AGAR-COSWORTH

Ive just spent most of the afternoon on Ayrton Senna sites and ive come across some cracking videos:

http://www.madmarty.net/senna/2senna..._narration.avi

http://www.madmarty.net/senna/F1%20-...-%20Senna.mpeg

http://www.madmarty.net/senna/94-imola-griglia1.mpeg

http://www.madmarty.net/senna/Ayrton...%20cuori).mpeg

http://www.madmarty.net/senna/GTF1_Senna_Tribute.ram

I have to say without doubt he is better than Schumacher will ever be, and i'm a Schumacher fan.

Some of his stats:

Number of GP:161
Victories: 41
Pole-positions: 65
Laps in the first place: 2984
Kilometers at first place: 13600
Championships points: 614



http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/ayrton-senna.htm <-- a great site

I read a paragraph written by Senna on a site (sorry tried hard but couldn't locate it again). He spoke about like feeling he was past his limits, felt like he was in a constant tunnel but still managed to keep going faster and faster.

Truely awesome and awe inspiring.......

CabrioTurbo

excellent.. used to love watching F1 with senna in it. he will remain forever one of the true greats of motor racing
I still have the newspaper with the pictures of his crash on the front page.. IIRC it was may 1996 wasnt it? thats like 8 yrs ago!

AGAR-COSWORTH

It was Imola '94 i think, i rememer watching that sat next to my dad. I was only 7 at the time. His Monaco lap in one of the videos is absolutely amazing, showing truely superb car control. Since then i think GP has gone down hill, and IMO this is partly due to the crash - which forced the FIA to get serious about safety. Fair play, but it just isn't the same. I didn't realise that there was so much contovercy over the crash or "accident" before today Quite sad really

Ian2wdsaffcos

It was 1994 mate! I wasn't properly into motorsport in those days, had only just started watching it really so never got to see him race much Will download those clips later though

WutangRS

04/05/94 i think
does anyone remember the guy who got killed on qualifing the day before. everyone seems to forget about him. that was the first death in 12yrs and we end up having 2

AGAR-COSWORTH

Yeah i remember the guy his name was Roland Ratzenberger, he was Austrian and in his first season of F1, may he RIP

It's Czech Mate

Roland Ratzenburger IIRC........


They days of Senna and Mansell wheel to wheel and making their cars go sooo much faster than their respective team-mates are gone.....mores the pity. Both capable of heroic driving that we just dont see anymore

Keith B

Awesome links, I was a big Senna fan and I agree - Schuey may be good but he's not in the same league. F1 these days is pretty dull, only a serious downpour injecting some life into it.

Smit

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very good downloads!

his birthday is the same as mine aswell, 21st March

AGAR-COSWORTH

Found yet another video:

http://f1.tottoro.hu/highlights/season1994.avi

Matt

****FUCKING LEGEND!!!****

jesus christ ayrton at his absolute finest awesome!

its similar to the dialogue towards the end of the monaco clip

long live the legend

vroooom ptssssh

yup agreed billy bell, er matt, Legend

KSA-Cossie

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THE MAIN MAN and my absolute hero,i do like schumacher but he will never be as good as ayrton was.

FAST AS FORD

I agree senna was a legend and an awesome driver, but you can't ignore the stats and schuey IS the most succesful f1 driver ever and the records are still growing! Ok, ayrton had at least 5 more years in f1 and would no doubt been more succesful but i think that schuey is definately a better all round driver, the complete package. Ayrton had raw speed but maybe lacked the all round judgment of a complete racer . Just my opinion

edd

you only have to look and see damon hill almost beat shumi in 94' (some would say he did win it really) can you imagine if ayrton was there for the whole year?

he would have made shumi look an idiot imo.

The Sludge

top top post-well done

edd

SimonT

total lengend senna was - and in truth still is.

AGAR dont spose you come over from http://tbk.fameflame.dk - there is quiet a lot of motorsport videos on there

edd

cool link

apart from all their links are down atm

swerv

this should be a senna appreciation post not a senna vs. schumacher post

senna was great no doubt and i enjoy watching replays of him maybe more than any other driver , he had a lot of flare and character

thanks for the vids they were really good to watch , any more??

btw im a huge shumacher fan and i also think he is great but never like to compare them , both drivers have done so much

Keith B

Senna had sack fulls of charisma, not unlike Mansell, Piquet and Prost. Where are all the characters now. They're all so dull and politically correct. Hands up who thinks Kimi R is some kind of cyborg?!

The Sludge

aint they all mow Keith? More excitement watching 6yrs olds on dogems at the fair

st3v3

great vids of a GREAT driver and great man

Keith B

The tribute vid is very cool. I have all the FIA GP reviews from 1982-1994 on VHS, anyone know how to save them to HD or DVD or anything?

Mul@AMS

One word sums him up. Legend.

RSCossieGaz

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Senna was a legend one of my favourite racers of all time still remember clearly the day he died.

such a loss when he still had so much too offer

Rich_w

Well he didnt beat him in the 1st few races of 94 did he. MS was way ahead going into Imola 94.

PC is what Mercedes,BMW et al want though. We're not in a few million quid anymore.

EIL132

Senna was the ultimate

CabrioTurbo

shit i didnt realise it was sooooo long ago.. i was only 11 glad i had the presence of mind to keep the newspaper though

AGAR-COSWORTH

Yep well spotted i did come across that, and also spend about 3 hours on google searching for pics

AGAR-COSWORTH

I have got more videos but i don't have my own webspace, i've tried hosting before but kept on getting complaints from Lycos over exessive use of bandwidth

Any 1 care to upload their vids or any other good links?

IMO opinion Senna was the best of the best and nowadays it would be impossible to compare the likes of Schumacher to him because the sport has changed so much, because of his devastating crash. Although Schumacher did race against Senna, he wasn't at the peak of his career (Schumy i mean). Back in the day it was just about sheer car control (No traction control etc the way it still should be now) and nerves something Senna had bucketloads more than any other driver.

'Blurring green, blue and yellow,
Never turned at Tamburello,
Formula One's saddest ever day,
Saw The Greatest Ever taken away'

AYRTON SENNA da SILVA
THE FASTEST EVER
MAY HE REST IN PEACE

vroooom ptssssh

Agar - jus put 2 and 2 together and realised who u were how doo mate. good topic !

AGAR-COSWORTH

cheerz dave! Didn't notice you replied earlier!

Just think its worth remembering the legend don't you think.

Mr C

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great down loads from when F1 looked exciting and the drivers drove1handed

vroooom ptssssh

yea deffo mate, was looking up stuff on him not too long ago myself as a part in the link said "so much promise for Senna, ended almost before it began"

Stavros

Whilst the rest of the male population has sack fulls of jiz

DanRSturbo

Senna was a legend