18 years ago today - RIP
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Truly the Devine One. RIP
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"Senna was 34, which means that, by F1 standards, he did not die young, just hard and a very long way from home.
Senna transcended the tiresome debate about whether race drivers are really athletes because he was something far rarer in this world than an athlete — he was a genius.
Senna could take a 1,100-pound F1 car and transform it into a living, breathing thing; a throbbing dance partner in his dangerous pas de deux.
Niki Lauda said simply, ‘He was the best driver who ever lived.’"
Senna transcended the tiresome debate about whether race drivers are really athletes because he was something far rarer in this world than an athlete — he was a genius.
Senna could take a 1,100-pound F1 car and transform it into a living, breathing thing; a throbbing dance partner in his dangerous pas de deux.
Niki Lauda said simply, ‘He was the best driver who ever lived.’"
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If you read Dr. Watkins' book, (he was the on-track trauma surgeon following in the chase car) he did the post incident i (I believe non autopsy like)inspection of Senna's body.
He concluded that, had the tie rod piece not penetrated Senna's helmet, he saw no other trauma to Senna's body that would have prevented him from surviving the accident.
I know this seems hard to believe given the ferocitiy of the impact, but Dr. Watkin's was world renowned for his expertise in these matters.
Still a very sad day and we tend to forget that another driver, C.Rattsenburger(spelling?) also died that weekend.
Tom B.