Ayrton Senna 1960–1994
To mark the 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s death Sky Sports F1 invited Damon Hill to Imola so he could share his thoughts on a weekend he and the motoring world will never forget.
In an appropriate sign of respect David Brabham was also there to tell of his experience with the Simtek team after it lost Roland Ratzenberger the day before Senna was killed.
Both men were the last teammates of Senna and Ratzenberger respectively. The documentary is low key, there’s no overbearing voiceovers filled with hyperbole. It’s just two men talking us through that fateful weekend.
In some ways it’s quite morbid seeing Hill and Brabham alone on the sections of track where two men lost their lives. And yet it delivers a poignancy that makes this film very much worth watching.
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This was a fantastic video – thanks for sharing it. Yes it is 43 minutes long but worth it.
Clearly I’m a F1 fan but I have to say that the death of Senna, effectively live on TV as I watched the race 20 years ago was profound.
There have been a couple of other things that I’ve been ‘a witness to through TV’ over the years. Stuff that comes into your lounge room that you really weren’t expecting. As a young kid I remember the shooting of Bobby Kennedy and of course 9/11. Trouble is these things are mostly bad news.
I was never even a real Senna fan – he never drove a red car but since seeing the “Senna’ movie I’ve become interested. Perhaps it is the contradiction of the human Senna off track and the focused race driver on track that appeals. Perhaps it is what he meant to Brazil. I don’t know.
There is also a sadness seeing arguably the two greatest drivers Senna and Schumacher.side by side in some of the off track footage knowing what has become of them both since.
Yes, I’m with you on that last para Mac135. It was doubly sad watching this piece from Sky for those reasons you mention.