Senna was a great driver and a true champion. I find this interview very sad and prophetic with regards to his untimely death just a few months later. May he rest in peace and thanks for the memories Ayrton.
Senna had been saying things against FIA since 1984. And talking about how it was more a business than a sport. They never forgive him. They took the 1989 championship from him. They let Williams have the electronic advantages from 1991 to beat Senna and once he got the Williams in 1994 they changed the rules. Senna won 3 championships, almost 4, won many races and poles with FIA against him. He was greater than most people think.
[ 3:20 ] Walker: "In the best car, nobody is going to see which way he (Senna) goes in 1994" [3:26] Senna :"I hope you guys are completely right." --------------------- Sad....
His I am not so sure response is so unlike him, not the usual self confidence masking his arrogance that people blame him for. But his self doubt is prophetic that the 94 season was going to spell doom for him.
It's like a bit surreal looking to this interview, 25 years later, knowing what happened just a few months after this. What I can say, is that, even though he wants to hide it, I think he already knew that year would have been very tough.
I think had Ayrton lived, he would have been runner up in 94 but won 95 and 96 before retiring and focussing on safety. I cant imagine Ayrton in a narrow V10 car.
Yeah I think 30 points down after Imola was a massive ask. I reckon he would have gone on a Mansell 1991 style run with a couple of more DNFs costing him.
Despite this calm TV interview, nevertheless Senna told some of the people next to him that 1994 Williams FW16 was the car he drove that was harder than anything he had driven before.
Ayrton's move from Maclaren to William's was the biggest mistake he made in his career. I think he would have been better off joining Ferrari but unfortunately it doesn't necessarily mean that he wouldn't have died in a formula one car. Ayrton Senna has left a permanent historical mark on formula one which nothing or nobody can destroy. RIP Ayrton ❤🙏
A mistake? How can you say that? I am old enough and can remember very good how the things were in those years. Williams was a dominate power since middle 1991, and has literally destroyed its opponents in 1992 and 1993.Senna himself experienced that very much. And we know how Ferrari has performed in 1994. And Damon Hill, himself nowhere near to Ayrton, almost won the title that year.
He knew right then that Williams of '93 wasn't going to be equally successful in '94 and that wasn't just a negative estimation on his part, it included also I believe, some sort of a bad premonition as well, strengthening towards his very last grand prix in San Marino...
94 would have been a tough season for him had he lived given the rise of Schumacher but 95 would hopefully have been a winner for him. Sometimes I wish though he had just held on at McLaren.
Crixus Mauperthuis Lol goon, must be some pretty strong stuff if you genuinely believe what you’re saying is true. Schumacher had by far the best car at the start of the 1994 season, and had retained the electronic aids they had the year before, therefore cheating. Senna still out qualified him despite the williams being a piece of shit at the time.. so no, schumacher was not better than senna you deluded fool 👍
Crixus Mauperthuis 😂😂 what the fuck is wrong with you, call me brainless all you want but I am speaking facts, lets not forget schumacher took damon hill off in the last race of the season as well, couldnt win it fairly could he
@@simonaustin3719 just ignore the idiot he posts bullshit in every senna video 😂 he is butt hurt that everyone will remember him till the end of times and he will be a total zero
It's amusing to read all the "expert" comments about the FW16 being a crap car. The fact of the matter is that even with the twitchy rear-end (which was solved mid-way through the season), the Williams was still the best car on the grid at the start of the season. Senna had a couple bad-luck races and my money says he would have won Imola easily if not for the accident. That "crap" FW16 still won the constructors championship in 94.
It ' s not the way you saying man !!! FW 16 was very difficult to drive , set - up , and unpredictable ... Had huge aerodynamic problems !!! Get the facts right !!! Do a good research !!! To say that this car was the best even in the beginning of the season is a complete joke , ridiculous !!!! FW 16 was better by the end of the season , but was absolutely crap in the first ralf of it ... Changed a lot until the end of the year ... Damon Hill really struggled with the original version of the car !!! See the reality man ... ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
From Newey's book: Senna’s steering column had been changed to improve his driving position. Newey drew up the plans to relocate the steering column and decrease its diameter at one point. He described the changes as “two very bad pieces of engineering” which “Patrick [Head] and I were responsible for”. Following the crash Williams made tests of their steering column design. They found that despite the reduction in diameter and a fatigue crack on the shaft, the column was still useful. However, Newey says he still feels “guilty” about the fatal crash. “I was one of the senior officers in a team that designed a car in which a great man was killed,” he said. “Regardless of whether that steering column caused the accident or not, there is no escaping the fact that it was a bad piece of design that should never have been allowed to get on the car.” “What I feel the most guilt about, though, is not the possibility that steering column failure may have caused the accident, because I don’t think it did, but the fact that I screwed up the aerodynamics of the car, I messed up the transition from active suspension [in 1993] back to passive and designed a car that was aerodynamically unstable, in which Ayrton attempted to do things the car was not capable of doing.” They had one 2nd and a 6th from four races. I'd argue that once they made changes to the car and understood the setup, it became a competitive car. Senna had poles with it, but Hill was well off that pace, and driving around problems doesn't mean problems don't existing. Without two DSQs which had nothing to do with race pace, Benetton would have won the constructors. We know Senna also found the cockpit cramped because he said so during testing.
What an asshat, poor people are hideous for him is it asshole. I don't think Senna would have appreciated his country's misfortunate looked down upon as nuisance.
I can't believe I heard those words come out of Murray's mouth. I truly hope that was something the producers had written for him to say instead of something he wrote himself. He seemed like such a kind and generous and warm man, to hear that kind of class-ist, elitist BS from him seems so out of character.
Senna should have never gone to Renault. He would be here today I'm sure. I don't know how a suspension column could break without a colision and nobody is held responsible..........yes i am aware two persons were convicted in an Italian High court.......something like 15 year after the Imola accident
@@arianecorretora61 ELE ERA O ENGENHEEIRO DO CARRO DO SENNA , E MANDOU EFETUAR UMA SOLDA NA COLUNA DE DIREÇÃO DO CARRO AO INVÉS DE INSTALAR UMA COLUNA NOVA, PROVAVELMENTE A ORDEM PARTIU DO MAFIOSO FRANCES JEAN MARRIE BALLESTRE, QUE ODIAVA SENNA EM DETRIMENTO DO SEU COMPATRIOTA ALAIN PROST, NÃO FOI UM ACIDENTE COMUM, FOI UM ACIDENTE PROVOCADO.
Just when he went to Williams the FIA changes the rules. His accident was becouse a group of factors that had one thing in common: difficult his fourth title.
@McGregorKereama Hill was second to Schumacher by 1 point only because MSC was DQ'd from two races, and banned from another 2 races. Hill couldn't get the job done even with MSC not scoring in a quarter of the races that year.
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