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Re: Image comments for When men were men
Posted by: Mrkim
Date: 08/04/2013 10:56PM
An interesting look at Senna indeed and for those who never had the chance to see him turning laps at spectacular times, as he often did, it's a nostalgic peek at a true F-1 legend.

I always admired him for his ballz and hated him for the same facet of his egomaniacal personality as the same drive that put and kept him in the lead of many races was his gonzo style of take it all, or lose everything, and the other racers on the track be damned. There was a hint of that in the vid where they were talking about other drivers gettin out of his way on qualifying laps so as not to be the driver to have spoiled Sennas qualifying "performance".

Though I admired him I certainly felt it fitting that he died racing for the Williams-Renault team he'd initially offered to have piloted their car for free, just so he could ditch his team at McLaren and jump on the then dominant cars bandwagon in doing so.

For my money, Schumacher (in his hey day) was the finest F-1 driver I ever saw. Some of the passes I saw him make rate up there with the finest maneuvering of a car on a race track by anyone ever, the biggest difference was he did it with style and ability and seldom made his fellow track companions choose between crashing out and losing their position, which was what Senna did constantly. I also saw him put on some stunning performances on slicks in the rain that also showed how absolutely in control of the cart he was.

I'd like to have seen a race between Senna in a Williams-Renault and Schumacher in a Ferarri .... in the rain, but sadly Sennas flame was snuffed out due to a fly-by-wire steering malfunction before that race could have ever taken place disappointed smiley

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