Feliz Aniversário

[nome66]

Happy Birthday, Ayrton Senna.

[FantometteBR]

Feliz Aniversário!

[FMecha]

Happy birthday, Ayrton! We will always remember May Day 1994.

(Oh, and this belongs in Stoddart forum because Senna isn't a reject )

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Happy birthday, Ayrton! We will always remember May Day 1994.

(Oh, and this belongs in VDP forum because Senna isn't a reject )

Fixed, Stoddart forum isn't for F1 History stuff

Happy birthday

[Myrvold]

Like most people forget Ratzenberger. All my motorsport interested friends forgets me the 21st March. Oh the curse of being born the same day as Senna, only 31 years later.

[pasta_maldonado]

Like most people forget Ratzenberger. All my motorsport interested friends forgets me the 21st March. Oh the curse of being born the same day as Senna, only 31 years later.

Exactly. I have tons of respect for Senna, I think he was a great driver - but it irritates me that people go on about him like he was Jesus. And forget people like Ratzenberger in the process, and also forget the courage of the Simtek team to carry on that weekend after Roland had passed. It seems to me that because Senna died, tragically and unnecessarily I might add, people hold him in higher regard because of this. For instance, how do people remember Prost, who was a as great if not better driver than Senna?

[Nessafox]

Like most people forget Ratzenberger. All my motorsport interested friends forgets me the 21st March. Oh the curse of being born the same day as Senna, only 31 years later.

Exactly. I have tons of respect for Senna, I think he was a great driver - but it irritates me that people go on about him like he was Jesus. And forget people like Ratzenberger in the process, and also forget the courage of the Simtek team to carry on that weekend after Roland had passed. It seems to me that because Senna died, tragically and unnecessarily I might add, people hold him in higher regard because of this. For instance, how do people remember Prost, who was a as great if not better driver than Senna?

It's a shame that reject drivers that died racing like Ratzenberger, Koinigg, Paletti etc. are sadly forgotten, but i guess that's the way it goes. Imagini if Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton or Raikkonen would die while racing, he'll become a legend. Now imagine Jerome D'Ambrosio getting killed, everyone would probably forget that. On the other hand, if Maldonado got himself killed, you would probably hear a lot of people say 'it's his own fault'.
Somehow this leads me to a weird question, has there ever been a driver that deliberately tried to kill himself or an other driver in a race? (of which we know, not talking about assumptions)

[RonDenisDeletraz]

has there ever been a driver that deliberately tried to kill himself or an other driver in a race? (of which we know, not talking about assumptions)

Not that I know of, but Gonzalo Rodriguez's fatal crash has always looked a bis suspicious to me. I know he was having throttle dramas but he seeming made absolutely no effort to avoid the wall

[DemocalypseNow]

has there ever been a driver that deliberately tried to kill himself or an other driver in a race? (of which we know, not talking about assumptions)

Not that I know of, but Gonzalo Rodriguez's fatal crash has always looked a bis suspicious to me. I know he was having throttle dramas but he seeming made absolutely no effort to avoid the wall

The wheels aren't going to turn the car if they're locked up from hard braking.