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Originally posted by arcsine
I was/am a Senna fan and believe he had "it" more than anyone I have seen. I vividly remember watching that race and knew it was bad when following the accident, the corner workers nearby just looked, no one made a move towards the car. Senna twitched and the announcers thought all was well but still no one moved to the car.
Only two premature deaths have affected me: Senna's and Stevie Ray Vaughn's. Fair winds to both.
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I read an amazing article in Racer Magazine last year about Senna on the 10th Ann. of his death.
I started following F-1 about 3 years ago when I started to get into motorsports myself. (way too late in life) I had heard of Senna and how great he was but never knew how amazing of a driver he was until I read that article.
They talked about how he would be traveling 40-50 MPH faster than the rest of the field when it would rain. He himself described a phenomena on track where he felt like he slipped into another dimension and things would suddenly appear to be happening in slow motion. The author of the article went on to add that if ANY other driver had claimed that he would have thought they were nuts but, with Senna it was the explanation his amazing ability.
I am mad that my only exposure to Motorsports growing up was NASCAR. It was not my father doing either he couldn't care less about motorsports. It is mainstream media what is popular. I am mad that I missed some of the most amazing years of F-1 oblivious that such greats were racing.
I was listening to Howard Stern after the Tsunami thing went down and MS donated 10 Mil. They didn't know who he was!!! No one in the studio knew what sport he was involved in. I couldn't believe it. But then again I didn't know who Senna was untill I got into F-1.