SPIRIT OF SENNA WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF DIEHARD FORMULA ONE FANS
Michael Schumacher was good, damn bloody good at driving a F1 machine, but before the german ace was even heard of literaly in motor racing circles, Brazilian Ayrton Senna had already become a legend, only a tragic accident at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 prevented him from being the undisputed greatest F1 driver in history.
Even though he was dead by the age of only 34 Senna is still right up there in the league of Brabham, Schumacher and frenchman
Alain Prost.
I wont even attempt to match all the information on Senna courtesy of Wikipedia, I really did not want to do that because I don't want to slag anything off there, even though I have never been a big fan of Formula One or motorsport in general, the one thing I respect Senna for is the pigheaded competitiveness he always applied and the great mechanical knowledge he possessed.
Unlike say Nigel Mansell who was a show pony revhead who hopped in a F1 car for a bit of fun and occasionally won by way of a fluke, Senna was one of the most intelligent drivers in the history of motorsport.
His rivalry with McLaren teammate and
nemesis Alain Prost reached the hostile level in 1989 and 1990 when seperate collisions for each year at the Japanese Grand Prix's decided which of the two won the drivers championship.
nemesis Alain Prost reached the hostile level in 1989 and 1990 when seperate collisions for each year at the Japanese Grand Prix's decided which of the two won the drivers championship.
Prost got up in 1989 and Senna got up in 1990. Senna would go on to win again in 1991 and 1992, after securing his first championship in 1988.
I should warn my readers that the above clip is a replay of the crash at Imola which claimed Senna's life, it is somewhat disturbing and eery but Imola will always remain his final resting place. A racing track is where his spirit lives on, not in a garden cemetery.
Tell that to his poor family who go visit his place of rest for some kind of comfort.The racing track is a traggic reminder of the horrific accident.The GARDEN cemetry is his place of sleeping.Lets not take that from his family buy posting this comment that its not his resting place.We have no right to think we can go above his family.We are only the spectators whos adrenalin has risen due to the excitment of the speed and danger while his family has their adrenalin risen with the fear of his life coming to an end.Sorry for not supporting your work for a little fame as you had hoped, by posting to me,but Im all for the FAMILIES of the people who deeply love, and need him.Im sure they only want people to refrain from highlighting the tragedy of Sennas death for the benefit of a little fame for oneself.When you do the work that we do and you got to pick up parts of loved ones off the road,you will think twice on this topic.Do a story on somebody who gives you the permission (family member or the person its about) and you may have a story that I will commit to liking and sharing to others.Make sure that they(the familes/person who is the subject) get a cut from any profit if there ever is at anytme.I dont think this should be a problem for you anyway since you have already stated that you are NOT much of a fan of MOTORsport.Got to do a story that you have HEART in and be careful with language and what you say about anyone because you could end up in hot water.Keep the name calling to a zero level.eg,"pigheaded""showpony"even if someone else has quoted.never repeat it because you never know if they too landed in hot water over it.I hope this helps you to understand a little more about what you must be prepared to go through in the future when you post stories for the public to comment on.Cheers.
ReplyDeleteDude, this is an article on Senna the racing car driver, not as Senna personally speaking.
ReplyDeleteLike any racing car driver, despite being one
of the best in the business, he knew the risks
involved, he knew he could crash one day and become a statistic, as much as i wrote this article to pay respects to him as a sportsman in no way was it an attempt to immortalise him or infer that it was an accident which claimed its life. In reality, he died as a result of an incident while involving himself voluntarily in the sport he loved, you have attempted in your one dimensional comment to make the comparison between civialian road deaths and the carnage it causes and Senna's sporting death. Would you sooner i have said that Senna was an idiot for going 300km/hr and slamming into a wall and not make reference to his stature as an elite sportsman or would you sooner i had just neglected to mention that and make him out to be just any other fool who was going too fast and killed himself. I am not placing Ayrton Senna on a pedastal by paying homage to him as a sportsman, neither am i inferring that speeding is not a major contributor to road deaths in the general community. My heart goes out to all those who are ever affected by the effects which road accident related deaths have on them emotionally. This story was totally in my heart by the way, no i dont love motorsport all that much but Senna was a genius. And i totally disagree with you over where his 'spirit' remains, i am entited to my opinion and you are entitled to yours. Maybe you should stop trying to be a word copper as much as i should refrain from writing about motorsport. I didnt write this for self grandizement or fame like you have insinuated, i wrote it to recognise Senna for what he was good at, i did not mention his injuries and i did not glorify motorsport in any way whatsoever.