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  • @mikestiehl3385
    @mikestiehl3385 Před 2 lety +7200

    If Clarkson doesn't bust a joke for 17 min, its serious. Fantastic tribute, and very respectful.

    • @Torth121
      @Torth121 Před 2 lety +49

      @@thepatriot6966 really is a great person, i miss the old top gear like nothing else, im reaatching some of the episodes now and even watching the one about the talking about schumi in the news was very emotional too, if only we could go back 😞

    • @mrdarknezz6285
      @mrdarknezz6285 Před 2 lety +2

      I was playing ROBLOX Formula 1 and people were disrespecting Ayrton Senna saying that he was a wreck less driver and deserved to die

    • @thatweirdguy21
      @thatweirdguy21 Před 2 lety +9

      @@mrdarknezz6285 It's roblox. They're kids. They don't know anything in life.

    • @mrdarknezz6285
      @mrdarknezz6285 Před 2 lety +6

      @@thatweirdguy21 I guess your right. But I made a video capturing their comments on camera

    • @mikegrey5663
      @mikegrey5663 Před 2 lety +2

      @@thatweirdguy21 ?

  • @mkhidir93
    @mkhidir93 Před 3 lety +8465

    I remembered dad told me, "if it's raining, Senna's gonna win"

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 3 lety +434

      People still dont recognize how good Senna was on a wet lap............wothout computers for traction control.......pure genius

    • @artyz3242
      @artyz3242 Před 3 lety +207

      @@juanestadian8471 Senna said he was training wet laps very hard because the first wet go kart race he didnt do so good so he learned untill he knew exactly how to drive fast allso on wet.

    • @garygluebag4825
      @garygluebag4825 Před 3 lety +95

      @@juanestadian8471 i'm too young to have enjoyed Senna but this looks a lot faster than the stuff we have today. Technology has destroyed F1. It should be about mechanical grip and power.

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 3 lety +34

      @@garygluebag4825 me too. but the quality of footage is good enough to show us how good he actually was.

    • @ricardagottschalk9089
      @ricardagottschalk9089 Před 3 lety +11

      @@juanestadian8471 The Best ever!!!!!

  • @mitchell4745
    @mitchell4745 Před 2 lety +5238

    Really is cruel that both Senna and Schumacher both came to such a sad ending 😢

    • @lobaandrade7172
      @lobaandrade7172 Před 2 lety +456

      Let’s hope Lewis, Max, or Vettel dont suffer the same fate

    • @m1co294
      @m1co294 Před 2 lety +225

      Schumacher is recovering though, really unlikely he'll be back racing once he fully does.

    • @habbas5833
      @habbas5833 Před 2 lety +715

      @@m1co294 Schumacher is permanently crippled. Forget racing, he'll never even walk again, if he wakes up. The damage he suffered is simply too severe.

    • @dahorn100011
      @dahorn100011 Před 2 lety +103

      Schumacher isn't dead. The details of his condition are unknown.

    • @DroneStrike1776
      @DroneStrike1776 Před 2 lety +103

      Many racers do. Ken Miles, James Hunt, recently Niki Lauda from lung issues since his crash, MotoGP champion the Kentucky Kid Nicky Hayden was killed on his bicycle. Yesterday, 15 year old Dean Vinales died in a crash in Supersport 300 World Championship. He's the cousin of Maverick Vinales MotoGP.

  • @TheDude50447
    @TheDude50447 Před 2 lety +333

    To outqualify your teammate by 1.5 seconds who at the end of his career was a four time world champion is insane. Absolutely insane.

    • @Lavaman3682
      @Lavaman3682 Před 15 dny +4

      In identical cars

    • @user-ho1ee4oe8o
      @user-ho1ee4oe8o Před 3 dny

      That’s true. What is also true is that Prost outscored him and had at one stage 6 poles in a row which Senna never achieved. Truly a spectaculair driver, unbeatable on his day but a lot of times it wasn’t his day.

  • @senna8712
    @senna8712 Před 4 lety +12092

    He is not dead, he is just one lap ahead of us..No. 1 forever

  • @SuperBigwilk
    @SuperBigwilk Před 4 lety +7189

    The famous Monaco lap apparently never got filmed. Let that sink in, the greatest lap of F1 history will never be seen. Pure Senna.

    • @ernanipozza
      @ernanipozza Před 4 lety +859

      Since the dawn of CZcams and internet video storage in general, i look for that footage. Every now and then i spent HOURS looking for this single lap. And said lap was nowhere to be found.
      But i did not lose my hope (yet). I want to believe someone out there filmed it and have it gathering dust in some basement. Then someday it will be found and brought to us.

    • @SIRTACONATOR007
      @SIRTACONATOR007 Před 4 lety +29

      Which lap?

    • @shmexylul1563
      @shmexylul1563 Před 4 lety +1082

      tcl Monaco is one of the toughest tracks, and Senna managed to qualify first, 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate Prost. 1.5 goddman seconds. 1.5 seconds in formula 1 is like 2 years in real time.
      fucking legend

    • @barath4545
      @barath4545 Před 4 lety +198

      @@SIRTACONATOR007 1988 Monaco Qualifying lap for Pole.

    • @Epic1985
      @Epic1985 Před 4 lety +308

      Many years ago there was a youtube video with a Monaco lap with Senna getting the pole from Prost. I dont remember the year but I think it was on 1988, and the time gap was more than 1 second. In the end of the video the cameras showed Ron Dennis laughing in disbelief, and a very pissed Prost. I've tried to find that video again, but never was able to...

  • @jackspry9736
    @jackspry9736 Před 16 dny +32

    RIP Ayrton Senna (March 21, 1960 - May 1, 1994), aged 34
    And
    RIP Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 - April 30, 1994), aged 33
    You both will be remembered as legends.
    Now marks 30 years since they both died.

  • @astroash
    @astroash Před 2 lety +526

    12:41 Seeing Hamilton's "Let's go, let's go, can I go!?" when trying out Senna's car makes my heart melt.

    • @Yamato-tp2kf
      @Yamato-tp2kf Před rokem +19

      At 14:10 he was like: I want to drive this car until it runs out of fuel...XD

    • @richardthelionheart1294
      @richardthelionheart1294 Před 13 dny +2

      Seb vettel now owns senas car and will drive round emola on 19th of May

  • @sahiblindberg
    @sahiblindberg Před 3 lety +5716

    What a beautiful tribute. Jeremy doesn't really talk about Senna's death here. And it's perfect. He purely celebrates Ayrton's exceptional life and his exceptional accomplishments.

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 Před 3 lety +3

      Piquet is more goodering than SAyNawH

    • @SkippertheBart
      @SkippertheBart Před 3 lety +81

      @@unfortunately_fortunate2000
      *awkward cricket noises*

    • @bibaswanmukherjee7237
      @bibaswanmukherjee7237 Před 3 lety +11

      @@unfortunately_fortunate2000 like how

    • @adanm603
      @adanm603 Před 3 lety +3

      Rightfully so

    • @TonyWud
      @TonyWud Před 3 lety +3

      I wish Jeremy had not tried to insert himself into the story at the end. I agree it's a fitting tribute.

  • @ajaykaler6115
    @ajaykaler6115 Před 3 lety +3839

    I love that Micheal Schumacher, a 7-time world champion himself even said aryton was #1. I remember in Italy when shumi was asked how it feels winning as much as senna. He started crying, true racing legend.

    • @habbas5833
      @habbas5833 Před 2 lety +47

      What else was he gonna say? If he called himself the best he'd look like a self-absorbed moron.

    • @ajaykaler6115
      @ajaykaler6115 Před 2 lety +192

      @@habbas5833 there’s a difference between saying your proud and happy of what you achieved to avoid looking self absorbed. But actually crying knowing what you achieved is something totally different.

    • @m1co294
      @m1co294 Před 2 lety +55

      that's a really strong question to ask to Schumi, the only reason he even won a WDC is because Senna died.

    • @ajaykaler6115
      @ajaykaler6115 Před 2 lety +117

      @@m1co294 Thats not the point, the point is that someone of micheals skill and caliber hailed senna as the #1 greatest driver ever. WDC or not thats not the point here.

    • @SecretPesch
      @SecretPesch Před 2 lety +33

      But thats the point. No matter how many WDC they have Shumi, Ham or anyone we could think of. None of these can be compared to Fangio, Lauda, Prost, Senna and Piquet.

  • @StaleFiish
    @StaleFiish Před 2 lety +1174

    It always saddens me as an F1 maniac that I wasn’t alive to witness his greatness. All I can do is appreciate story’s like these to get as close as possible to the man himself. Undoubtedly the greatest

    • @malakisands8180
      @malakisands8180 Před 2 lety +20

      During the late 80’s to early 90’s, I had a relative take me to Monaco, Toronto, Japan, Spa-Francorchamps,
      And Hockenheim. My uncle was a Engineer at Ohlins and got track passes. I fell in Love with Honda back then. That time period was the best

    • @StewartEvans52
      @StewartEvans52 Před 2 lety +9

      I was born in 83 so got to watch the greatness first hand growing up and it was a real real treat,i will never forget senna's battles with mansell,but what makes this era even more incredible is that there was very little in the way of safety as every year at least 1 driver died,was the golden era of the sport

    • @StaleFiish
      @StaleFiish Před 2 lety +3

      @@malakisands8180 that sounds amazing

    • @StaleFiish
      @StaleFiish Před 2 lety

      @@StewartEvans52 wow I wish I could have been there.

    • @jimclark1896
      @jimclark1896 Před 2 lety +9

      It was truly an amazing time in F1.....Electric!! I remember watching (and recording) the race when he died. They flew him away in a helicopter and we all had high hopes he would be ok. When they announced his passing (near the end of the race) I fell to pieces. Then I had to break the news to my [Italian] brother-in-law when he got home from work. We spent the rest of the evening drinking in a strange, somber state.....RIP Hero!

  • @gbcarti5912
    @gbcarti5912 Před 2 lety +474

    28 years without him, still missing you legend.

  • @ayrtonlewis6690
    @ayrtonlewis6690 Před 3 lety +11216

    My dad named me after Ayrton Senna but he had no idea at the time that I would have the current world champions name too Lewis Hamilton ! Proudly Ayrton Lewis....lol

  • @quenking2241
    @quenking2241 Před 2 lety +3803

    Fact: Senna had an Austrian Flag in his bolide. He wanted to tribute Ratzenberger in his extra lap after he won the race

    • @derricktieu6864
      @derricktieu6864 Před 2 lety +334

      It was found bloody in his overalls.

    • @ktmmaen5891
      @ktmmaen5891 Před 2 lety +296

      thats heartbreaking

    • @seniordavidmanderson9232
      @seniordavidmanderson9232 Před 2 lety +374

      In 1989 the normally aspirated engines arrived and many thought that Senna would lose some of his amazing speed without turbos. But Ayrton remained supremely fast in all conditions. While going around corners he still refused to take his foot off the gas pedal, a technique he learned as a kid during his karting years.
      Ayrton Senna actually believed he had the God-given right to win. His trust in divine intervention helped him to go faster than he normally could have. Being guided by a higher power enhanced his performance beyond what it would have been without religion. His faith made all the difference. Ayrton had an unshakable belief that he was fulfilling God's will.
      He prepared himself better than any other driver before, both physically and mentally. He was an innovator in using sport psychology, physical, and mental trainer Nuno Cobra before anyone else in Formula 1. He used techniques to control his breathing and relax when he was becoming over-aroused. These methods allowed him to concentrate at almost superhuman level and get into the zone almost at will during races.
      Gerhard Berger: Once he was focused he didn't feel any pain or stress. Nothing. Damon Hill: He talked about a state of mind he got into whereby he was there, but not really driving the car. Prost describes how, after a race at Monaco, Ayrton explains how he monitored his performance during the race itself: He managed to visualize from a 'third person' perspective (i.e. as if watching from outside) during the race and corrected his mistakes.
      Ayrton Senna had the qualities to be the best racing driver of his time, and that is exactly what he was. His tombstone simply reads: 'Nothing can separate me from the love of God'

    • @margot9215
      @margot9215 Před 2 lety +83

      @@seniordavidmanderson9232 I'm from Brazil and your comment should be pulled out and pinned at the top. Best comment ever, and I've read many hundreds. Thank you.

    • @MrPaulopspm
      @MrPaulopspm Před 2 lety +11

      @@margot9215 Me too and I approve this message 👍

  • @sccchan1980
    @sccchan1980 Před 9 měsíci +29

    “Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in the car.”
    Amen to that.

  • @TheBigAyland
    @TheBigAyland Před 2 lety +383

    I remember watching the 'Senna' film and everyone in the cinema walking out in silence, knowing the mans life, death, and absolute legacy

    • @wickedwitchoftheeast88
      @wickedwitchoftheeast88 Před rokem +19

      He was a brilliant driver Senna had a gift if it was raining you knew Senna was gonna win he ruled the wet laps. I was only 6 when Senna died but I remember his crash and his funeral the whole world was grieving for him

    • @ryanphelan6861
      @ryanphelan6861 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Same watched whole career Schumacher with time at bennaton mastered that electronic assist style. Senna drove as loose as possible because loose is fast and he was so go he knew he could compensate. I watch career I sadly watched that day. His Monaco in cars really give average viewer some insight into prodigious talent. Growing up in Brasil/Brazil depending on Portuguese idolized Ayrton. He was in tropical climate lots of rain but drivable rain warm. That's where he became. Magical✨ senna driving was art.
      He ran, meditated, healthy, passionate, he did live women and from Brasil can't blame him!!! Hard to feel bad for Schumacher other than horrible sli injury but he became huge star with newer generation. Senna fans had hard time accepting like listening to miles David kind of blue of vinyl, and little sibling says listen to and its weather report. Both brilliant but weather report never got their due either. Sorry to ruon nostalgic about senna days at McLaren. I as kid resented Renault he clearly said it wasn't safe and steering properly. He just always thought his talent would compensate

    • @paislima
      @paislima Před 26 dny

      I just cried

  • @avengedfate9471
    @avengedfate9471 Před 5 lety +4690

    Senna was from a time in which, at 22 years of age, "you still had time" to get to F1.
    Nowadays, you're supposed to already be karting in your father's balls to even smell the fuel coming out of a GP3 car.

    • @carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977
      @carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977 Před 5 lety +55

      Hey hey hey hey hey.

    • @danielmartins4367
      @danielmartins4367 Před 4 lety +227

      Avenged Fate that is true. I mean, next year (2020) more than half of the drivers are younger than 25. Its crazy.

    • @mautrindade
      @mautrindade Před 4 lety +145

      it is really spoiled. mansell started racing very "old"... take F1 out of these crying babies and give it back to grown up men

    • @AdotLOM
      @AdotLOM Před 4 lety +194

      A shame, really. There's probably a lot of talent that will never be tapped into because of this.

    • @silliussoddus1449
      @silliussoddus1449 Před 4 lety +37

      Mauricio Trindade it’s not like they’re 13 jesus

  • @timbledore
    @timbledore Před 4 lety +2324

    This is some of Top Gear and Clarkson's best work.

  • @histriamagna1014
    @histriamagna1014 Před 6 měsíci +31

    I was 22 when Ayrton died. The first and last time I cried for somebody that was not my family or friend. Rip Ayrton. 🙏

    • @vizdrac
      @vizdrac Před 23 dny +2

      I was 22 then also ,and I have same story as yours. Only I had one more hero that left us one year before Ayrton that made me shed a tear was our beloved Croatian basketball player Drazen Petrovic

  • @israelvaz505
    @israelvaz505 Před 2 lety +285

    2:17 He said it all right here. Any person who doesn't know a damn thing about F1 would just search numbers on Google and tell some bullshit about it, but those who knows, there ain't a single person on Earth that knows F1 that would say the opposite. Ayrton Senna is the greatest F1 driver of all time, in every single detail. God Bless Brazil 🇧🇷 love from Italy ❤️

    • @simondavis5415
      @simondavis5415 Před 2 lety +29

      Whilst I loved Senna, my son and grandson are named after him, for me, the greatest was Jim Clark. Different era's I know but he would race F1, F2 and touring cars on the same day, and win in all....

    • @fruitygranulizer540
      @fruitygranulizer540 Před rokem +10

      @@simondavis5415 respectable opinion

    • @Havelthegravel
      @Havelthegravel Před rokem +17

      I mean, Schumacher and Fangio WERE the best, one with 7 WC and a career of incredible races and the other as a pure legend. Senna was another kind of legend, the one that inspire the others, the one that let’s you see what one can do. F1 has a lot of legends and no one can say for sure which is the best. Every one of them was the best and thats why F1 is so goddamn good.

    • @renatogomescosta1687
      @renatogomescosta1687 Před rokem +1

      Amém.

    • @rafsccp
      @rafsccp Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@HavelthegravelSchumacher lost to a nearly retired Nelson piquet on the same team then with some help and other tricks he managed to with 7 world titles but so did Hamilton that says amount of world title isn’t a major factor when discussing talent

  • @frankcastle9691
    @frankcastle9691 Před 6 lety +8162

    When Michael shumacher says senna was the best. Then he's the best.

    • @DropkickNation
      @DropkickNation Před 5 lety +96

      @@rideandsmile822 Hat dein Papa dich zu oft angefasst?

    • @somebloke2238
      @somebloke2238 Před 5 lety +134

      Pretty sure he was a human not a cabbage

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze Před 5 lety +163

      Senna himself said that Jim Clark was better

    • @rasmus1822
      @rasmus1822 Před 5 lety +114

      Rideandsmile Rideandsmile you should be ashamed and go fuck you self.. dont talk about a person like that even when he is coma.. hope your tv will explode🤬

    • @GianniMarricco
      @GianniMarricco Před 5 lety +45

      Schumacher's look when giving answer seems insincere.

  • @ExplorationOfAI
    @ExplorationOfAI Před 5 lety +2959

    For people who don't speak portuguese, the poster at 1:08 translates to: "Senna, Sundays would never be the same without you" 😢

    • @linoramalho2291
      @linoramalho2291 Před 5 lety +79

      *will never
      E nunca mais o foram, o gosto do meu pai pela formula 1 foi desvanecendo depois da morte do Senna.

    • @hammerbro1947
      @hammerbro1947 Před 5 lety +31

      Thank you... :( RIP Ayrton Senna

    • @gzb4l421
      @gzb4l421 Před 5 lety +17

      sim, todo domingo eu parava pra ver f1 dps da morte dele nunca mais vi ( yes, every sunday i stoped everything to see f1, and after hes death iv never saw it again)
      :( RiP SENNA the best!

    • @BB0ysGames
      @BB0ysGames Před 5 lety +9

      will*

    • @websalsero
      @websalsero Před 5 lety +12

      And they are definitely not the same anymore ... nunca mais! 😞

  • @abdulabdanahib9617
    @abdulabdanahib9617 Před 15 dny +5

    today is 30 years since we lost the best driver in the history of motorsport

  • @robertmorris4784
    @robertmorris4784 Před rokem +68

    Senna was the greatest race car driver of all time, I was lucky enough to meet him when I was around 16yo, wearing a Camel Cigarettes hat given to me by a friend. At that time Ayrton was sponsored by Marlborough but he had the grace to sign my hat behind the Adelaide GP pits... I wished him luck, shook his hand and he went on to win that GP. A true gentleman and wonderful human being.... forever missed by the motor racing world.

  • @lovefist208
    @lovefist208 Před 6 lety +2004

    Schumacher claimed if it was dry he'd possibly win against senna half of the time, but if it was wet he'd lose 100% of the time

    • @beastadin4474
      @beastadin4474 Před 5 lety +195

      And yet...Schumacher was rain king after....but Senna was F1 God

    • @evantimm6053
      @evantimm6053 Před 5 lety +103

      What a great quote. Schumacher was always a bright guy. I hope he's not a vegetable.

    • @Jcoughlan
      @Jcoughlan Před 5 lety +20

      @@Acecombatrules59 hahaha agreed 😂

    • @Joeprijsman
      @Joeprijsman Před 5 lety +17

      @@Acecombatrules59 thanks mate you're right

    • @nutsackmania
      @nutsackmania Před 5 lety +72

      Schumacher was a political master at setting expectations. In his prime, Schumacher and the team always talked modestly about their chances. Inside, Schumacher probably felt he had a good chance at beating anybody, anywhere, any conditions. He is in the top echelon of drivers with Senna whether people like that or not.

  • @AlanHandsome_
    @AlanHandsome_ Před 3 lety +1417

    Senna. 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. Saving the life of Erik Comas. Stopping his car to stand on the track, cut off the fuel supply and support a possible broken neck. *This* is the class of the man.

    • @rafin.7052
      @rafin.7052 Před 2 lety +86

      If I remember correct then comas did his best to do the same for senna but it was to late

    • @christian-van-e
      @christian-van-e Před 2 lety +14

      tears in my eyes

    • @squarebog4413
      @squarebog4413 Před 2 lety +61

      Then Imola 1994 Erik Comas rushed to help Ayrton Senna but by that point Senna was too hurt and passed away. Comas retired at the end of the season due to Senna dying.

    • @wickedwitchoftheeast88
      @wickedwitchoftheeast88 Před rokem +19

      @@squarebog4413 I had no idea Erik Comas retired because of that. I was only six when Senna died but my mum was watching the race and I remember his crash my mum put her hands over her face and let out this horrified gasp. I remember them announcing his death and his funeral it was like the world was in mourning when Senna died

    • @MichaelJohnson-tj4kx
      @MichaelJohnson-tj4kx Před rokem +18

      The day Senna died they found an Austrian flag in his car to honour the memory of Ronald who died a day earlier.

  • @daviddeen12
    @daviddeen12 Před 15 dny +4

    I'm watching this on the 30th anniversary of his death and I'm saddened by two things. I didn't get to experience and watch Senna on Sundays and that his life came to such a tragic ending. RIP Ayrton Senna, my son will be named after you.

  • @filipezanini413
    @filipezanini413 Před 2 lety +23

    Every now and then i come back and watch this. Every time i cry

  • @lordjoemott1683
    @lordjoemott1683 Před 4 lety +2609

    He says “I race to win”, next seen he’s getting out of his car to save another mans life, clearly winning wasn’t that important to him but the life of a fellow race driver is a different thing.
    What a legend, RIP.

    • @brayansantos2518
      @brayansantos2518 Před 4 lety +90

      It's called being a human being

    • @celtiberian
      @celtiberian Před 4 lety +157

      Saving that life WAS winning for him.

    • @Pennsyltucky84
      @Pennsyltucky84 Před 4 lety +22

      Just because he a HUMAN BEING was slightly more important than winning one race doesn't mean winning wasn't important to him. The fuck is wrong with you?

    • @brettbrannon4775
      @brettbrannon4775 Před 4 lety +9

      Oh don’t get it wrong. He’d wreck u faster then the next man to win a race!! But was still 1 of my 2 favorite drivers of all time!! the great late Dale Earnhardt🙌🏻 is the other, may they rub wheels in the afterlife💯😁’

    • @fpsqt
      @fpsqt Před 4 lety +45

      Well ... it was a practice session

  • @ptkewl
    @ptkewl Před 2 lety +1536

    I watched his funeral at school, live. That's how much that meant.
    RIP Senna

    • @alistairwalker2850
      @alistairwalker2850 Před 2 lety +9

      In Brazil or Portugal?

    • @ptkewl
      @ptkewl Před 2 lety +51

      @@alistairwalker2850 Portugal

    • @combatarmsjong
      @combatarmsjong Před 2 lety +26

      @@ptkewl não sabia que os irmãos portugueses também apreciavam tanto Senna como nós brasileiros. Acho que hoje em dia no futebol é quase a mesma coisa com o CR7, quase todo brasileiro, especialmente aqueles com ancestralidade portuguesa (como eu), torcem para Portugal e pro Cristiano em competições europeias.

    • @ptkewl
      @ptkewl Před 2 lety +18

      @@combatarmsjong pode ter a certeza. Senna era e é visto como um ídolo aqui em Portugal e a sua morte não deixou ninguém indiferente.

    • @ruimsilva95
      @ruimsilva95 Před rokem +5

      @@combatarmsjong É um ídolo para muitos portugueses como eu. Estamos juntos a celebrar a vida de Senna.

  • @chara9023
    @chara9023 Před 2 lety +109

    Undoubtedly the greatest driver of all time.
    RIP Ayrton Senna.

  • @jemonhasan7365
    @jemonhasan7365 Před 16 dny +2

    30 years since he passed, really makes me sad I never got to witness him race, RIP Aryton Senna 🇧🇷

  • @NomNomNom1989
    @NomNomNom1989 Před 3 lety +1166

    I remember the day where Schuhmacher got the same amount of wins in Italy like Senna. In the Interview after the Race he bursts out in tears after a reporter asked him what it means to him winning as much as senna.

    • @azirbang1971
      @azirbang1971 Před 3 lety +32

      czcams.com/video/7bXDfWhAUog/video.html
      2000 Italian Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher bursts into tears ᴴᴰ

    • @MacGovernor
      @MacGovernor Před 3 lety +53

      Remember it too. Mika tried to comfort him. But it was such a big moment. For both of them.

    • @wickedwitchoftheeast88
      @wickedwitchoftheeast88 Před 3 lety +51

      Schumacher was/is a massive Senna fan can you imagine the pride he felt that you got the same record as your idol!!

    • @eloitremols
      @eloitremols Před 3 lety +30

      @@wickedwitchoftheeast88 add into the cocktail that Schumacher was right after Ayrton in the crash day, mainly he was the first on seeing the accident.
      How do you later feel when knowing Ayrton died?

    • @fezario
      @fezario Před 2 lety

      They. Died because a boy was killed by a flying tire during that race

  • @ricky549880
    @ricky549880 Před 4 lety +2842

    Don't get me wrong I love this tribute, but I feel it isn't entirely correct. This tribute makes Senna seem like he took out Prost just to win the championship, but it doesn't explain the background. Senna didn't let up because he qualified first then the first position was moved to the opposite of the grid which was not on the racing line therefore less grip. He tried to protest that, but to no avail, he felt that the French FIA president at the time Jean Marie Ballestre favored Alain Prost.

    • @f1kozzaplayz_190
      @f1kozzaplayz_190 Před 4 lety +243

      And also for the incident in 1989 japan that had Prost win the championship

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 Před 4 lety +37

      I'm fairly sure it was deliberate but I'll guess nobody will ever know for sure

    • @d3bo552
      @d3bo552 Před 4 lety +184

      @@mrtom2854 It was deliberate, he said it himself

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 Před 4 lety +5

      @@d3bo552 ah okay

    • @markriobr
      @markriobr Před 4 lety +87

      He was saying that since 88,now the frog Ballestre always protect Prost. Was the third time it happen ,he got the pole position and once again he said. Having won the pole for the third time will say once again, whoever got second has a better position . Ballestre denied and he left the meeting , it happen just the way M Brundle say , whenever seeing a gap he would dive in . Prost did the same the year before, knowing Senna would go for it gave him a small gap to crash. Doins so won the title. Payback and Prost being stupid , gave him the same gap and dare him to do it again . Well he went knowing if he block me we will crash and is done.

  • @CMAraujo87
    @CMAraujo87 Před 2 lety +53

    There’s no way, being a Brazilian, to watch this and do not cry. Senna had a way to give Brazilians hope no other could do.

  • @leonfiso
    @leonfiso Před 2 měsíci +4

    Did you guys know that in the Donnington Senna's wet race tha was mentioned in this video, Ayrton stoped to change tires 6 times? In 5 times he changes his wet tires but then... they run out of wet tires and Ayrton change for slick's and continued the race, in wet condition, doing lots and lots better than anyone in the track!
    How the heck he pulled this off!!!???
    He won the race waaaay ahead of everyone else. He put a lap in all the racers bu the second place, wich came more than a minute and half after him!
    Can someone aswer me HOW. How is it possible? He changes the tires 6 times in that race!
    Owww... i almost forgot... He did the best lap of that race... going THRU THE PIT ! How is it even possible?
    He races from another dimension. There's no other explanation.

  • @BigBrolls
    @BigBrolls Před 6 lety +2207

    I'm way too young to truly know what a motorsport legend Senna was. My father told me that when he died, he felt like he had lost a relative.

    • @MicaelSpain
      @MicaelSpain Před 6 lety +34

      I was born just 3 days before he died, but i fell the same thing, Senna is the best

    • @cem330
      @cem330 Před 6 lety +65

      My dad was in absolute bits and was teary eyed for days. He had supported Senna fervently since his Formula Ford days so like you said, it was like he lost a relative. I was 13 at the time and tbf I was quite profoundly effected too.

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 Před 6 lety +13

      Me too. I watched when Schumacher was dominating but I didn't watch F1 that early in my life. I'm american so it was only by chance that I got interested in F1 when Michael was dominating.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 Před 6 lety +3

      Same thing for me. It's hard to know exactly how exciting it was when Senna finally won in Brazil in 1991. Good video editing by big-budget studios could only do so much to capture the moment. The closest thing that could draw in that much excitement today is if Kubica finally got a real race seat and took 1st place in a GP. Even then, the excitement of that would not surpass any of Senna's highlights at all. Same with the Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry. Couldn't surpass Prost-Senna, though the 2014 Bahrain race was crazy.

    • @TheBarnem13
      @TheBarnem13 Před 6 lety +2

      Biggie yeah a lot of us did

  • @avengedsoul6661
    @avengedsoul6661 Před 3 lety +570

    That lap at Monaco 1988 proves how much Senna was on a different level. He outqualified Prost by 1.4 seconds, who in turn, had outqualified the 3rd placed driver (Berger) by 1.2 seconds.
    Senna was 2.6 seconds over Berger. That is blinding speed. No one can ever match that.

    • @m1co294
      @m1co294 Před 2 lety +36

      on that same weekend's race day, he was some 55 seconds ahead of Prost who was 2nd. Senna crashed at the barrier at Portier because he was told to slow down, which broke his concentration.

    • @limcritiques
      @limcritiques Před 2 lety +14

      In F1 maths, that's like being a year ahead

    • @poloX1220
      @poloX1220 Před 2 lety

      @@limcritiques fr?

    • @Nyctophiliac.
      @Nyctophiliac. Před 2 lety +3

      @@m1co294 i wonder what would've happened if they just let him go and didnt break his concentration. lap times would have probably been off the fucking charts for the era

    • @maximus2536
      @maximus2536 Před 2 lety

      @@Nyctophiliac. he just crashed same way as max in Jeddah or whatever that place is called. If you overdrive, you will always make a mistake no matter who you are. People can talk about god and Senna all they want, but that incident can't be blamed.on anyone.
      Like seriously? A radio message breaks this guys focus? After others say he couldn't even feel pain in the zone. Sounds like a silly excuse...

  • @SolidSnake684
    @SolidSnake684 Před 2 lety +73

    Top Gear, Ayrton Senna, and Radiohead. I swear this segment was made for me. When I first watched it years ago, it got me interested in F1, and Senna became my favorite driver in any sport.

    • @diegopunk50
      @diegopunk50 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Which song? i couldn´t hear it

    • @SolidSnake684
      @SolidSnake684 Před 8 měsíci +3

      ​@@diegopunk501:35 they play "Optimistic" by Radiohead

    • @luks303
      @luks303 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@SolidSnake684 and also "there there" at 9:46

  • @jaspervos4345
    @jaspervos4345 Před 2 lety +126

    Senna is by far the greatest, he sends shivers down your spine when driving

  • @seanmahon9553
    @seanmahon9553 Před 3 lety +2027

    If Michael Jordan was considered "God disguised as a man playing basketball", then Senna is certainly God disguised as a man racing an F1 car.

    • @onizinn
      @onizinn Před 3 lety +26

      Racing ANYTHING with an engine...

    • @GEO_________________________24
      @GEO_________________________24 Před 3 lety +23

      you can also Add Messi to that list

    • @seanmahon9553
      @seanmahon9553 Před 3 lety +58

      @@onizinn Indeed, he was dominant in Karting etc as well. He also helped Honda develop and tune the legendary NSX, which was designed to compete with supercars at a fraction of the price tag. Senna is such a legend on so many levels. Most casual fans forget he was also Chair of the F1 Driver's Safety Committee the year he passed. He argued points of contention that became standards of safety which have potentially saved dozens of lives over the past 3 decades.
      *LEGEND*

    • @onizinn
      @onizinn Před 3 lety +15

      @@seanmahon9553 It just in his carrer as a public person, he did even more as a human being... that's why till this days he is considered as a National HERO here in brazil...

    • @seanmahon9553
      @seanmahon9553 Před 3 lety +9

      @@onizinn Absolutely! His foundation IAS remains strong, and I continue to proudly support it by purchasing their licensed merchandise. Senna Sempre!

  • @weekendthreat5576
    @weekendthreat5576 Před 3 lety +793

    I still think about the last line of the film. "Villeneuve was spectacular on a number of occasions... Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in a car." Great sentiment

    • @fabiobalenzano6439
      @fabiobalenzano6439 Před 3 lety +26

      True about Ayrton, totally ignorant about Villeneuve. The guy died because after having run already his hot lap on fresh tires 9they lasted one fast lap back then) and having failed to beat his teammate, he went for another lap despite the fact it was pretty much an impossibility to beat his own time. And in the middle of the woods he run into a much less talented driver who hesitated and closed the door in his face, killing him. That was Gilles Villeneue, giving 200% even when it was impossible to change the outcome. Or when you didn't have a front wing after he obstructed his view for many laps (he followed the trails left from the cars before because he couldn't see in front of his car) or only had three wheels. Gilles was spectacular always, too often with seriously inferior equipment. He laso only taced 67 GPs, very brief career, he did not have a decade of F1 like Senna, Prost, SChumacher, or Hamilton. 4 1/2 seasons, 1 with a very good car, one with an OK car as a rookie, the rest some of the worst F1s in history (the T5 in 1980 saw Scheckter qualify last and the 126C in 1981 was described by its designer as a shitbox, it was just to have a host for the new turbo engine. When finally he got a car that became exceptional as the season progressed, he had died in Zolder)

    • @guruspubichair
      @guruspubichair Před 3 lety

      If Michael Jordan was considered "God disguised as a man playing basketball", then Senna is certainly God disguised as a man racing an F1 car.

    • @patrickmellor1004
      @patrickmellor1004 Před 3 lety +9

      @@guruspubichair you just stole someone else comment lol

    • @derricktieu6864
      @derricktieu6864 Před 2 lety

      @@guruspubichair Stolen from Sean Mahon.

    • @johnhopkinson4054
      @johnhopkinson4054 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah but Jeremy was completely wrong about Villeneuve he was never really considered the greatest racing car driver by anyone else..

  • @buzzbuzzard3809
    @buzzbuzzard3809 Před 2 lety +347

    I can´t see how you can hate Hamilton. In this video you can just see the passion he has for racing and his respect for the greats. Senna is a legend both on and off the track. One of my heroes for sure.

    • @ALIEN_SEAGULL
      @ALIEN_SEAGULL Před 2 lety +86

      Hamilton was a fine lad until he turned into an untouchable diva and started aggressively pushing his views and beliefs that no one asked for.

    • @buzzbuzzard3809
      @buzzbuzzard3809 Před 2 lety +8

      @@ALIEN_SEAGULL I didn´t follow F1 for quite some time until last year. Can you explain what specifically he did or said for you to view him like that?

    • @ianyoon2277
      @ianyoon2277 Před 2 lety +60

      @@buzzbuzzard3809 I think seegull is upset that Hamilton has been outspoken about Black Lives Matter

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Před 2 lety +46

      @@ianyoon2277 it's not that, it's the hypocrisy, he preaches about veganism and the environment while having a carbon footprint the size of Gary Vee's ego. Note, I don't hate him, just think that he could use some honesty. Sure, his domination was boring, but he is a great driver

    • @darkspeinwarrior
      @darkspeinwarrior Před 2 lety +10

      @@Fred_the_1996 Hard to reduce your carbon footprint when you drive cars for a living. And he sold his plane, so that card can't be used now.

  • @fruitygranulizer540
    @fruitygranulizer540 Před rokem +47

    this is probably the best tribute one could made. acknowledging his masterfull aggression as a driver, his wits on the track, his skill in the rain, his dedication outside of races, his goodness as a human being, and even the sheer insanity of the car he drove. if anyone deserved this, senna does.

    • @fruitygranulizer540
      @fruitygranulizer540 Před rokem +3

      i just wish they devoted a little bit more than half a sentence to his charity in brazil. he is very well known in brazil for his dedication to chairty and helping children

  • @THEWHITEBOY503
    @THEWHITEBOY503 Před 3 lety +814

    Had he lived, he would be turning 61 today. Rest in peace, 1960-1994 🇧🇷

  • @BritIronRebel
    @BritIronRebel Před 5 lety +1221

    I am old enough to admit that I watched Clark, Hill, Stewart, Hunt, Villeneuve, Piquet, Prost, etc. But Ayrton was on another level. Politics of F1 screwed him as far back as the wet race in Monaco driving the Toleman -he was destined to win over Prost when they called the race.
    I watched his death live that fateful day, turned off my TV, and didn't watch another F1 race until about 4-5 years ago. F1 lost all meaning to me in the interim...

    • @cedeking3855
      @cedeking3855 Před 4 lety +30

      i kneel to you sir.

    • @SuperDavidGnomo
      @SuperDavidGnomo Před 4 lety +13

      God bless you.

    • @jonnysolar5068
      @jonnysolar5068 Před 4 lety +33

      The day he died, so did the sport....

    • @IvoRadev
      @IvoRadev Před 4 lety +37

      The race on 1.5.1994 was the last F1 race I watched. After the crash I was checking the news to find out if he'll be OK, because of the head movement and the comments at the race. I remember till today like it was yesterday how I could not believe it, when few hours later they said he's dead. I did watch some small parts of races, but it just isn't the same so I never watched even a half race after that ... I haven't watched for 20 years now at all ...

    • @lukewlsn2805
      @lukewlsn2805 Před 4 lety +4

      God bless our souls

  • @laurobarbosa2066
    @laurobarbosa2066 Před rokem +10

    I'm Brazilian. But Senna belongs to the World. A great human being and F1 GOAT

    • @justaman1721
      @justaman1721 Před rokem

      Great comment 👍🏻 My dad just finished karting in England when senna started in the early 80s and knew he was going to be a top driver. He finds it hard to talk about Ayrton without getting upset, he was genius in a golden age of F1.

    • @Bruno-im9of
      @Bruno-im9of Před rokem

      I’m also Brazilian. Don’t see this happening: you know other Brazilians would go balistic hearing that from a European. It’s like saying the Amazon is not Brazilian and belongs to the world (and, look, I don’t care much about either Senna or F1)

    • @leonardod1846
      @leonardod1846 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@Bruno-im9ofkkkk amazônia é foda

  • @11DNA11
    @11DNA11 Před 2 lety +25

    What do you mean "One of the greatest racing drivers"...
    THE greatest racing driver. Period.

  • @o0henk0o
    @o0henk0o Před 5 lety +860

    we all talk about Ayrton Senna, don't for get the day before Roland Ratzenberger R.I.P. both drivers

    • @hotohori69
      @hotohori69 Před 4 lety +118

      The head of Formula One, Max Mosley, at the time, was at Roland Ratzenberger's funeral and when asked why he went, he said that someone had to go and remember him cause everyone else was at Senna's and people had forgotten him... It was very sad but very true as Senna's death and overshadowed everything. I think 4 other drivers did attend Ratzenberger's funeral they were his teammates and german compatriots.

    • @o0henk0o
      @o0henk0o Před 4 lety +8

      @@hotohori69 thnx for this great words

    • @tetragon2137
      @tetragon2137 Před 4 lety +118

      Senna and Ratzenberger were friends, I believe. When they were investigating Senna's death, they found an Austrian flag in the car; it appears that Senna was planning on raising it after the race as a tribute to Ratzenberger; sadly, he never got the chance to do that.

    • @sebasthianbuday8343
      @sebasthianbuday8343 Před 4 lety +20

      I'm still angry on people that forget Raztenberger's death. When he died for example 1999,2005 or whatever, everybody be writing rip Roland. It's disgusting how overlook is Roland' death. At least they did memorial for both drivers in spain 2019 i think. Rip both drivers.

    • @Splitscreen83
      @Splitscreen83 Před 4 lety +15

      Come on, this is a tribute to arguably the greatest F1 driver ever. Roland was completely unproven and basically unknown to the general public. All fans and drivers respected Roland and (myself included) were shocked by his death.

  • @099las
    @099las Před 6 lety +588

    Unbeatable in life, irreplaceable in death

    • @MoniFps
      @MoniFps Před 5 lety +26

      @Crixus Mauperthuis You've said so much shit that i had to clean my monitor with toilet paper.

    • @MoniFps
      @MoniFps Před 5 lety +23

      @Crixus Mauperthuis You base YOUR rankings on numbers, numbers don't mean shit, Gilles Villeneuve who won only 6 races in formula one was better than all these 3 drivers you've mentioned. Different Eras, Different CARS, Different Rivals. Saying a driver is good only by the numbers proves only how much shit is in your head.

    • @MoniFps
      @MoniFps Před 5 lety +7

      @Crixus Mauperthuis Looks like i'm not the butthurt here, i ain't gonna waste my time trying to explain why numbers don't mean anything in a career cuz your brain seems to be the size of a bean. Have a nice day.

    • @MoniFps
      @MoniFps Před 5 lety +8

      ​@Crixus Mauperthuis Numbers mean a lot in the creation of universe, yes, numbers tell us how many more chromosomes you must have from a normal human being. BUT when it comes to racing, specially in F1 where all teams have different cars, you have to analyse which team have/had a better car at the time, WHAT team the specific driver was racing for, WHAT was his consistency on each team and weather conditions. I'll give you an example:
      Ayrton Senna, 1984 monaco GP, Toleman Team, not even near to be the best car on the grid, no driver would be able to win a race with that car when you've got rivals that are driving Ferraris, Lotus, Mclarens... Even so he was able to finish 2nd place which could be a very 1st place IF the race wasn't stopped. You could see there that this wasn't any common driver.
      Another example of Ayrton Senna's Brilliance, Estoril 1985, Lotus team, a beautiful car and a Fast car, not as fast as the Mclaren, Williams and Ferrari at the time but yes, he could win a championship with that car, BUT he was still a Rookie and was racing against Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell. Back to the race, yes, you should know that it rained that day, Ayrton Senna won that race lapping everyone but one, there you could confirm that his skills on the rain was above every other driver. That is ONE of the reasons that SO MANY people/drivers consider him one of the best ever, if not THE best ever, Schumacher Himself said it, Hamilton, Hakkinen, Alonso. Drivers that seems to understand much more about racing than me, you and 99% of this planet.
      I usually respect people's different opinions, but your's just shit, i'm sorry.

    • @MoniFps
      @MoniFps Před 5 lety +5

      ​@Crixus Mauperthuis I'm not a Senna widow, i just used him as an example because that's what about this video we're comentating is. I'm Brazilian, just like him, but i don't get blinded by any delusion, i can recognize a good driver.
      You just contradicted yourself by puting Lauda in front of Senna since you rank your drivers by numbers :). Now i'm leaving you for good. I wish you a great life.

  • @itsmebk6820
    @itsmebk6820 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Rip Ayrton, I think about you every race weekend. Everyone should strive to be half the man he was, world would be an amazing place

  • @faheemsaiyed8094
    @faheemsaiyed8094 Před 4 lety +989

    man i have lost count to have many times i have watched this video.

    • @bicyclecards1445
      @bicyclecards1445 Před 4 lety +7

      True 😂

    • @lh3108
      @lh3108 Před 3 lety +4

      I’m too

    • @lyscdk9788
      @lyscdk9788 Před 3 lety +9

      Same here! God I miss the good old days, watching Senna racing with my old man, cheering when it started to rain, I’ll never forget the day we lost him.

    • @Mohammed-qp7xw
      @Mohammed-qp7xw Před 3 lety +1

      Me too

    • @keshavp
      @keshavp Před 3 lety +2

      I swear man 😂. I wish there was more content about Senna on CZcams.

  • @hook0076
    @hook0076 Před 5 lety +412

    When Schumacher and Hamilton say you're the best, then you're the best (Not like Senna needs any validation).

    • @nekotofu_official7665
      @nekotofu_official7665 Před 3 lety +23

      Even Mika said same thing.

    • @sirtheodorethelll633
      @sirtheodorethelll633 Před 3 lety +7

      Brandon Hook unpopular opinion Hamilton is no where near Schumacher mika artyon senna etc

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism Před 3 lety +18

      @@sirtheodorethelll633 Even Hamilton doesn't say he's better than Ayrton wtf u on about?

    • @mozes88
      @mozes88 Před 3 lety

      Yeah but if you watch Schumacher... You see him doubting what to answer.

    • @kevinprengemann7456
      @kevinprengemann7456 Před 3 lety +3

      What else would Schumacher say? He most likely won't say "I am the best"...in the end its just an opinion, we will never know for sure. The whole question who is the GOAT is utterly ridiculous. Lets just appreciate and enjoy their driving skills and thats it!

  •  Před 8 měsíci +2

    Senna - Top Gear - Radiohead
    It doesn't get better than this.

  • @Jabber-ig3iw
    @Jabber-ig3iw Před 2 lety +288

    I’d forgotten young Lewis was actually likeable, his enthusiasm for Senna car is fantastic.
    Like Senna, Hamilton is the master when it’s wet.
    It was a privilege to watch Senna race back in the day.

    • @legitbot2432
      @legitbot2432 Před 2 lety +13

      No. Max is better than Lewis in wet

    • @pianortd4800
      @pianortd4800 Před 2 lety +33

      @@legitbot2432 bruh max 1.2 seconds slower in the styrian qualifying last year

    • @pianortd4800
      @pianortd4800 Před 2 lety +5

      @@legitbot2432 and even the red bull recognized that their car is better when it rains, thanks to his chassis and his aerodinamic

    • @squeakybunny2776
      @squeakybunny2776 Před 2 lety +17

      @@pianortd4800 red bull never said that lol

    • @patrickbateman529
      @patrickbateman529 Před 2 lety +9

      @@legitbot2432 Nowadays nobody is a master in the wet. Compare a 1990 car to a 2021 car. The computers, tech is significantly different and helpful. I'd highly doubt any driver except maybe Alonso could keep it on the track in those cars. Even Alonso wouldn't be able to match the lap times 90's drivers created in those cars.

  • @DropkickNation
    @DropkickNation Před 6 lety +570

    You know you're the man when the most successful driver ever calls you the best.

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze Před 5 lety +12

      Senna himself said that Jim Clark was better

    • @MagicAyrtonforever
      @MagicAyrtonforever Před 5 lety +3

      @@Zak-ob5ze And Hamilton said that Lewis is the best and I'm inclined to believe it!

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze Před 5 lety +15

      @@MagicAyrtonforeverI cant tell if that is sarcasm

    • @arielabril1981
      @arielabril1981 Před 5 lety +3

      The best was Fangio

    • @ruditoonen8801
      @ruditoonen8801 Před 5 lety +2

      Senna is lucky to scrape into the top 10 drivers of all time.

  • @JCrashB
    @JCrashB Před 5 lety +392

    The greatest racing driver ever portrayed by the greatest motoring journalist ever. Period.

    • @arielabril1981
      @arielabril1981 Před 5 lety +1

      Sorry,the best was Fangio

    • @gddynamichuhuyo1316
      @gddynamichuhuyo1316 Před 4 lety +11

      @@arielabril1981 well fangio was more of a hero than a good racing driver because their cars where way more dangerous

    • @bcal4877
      @bcal4877 Před 4 lety +3

      Ariel CHAMEIDES and you know this how? How many races did you see Fabgio race in?

    • @abadedo
      @abadedo Před 4 lety

      @@gddynamichuhuyo1316 yet with danger he got 5 championships numbers don't lie, second to only schumacher, not to mention how accurate and courageous he was in drifts in a time when dying during races was so more common than today. He was a master and a pioneer, you seem a Senna or schumacher fanboy.

    • @abadedo
      @abadedo Před 4 lety

      @@bcal4877 *fangio not fabgio. If you actually want to, you can find footages of some of his races here in CZcams, you would notice how precise and skillful he was, moreover he dominated his era with 5 titles, sth not many have done, he didn't have that strong rivals compared to Senna but he was a pioneer, was like an idol for the legends who came after him, not to mention he got the highest percentage of win ever, rethink about it.

  • @Calendyr
    @Calendyr Před 7 měsíci +8

    Wow I could not have said it better than Jeremy about Senna and Villeneuve! The two greatest pilots ever but Senna was the best, he just dominated no matter the circumstances. Both were taken from us way too soon by terrible bad luck! Such a sad thing to see people like that die in accidents should should not have been fatal. ;(

  • @overpad1
    @overpad1 Před rokem +18

    1200 bhp pure manual gearbox almost no downforce compared to today and he still made it look like it's child play , ABSOLUTE MONSTER raw driver ability . The G.O.A.T. !!!

  • @handoftheking3901
    @handoftheking3901 Před 4 lety +744

    Had that car not failed him he would've continued to dominate untill he couldn't race anymore

    • @lucwilliams3676
      @lucwilliams3676 Před 4 lety +58

      Probs be racing today
      Maybe not in f1
      But in racing for sure

    • @bernhardecklin7005
      @bernhardecklin7005 Před 4 lety +2

      Forget it!

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman Před 3 lety +35

      Well he still would have had to contend with Schumacher. Senna was an amazing driver no question, but his car and carreer choices were sometimes dubious. I think 1994 was Schumacher's no matter what. 1995 would have been a much closer contest though, all respect to Damonbut he's no Senna

    • @testaccount4191
      @testaccount4191 Před 3 lety +12

      @@Cancoillotteman well when schumacher breaks out the hidden launch control and removed a fuel limiter i don't think Senner could have won

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman Před 3 lety +1

      @@testaccount4191 I don't know about those, can i ask where to check about it ?

  • @gfimadcat
    @gfimadcat Před 5 lety +413

    Ayrton Senna was poetry in motion.

    • @hammerbro1947
      @hammerbro1947 Před 5 lety +8

      In Tooned 50 Mclaren:
      "Everyone knew that Senna was more than just a driver. He was a poet." -- Old Mechanic
      "I am designed to win. There is no prize for second best." -- Ayrton Senna

    • @bernhardecklin7005
      @bernhardecklin7005 Před 4 lety

      Senna was a lunatic believing in God and his special protection. He was only correct when he won. Compared to Fangio, Clark and Moss he was an unbearable egomaniac, Prost was right about him.

    • @johnnyace2287
      @johnnyace2287 Před 4 lety +1

      Ive never seen better example of man and machine working AS ONE.

  • @onnihalme8819
    @onnihalme8819 Před 2 lety +43

    That optimistic kicking in still gives me chills even though I've seen this a hundred times

  • @23GOOOFY
    @23GOOOFY Před rokem +52

    Masterful writing in this Top Gear segment. This is what this show was so good at! I've watched this countless times, and every time, it hits so hard. Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the crew did a great job telling this story of this, the greatest Formula 1 race car driver of all time!

    • @lutzmowinski9781
      @lutzmowinski9781 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Jezza has done some very interesting documentaries in his life, so he does have a lot of experience in this field. It showed whenever they did a segment about something historical, as that is firmly Jezza's forte.

  • @damondziewiontkowski5623
    @damondziewiontkowski5623 Před 5 lety +289

    Watching Senna make his car dance on the ragged edge, even in a straight line absolutely fighting for traction gives me goosebumps. Simply amazing.
    F1 seems so sterile now.

    • @deszczowa7661
      @deszczowa7661 Před 4 lety

      Can You explain me how it works?

    • @deszczowa7661
      @deszczowa7661 Před 4 lety

      You can think that I'm stupid, but I really don't know how it works and it's really interesting for me.

    • @deszczowa7661
      @deszczowa7661 Před 4 lety

      @@cacetao53 Thank You!

    • @deszczowa7661
      @deszczowa7661 Před 4 lety

      In this video they are talking about that "dance" like it's characteristic for Senna. What about other drivers? They couldn't do that?

    • @physiquemadness
      @physiquemadness Před 4 lety +7

      @@deszczowa7661 Other drivers would go way slower. That's why Senna would would be sometimes 1.5 seconds faster per lap and many times finished races over a minute ahead of the driver in the second position.

  • @adrianoramos4346
    @adrianoramos4346 Před 3 lety +239

    "I'm not designed to come third, forth or fifth... I race to win"!

  • @JuniorJr...
    @JuniorJr... Před 15 dny +2

    Today marks 30 years since we lost one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Formula 1 drivers of all time. Ayrton Senna da Silva, you will never be forgotten. Thank you, Clarkson, for this incredible tribute that still moves me to tears. Thank you very much, Senna.

  • @marekpolinski6980
    @marekpolinski6980 Před měsícem +2

    13:08 how they English, do such amazing shots.. Top gear, BBC nature programs, history. Always spectacular.

  • @FrancoDFernando
    @FrancoDFernando Před 6 lety +485

    9:29 you can hear the engine revving wildly and Senna shutting it off, most likely saving Eric Comas’ life

    • @user-gj5nr5zf7m
      @user-gj5nr5zf7m Před 5 lety +65

      Yes, he even beat the track marshals to Comas!

    • @naota3k
      @naota3k Před 5 lety +7

      Holy shit.

    • @mixrable1212
      @mixrable1212 Před 5 lety +23

      Holy shit thank you for pointing out

    • @washingtonguerra5179
      @washingtonguerra5179 Před 5 lety +2

      Pqp vdd, esse cara é demais!!!

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 Před 5 lety +76

      Comas was driving the car which was released on to the track by mistake after Senna's fatal accident and just stopped before colliding with the medical helicopter at the scene. Erik was very emotional when he talked about this later. He said Ayrton saved my life, I wish I could have saved his life that day at that crash scene.

  • @niallevans4008
    @niallevans4008 Před 4 lety +532

    Ayrton Senna was naturally gifted, 26 years ago we lost a brilliant person and a legend.

    • @bernhardecklin7005
      @bernhardecklin7005 Před 4 lety +1

      A brilliant person? An arrogant egomaniac, absolutely self-centered, the opposite of what Stirling Moss was, period!

    • @niallevans4008
      @niallevans4008 Před 4 lety +20

      @@bernhardecklin7005 I can see in some respects why you may think that, but he was a difficult personality to understand as it outlines in this video.

    • @anishthakur4030
      @anishthakur4030 Před 3 lety

      Bernhard Ecklin what a dumb fuck this bitch is

    • @bernhardecklin7005
      @bernhardecklin7005 Před 3 lety +3

      @@anishthakur4030 Why do you treat Senna as "dumb fuck bitch"? Not very nice of you. Even if you don't like Senna, like me, you shouldn't treat him like that.

    • @anishthakur4030
      @anishthakur4030 Před 3 lety +3

      Bernhard Ecklin ..I’m talking to you

  • @godfreydorum3373
    @godfreydorum3373 Před 7 měsíci +4

    I was name after him. He his my hero. RIP my idol 💔❣️🙏

  • @jeltw
    @jeltw Před měsícem +2

    Obsessed with Ayrton ever since I started watching F1. Even though I never saw him race in person, he will always be my all time favorite driver. And I don't think I'm the only one who thinks like this. Absolute monster, there won't be anyone like him ever again.

  • @Cafferssss
    @Cafferssss Před 6 lety +994

    I wish Clarkson did more of these documentary style pieces than the puerile clowning about we see every week. His piece on St nazaire is outstanding too.

    • @fachrezahafiz5574
      @fachrezahafiz5574 Před 5 lety +33

      LG Work r/iamverysmart

    • @celt67
      @celt67 Před 5 lety +6

      You need to youtube ' Clarkson War stories. '.

    • @LucasXavierReis95
      @LucasXavierReis95 Před 5 lety +36

      I actually really like his clowny character but I have to agree that when he does serious segments, he does them very well and it's even emotional to some level, like when he drove the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante.

    • @evantimm6053
      @evantimm6053 Před 5 lety +26

      @@LucasXavierReis95 he's an absolutely tremendous writer. When he sets out to tell a story about one of mankind's great accomplishments there are very few who can do it as well as he can.

    • @retromemories8522
      @retromemories8522 Před 5 lety +21

      As much as I like fun Jeremy, his tributes are phenomenal.

  • @johannesrau4185
    @johannesrau4185 Před 6 lety +874

    I was born in '99. 5 Years after his death. First memory I have from F1 are the battles between Häkkinen and Schumacher, I loved both of them. When Bruno Senna came to F1 my mom told me that back in the day there was another Senna in F1, and told me that he was an amazing driver. When I asked her where he is, she got sad and told me that he had a fatal crash in '94 at Imola. I went to youtube to watch Senna tributes and videos, I was a fan at first sight. To this day I am still very sad that I wasn't born soon enough to see him race. In my opinion Senna was the greatest driver of all time.

    • @vcecs16
      @vcecs16 Před 6 lety +48

      I'm Brazilian and I was thrilled with your comment

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 Před 6 lety +27

      You should be. Senna represented Brazil so well and you all can be proud that the greatest driver that ever lived came from your country and people from every country in the world know this as a fact

    • @johannesrau4185
      @johannesrau4185 Před 6 lety +11

      Just to clear it up, I'm not Barzilian, I'm infact Estonian. But your comment has a valid point! :)

    • @vcecs16
      @vcecs16 Před 6 lety +6

      yes I know that you are not Brazilian but I as a Brazilian I was happy to see your comment, recognizing our pilot

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 Před 6 lety +4

      Yeah, I can't stop watching Senna's onboard lap in Monaco, even though the lap time is slower than today's cars. The only other driver who has style in their drive, in my opinion, was Kubica. Hard to know if he still has it since (1 his right arm is injured and (2 today's cars are easier to drive. Just look at Hamilton in this video.

  • @danielkuchar6412
    @danielkuchar6412 Před 4 měsíci +3

    BIG Ayrton Senna ❤️ Forever .

  • @victoralanjos
    @victoralanjos Před 4 měsíci +4

    #SennaSempre
    #SennaForever
    Sometimes when I'm a little bit down, I come here to remember how great my Hero was as a race driver, I love to see how his name still rumbling trough the ages as the greatest of all time.
    Maybe Max will take the GOAT title from Ayton, but doesn't matter.
    Senna will always be the most loved and respected race driver of all times.

  • @acbc3543
    @acbc3543 Před 6 lety +1377

    The only one in Brazil ... Brazil silenced that Sunday when he passed away

    • @memebs
      @memebs Před 6 lety +18

      Yes. Silenced in all senses. Too much internal problems to solve. Brazil nowadays is a sick country.

    • @danielsantslv4565
      @danielsantslv4565 Před 6 lety +13

      memebs 20 years of communists on power but this year it may change.

    • @compulsoryspeech1411
      @compulsoryspeech1411 Před 6 lety +1

      Senna is burning hell for eternity. He completely deserved it.

    • @invictus8576
      @invictus8576 Před 6 lety +51

      Compulsory Speech, wtf man? Are you mentally Ill? You cant say that.

    • @gezatherton1071
      @gezatherton1071 Před 6 lety +36

      The loudest country on Earth brought to a standstill by the death of its greatest sportsman.

  • @DEVILMATE1996
    @DEVILMATE1996 Před 5 lety +137

    7:05 look carefully and you'll see the pressure waves building on the spoilers. Amazing shot.

  • @derpinated
    @derpinated Před 2 lety +6

    came back here after sir frank passed on yesterday. at least they're together now. Rest In Peace sir frank, Ayrton.

  • @trepan4944
    @trepan4944 Před rokem +61

    This was an amazing tribute to the greatest driver F1 has ever seen. Also, seeing Mikka speak so candidly and passionately when he's usually tight-lipped shows you how much Senna meant to him.

  • @danielmelo7146
    @danielmelo7146 Před 5 lety +511

    Hamilton´s reactions told the whole story. He is not just a helluva of a racing car driver and a very nice guy. He is a huge fan of the greatest racing car driver of all time.

    • @Lerch-zc3ww
      @Lerch-zc3ww Před 4 lety +20

      Agreed, he gets too much undeserved criticism.

    • @AlexJD85
      @AlexJD85 Před 4 lety +6

      Yea the jumped up kid that shows up to the queens box at Wimbledon in shorts and shirt with a stupid hat on calls it racists he’s not allowed in

    • @abadedo
      @abadedo Před 4 lety +2

      Senna isn't the greatest race car driver lol, numbers don't support him much.

    • @winter_silhouette
      @winter_silhouette Před 4 lety +16

      @@abadedo his greatness cannot be defined by numbers. According to the numbers, probably Schumacher is the best but according to Schumacher himself, Senna was the greatest.

    • @ciaranmccormack5146
      @ciaranmccormack5146 Před 4 lety +6

      Hamilton is an arrogant jumped up prick

  • @andylana2544
    @andylana2544 Před 3 lety +408

    Lewis Hamilton's passion for Ayrton Senna and his car here is very moving. To the point where you feel that there is a big bit of Senna in every Hamilton GP victory.

    • @mulhamtaibani8157
      @mulhamtaibani8157 Před 3 lety +22

      Senna was different.

    • @airespinto3160
      @airespinto3160 Před 3 lety +64

      Lewis never brags about any of his huge achivements, instead he praises all the drivers who came before him. He is a clean, respectful young man. My opinion : the best of them all. I'm a brazilian national by the way.

    • @danydevil6052
      @danydevil6052 Před 3 lety +13

      Not the same, Different Different. The time of Senna was way hard in the F1, not just the cars, Track, safety, etc. The enviroment... Hamilton is a milenial, he's Lucky to have been spared(most) of the racism, etc. In the time of Senna, Hamilton would have never driven an F1 car, lest for a german brand like MB.

    • @michaelcampbell1766
      @michaelcampbell1766 Před 3 lety +1

      Its amazing! Without senna we may not have had hamiltion

    • @christhomas9221
      @christhomas9221 Před 3 lety +29

      @@danydevil6052 the amount of hate lewis gets for standing up for BLM is disgusting. racism is very much alive and well in motorsport and every other sport.

  • @dinosaurdude5668
    @dinosaurdude5668 Před 2 lety +8

    Max V reminds me a lot Ayrton. Time will tell if he shines close to how the Brazilian did.

  • @justdev8965
    @justdev8965 Před 6 lety +348

    The G.o.a.T. by far! No power steering! 1200HP ..and in the rain a true monster

    • @adityasohani7964
      @adityasohani7964 Před 5 lety +6

      Well there was power steering

    • @racergavino7274
      @racergavino7274 Před 5 lety +10

      There was also ABS and TC...

    • @Bootsk1n
      @Bootsk1n Před 5 lety +3

      TC on the turbo cars?

    • @azzifyy5988
      @azzifyy5988 Před 5 lety +17

      The Cars were only 1200HP with a qualifying engine in, Race engines were around 700HP

    • @lukas6610
      @lukas6610 Před 5 lety +6

      the power steering came later not in the turbo monsters but in the v10 era cars these days they actually dont have traction control or abs

  • @justincredible5414
    @justincredible5414 Před 4 lety +236

    Sennas McLarens are why I've always loved Honda engines.

    • @samirmamedov1967
      @samirmamedov1967 Před 3 lety +13

      Maybe verstappen will repeat the history with a honda engine!

    • @callumblyth3741
      @callumblyth3741 Před 3 lety +26

      Samir Mamedov this has aged poorly

    • @joaoricardo4092
      @joaoricardo4092 Před 3 lety +2

      yep remember it as it was yesterday... always thought id have Hondas when I grew up and yep only own hondas lol

    • @hi_c.v7289
      @hi_c.v7289 Před 3 lety +3

      And that kids is good marketing

    • @joaoricardo4092
      @joaoricardo4092 Před 3 lety +5

      @@hi_c.v7289 could be but I love the cars and engines so can’t complain at all, I’m a happy Honda owner and will probly be for a long time

  • @ps2516
    @ps2516 Před 2 lety +9

    Its 1 May everyone,28 years on today and we will always remember Ayrton Senna🙏🏻
    Roland Ratzenberger🙏🏻

  • @hpartsafas
    @hpartsafas Před 2 měsíci +2

    If there ever was a man that affected millions and millions of lifes, then that man surely is Ayrton Senna!
    R.I.P. Ayrton! The world today is too small to hold your greatness!!

  • @leighburne4098
    @leighburne4098 Před 3 lety +316

    I was never particularly a Senna fan either, but then I saw the documentary Clarkson mentions at the end of this clip and there's an uninterrupted on-board lap of Monaco in it and I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
    Incidentally that documentary's one of the best things I've ever watched.

    • @wickedwitchoftheeast88
      @wickedwitchoftheeast88 Před rokem +8

      Its an amazing documentary he was a talented driver whenever it rained you always knew Senna was gonna win he was the best at wet laps! He said he once lost because it rained so he started practising in the rain until he was brilliant at it

    • @BipoIarbear
      @BipoIarbear Před rokem +2

      He didn't drive he danced those cars past the cheq flag😔

    • @chocolatetownforever7537
      @chocolatetownforever7537 Před rokem +2

      All of these drivers are sick, but youre right, those in car cameras show how crazy Senna was. Monaco in particular, he OWNED.

  • @gaugemix
    @gaugemix Před 3 lety +317

    i've watched this tribute more than a dozen times over the years. still enjoy it

  • @alexandremarques9639
    @alexandremarques9639 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Senna was UNIQUE like Jordan and Hendrix. PURE TALENT!

  • @pillwolak
    @pillwolak Před 15 dny +2

    30 years today. RIP to the GOAT 🐐

  • @MotorheadMotoClube
    @MotorheadMotoClube Před 3 lety +336

    Almost 30 years after his death, and talking about him still brings tears to my eyes... A true national hero. "Dedication, Determination, Perfection".

  • @mr.toobigformypants8145
    @mr.toobigformypants8145 Před 3 lety +370

    Senna was, is, and will always be my hero. A great driver? Yes. A great man? Yes. At 68 I tear up still, at the time I was watching live I bawled my eyes out. I just miss him being in in the world.

  • @pk2702pk
    @pk2702pk Před 4 měsíci +4

    Never ever watched Formula 1 since that tragic day.
    Actually watched it happen with my dad, way back on the 1st of May, 1994. We just sat there in silence.
    They'll never be another driver with the raw and visceral talent that Aryton Senna possessed.
    RIP sir

  • @--DiE--
    @--DiE-- Před rokem +3

    The best documentary BBC ever made..not limited to topgear..

  • @itsedwinguzman
    @itsedwinguzman Před 5 lety +331

    25 years ago today. ):
    Long Live Senna

    • @GeniusOmegaZX
      @GeniusOmegaZX Před 4 lety

      but he is dead 😥

    • @whereisjj296
      @whereisjj296 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah.. as long as people talk about Senna and remember him then he's not really dead

  • @stealthassasin1day291
    @stealthassasin1day291 Před 3 lety +83

    Those who burn the brightest often burn out early. His greatest strength became his demise. He truly is legendary driver.

    • @Ob1tuber
      @Ob1tuber Před 3 lety +3

      Earnhardt sr. went for nearly 30 years, he went out seeing his son and brother of royalty going on to win the 500

  • @dominicmahabir5418
    @dominicmahabir5418 Před 2 lety +9

    He was the best racer, no matter who has the most wins in F1, senna will remain the best

  • @XxEliasxX-xq7dg
    @XxEliasxX-xq7dg Před 5 měsíci +2

    I would have loved to see him live and maybe become a driver coach or team boss after he retired

  • @Dannzt
    @Dannzt Před 4 lety +330

    "he would leave it up to you to decide if you would have an accident"
    Wonder if they will say the same about Daniil Kvyat when he retires 😁

  • @PatOutdoorify
    @PatOutdoorify Před 5 lety +101

    Still impressive film, I got seriously injured in a traffic accident when on my way to tell friends that Roland Ratzenberger had died in Imola. Next day Ayrton died and I was still out after long and harsh surgery trying to save my legs from amputating. I got back consious the day after the funeral and was uterly devastated to find out that Ayrton had died. He was, no still is, my absolute number one for ever. Every car I owned has a Senna double S on it to remember him, and his helmet is in our living room, always in sight.

    • @janhrstr9181
      @janhrstr9181 Před 3 lety +1

      His helmet? How you get it? But moreover it's good to hear that you good after this crash!

    • @PatOutdoorify
      @PatOutdoorify Před 3 lety +1

      JanHrstr it’s a high end 1:1 official real motorsport replica helmet bought via a F1 broker