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Originally Posted by Flieger
I don't know about that. It was a bit biased towards him but they still covered his ruthless, win-at-all-costs-even-if-it-means-crashing-into-someone-else nature. He was one of the ones who really started taking advantage of the safety and robustness of modern F1 cars, making it a contact sport. Schumacher's starting grid swerve was an extension of this. Now there is no backing off when two cars are fighting for a position into a turn. Senna was the master of that. Forcing his way through.
I'll be getting it on DVD.
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Look at Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux's battle at the French Grand Prix, quite a bit of contact, they both could of easily gotten hurt with what they were doing, they both wanted that spot, and fought for it. Either one guy gives up, or you get a battle, some drivers give up, I'm often one of those on the track, I just do it for fun, Senna took it serious. I have a hard time blaming him for it, he's paid to be that way.
Now, not braking, and piling into the back of another driver, like say, Brian Vickers did to Matt Kenseth, thats not racing IMO. Or to use a F1 example, Bruno Senna in his first GP not braking for turn 1, and taking out a bunch of the other backmarkers, and himself.
I feel Senna had a shot in turn 1 at Japan, as soon as he got squeezed in by Prost who may have turned in early, there was no way he could of made it, and I'm not sure he could've backed out once committed. As soon as Prost turned in early, he couldn't change events either. Given that Prost would lose the championship if he wrecked, maybe he should've given Senna more room, slowed down a little more, and taken the outside. Unless he wasn't fast enough to pass Senna later.