let the road to avoid collisions.

I kept telling them:

"From now on I will not let more road.

"We will fight among ourselves, I do not care
team spirit.

"I will fight for myself."

The Championship was a head to head.

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

Senna had to win
Grand Prix of Japan

because the fight for points
could continue until the last race.

Prost and Senna knew that a withdrawal of
would have secured the world title.

GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
October

Camera on-board
Ayrton Senna

Prost, first. Senna, second.

Prost jumps to the command.

His departure is better.

Around of
Chicane Casio

Lap of
Chicane Casio

Here is an opportunity waiting Seine.
Try to pass.

Good heavens, it's amazing.

Clashed. For Prost, is positive.

If the race ended like that,
Prost won the title.

Again,
Ayrton Senna is a victory instead.

It is hard to do people believe,
Supporters of the Seine,

when you say "I did not do it on purpose."

To be honest
I do not care much, because

I guarantee that I did it on purpose.
But I have not left the road,

very different,
especially in that corner.

But if you're not a pilot
who knows that corner, the path

and the chicane, you can not judge.

It's a waste of time
trying to explain that situation.

I think so. It was a racing incident,

especially if you're fighting for the title.

I knew that leaving the road,

I would not have shot the chicane.

It was a bit 'unless they surrender.
The level of aggressiveness

caused the collision between the cars.

Which, let me tell you, is part of the game.

What they have achieved
was the real injustice.

Skip Nannini.

Nannini is now in the lead.

Senna is still in its box.

Senna back on track,
but it is far from Nannini.

Reaching it is almost impossible.

It's all or nothing,
five laps to go.

It will be a suicidal race to the Seine,
if he decides groped.

Prost, Ayrton saw the return stroke

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

and went immediately
office of the marshals.

Nannini, first. Senna, second.

Senna tries and passes Nannini.

Senna is in the lead.

Around of
Chicane Casio

Waving Brazilian flags.

All stand up.

Ayrton Senna.

The checkered flag.

Senna celebrates the c*ck.

SEN NA AYRTON
WINNER GP JAPAN

Throw strikes on the helmet.

The Brazilian Ayrton Senna.

Visibly moved,

raises the visor
and wipes her tears.

It is a fantastic victory.

Never seen anything like it.

I returned to the pit stop

Ayrton and I saw that,
driven by the commissioners, spread.

Obviously I was not happy,

all. I went to the box
where I discussed with Ron,

nothing else.

Yes No, not ...

You have not gone before the control tower?

Before the box. Or not.

According to me you went first to the tower.

Perhaps the tower.

Hello, you discussed with Ron at the tower.

The tower, yes, because Ron was already there

and discussed. But never,

at no time
I have found, for example, the tower

alone with Mr. Crossbows.

It never happened.
But I read it many times.

We discussed,

but they are not even entered
towards race.

Maybe in minutes.

Damn.

A cup of tea?

The podium was never delayed.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

Nigel, Nigel, missed the chicane.

He used the escape route.

Office of the marshals

Over the wait was prolonged, more feared
that it was becoming policy.

The decision taken by the commissioners

FIA Press Officer

race of the Grand Prix of Japan

excludes the number one car
and his driver, Ayrton Senna,

the final outcome of the race.

After the race,

I giant screen

has repeatedly shown the incident

REGINALDO LEME

and the return of Senna on the track.

After reviewing these images,
The race officials have concluded

that, having made the chicane

to resume racing

Senna has infringed Article
Regulation of the FLA.

You are world champion, Alain?

Apparently, yes.

I was not sure at %.
I know the rules,

but you never know
how can it be interpreted.

To be quite honest,
I am very happy to leave,

Why work with Ayrton
is becoming really impossible.

It's a good ending for the Championship.

What I want to do now

is to show the images
I believe that significant

because it has been said that you can not
use the escape routes back in the race.

Replay
Austria G P

Escape routes do not serve as passages
in case of emergency. You must stop,

to reverse
and get back on track from where you entered.

It is important to remember
that there were no exclusions

or penalty or disqualification.

And that's why he was excluded
Grand Prix of Japan?

Where is the consistency? It is not fair.

It was the first time
that a team has appealed

and an appeal against its own pilot.

I was in the mood
when, honestly,

want to become world champion,
but you know that anything is possible

and if you see your team go that far

do not know what else could happen.

Prost was very political.

I think it's fair to say

that was very stable
during his career

and, as far as I know,
with the relationship was not closed properly.

Alain, you say that it was a normal trajectory.

But, from aerial photography,

think you started the curve
very soon.

It was not a normal trajectory.

I won Grand Prix
and now three world titles.

I would think that such a thing
on purpose?

I had already begun the curve,

maybe a little 'soon, if you will,
but that was my path.

FIA headquarters in Paris

The Court of Appeals ruled

for Senna
six-month license suspension,

warning not only to Ayrton Senna

but for all the drivers,

and a fine of . $ .

Even if you are
one of the best riders in the world,

you have no right
cause of stupid accidents.

The whole affair has been treated

as if the responsibility of the event
was totally mine.

I was given the blame for everything
and have been penalized accordingly.

I was treated like a criminal.

And this is absolutely unacceptable.

They've taken the Championship

and driver's license suspended for a period.

I think that is the worst example
political use of power

one of my five years on the Formula One circuits.

Ayrton would never forget.

Alain Prost, I am sure, to himself,
deep down, ashamed.

The regulation was later changed,

to admit what he had done Ayrton,
thanks to all this.

It was a blow to Ayrton,

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

Crossbows because he had behaved
even worse than Prost.

Viviane Senna

He even thought
to withdraw from Formula One.

I let him stay for a while '.

Voice of Ron Dennis
T eam manager McLaren

Then, with kindness,
I convinced him that if you believe in certain values,

if you think they're right values,

then yield in the face of the dark forces

you face in life
is not even thinkable.



L 'years later, in , he returned to more mature
and the team work more calmly.

Prost left McLaren
for Ferrari

and Senna was in a perfect position
to compete for the championship.

All pilots reach their limit.

My limit is different from that of Prost.
This is the reality.

Instead of trying
to improve its capacity,

considered easier to attack me.

Ayrton was a small problem.
He believes that he can not k*ll,

because he believes in God and things like that.

I think it is very dangerous
for other drivers.

Just because I believe in God and have faith in Him,

not mean they are immortal;

which are immune from danger,

as has been said.

I'm afraid of hurting me
just like everyone else,

especially driving in Formula One,

where the threat is constant.

Spanish Grand Prix
September

Martin Donnelly
Lotus

Is that him?

Who is it?

Martin Donnelly.

I was in the box.
The tests were interrupted.

I've heard several people say
that there had been an accident. Donnelly.

That was a bad accident.
Very ugly. A tragedy.

So I decided to go to that location
to judge for yourself.

I went through my head
millions of thoughts. In the end,

I realized
I did not want to give up my passion,

Even after seeing what I saw.

I tried to recover
calm and concentration.

I went up on the car
and I started to run,

running,
trying to do even better,

it was the only way to mitigate
the impact it had on me.

I was not ready to give up.
As I was afraid to continue,

I was not ready to abandon
my goal, my goal, my goal,

Ia my passion, my dream, my life.
Why this is my life.

Ayrton Senna ' , "
POLE POSITION

From what I hear,
is no longer life threatening,

which is really very,
Considering the impact he had.

What happened to him,
can happen to anyone of us.

There are things that can be anticipated

and things that can not be foreseen.

These are the most dangerous,

as evidenced by the incident today.

I hope there will be no more
things like that in the future.

GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
October

Incredibly,
for the third consecutive time

the championship is decided
Grand Prix of Japan.

Only, this time, the withdrawal of Prost
would secure the title to Senna.

Gentlemen, good morning.

The traffic light turns from green
the checkered flag will be .

Pre-race meeting for drivers.

Maneuvers and / or dangerous behavior

will be placed immediately
under investigation

and may lead
to license suspension

valid for one or more races
for the Formula One Championship.

Any questions?

There was a lot of confusion
last year with Ayrton.

Nelson Piquet
World Champion , ,

To be repeated?

The safest thing,

if you take the chicane,
is that the commissioners stop the pilot.

When cars do not pass, then,
let him leave.

If we are to reverse
and back

with another car in the opposite direction,
is dangerous.

Okay.

The all think so?

Yes.
Yes.

-Thanks.
-Thank you very much.

I can not stand. It's absurd.

After what happened last year,
is really absurd.

You have shown ... I did not say anything.
Someone else raised the issue

and everyone agrees.
Last year was tough for me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry,
but I can not stay.

The pits and on the grid
tension prevails.

With the world title at stake,
everyone is very nervous.

Today Ayrton Senna
left the meeting the pilots.

He argues that the first should start

on the left of the grid, not on the right.

If the interior was clean,
would be better inside.

But it is dirty. So it is better outside,
in Hungary as o. ..

The trajectory is the path
that usually follow the cars.

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

It is the fastest route along the path.

It is very important that the pole position
is on the trajectory.

If on the other side,
we start from a little-used area of ??the track,

offering half of adhesion.

If the circuit was free, it would be better

I'esterno, not the internal

because inside there is no grip.

We will look at.

Yes, please.

But the head of the Commissioners, the FLA
Crossbows and would agree?

Ayrton Senna will start in pole position
tomorrow at the Japanese Grand Prix.

In second position, see Prost.

Voice of Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

He got the pole position.

Then, suddenly,
pole position was mysteriously

moved on the dirty side of the track
and he thought it unfair.

Voice of Ayrton Senna

Crossbows have influenced the choice.

I know. We all know that.

I have been cheated many times by the system.

I said: "Today, it is not spoken.

"Today will go as I say.

"No matter what happens.
Goes as I say. "

GREEN LIGHT

Senna snaps forward,

but it's Alain Prost to take the lead!
Exactly!

Senna try to go inside ...

There was a collision.

Clashed.

Senna has been touched.

Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna
clashed again

and were both released from the track!
Incredible!

If the race continues,
the title would have been assigned.

I wonder if unfurled
the red flag.

We have not yet seen.

Apparently, the race will continue.

The Championship is over.

Ayrton Senna
is the world champion .

It is very sad that the Championship
end this way.

I had passed behind the tower

and I stopped in a prohibited area,

entrance to the pit.

Ayrton just cut the line of the pit,

I moved over the wall

and ear,

I heard from Bristol, Connecticut:

"Ask del'incidente. Impact.

"Ask him who did what to whom."

Can you tell us what happened
the first lap, Ayrton?

We touched the first corner,

- AYRTON SENNA BRA
F WORLD CHAMPION

while we were fighting for control,
and we came out of both.

Why do the pole position

was on the wrong side of the track?
You wanted change.

Of course I wanted to change. One fight,
is done in four to get the pole

and then is put
on the wrong side of the track.

How does it feel to be world champions?

It feels pretty good.

Congratulations.

Voice of Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

When Ayrton returned,
his attitude

and his body language
showed a strong inner conflict.

It was not proud of himself.

Neither he enjoyed the idea

that it had decided
World Championship.

The title of world champion
drivers in the category goes to Ayrton Senna.

FIA AWARDS
PARIS

Approaching the world champion,
Ayrton Senna.

He knew that I was next.

He moved inside,
moving towards the first corner.

I've chased
and he opened the path.

He knows me well

and therefore must have known that I would try
to overcome it, if I had seen an 'opening.

Okay. Let me make you
another difficult question.

Considering
the total number of times

Jackie Stewart
F World Champion , ,

in which the other world champions
clashed with other drivers,

you, in the last , months,

you run into other cars and drivers

more than all other samples combined.

I am surprised that you own
I put this question, Stewart,

because you have a lot of experience
and know well the world of racing.

You should know
that being a race car driver

means risking all the time.

Be a race car driver
means that you compete with other people.

If you do not try to embed
when you see an opening,

are no longer a race car driver.

Because we are all in competition,
competing to win.

Our main motivation
to compete and win.

Do not get third, fourth, fifth or sixth.

Is not it always been like that?

It is irrelevant.
Everything you're saying, Jack,

is totally irrelevant.

I won more Grand Prix
than anyone else in the last three years.

I've been in pole position
more than anyone else in history.

I won two world titles
in the last three years.

I do not think ... I can not understand

how you can turn over things

I had to say
more accidents than anyone else.

Among other things, is not even true.

The rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Prost

is the strongest I've ever seen in sports

throughout my career. Over years
spent in Formula One,

I was involved in football,
World Championships, Olympic Games

and worked in many other areas,

but I've never seen a rivalry
similar to that between Prost and Ayrton.

He understood everything.

There were criticisms,
especially by Prost,

the behavior of Ayrton as a person.

He was a product of pure racing kart.

He brought in Formula One
a way to run that

until then, was typical of the kart,

an approach to the races
that brooked no compromise.

The head to head in rival

and physical contact between vehicles
were good for the kart.

Not create safety problems.

But everything changed a bit ', with the cars.

I think this is one of the things
which shocked most of the older rivals.

There were not accustomed.

They had grown
with a different type of rules,

rooted in the belief
you can not risk contact

with the car of a rival,

because if I did you may die.

Two of the greatest champions
Formula One

in the sand. Championship ruined.

Accuse each other,
but Prost was the hardest.

His reaction was violent.

I wanted to punch him in the face,

but I was so disappointed

that did not succeed.

I really dislike.

The battle between Senna and Prost,
which continued for several years,

was a godsend
for Formula One.

Let sport.
It's the end of a love story.

The television audience increased.
It was a success.

People are talking about.

It was a controversial history,
shocking and fascinating.

The motoring we gained in popularity.

Even commercially.
Bernie Ecclestone was smart

in distributing the TV rights.

But, to preserve the ratings,
characters are

and the affair between Prost and Senna
hit the mark, of course.

Ayrton became famous
even outside the car,

through the impact of Formula One
on television.

I am very sorry for people because ...

Sent her away.

They are good people
and it is nice to see them dismiss the case.

I'm really sorry.

In Brazil, it was very different.

People were not happy
under the ruling regime.

There was extreme poverty.

So the charm of the Seine,
at a time so difficult, it was incredible.

The situation in Brazil
was very negative and depressing.

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

But many times,
when Ayrton won,

instead of trying to hide
its origins in Brazil, as did others,

did the opposite,
waving the flag of his country.

And he did every Sunday.

He was an inspiration to people.
That's why they loved him so much.

Attend a Grand Prix in Brazil

has no equal.

And when Ayrton Senna is at its highest

be involved
is an OBE,

be in the paddock, on the grid.

People ask me:

"What was the best experience
of your first five years on the circuits of Formula One? "

And they're all amazed when I say:

"The first time
who ran again in Sao Paulo,

'At Interlagos. "

Senna is in pole position

Ia race is about to begin

and there are , Brazilian fans

singing "Olé, olé, olé! Seine, Seine!"

You can not hear the engines
that light, it is also nearby,

songs for fans of the fans

that make you to victory

and show their love.

He wanted to win the Brazilian Grand Prix.

He wanted to win his Grand Prix

we finally arrived,
after seven years of his career,

but did not win the race more meaningful.



Ayrton had never won
Grand Prix of Brazil.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

It was from when he entered Formula One
who dreamed of winning in his country.

Brazilian Grand Prix
March

The Brazilian Grand Prix is ??on.

Red light. Green light.

A good start.

Come on, Senna!

Senna is a close command.

Giro /

Ayrton took the lead.

Before him an easy race.
He won effortlessly.

Voice of Ron Dennis
McLaren Team manager

Here Seine. It starts to rain.

It's raining. It must stop.

But then the change can be stopped

and he had to face
the number of laps that remained

only in sixth gear.

laps to the conclusion

It was impossible to drive a car
Formula One stopped in the sixth.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

Ayrton would have liked to stay.
He could no longer drive it.

But he had already tried many times
to win the Brazilian Grand Prix

and found a special force within himself.

An 'other curve
Senna and cut the line.

You start to victory.

Ayrton, Ayrton ...
The Brazilian Ayrton Senna!

In the lead from start to finish
lnterlagos wins!

A wonderful victory for Senna.

A. NA SEN - Winner
GP BRASIL

Voice of Ayrton Senna

No way!

Damn,

I won!

Prost, b*stard.

He won and then fainted.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

It was his most heroic moment.

Because of the tremendous physical effort,

I had muscle spasms
shoulder and neck.

The pain was tremendous.

The physical and mental stress
this weekend was unheard of.

But could there be only one result.

I finished the race with no more energy.

What's wrong?

The shoulders, the shoulders.

Only his shoulders.

Come here, Dad. Come on.

Come here.

Touch floor.

Do not touch me.

Quiet, Ayrton.

Do not touch me.

Need help?

Carries the flag for me.

I fought hard.

I wanted to finish the race
and finish in first position,

because He is the greatest

and I gave this race.

That's what happened.

It is God who gave me this race
and I'm happy.

It was thrilling.

All hail the Brazilian Senna
for his victory. Congratulations.

I thank all of Brazil.
I thank all the fans.

This weekend I felt around me
so much warmth

that we could not win.

It could not be otherwise.

And we did.

House of the Senna family, Sao Paulo

Life can be very difficult in Brazil.
There are ...

In Brazil you can find all the details.
There is a fantastic nature.

You can have all the nice material things
purchased with money.

But at the same time,
There are also many problems.

Social problems, poverty.
And, as a result, violence.

I try to help

as I can. Especially children.

Ayrton was so well known in Brazil

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

that's a lot of people asking for help

for personal problems. Hospitals

and charities
sought his support.

Ayrton gave and tried to work things out.

But did not want to make donations random.

He wanted to develop
something organized, structured

to help Brazil, especially the children.

In , Ayrton was in great shape.

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

It was his best year in my opinion.

He won seven races,
Always in pole position.

It was dedicated as ever to his work.

But he seemed to possess greater wisdom.

He grew as a person.

Grand Prix of Mexico
June

But then the car betrayed him.

For the first time, he thought seriously
he could hurt you in Formula One.

I conducted a neurological examination

Professor Sid Watkins
Medical F

controlled and chest,
blood pressure, abdomen

and arts.

-How do you think the situation?
-All right.

-Not to worry?
-No. Absolutely.

Voice of Professor Sid Watkins
F Doctor

The personal relationship deeper
I've had with a driver.

Every time I went on the circuit
and I met Senna

usually he was giving an interview
or was surrounded by many people.

As soon as I saw,
a beautiful smile lit up her face.

It was wonderfully modest,

quality is not very common
car drivers in racing.

-Okay.
-It was a pleasure.

Be careful.

You still have so much to do.

Yes, some other little thing.

Questions? Yes

Grand Prix of Germany
July

We talked about the chicane
and barriers

created with the tires.

A collision with the tires

threw his car into the air,
probably

by rolling it on herself.

In Mexico, it happened to me just that

and here it can happen to other people.

I agree that the
we have at the moment

is not the ideal solution.

Roland Bruynseraede
Race Director

The President spoke yesterday
with Mr. Mosley.

No, no, no.
Forget Mr. Mosley.

It has ...

Forget it.

Okay. The FISA president ...

No, forget the president.

We discuss the issue
raised by Mr. Senna,

what we intend to do today
in this specific race.

We can not do anything for this race.

In my opinion,
it is better to remove the tires.

Yesterday I happened to pass
the braking point at the first chicane.

Let me finish. Let me finish.

I went straight. The street was blocked

and I could not go back.

If we remove the tires,
we put the cones.

Yeah, okay.
In this way, the way of escape ...

Yes

No, you need to share the same point.

It should be observed travel distance.

There is no turning back.

I'm sorry,
but this regulation.

It is written in the regulation.
We received the letter yesterday.

Page three.

Here. The last two paragraphs.

Excellent penalty for her.

Jean-Marie, is the same thing.

No problem, Ayrton.
No problem.

This is the best decision
to take, Jean-Marie.

Try to understand.

The best decision is mine.

I have a bad feeling.

No, you do not know
what's my decision.

My decision is always the best,
at every opportunity.

And my decision is

a democratic vote. Only the pilots.

Show of hands.

Who is in favor of the replacement
tire with the heel?

Raise your hand.

Okay.

Who is opposed?

Abstain? Do you all agree, then.

The tires must be removed immediately
and replaced with cones, right?

Three hours after

Alain, what happened at the chicane?

I tried to overtake Senna. It was ...

I was hampered throughout the race,
so not very fair.

Prost I believe that everyone should know by now.

We always complain about the car
or tires,

the team, mechanics, fuel,
the other drivers of the circuit.

The fault is always of others, never his.

Yes, no problem.

So I have nothing to lose.
I can not win the championship,

but if you should ever do again
so wrongly sent him off the track.

Prost was fired by Ferrari
because he had criticized the coach.

Voice of Richard Williams
Sports journalist, The Guardian

He could not do anything
that taking a year off,

telling everyone who was on sabbatical.

My favorite moment of a Grand Prix
was the starting grid

and usually walked the pit lane
to the center of the grid

to give updates
on each team from the start.

I do not know if it depended on whether

I approached the head of the grid

or at the time of the start of the race

but I swear that, in fact,

when I was near the car of Ayrton Senna

sometimes, there seemed to be
something different in the air.

There was an energy, a force,

There was a spirit in quell'abitacolo

that there
around other cars on the grid.

It was just shocking.

GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
October

If I finish in second place,
The championship will be concluded.

If it does not win Mansell,

even then, almost surely,
The championship will be concluded.

Around of

Mansell tries to overcome, but it goes straight.

Mansell goes straight.

The Championship is over.
Mansell can not leave.

SEN NA AYRTON
THREE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION

The Brazilian Ayrton Senna,
three world titles!

A lifetime dedicated to this moment

by a genius of international sport.

Three-time world champion
and many other titles before him.

And only years.

wins, three world titles.

Breaks record after record.
It celebrates as only Senna can do.

The third world title puts Senna
among the greatest of all time.

It is a very special gift for me.

Thank you so much.

Sao Paulo, Brazil
November

I followed the Seine, walked with him

the streets of many countries around the world,

especially to get to the circuits,
as in Japan,

where there is one kilometer from the hotel

the track and cross
an amusement park.

And I thought: "How can a person
be adored so much? "

It was a worship without limits.

I kissed her hand next to the Seine,
three-time world champion.

I want to Senna.
I want to hug him and kiss him.

Got a box
Photos and newspaper articles.

Everything you can imagine.

It is the only good thing in Brazil.

After the third world title
I saw another Senna.

He was very pleased and confident.
Already familiar with the sport.

He had seen with his own eyes
pros and cons of car

and continued to love him
like any other driver.

It is a wonderful holiday.

Anything goes.

Have you spoken to Formula One today?

Formula One is too rigid.
Today is Carnival.

Some of your girls
ever told you: "Faster, Ayrton?

Yes

Ayrton for the third world title

was the culmination of a script
he had written for himself

well before entering Formula One,

because he knew he can do it
and can do even more.

It was already an idol of sport in Brazil.

With the third title,
it became the world.

I would like to continue to improve.

Do more. It makes me happy.

If you feel
that my learning speed decreases,

that my learning curve
flattens,

I'm not happy.

It is not only the professional,
as a pilot. It is also as a man.

Obviously,

I will learn more as a man
that as a pilot,

because my career as a pilot
may only last a few years.

I hope that my life, however,
last very long.

Maybe I'm only half-
of my existence.

So I still have much to learn
and do in life.

I reach true happiness
when I feel complete

something that does not prove
at present.

But I still have so much time in front of me
to succeed.



The following year,
The competition was distorted

by technical innovations
of the Williams cars.

The car is balanced on its own.
Each curve was controlled by computer.

The pilot did not have to do anything
that go as fast as possible.

Vehicles without this system
were at serious disadvantage.

McLaren still fails
to keep pace with the Williams-Renault

with the result that the three times
world champion Ayrton Senna

can not hope to retain the title.

When you enter into this sort

w*r technology

you can end up completely blocked.

This is the mail that matters.

Anyone driving the car,

Nigel Mansell
WORLD CHAMPION

is the computer to do everything, not the pilot.

I do not think it would be desirable

for a World Championship

Pilots.

The negotiations were lengthy

and still do not know who will be
Prost's team-mate.

The three-time world champion has signed

a two-year contract with Williams

and during the week
begin to test the car.

I asked only one thing in the contract:

Ayrton did not have
as a teammate.

Voice of Alain Prost

I explicitly requested.

And they immediately accepted,

saying that it was not their intention.

This was
my only request in the contract,

because I wanted to win the Championship

and do not miss this opportunity.

I noticed when I drove the car
September, Estoril

once the first few laps, it was raining

and the car was really incredible.

I have never driven a car like that
throughout my career.

Yes, for sure

that car was at least
a second faster.

It is no secret

I tried hard
to achieve

an agreement with Williams.

It is a very complex situation.

You ...

It is very beautiful. Is also not clear.

I'm pretty sure of one thing:

I'm the one that has more to lose

if I had to stop for a year or more,

because they are at the peak of his career

and the career of a Formula One driver
is limited.

So if I stop,
I'd lose out more than anyone else,

at both professionally and personally.

Adriane Galisteu



In , Ayrton steered his car
so brilliant.

For me, it was his best season.

Brazilian Grand Prix


European Grand Prix


He completed
some of his best races,

Monaco Grand Prix


even though he spent most of the time
looking at the back of Williams,

much faster than his car.

The French driver Alain Prost

won the World Drivers Championship
Formula One for the fourth time ...

Prost won the championship and retired,

IASC free field.

It seems almost
that you wanted to say goodbye to McLaren.

Do you think it
your last year at McLaren?

I think so. Last.

My contract was for three years.

Then one day in July

I get a call from Frank, and tells me:

"I need to talk.
I have some strong pressure from Renault

"And I have to talk to you about something."

I said, 'All right, Frank.
I think I know what you want to talk to me.

"But I'm on vacation."
I was home for a few days.

"If those of Renault
want to talk to me,

"I come here."

Indeed he was, with a project,

came to see me and tried to explain that

Renault thought
Ayrton to put on my team

I'anno later.

I said, 'Well, but it is not.
We have a contract.

"Just think of a thing
mid-season is not correct.

"Let's do this.'s Wait a bit ',

"Still a few races,
see what happens. "

At this point I will say one thing

that nobody knows,
or very few people know,

but it is the right time to talk about it.

I did not want to be back
Ayrton's teammate.

I did not want people
continue to believe and say:

"Poor Ayrton, always with the second car,

"Alain is as normal to win,
because it has the best car. "

Then I said:
"Well, you want to Ayrton and I understand.

"But as for me, pay me well
the contract next year and I will retire. "

I did not want to retire.

I did not want his retirement.
But to see repetition of the same situation,

especially in my country,

take back that direction,

I did make that decision
very quickly.

But I wanted to tell them after a month or two,

I wanted to become world champion.

I did not want to lose this opportunity.

When I realized that I won the championship,

I said, "Solder the contract and I will retire.
I've had enough. All right? "

Here's what happened. I did not want to retire.

I retired from Formula One
the only reason.

Otherwise I would have continued.

Ayrton fought hard to win at Monaco,
but did not make it,

Iotti to win at Suzuka, but did not make it,

and when he struggled to go to Williams

was the end of his career.

Sometimes it makes no sense ... We always say

that we must fight for our ideals,
for what we want out of life.

But sometimes the battles
do not bring the desired results.

GRAND PRIX OF AUSTRALIA
FINAL RACE OF

We try to do both
our best.

Sure.

Let us behind
what has happened.

Definitely.

Well.

Even if I had not said so,
this was my goal.

Yeah, okay.

Even if we had not spoken,

I would not have changed ... I tried
to do my best as always.

Voice of Mark Fogarty
Journalist F

Ayrton, what did he say Ron Dennis
when you come down from the car?

It's never too late to change his mind.

However, he said
he is happy for me e. ..

It's funny. He said the same thing to me.

Ron has done so.

I said we had to keep
memory in the good times spent together

and finish it with a good time.

It was the last race
Senna raced for McLaren

Prost and the last one he played with Williams.

Although no one knew it yet,

was the last time
both were on the podium.

SEN NA AYRTON
WINNER GP AUSTRALIA

Since then,
from when I was on the podium

beside him on the same level,

changed completely.

It has become another person, really.

There is a before and after that podium.

It's something absolutely amazing.

It was a different person,

other than a pilot, I think,

with a different personality.

He behaved in an entirely different way.

At the press conference,

Fortunately, there were all the TV
waiting for us,

why not stop talking
and ask me things all the time,

speaking as he had never done before.

It was right
go to McLaren after the Lotus.

It was definitely the right choice.

And to compete with Alain Prost

was something
very brave and smart to do.

Smart because he knew, or thought,

to be better than Prost

and, by competing with him,

that was the touchstone
Formula One then,

could prove
once and for all his qualities.

He noticed that

that another team had a car
better than the McLaren,

by far the better of the early s.

In ' they won
World Cup with Nigel Mansell

and in ' with Prost.

And he wanted to be on that car in ' .

It was then that the instincts betrayed him.

Perhaps, given the known factors and parameters,

was the right decision.

Go back and review the conditions

would lead to the exact same decision.

That decision states.
That turned out to be wrong.

But in no way he could know,

before getting on the Williams
for the first time in ' .

Ladies and Gentlemen,
the Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna.

Announcement of the Williams drivers

Ayrton is perhaps the best pilot on the square,
the best driver currently in operation.

Frank Williams

The team has what it takes
to succeed

and this is what our partners,
investors and sponsors expect from us.

Consequently,
Ayrton is the best equipment, so to speak,

we can give the car
to meet these expectations.

The lnternational Federation
Sport Automotive

banning certain
issue of computing devices

that help drivers in Formula One race.

This is to stem the uncontested domain
of the richest teams,



as the Williams-Renault
World title holders.

To Ayrton Senna,
is a race against time.

Must be an integral team
and adapt to the new car.

He says they are not at ease.

The car is no longer

electronic components
used last year:

traction control

special brakes and active suspension.

The cars are much less stable

without the electronically controlled suspension.

As a result, are more difficult to drive

and it is very likely to occur
more coats and off the track.

More coats mean
more fun for the audience

and also for us,
until the pilot nothing happens.

Otherwise, it is not a good situation.

Senna is second.

Brazilian Grand Prix
March

Separate them almost eight seconds.

Around of

Undoubtedly, we are not satisfied

Patrick Head
Chief Engineer Williams

how are things going at the moment
with the car.

It is not easy to manage.

Pacific Grand Prix
April

The cars were not to use
none of the electronic A*DS

installed the previous year.

But Senna was convinced

by Benetton
driven by Michael Schumacher

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
BENNETTON FORD - WINNER

winner of the first two races of the season,
mount, something more,

Flavio Briatore
Benetton team manager

in particular, traction control,
which eliminated wheelspin.

Not right that was fought
so easily from Benetton.

He wanted to protest,

Voice of Frank Williams
T eam manager Williams

but we did not.

SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX, IMOLA
APRILE

If he had brought with him
emotion in that race,

different from all previous races,

it may have been the frustration

to know that his main rival
driving a car

on which there was something ill*gal.

This would always provoked
as his sense of fairness.

Does not give it anything,

nothing abnormal about his behavior,

knowing and believing all this.

I can only bring back his words,
because I can not judge myself

but was convinced
Benetton that cheat.

He was very upset and it
causes a lot of problems.

He was unhappy with the car again,
its performance.

Therefore, it is obvious that it was not very happy,

said that was not the motivation.

Several times he told me:
"I can not be justified against Michael,

"Against other drivers."

It was just like

if he lost the passion,

had problems with the car,
with the stables and security,

perhaps
some small personal problem.

Perhaps he had lost his abilities.

It was an amazing thing.

It was very obvious,
for me and other people close to Ayrton.

Josef, his coach
and perhaps one of his best friends,

Sid Watkins, all three

for various reasons,
we form the view soon

Ayrton had now repented
to have left the team.

Not only for the competitiveness or otherwise,

but mainly because he did not expect
of being in a culture so different,

quite far from the way it is.

Start from zero.
In practice, the championship starts here for us.

It is an ideal location to find,
but the reality is this.

You've already won three times here in the past.
And today you have to win again, at all costs.

I would like.

Friday
April

Senna was so nervous that weekend.
I had never seen him so tense.

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

I never saw him smile
even for a moment.

Always maintained
a concentrated expression, irritated,

sad.

It is the balance.

It is unstable.

The car has worsened.

There is a predominant tendency

or the balance is constantly changing?

It tends to understeer more.

In the first round, tended to understeer.

Then, in the second, has changed abruptly.

Oversteer and understeer?

Yes

Instead of mid-corner,

has lost grip at the beginning.

When it is normal to lose grip
loses too much.

Saliva on a car, we can say,
as a g*n was never tested.

He had many problems, many defects

to work on, that needed to be resolved,

some of which
seemed pretty basic.

One of the things I hate more pilots

is a car
changing behavior in the curve.

There are two things,
oversteer and understeer.

Oversteer
is the slip on all four wheels

when you press the accelerator

and turn the steering wheel to balance

so that seems to go
in the opposite direction

from where you want to, but in reality the car

slides along the curve.

Understeer is when
you need to steer more than expected

to turn a corner.

The bad thing is that most of the cars

has one or the other feature,

but those made really bad
to have both.

And switch
in the blink of an eye,

in the middle of a curve,
when you least want it to happen.

It's something that disturbs the pilot,
because it undermines your confidence

integrity of the car.

And it is really crucial,
especially for Formula One,

develop,

for the pilot, the total trust

temperament
and behavior of the car.

It was evident early in the season in '

that this was not
Williams's situation.

He had the unpleasant fault
not to maintain balance.

It takes a lot
to accommodate such a thing.

It was clear that by the end of the season
Williams had made it.

Damon Hill won the race
and he was running for the title.

And the following season and the two subsequent

in ' and ' ,
Williams won the title again

because he had passed the hard times.

But the arrival of Senna
coincided with that period

and I think it disturbed him very much,

because they expect very different things.

He expected to run a car
who could win the championship.

Instead he found himself with the difficult task

to help engineers

to remove the car his vices
to make it competitive again.

Rubens Barrichello
Jordan

Know Ayrton
or should I submit?

Four years earlier

No, I already know.

The familiar name of
or you've already met?

I know him because I follow Formula One

and we met.

Why are you so nervous, then?

Why stand next to someone like him

always put in turmoil.

Be ', good luck to the sample
and the eventual champion.

RU BENS BARRICHELLO
QUALIFYING

Damn.

REPLAY

Rubens did you see?

He's fine. He's fine.
It is shock, obviously, but it goes well.

Did you talk?

Yes

Get well, Rubens.

Saturday
April

When I arrived at Imola

Ia the first thing I saw was the screen

on which he wrote: "Alain, we miss you."

Or maybe: "We miss you, Alain."

"To my friend, Alain. We miss you."
Or: "I miss you."

It made me very happy.

I find the most beautiful thing
I've done for me, really.

Because it is a very important message,

not only because they wrote it, unfortunately,

the day before he died.

When you are ...

Try to put the head of a pilot
in his position.

And ask yourself why Ayrton
would think of me,

at that time of day.

I reflect on all the time. I find it incredible.

This is a very strong message.

And for me it was something
really important.

Ayrton did not feel more at ease
with the new team

Voice of John Bisignano
ESPN Commentator

nor with the car.

But he struggled and managed to win
pole position.

Damn.

I must regain control of myself.

Roland Ratzenberger
Pilot Simtek

I do things with the car that no one ...

The push too hard?

Roland Ratzenberger
Simtek

km / h?

Ladies and gentlemen, the organizers
Grand Prix of San Marino

Newsroom Imola

learned
Ospedale Maggiore di Bologna

that the driver of car ,
MTV Simtek Ford, Roland Ratzenberger

died as a result of trauma
reported in the incident

took place at Imola

during the qualifying
Saturday April.

It was the first time that our generation
was faced with the death of a pilot.

Voice of Pierre Van Vliet
Commentator TF

That afternoon,
the atmosphere is very heavy.

Everyone thought:
"But what are we doing?"

Or: "What for?"

Voice of Professor Sid Watkins
Medical F

Ayrton was very upset and cried.

So I said:

"You know, Ayrton, you've already won three world titles.

"You're the fastest man in the world."

I knew he loved fishing.
"Why do not you retire?

"I withdraw too 'I
and we go together to fish. "

He said, 'Sid, I can not retire. "

ACCESS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

Item Reginaldo Leme
Commentator Globe

That Saturday, at dinner,
Frank Williams was not at all sure

Senna would be presented at the start.

I was sure that I did not want to compete.

The last time I saw Ayrton
was that Sunday.

He was very agitated.

Some friends went to talk to him.

He was very agitated, was
camper from Williams to the box,

back and forth. Before you take

print position in the cabin,

I always ask something about the strategy

Brazilian pilots
and others who are near.

Some respond, others do not

but they always say the important things

I can report to the public
during the race.

Expected to be able to

Ia my question to Ayrton, but could not.

I realized that was not the time
for such an application.

Sunday
May

That morning when she awoke,

Item Viviane Senna
Sister of Ayrton

asked God to speak to him.

He opened the Bible

and read a passage that said

that God would
the greatest gift of all,

or God himself.

A collision.

All pass around. Look.

REPLAY

Lamy arrives at full speed.

Lehto is stopped.

JJ Lehto
BEN Etton

A nasty collision.
Lamy and Lehto have had no luck.

Pedro Lamy
LOTUS

Enter the safety car.

SAFETY CAR

They told me that Ayrton had revealed
someone before the race

hold or carry a flag of Austria.

In victory,
or if it was still on the podium,

very likely,

wanted to wave it
as a tribute to Roland Ratzenberger.

Lights out the safety car.

It means that the safety car
is about to come into the pits.

Starting over. Senna is in the lead.

Schumacher is second.

On the sixth lap, Michael Schumacher
trying to put pressure on the Seine.

T elecamera on-board
Ayrton Senna

Around /

Bad impact on the Seine.

At the Tamburello curve.

A very serious accident.

I pulled out of the c*ck,

takes off his helmet
and intubated for him to breathe.

Voice of Professor Sid Watkins
Medical F

By neurological signs, I realized

that trauma to the head
would have been fatal.

Then he sighed,
and his body relaxed.

It was at that moment ...
I am not religious,

but at that moment I thought
that his spirit had left the body.

Seeing the helicopter to fly to the hospital,

I still had hopes.

I did not realize.

During the live commentary
I did not realize.

Of course, I imagined that he was wounded

and perhaps in bad conditions,

but I did not realize he was dead.

I did not want to understand it, maybe.

It was something unreal.

Ayrton's accident was caused

problems of his own car.

And, of course,

not related to competitiveness

none of the cars around him.

Again
there are people who support

inseguisse that Benetton's Michael

too aggressively,
the need to compensate

Ie inadequacies of his car.

For me it is nonsense.

As usual, the people
attempts to rewrite the script.

The fact is that

I'auto Ayrton almost certainly sold,

causing the accident,

as sometimes happens.
These things happen.

It was certainly
of a mechanical problem.

I'm very careful what I say,

because they had changed
the steering column.

It may be an explanation.

I have no idea, really.

But surely it was
a mechanical failure.

The talent he had was used.

I had had any
strength or power that reached him,

had an obligation to pursue
career, that his passion.

These thoughts, of course,

I have accompanied

when he lost his life,

because even at times when realized,

when nobody knew for sure,
moments in which he made

who had lost their lives,

I was

strangely uncomfortable with the fact

that would not have done anything
differently.

It was what I wanted to do.

And if that was to be the outcome

of his career,

I do not think it would change,
even if he had known.

We realized that this was a serious thing
only after the race.

As usual
came different information.

I remember that someone was,
comment on the flight,

cha to tell us he was just a broken arm.

Five minutes later
received very bad news.

I remember saying
it was useless to make an announcement,

before you know
how things really were.

And we learned much during the commentary.

Then, as it happens, a lot of news arrived.

And on the way to the airport,

we knew it was serious.

You went to Frank after the race?

No. Actually, yes, sorry.

I went to Frank, the box,
immediately after the race.

It was the first thing I did
after the comment.

Frank and Patrick were together,
but still did not know.

It was immediately after the race.
They did not know anything definite.

They were shocked,

but wanted to avoid assumptions
and waited.

Only understood,
on the road to the airport, the increase

the seriousness of the thing.

Think about the hard times of life,
to extreme emotions,

but inevitably things do not improve,
in that sense,

through thought,

indeed, the pain is rising and, for me,

Ie emotions of that time were not
a fragment of what I tried

going to Brazil for his funeral.

For all those people in Brazil,

for all his fans around the world,

will remain forever young.

Ayrton Senna will always be faster.

Do not ever grow old.

Will always

the sample

Brazil and the world.

The pain, even today,

is the best way I have
to remember what he did.

When I meet a Brazilian

I feel I say dovergli

I knew Ayrton Senna
and I interviewed at least times.

Once I was on a cruise on the Nile

with Brazilians, besides me and my wife,

and I told one of them
Ayrton Senna interviewed have times.

During the following week,

each of them came to me.

They had to talk to someone
who had spoken with Ayrton Senna.

They must also tap
someone who had touched

shook hands with Ayrton Senna.

It was as if I had known, spoken,

touched and shaken hands with God

and should do so through me, too.

These people were about years

when Ayrton won championships.

And as a child he was taught

that was one of the most important people
never existed,

between those who had a Brazilian passport.

When you spend the first five years in a sport,

you wonder if you made a wise choice.

I think it done.
And I know Ayrton Senna ...

And I know Ayrton Senna
believed to have done.

You think about it? Me too
would like to see

Ayrton with children and grandchildren on the beach.

But you can imagine to hear
news type:

"Ayrton Senna dying of cancer
after a long battle in years? "

I do not know. Poetically,

as unjust, he is better suited

have died in a racing car.

Even at speeds of race,
the Tamburello curve is not a

when you make mistakes.

The car must have had a problem.

Maybe it was broken power steering.

Either the temperature of the tires
was not optimal

and the car skidded off the road.

Will always remain a mystery.

There was a lawsuit?

In my opinion,
broke the steering column

and the car became uncontrollable.

But above all, it was a fatality,

because the car crashed
with an 'angle for the suspension

went to hit his helmet.

The fortunes of Ayrton had been exhausted.

His body did not report
or fractures or bruises.

If the suspension, breaking,

was over cm cm above or below,

would return to the pits on foot.

Bologna, Italy

I was lucky to get

airport half an hour before his plane.

I saw the coffin load
on the fire truck,

who then embarked on the road
that goes from the airport to the city,

six-or eight-lane highway

where traffic
flowed in one direction only,

following the fire.

Vehicles of all types imaginable.

It was extraordinary.

All followed him,
many with flags, banners

or her photos attached
on the doors of cars, trucks

or other vehicle that you can think of,

in this fast road
into the city,

in front of houses and windows crowded with people,

buildings with flags, banners

decks crammed with people,

all who came to greet him.

Then people in the queue
to pay homage to the body,

who have waited up to seven or eight hours.

Children, elderly, people of all kinds,

with a majority of young

because Brazil, demographically,
is a young country,

And the youth seemed to have
a special relationship with him.

But even the elderly and everyone else.

Hours, hours and hours straight
just to go in front of his body

and leave a memory beside the coffin.

An impressive sight.

And then there was another procession
to the cemetery for the funeral.

Once again there were people everywhere,
climbing walls, trees

and any other surface that allowed it.

The sky was covered with helicopters,
journalists and each other.

Then came
the Brazilian Air Force jet,

the equivalent of the Red Arrows,

that have drawn in the sky with smoke,
"S" of the Seine.

Unbelievable.

I was at the funeral of Bob Marley,

which was very similar
in how a nation has come forward

as a sign of gratitude to someone

that represented them in the world.

Sao Paulo, Brazil
May

He was my idol.
It represented the best of Brazil.

I miss you, Senna.

Do not forget you.

The Brazilians need food,
education, health care

and a little 'joy.

The joy it has been removed.

AYRTON SEN NA DA SILVA
- - - -

Nothing can separate me from the love of God

Who is or has been

the pilot you've competed against
with greater satisfaction?

Both historical and current.

I have to go back

in , to

and , when I was in karting.

I competed for the first time
outside Brazil, in Europe,

as a teammate of Fullerton.

His name Fullerton.
He had a lot of experience.

I really enjoyed driving with him

because it was fast and consistent.

The pilot thought a truly complete.

He was driving at its best,
pure race.

There was no policy.

No money in between.

It was real competition.

I keep a wonderful memory.

Ayrton Senna died at the age of .

After his death,

Ia FIA mandated
Professor Sid Watkins and his friend,

to improve safety in Formula One.

Since then, it was not registered
no death in Formula One.

The Ayrton Senna Foundation,
created in by his sister Viviane,

education has contributed more
of million poor Brazilian children.

One director is Alain Prost.

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