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Yesterday, Ayrton would have been 50
Miss him
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I'll always remember him utterly dominating the entire sport in his McLaren Honda V-10 back in the 80s.
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Miss him too
![]() I have a B&W photograph of him in my living room that a friend took so I'm always reminded. My son was born a couple days after Ayrton's death so it was a time of great sadness and happiness in our household.
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1994 was the first season of Formula 1 that I can remember watching. I was a kid.
I remember the Imola race very distinctively.
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Started watching Jimmy Clark in the early to mid 1960's. Watching those guys go around Monaco was a real delight.
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I was traveling in Brazil often when Senna died. The sense of loss there was tremendous. Watching the BBC Bahrain GP race last weekend, one of the commentators - Martin Brundle, I believe - stopped mid-sentence when he saw Bruno Senna in a car. He said those eyes were too familiar.
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I watched his death live in the wee hours of the morning, LA time. Just like Earnhardt Sr., it's still very haunting that I witnessed such horrific racing history.
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