The Greatest First Lap In All of F1 History (Ayrton Senna 1993 Donington)
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Ayrton Senna, arguably the greatest driver of all time. The greatest driver in the wet.
In this video I tell the story of the greatest opening lap in Formula 1 history.
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You are incorrect, the benetton b193 did have traction control. It also illegally had it in 1994 b194 as well according to William toet
An interviewer once asked Ayrton Senna how he got so good in the rain. Ayrton said, he had been cart racing a long time and thought he was really great. Then one race, it rained and he terribly embarrased himself (and his family) with how awful he did in the rain.. Angry at how bad he did, Ayrton practiced on wet tracks tirelessly, until he could predict the traction break point without ever going over it. From that point, a legend was born. Practice, determination, skill, courage and a solid titanium steel will to win.. That was Aryton Senna.
Love this story!
Thanks for sharing
There's a great documentary on Ayrton; "Racing is in my Blood" I believe it is called. It mentions, with video, of him racing carts in the wet.
I drive barefoot with traction control off for this reason exactly, I feel that I can t3ll a lot better skin on pedal instead of having some cushion. It provides more accurate throttle control and you're able to let off exactly when you want (not having ~1"+ sole of shoe)
Exceptional, but Raikkonen’s opening lap in Portugal, in one of the worst cars in the field, has to be considered
@@paulm3805 I agree that was absolutely mesmerizing got up to something like P6 ...as much as Ayrton was a complete genius and Donington being an incredible victory...if we are just looking at the opening lap and no further then Kimi in Portugal takes the win for me hands down..
I was there!!!! I remember watching in awe as Senna went round Wendlinger and then the amazement watching the exit of Redgate when Senna came round the second time in the lead. We’d assumed that Prost or Hill had spun as Senna’s lead was so big. An amazing day I’ll never forget. He was spectacular the whole race. He lapped the whole field before eventually letting Hill through to be o the same lap. Astonishing. I am privileged to have seen Senna on that day. Always my favourite driver. To this day!!!! The greatest driver ever. A magician.
Wow, so lucky! You also chose a good spot to watch; I can only imagine how amazing it is to see F1 cars tackle the Craners.. With real sounding engines as well!
Look up Jim Clark, won in any and all Cars, not just F1
@@andyb.1026 I’m from Edinburgh and Jim went to school along the road in Musselburgh. So yeah I very much know Clark. For me Senna was the best of all time and there’s a bias there because he’s of my generation. Everyone has their own list, but mine is Senna, Clark, Fangio, Stewart and Hamilton. I put Senna first but find it harder to place the other 4. But Clark was one of the greats. No question. For outright speed I think Senna, Clark and Hamilton are pretty close
Well put, actually Senna lapped the whole field. In the final laps he was just managing his victory and let Damon unlap him.
Think F1 was way better when Senna was around!
I was there that day, along with thousands of other spectators who were absolutely astonished.
Being a brazilian, I find it hard not to cry with this video. Well done sir!
Thank you so much; I'm glad you enjoyed it!
why don,t you ? it will make you feel a lot better....This man was one of a kind !
@@rafaelmartinmeuldijk6030I’ve been crying for the past 3 days watching all these documentaries on him. How I wish he had walked out of his car that day and lived. I keep picturing him telling stories like Prost about those days. Ahh, forever in my heart.
@@jenniferlincoln1040 i feel the same ... I even Dreamed about him,
It was not a a very happy Dream but I am glad that hè was there in my dream.
I Guess We all Miss this Beautiful man
We watched the Donington race from the top of the Craner Curves.
All drivers were braking for the left hander before the Old Hairpin, except Senna. He was changing up.
I wish i were there...
Senna is the GOAT no doubt about it. So many great drivers in that era who could all win.
The old cockpit camera footage of Senna at Monaco is just unbelievable
@@kls2020 bonkers how he had such feel and confidence in his own ability to control 1000hp turbo charged car with no power steering. Stuff of legends
@@kls2020sadly we don't have the cockpit camera of the 88 Mônaco, the best qualifying ever.
@@al1356 treu ! ...God took him for a reason
Ayrton had a unique way of driving a Formula 1 car, no other driver has ever came close. He came from the Go Kart world, and that's how he treated his F1 car: as a hugely overpowered go kart. He knew his car from the inside out. He could feel the car. Behind the wheel, he managed to be part of the car. He was brilliant. He was unique. And he continues to be a hero for the Brazilians.
Not just Brazilians British people aswel
The best ever, my guy, Senna!!!
GOAT by far!!!
Him and Jim Clark. Neck and neck
I agree
As I grew up watching Senna do all these things, it's impossible not to cry reviving such a great moment. Williams 92 was from the other planet, but Senna was from outside of this world!
Senna is the man. A legend.
my standout senna lap was at monaco,manual gearchange around a track that was very physically demanding,the control he showed was next level,an almost perfect lap.
Sure he got use do it, now Senna was a left hand. Imagine the effort to keep changing gears on Monaco, the average for lap was around 8 seconds. Think the 3 best ever are Senna, J Clark and Fangio. Today who wins races have by far the best car, already forgot his name. Well when driving for Red Bull won 4 titles on line, left for Ferrari and did nothing. The same is happening to Lewis, even the second driver is being faster. Now Lewis did great at McLaren, he crushed Alonso who thought being the F1 King. Had no respect and he was a cheater, now began to like him. Now Verstappen is the one, no doubt a great driver and has the best car. Sometime in the future he won't, that is when the real out of the curve drivers show why and who they are. Senna won his tfirsthird World title when he was not with the best wheels. The year after won 5 races driving a car on the level of one A Martin, him and Fangio had a great respect for each other. They had a kind of father and son friendship, Senna flying back to Brazil after his first. Went and said to the pilot, lets stop at Buenos Aires first.Want to see a friend there without people knowing. They are the best three, now pick your favorite and no matter who, good choice
I was there that day. The vast majority of people who were there didn't realise the significance of that lap until they saw it on TV, or read about it in Autosport afterwards. The TV screens weren't like today (I can't remember being able to see one at all.) The trackside comms was inaudible. The spray was bad enough down Craners that you couldn't see much. We could see Senna passing Wendlinger, but didn't know he'd dropped a spot and came back, and didn't see his other moves, he just came around in the lead and made a mockery of the rest of the field. I remember moving up to McLeans later in the race and man, Senna's turn in. It doesn't come across on video, but it was so visceral and controlled in all conditions - Prost, Hill, Schumacher were teetering. They couldn't get a handle on things, as though they didn't know what to expect on every lap.
The rest of the race - that was a masterclass, but many of us on the day were more surprised by Tim Harvey in the BTCC race - wetter conditions, 14th place to first in like 10 laps or less. Like I say, we didn't quite have the view that the TV audience had! I wish I could go back and experience the moment again knowing how iconic that couple of minutes would be!
Also - the underrated lap. Jim Clark. Nürburgring 1962. Stalled at the start in far worse conditions (there were landslides over the circuit!) and took 14 seconds to get going, and when he did he passed 17 cars on the first lap!
I was there too and my memory matches yours, it was almost impossible possible to grasp what was happening during the first lap.
That one-handed Senna lap around Monaco 🔥🔥🔥👈😳
LEGENDARY.
I remember this lap well. Had me on the edge of my seat wondering if Ayrton could pull it off! What’s not talked about as much but was equally impressive was his opening lap at his championship winning performance at Suzuka in 1988. At the start Senna on pole faltered and fell back to 18th place. Prost on P2 took the lead with Berger in tow in the Ferrari. By the end of the lap Ayrton came through in 7th place showing his fighting spirit at it’s best. End of lap 3 -4th. Of course he hunted down Cappelli, Berger and Prost in short order to lead leaving Prost in the dust and going on to victory and his first of three World Driving Championships. Surely another “ Lap of the Gods “!
Watching the TV that day, when I saw Ayrton crash at Imola I knew that he was gone. Something in my gut said "he's dead". Tears rolling down my face watching the medicos struggle to help him. Those images will live forever in my mind.
My love of F1 died that day to.
RIP Ayrton Senna. The greatest F1 driver of all time.
It was a terrible and so sad moments for our sport😢😢😢 unvorgettable
I watched it to and yeh I can tell you exactly what I was doing what was wearing and where I was sitting
This day will stay with me forever, like you I was thinking yes gone but my heart wished the opposite I remember thinking get out ayrton get out , and he never did
F1 did die that day and it makes me so sad even thinking about it
Yes, F1 has never been the same since for me.
@@SuperThompo even reading your comment made me burst into tears .
The good die young now it's just a world full of cunts
I knew. Ill be honest. I Cried. F1 meant a lot to me then
The man from another dimension.
The greatest lap of all time, by the greatest driver off all time. Jaw dropping, he lapped the entire field, then let a couple of cars unlap themselves. Genius
The only GP at Donington with 'modern' F1 cars and what a classic it was. Senna showing with his underpowered car that he indeed was and probably still is the best F1 driver ever. He was taken from us, from the whole world, way too early and way too tragically.
The next 1st of May it will be 30 f*cking years since that horrible weekend at Imola. We almost lost Barrichello...And then we lost Ratzenberger and Senna. 30 years and I can still remember how stunned and sad I and my whole family was during that sunday...And we don't live even near Brazil or have any ties to that country. Senna was just that special...Literally the whole civilized world cried because of his passing.
Schumacher and Hamilton might have won more but no one has come close to the legendary level of Senna.
Omg, when i start reading your comment i could swer you were brazilian like me. So Nice of you to say those words. Senna was very concerned about the poverty in Brazil and secretly helped so many people and never ever showed this to the public. Amazing driver, passionate, and amazing human being. At the Day of his death, there was an Austrian flag with him on his cockpit. He wanted to honor Ratzenberger at the end of that race.
@@pmg6964 That's very kind of you to say! I'm actually from Finland and we are also somewhat of a racing country. F1 and rally are big things here. Although that hasn't always been the case. I remember late '93 when Häkkinen got to drive for McLaren and how big of a boost it was for the popularity. Senna himself said that McLaren will be in good hands even after he is leaving with Häkkinen who actually beat Senna in qualifying during those late '93 races.
I have no ties to Brazil but thanks to Senna and the '94 FIFA World Cup, which was my first one, I have 'always' felt something towards the country and its people after that. I can't even imagine the roller coaster feelings of brazilian people during that year: first to lose probably the most beloved racing driver and then after decades of 'losing' to win the football world cup again.
Senna is my all time favourite F1 driver alongside Häkkinen and Räikkönen and most of my favourite footballers are also brazilians: Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Neymar...
💕 i remember Mika Häkkinen driving! Great F1 pilot! At that time, brazil was drowned in poverty and Senna was somewhat a symbol of hope and of Love for our own country. Senna was like a representation that our people could believe in a better future and that we could be proud of ourselves. The world cup, after 24 years of waiting, brought us some happiness but we were still sad about sennas departure. The soccer players honnored senna after The Last game. It was a healing thing to do. Thanks for your answer! 🌻 BTW never been to Finland but know that is a beautiful country and has maybe the best educacional system in the world.
Greatest racing driver ever rip senna I’m sure he’s still racing f1 cars in heaven
God took him for a reason
Simply, The greatest 45 seconds in F1 ever
Simply the best...
I've lived 6 miles away from Donington Park since 1981. I was there for the F1 European GP in 1993, on Saturday and Sunday. 6 miles away is close enough to hear cars and bikes engine notes. On the Friday, I could hear the noise from my house of the F1 cars during their practice sessions. The most distinctive engine note came from Senna's McLaren, as he rapidly got on and off the throttle the keep his car on the limit.
I watched the race standing close to the old hair pin. When I saw Senna flying around the outside of Wendlinger at the Craner Curves, I thought he was going to put his car on the grass. No chance - he made it stick. Incredible. Ayrton Senna is the best.
Wow! That’s pretty cool hearing Friday practice from your house!
If the current crop of cars were there, you’d probably wouldn’t even know they were on the track, unfortunately.
Donington’s my local track also, (I don’t live as close as you) but it makes me proud that it’s part of F1 history with such a big name, and race.
Only one able to talk man to man with Fangio, sheer heroic achievements for both, mind the ultimate deathtraps cars in Fangio's era with leather helmets and giant pair of balls driving. Senna's control wasnt shown only on the wet, an argentinian F1 driver, Larrauri, got passed by Senna on the first turn of Brands Hatch, on the outside he glimpsed at Senna moving his hands and front wheels at ridiculous speed keeping the car in control while driving over the dirty side of the turn, full of tiny rocks and dust. The guy retired soon after, witnessed true unmatchable mastery there was no point competing with that.
I saw this race live; what emotion it transmitted! Little did I know that this was the last time I would feel such emotion in a car race.
Olee ole ole ole Sennaaaaaaaaaaaa Sennaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Man.... these two Senna videos have been excellent. I think I'm about to binge this entire channel based on the quality of these two videos.
haha many thanks! Plenty of ideas for future videos, sub for that... was still finding my way with the previous ones
This man was the greatest f1 driver of all time he would beat anyone on equal terms 😊❤.
I love Senna to this day, the traction control was genius for it's day.
Great summary, fantastic memories. It rained, it stopped raining, and it rained again. Prost: 7 stops, Hill 6, Senna 5. Sheer domination.
A better example of wet track mastery is his Toleman second place at Monaco... maybe his best race in F1
Yep, Prost and Balestre stopped a certain Senna win that day.
@@terrystevens5261 Prove it. Fun Fact: Stephan Bellof was catching Senna faster than Senna was catching Prost.
Fun Fact: Stephan Bellof was catching Senna faster than Senna was catching Prost.
Catching is one thing, overtaking is another, as was proved by Senna when Mansell tried to pass him even with fresh tyres in 1992.
Fun fact No.2, Bellof was disqualified for having an underweight Tyrrell.@@markmark5269
@@markmark5269 ahUAHUhauHA LOOOOOOOOSER!
Senna was taken from this world far too soon.
Without a doubt the best opening lap of all time.
The lap was amazing, but he was also driving half on damp track and half on dry using slicks. Many others were spinning out but he kept it straight.
He did the same at Spa a few years earlier. I remember him overtaking a williams, on slicks when the Williams was on wets! That race didnt go his way as the rain kept coming and he lost to much time eventually. But ill never forget the wtf moment of a car on slicks over taking something on wets when the track was soaking. An incredible driver and a great man.
❤Senna🔥1994~2024🙏
That was indeed one mighty lap from Senna. A masterclass of wet weather driving..
When he first went to Europe he couldn't drive in the wet . He went back to Brazil and was out on the go kart track every time it rained to learn how to drive in the wet . Told by Ayrton in one of his interviews
I first saw Senna first victory in F1 driving a non competitive Lotus in Estoril circuit with very wet snd rainy day
Bullshot it was "non competitive". It had the Renault engine, and it had active suspension, and it was on Pole by 4 tenths, WTF is wrong with you to make such a claim? .
I was watching another vid and scrolling
Then I saw you thumb
Then my heart sank like a rock
I miss ayrton more than you ever could imagine, more than words can say
Senna - THE Legend.
That lap is my favourite all time lap in F1.
"The Lap of Gods" there was no one like him.
I wasnt a fan of Sennas when i saw this race, but that lap had me on the edge of my seat. And it wasnt just the first lap. The way he owned the entire race, taking on not just great drivers but nature itself, the way he put the victory down to luck and team work at the end with not a single hint of arrogance or . And i think his dismissal of the race was BS from him, just look at his face when climbs to the podium. He new he had done something very, very special that day.
Relembrando o incidente, o engenheiro de corrida de Senna, Pat Symonds, disse: “Em Dallas ele tocou em uma parede e quebrou uma roda.
“Durante o interrogatório, ele disse: ‘Não consigo entender como bati naquela parede. A parede deve ter se movido’.
“Com qualquer outro piloto você diria ‘não seja ridículo’. Mas ele ficou tão preocupado com isso que fomos olhar para a parede.
“Marcas de pneus mostraram que alguém havia batido na extremidade de um dos enormes blocos de concreto e girado um pouco.
“Ele estava colocando seu carro a alguns milímetros daquela parede e, quando a borda se moveu um pouco, ele bateu nela.
“Pensei então que esse cara estava além de tudo que eu já havia experimentado antes.”
It was good, but I think Estoril in 1985 was probably better - as he was in a car with no traction control, manual gearstick with a clutch pedal and a turbo charged engine. I think that was probably more difficult.
Master class .
Ayrton Senna numero uno!
Absolutely 💯
Set the fastest lap going through the pits too.
What a driver the legend that is Ayrton Senna …. Rip Ayrton
When people think Hamilton is the greatest driver they need to watch this
Hamilton know that... and vocalize it!
Schumacher.
10 seconds a lap faster at belgium 97
6 seconds a lap faster at monaco 97
4 seconds a lap faster spain 96
4 seconds a lap faster belgium 98.
And one of the dirtiest drivers to grace F1.@@someoneunseen5168
Schumacher is the best driver ever. Senna a very close 2nd.
and you are 12 @@johnhamilton5431
I realised towards the end of the video. I remember watching this as a kid. I also remember an interview about the TCS. He got the most out of it. Thats for sure. But he was literally driving a different formula of car in the wet. Amazing job the McLaren engineers did. And they had the right driver to take advantage of it. THAT'S the story of this race.
I remember it now I see it again but had completely forgotten about it having not seen since the season it happened. Thanks youtube and fan videos 🏆
Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments.. I love that one of Senna's greatest performances is on a local race track to me. I always think about that race when i visit Donington.
I saw it. I saw greatness.
Fantastic video andy!
Thank you! :)
Just imagine the battles we could have seen with him surviving that tragic Imola '94, AS and MSC going all out against themselves for at least 2 years.
The 190E F1 drivers race kind of proves the point that he was quite a bit better than his contemporaries.
Correct - a true master -
Legendario Senna
Verstappen fangirls will foaming at the mouth with this
What a stupid comment ! This is a video about senna nothing to do with max or Lewis. You've clearly only said that to start an argument between your toxic hamilton and max fanbases .
Simply the GOAT 🐐 hands down
So good bro.. so good! Gretting from a brasilian fan! great video!
Thank you!
Recalling the incident, Senna’s race engineer Pat Symonds said: “In Dallas he touched a wall and broke a wheel.
“During the debrief he said ‘I can’t make out how I hit that wall. The wall must have moved’.
“With any other driver you would say ‘don’t be bloody ridiculous’. But he was so troubled by it that we went and looked at the wall.
“Tyre marks showed that somebody had crashed into one end of one of the huge concrete blocks and pivoted it a little bit.
“He’d been placing his car a few millimetres from that wall, and when the edge had moved a fraction he hit it.
“I thought then that this guy was beyond anything I’d ever experienced before.”
Amazing story!
Thanks so much for creating this video. I loved the awesome still photographs you included. I would have loved to see the footage full screen, but oh well. And if I could have heard Murray Walker and James Hunt commentaries, would have been the pinnacle. Still, fantastic video thank you.
Thank you for the feedback! I was a little nervous around copyright strikes, hence the TV screen and not using as much realt audio, but I’ll be braver in my next video that’s around the 94 season. I agree, having Murray and James commentaries would make it a lot better!
Thanks again!
I remember watching that race -- and Senna was amazing! But as far as "driving on water" -- that is pretty common on the Icelandic Formula Offroad series!
Absolute hero , number 1
Unreal talent... Will never be matched
I was a teenager and I remember watching the accident but, honestly, I didn't care. I thought it was someone else and he would be unharmed. It was an idol relationship, as if he were indestructible. After the accident, for me the race was over and I left with my parents. On the way back, my brother said that he had died. It took me a while to assimilate that. Over the years I assimilated. I didn't even attend his funeral. I got older and saw what I had lost, as an idol, as an example. I even developed a bit of driving trauma. Over the years I also realized that Ayrton was not just a Globo product, or something national. He was the greatest pilot in history, with admirers around the world. The media and the drivers cannot say everything otherwise it will devalue the broadcasts and even their careers, but the truth is that everyone knows that Ayrton is tall unlike anyone else. Even Fangio was a fan of Ayrton. Everyone knows he was the best, regardless of numbers. And those who don't think so are because they didn't like his personality, period. He wasn't perfect, he was human, he was an egocentric person who fought for his victories and goals, as we have in all workplaces. But we're talking about an environment that involved billions and billions a year, which considered the best of the best. Guys, the worst racer on the grid is an excellent driver. Make no mistake. To spend a season in F1 you already have to be exceptional. To be at the front in F1 you have to be beyond excellent. To be the best among them all, you have to be something that doesn't even exist. And he was Brazilian. And many say that he had phrases made of cheap self-help, like that Flavio Gomes says. But they weren't ready phrases or cheap self-help because it was clear that he spoke with passion and secondly that he was a living example of what he said. It's a shame that Brazil explored very little about Senna outside the track, because after he retired, talking about his career and history, he would move and transform the lives of many people. Believe this. That's why what happened on May 1, 1994 was a tragedy. And let everyone try to emulate, at least a little, Senna's story. Be inspired by what everyone sincere says about Senna in rare moments of lucidity. Many commentators, narrators, correspondents and runners cannot talk much about Senna because it devalues what we have today and that is a waste of money and contracts. But you can believe that they all know that Senna was far beyond everyone. Rest In Peace, amazing Senna.
Thank you for sharing your story and reflections.
Senna's legacy continues to inspire, and it's stories like yours that gives fresh insights.
The accident is one of those ‘Where were you?’ moments.
I was young at the time, but I was at Silverstone watching one of my favourite drivers in F3000 - David Coulthard.
That was DC’s last F3000 race… we all know where he went next.
Considering the conditions....I watched this with awe...sadly missed today.
thank you for this footage I remember it well , it was epic!
Rain makes the playing field level. The Legend.
Keep posting I’m loving it
Thank you! Will do :)
Senna and Clark were rainmasters.
Loved watching F1 and remember the black/gold Lotus.
like journalists back then said about Prost's veto on Senna : nothing different than you vetoed Warwick back in Lotus
Hi . Could You please explane better what You are referring to ? I'm very curious 😊
@@riccardoboni2976
back in 1986 Lotus wanted to hire Warwick alongside Senna
but Senna didn't want him in the team since Warwick was a threat to him so he vetoed him pretending that the team can't get two good drivers
No, it is totally different. Lotus didn't have resources to run two drivers with equal conditions. If they tried, they would've ended up with two bad cars. Senna's teammate in 1985, Elio de Angelis, was the first to say that. Midway through the season, he started complaining that Lotus was giving too much attention to the second driver, Senna, and that was harming their chances of fighting for the title. After he was destroyed by Senna, he left Lotus because he didn't want to be the second driver. On top of that, Lotus was a British team and Warwick was a British driver. So Senna was understandably afraid that the pressure from sponsors and the natural inclination of the team could favor Warwick. Prost on the other hand was afraid Senna would destroy him in equal cars. He knew Senna had evolved considerably since the last time they were teammates at McLaren.
@@user-dd4ib5eb1i Wow, it's so lucky we have you here to somehow read Alain Prost's mind and explain to us exactly what he was thinking and feeling! While the first part of your statement is correct, it's just your opinion that Prost 'was afraid Senna would destroy him' and is in no way an objective statement. My opinion, based on numerous Prost interviews and recollections from the Mclaren team members at the time, would be that Prost loathed working with Senna after all the well known friction and why would he want to go through that again? 'He knew Senna had evolved' - OK - I mean, you don't know that - you're just making stuff up. It's perfectly valid for Prost to not want to work with a guy who was so destructive to team harmony - just as in any workplace if you had massive issues with a co-worker. Final thought - check the points in the two years that Senna and Prost were teammates. Pretty weird 'destruction' when the other guy scores more points in both years!
@@adelaidecity76 I will ignore the first part of your comment due to your unjustifiable aggressiveness and impoliteness. The last part might deserve reply. First: I didn't say Senna destroyed Prost when they were teammates. I said Senna evolved considerably since that time (1988-89) while Prost remained the same driver and Senna would have destroyed him if they had been teammates in 1993 again. Second: This argument that Prost made a higher number of total points, therefore he beat Senna is utterly ridiculous. Drivers were competing for the title. And they would get the title based on the number of valid points, not on the number of total points. And they all knew since the beginning that their worst results would have been discarded. So their job was to adapt their driving style to this set of rules, which meant risking more to get more wins even if they had to face more retirements and loose the points of a 3rd, 4th or 5th position, since two many of those would be useless. Senna did just that in 1988 and beat Prost "fair and square" (James Hunt's words). Prost did that in 1989 (with a little help from Balestre and Mansell in Portugal) and beat Senna. Now, to judge their performance based on something they were NOT suppose to achieve (higher number of total points) is crazily unfair. Not least because we have no idea how they would have behaved if the rules had been different.
Great vid, keep it up!!
Thank you!
Will try
One of the best laps ever, thankyou for sharing...
Great to hear the back story of that incredible lap, and incredible race.
The F1 cars of this era will always be the best to me. Clean, simple lines. Just beautiful cars.
Agreed!
Senna was the Greatest Driver who ever lived. Stat's mean nothing when you talk about true greatness. It's what he could do with inferior machinery and/or in the wet that makes him the GOAT.
very nice
I think he is the greatest of all time !
I mean if he didnt die at such a young agev, imagine how many championships he will win !
That lap is second only to he's qualifying lap at monaco
Hands down the best video title on the tube lol.....
Haha thanks!!
The GOAT r.i.p. 🏎️🏎️🏎️ 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I love this guys content...
Thank you!
Rain and the Monaco circuit separate real drivers from aspiring ones. Ayrton Senna used to be leading races when the car factor was minimized and the driver's arms were what made the most difference to a victory on the track. I would like to give an honorable mention to Barichello, an excellent driver, but without Ayrton's will to victory . I was born in 1978 in Brazil and I got happy many Sundays happy with Senna's victories… I miss those times!
Everyone: it's the greatest lap in history!
Senna: it was ok
If Senna was ok, that means Prost, Mansell, Piquet, Hill were meh.
Masterclass
Genius.
From another planet he was.
Pure Magic ! Ayrton Senna do Braaaaaaasiiiiiil!!!!
He lapped everybody in the race at one point. 😂😂😂
thanks for this!!! I haven't seen a podcast or at least review from you on what took place at Sao Paolo, particularly with regard to the dog fight to the finish line between Fernando and Checo. Will there be something coming? A Texan source mentioned the finish line is actually 100metres before the checkered flag and their theory was that had it been only 50m's then Checo would have clinched P3.. your thoughts? In any case, I am absolutely thrilled for Fernando!!!
Hi Irene, hope you’re well!
Unfortunately my editing speed is more at a Haas level lol. F1 moves so quickly, by the time I’d edited a review video, it would be old news, already… we’d be at the next race. So I’m leaving them for a little while. These mini-docs give me time to breathe & edit, plus I enjoy them :) … I do plan an end of season review, though!
Ahh Alonso, I was so happy and proud, honestly! Those last 15/20 laps I was literally on the edge, I was hoping the race was shorter lol. Like you, I’m thrilled for him, such a legend. He definitely deserves at least one more victory!
@@andychatsf1 Hi Andy, how super to hear back from you. It was because of Alonso's P3 I thought of you and our previous talks and checked your channel for a review. I can understand what you mean to say and will be looking forward to an end of season review. Sao Paolo battle Alonso-Perez was for me the absolute highlight of the race and maybe even of the season!! This kind of racing and finishing is what I so long to see in F1... Drivers standings also interesting, Alonso closing in on Hamilton again only 28 points gap, but he has Lando breathing down his neck 3 points and Carlos 6 pnts... Let's see what happens these final two GP's!!! Many greets from Amsterdam
Love the video! What i miss to catch is what kind of device did McLaren had in this race ?
Thank you :)
Traction Control.
If you watch around 9mins 30 seconds of the video on ‘thefowlyetti2’s channel, you can hear it working away: czcams.com/video/GiVm1L-1s6Y/video.html
Traction control
When people watch this they need to watch Gilles Villeneuve in the rain.
I was barely 16 years old when Ayrton Senna lost his life on the Italian circuit of Imola, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary I would like to pay tribute to an exceptional driver, not to say an exceptional champion, 41 Grand Prix victories, 65 pole positions, 3 world titles and more than 2900 laps at the head of the race and 6 victories in Monaco, a record still unmatched.
The day before, the Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger died, 34 years old like Ayrton Senna, but only 53 days of Formula 1 compared to 10 years for the Brazilian, an event which should have been canceled because the Austrian novice was probably killed instantly following the very violent impact at 315 km/h at the Gilles Villeneuve bend where the Quebecer had a spectacular accident 14 years earlier.
30 years later it still remains a myth...
A very sad weekend.
You’re right, it’s a shame the race weekend wasn’t stopped after Ratzenberger’s incident. He was pronounced dead so soon after arriving at the hospital, so I have to agree with you that it was pretty much instant. But they couldn’t pronounce him passing away at the track as it would’ve cancelled the whole event, which Bernie Ecclestone wouldn’t have wanted.
RIP to the both of them
Senna is GOAT
The only other racer i know who lapped the entire field was Ricky Carmichael in 450 mx. 2007 or so.
Wow, what a cool video.
Thank you!
GOAT