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| 89.1 | | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Sun May 01 1994 23:31 | 7 |
| From: [email protected] (Toby Vaughn Padfield)
Subject: Address of Williams teams/condolences
Williams Grand Prix Engineering
Basil Hill Road
Didcot, Berks OX11 7HW
England
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| 89.2 | | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Mon May 02 1994 10:10 | 2 |
| The next reply will be very long -- about 1300 lines. It contains Ayrton
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| 89.3 | Ayrton Senna's racing history | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Mon May 02 1994 10:11 | 1319 |
| From: [email protected]
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AYRTON SENNA, 1973-1994 : 22 YEARS OF COMPETITION
LIST OF WINNERS
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Haephy, May 1994
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*** CIVIL STATUS **************************************************************
Ayrton Senna Da Silva
Born on March 21st, 1960 in Sao Paulo, Horto Florestal (Brazil)
Died on May 1st, 1994 during the Grand Prix of San Marino.
Lived in Angra Dos Reis (Brazil) or Monte Carlo (Monaco)
*** KARTING *******************************************************************
1973 First victory - Interlagos (Sao Paulo) - 1st of July
1974 Champion of Sao Paulo - Junior category
1975 Vice-Champion of Brazil - Junior category
Champion of the "Nacional Italcolomy" tour - Junior category
1976 Champion of Sao Paulo - Second 100 cm3 category
Brazil Championship, 3rd - Second 100 cm3 category
Winner of the "Three hours of go-carting" - Sao Paulo -
First 100 cm3 category
1977 Champion of South America - Uruguay (San Jose) - Inter category
Vice-champion of Brazil - Inter category
Vice-champion of Sao Paulo - Inter category
Winner of the "Three hours of go-carting" - Sao Paulo - Inter category
1978 World Championship, 6th - France (Le Mans) - Inter category
Japon Grand Prix, 4th - Sugo - Inter category
Champion of Brazil - Inter category
Winner of the "Three hours of go-carting" - Sao Paulo - Inter category
Vice-champion of Sao Paulo - Inter category
1979 World vice-champion - Portugal (Estoril) - Inter category
Vice-champion of South America - Argentina (San Juan) - Inter category
Champion of San Marino - Italy - Inter category
Winner of the 1st round - Champion of Brazil - Oberlandia (Mato Grosso) -
Inter category
Switzerland Grand Prix, 2nd - Wholen - Inter category
Italy Grand Prix, 2nd - Parme - Inter category
Champions' Cup, 10th - Italy (Jesolo) - Inter category
1980 Champion of South America - Inter category
Champion of Brazil - Inter category
World vice-champion - Belgium (Nivelles) - 135 cm3 category
1981 World Championship, 4th - Italy (Parme) - 135 cm3 category
Champions' Cup, giving up (accident) - Italy (Jesolo)
Switzerland Grand Prix, winner - Wholen - 135 cm3 category
1982 Porto Alegre Championship, winner
World Championship, 14th - Sweden (Kalmar) - 135 cm3 category
*** F.F. 1600 *** Van Diemen Minister RF 81 *** 1981 **************************
03/01 Brands Hatch, 5th - P.&O. championship ( Car : VDM RF 80 )
03/08 Thruxton, 3th - T.T. championship
03/15 Brands Hatch, winner - 15 laps in 15'07''02 - T.T. championship
03/22 Mallory Park, pole position, 2nd - T.T. championship
04/05 Mallory Park, 2nd - T.T. championship
05/03 Snetterton, pole position, 2nd - T.T. championship
05/24 Oulton Park, winner - 15 laps in 16'48 - Fastest lap in 1'06''02 -
R.A.C. championship
05/25 Mallory Park, winner - 15 laps in 12'43''09 - T.T. championship
06/07 Snetterton, winner - 15 laps in 18'16''05 - Fastest lap in 1'22'02 -
T.T. championship
06/21 Silverstone, 2nd - R.A.C. championship
06/27 Oulton Park, winner - 15 laps in 16'49''05 - Fastest lap in 1'06'03 -
T.T. championship
07/04 Donington, winner - Fastest lap - R.A.C. championship
07/12 Brands Hatch, 4th - Fastest lap in 50''62 - R.A.C. championship
07/25 Oulton Park, winner - 15 laps in 16'59''07 - Fastest lap in 1'06''04 -
T.T. championship
07/26 Mallory Park, winner - 15 laps in 12'44''04 - Fastest lap in 50''01 -
R.A.C. championship
08/02 Brands Hatch, winner - 15 laps in 12'58 - T.T. championship
08/09 Snetterton, winner - 15 laps in 19'19''89 - Fastest lap in 1'11''06 -
R.A.C. championship
08/15 Donington, winner - 12 laps in 16'13''73 - T.T. championship
08/31 Thruxton, pole position, winner - 10 laps in 14'28''07 -
Fastest lap in 1'25''07 - T.T. championship
09/29 Brands Hatch, 2nd - Fastest lap - T.T. championship
Back to Brazil before the end of championships
Final classification - Towsend-Thoresen (T.T.) championship
1st Senna da Silva 210 points (222)
2nd Morris 156 points
3rd Toledano 155 points
4th Macedo
5th Lincoln
6th Marsh
*** F.F. 2000 *** Van Diemen Nielson RF 82 *** 1982 : Europe championship *****
04/18 Zolder (Belgium), pole position, giving up (engine broken)
05/02 Donington (G.B.), pole position, winner - 20 laps in 24'57''47 -
Fastest lap, new record in 1'14''28
05/09 Zolder (Belgium), pole position, giving up (track exit)
06/20 Hockenheim (Germany), pole position, giving up (formation lap)
07/03 Zandvoort (Netherlands), pole position, winner - 12 laps in 20'08''03
08/08 Hockenheim (Germany), pole position, winner - 11 laps in 26'59''20 -
Fastest lap
08/15 Zeltweg (Austria), pole position, winner - 12 laps in 24'21''32 -
Fastest lap
08/22 Jylland (Denmark), pole position, winner - 8 laps in 19'34''96 -
Fastest lap
09/12 Mondello Park (Ireland), pole position, winner - 20 laps in 19'32''71
Fastest lap, new record in 57''92
Winner of the European F.F. 2000 Championship
*** F.F. 2000 *** Van Diemen Nielson RF 82 *** 1982 : British Championship ****
03/07 Brands Hatch, pole position, winner - Fastest lap
03/27 Oulton Park, pole position, winner - Fastest lap and new record
03/28 Silverstone, pole position, winner - Fastest lap and new record
04/04 Donington, pole position, winner -Fastest lap and new record
04/09 Snetterton, pole position, winner - Fastest lap
04/12 Silverstone, pole position, winner - Fastest lap
05/03 Mallory Park, winner - Fastest lap
05/30 Oulton Park, withdrawal (tyres problems)
05/31 Brands Hatch, winner - Fastest lap
06/06 Mallory Park, winner - Fastest lap
06/13 Brands Hatch, pole position, winner - Fastest lap and new record
06/26 Oulton Park, pole position, winner
07/05 Snetterton, pole position, 2nd
07/10 Castel Comb, pole position, winner - Fastest lap and new record
08/01 Snetterton, pole position, winner - Fastest lap and new record
08/30 Thruxton, winner - Fastest lap and new record
09/04 Oulton Park, pole position, winner
09/05 Silverstone, pole position, winner - Fastest lap
09/26 Brands Hatch, 2nd - Fastest lap and new record
Back to Brazil before the end of the championship
Final classification - British championship
1st Senna da Silva 378 points
2nd Fish 297 points
3rd Andrews 203 points
4th Spence 192 points
5th Bradley 163 points
6th Davies 152 points
*** FORMULA 3 *** Ralt Toyota Nicholson RT3 D/82 *** 1982 *********************
11/13 Thruxton T.V., pole position (record), winner - 15 laps in 18'37''43 -
Fastest lap
*** FORMULA 3 *** Ralt Toyota Novamotor RT3 E *** 1983 : British championship *
03/06 Silverstone, 2nd time (practice), winner - 20 laps in 18'07''14 -
Fastest lap
03/13 Thruxton, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 26'36''31 - Fastest lap
03/19 Silverstone, pole position, winner - 12 laps in 19'36''51 - Fastest lap
03/27 Donington, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 23'23''35 - Fastest lap
04/02 Thruxton, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 25'03''29
04/24 Silverstone, pole position, winner - 25 laps in 22'33''59 - Fastest lap
05/02 Thruxton, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 24'51''88 - Fastest lap
05/08 Brands Hatch, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 17'21''06 - Fastest lap
05/30 Silverstone, pole position, winner - 30 laps in 27'00''98 - Fastest lap
06/11 Silverstone (European championship), 2nd time (practice), giving up
(track exit)
06/19 Caldwell Park, pole postition, withdrawal (accident)
07/03 Snetterton, 4th time (practice), giving up (accident) - Fastest lap
07/16 Silverstone, pole position, winner - 20 laps in 28'59''55 - Fastest lap
07/24 Donington, pole position, 2nd - Fastest lap
08/06 Oulton Park, 2nd time (practice), giving up (accident) - Fastest lap
08/29 Silverstone, pole position, winner - 30 laps in 27'02''45
09/11 Oulton Park, pole position, giving up (accident)
09/18 Thruxton, pole position, giving up (engine broken)
10/02 Silverstone, 4th time (practice), 2nd
10/23 Thruxton, pole position, winner - 15 laps in 18'39''78 - Fastest lap
Final Classification - British Championship
1st Senna 132 points
2nd Brundle 123 points
3rd Jones 77 points
4th Fish 67 points
5th Berg 32 points
6th Hytten 23 points
11/20 Macao Grand Prix, pole position, winner - 30 laps in 1h11'34''96 -
1st round, winner - 15 laps in 35'44''65 - Fastest lap and new
record : 2'21''59
2nd round, winner - 15 laps in 35'50''31
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1984 ********************************************************
03/25 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : Toleman TG 183B - Hart 415T - Pirelli
Practice : 16th time : 1'33''525
Race : giving up (8th lap), turbo pressure
19th time : 1'42''286
04/07 South Africa Grand Prix - Kyalami
Car : Toleman TG 183B - Hart 415T - Pirelli
Practice : 13th time : 1'06''981
Race : 6th, 3 laps away
15th time : 1'12''124
04/29 Belgium Grand Prix - Zolder
Car : Toleman TG 183B - Hart 415T - Pirelli
Practice : 19th time : 1'18''876
Race : 7th, 2 laps away
15th time : 1'22''633
05/06 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : Toleman TG 183B - Hart 415T - Pirelli
Practice : 1'41''585 Dns
05/20 France Grand Prix - Dijon
Car : Toleman TG 183B - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 13th time : 1'05''744
Race : giving up (35th lap), turbo
15th time : 1'10''100
06/03 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 13th time : 1'25''009
Race : 2nd, 7''446 away
Fastest lap : 1'54''334
06/17 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 9th time : 1'27''448
Race : 7th, 2 laps away
13th time : 1'31''882
06/24 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Detroit
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 7th time : 1'42''651
Race : giving up, accident
10th time : 1'47''444
07/08 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Dallas
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 6th time : 1'38''256
Race : giving up, driveshaft
9th time : 1'46''419
07/27 Great Britain Grand Prix - Brands Hatch
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 7th time : 1'11''890
Race : 3rd, 1'03''328 away
3rd time : 1'13''951
08/05 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 9th time : 1'49''395
Race : giving up, accident, rear wing lost
11th time : 1'55''712
08/19 Austria Grand Prix - Osterreichring
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 10th time : 1'29''200
Race : giving up, oil pressure
7th time : 1'34''348
08/26 Holland Grand Prix - Zandvoort
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 13th time : 1'15''960
Race : giving up, engine broken
13th time : 1'21''683
09/09 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Disagreement about Senna's transfer from Toleman to Lotus team.
Replaced with Stefan Johannson.
10/07 Europe Grand Prix - Nurburgring
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 12th time : 1'22''439
Race : giving up, accident at start
10/21 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : Toleman TG 184 - Hart 415T - Michelin
Practice : 3rd time : 1'21''936
Race : 3rd, 20''042 away
7th time : 1'24''373
World Championship Classification : 9th with 13 points
Points per race, average : 0.81
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1985
04/07 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'28''389
Race : giving up, electrical problems
5th time : 1'38''440
04/21 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''007
Race : winner, 67 laps in 2h00'28''006 - Average 145.160 km/h
fastest lap : 1'44''121
05/05 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'27''327
Race : 7th (out of gas)
5th time : 1'31''549
05/19 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'20''450
Race : giving up, engine broken
8th time : 1'24''803
06/16 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'24''816
Race : 16th, 5 laps away (turbo's collar loose)
fastest lap : 1'27''445
06/23 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Detroit
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'42''051
Race : giving up, accident
fastest lap : 1'45''612
07/07 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'32''835
Race : giving up, engine broken & accident
3rd time : 1'41''552
07/21 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'06''324
Race : 10th (electronical injection out of order)
2nd time : 1'10''032
08/04 Germany Grand Prix - Nurburgring
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'18''792
Race : giving up, homocinetic gasket
7th time : 1'24''270
08/18 Austria Grand Prix - Osterreichring
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 14th time : 1'28''123
Race : 2nd, 30''002 away
8th time : 1'31''666
08/25 Holland Grand Prix - Zandvoort
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'11''837
Race : 3rd, 48''491 away
7th time : 1'17''835
09/08 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''084
Race : 3rd, 1'00''390 away
9th time : 1'31''703
09/15 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'55''403
Race : winner, 43 laps in 1h34'19''893 - Average 189.811 km/h
5th time : 2'03''479
10/06 Europe Grand Prix - Brands Hatch
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'07''482
Race : 2nd, 21''396 away
5th time : 1'12''601
10/19 South Africa Grand Prix - Kyalami
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'02''825
Race : giving up, engine broken
7th time : 1'10''077
11/03 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : Lotus 97T - Renault EF4/EF15 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'19''843
Race : giving up, engine broken
2nd time : 1'24''140
World Championship Classification : 4th with 38 points
Number of leaded races : 9
Number of leaded laps : 270 (26.16%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 1325
Points per race, average : 2.375
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1986
03/23 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15/EF15DP - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''501
Race : 2nd, 3''827 away
3rd time : 1'34''785
04/13 Spain Grand Prix - Jerez
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''605
Race : winner, 72 laps in 1h48'47''735 - Average 167.486 km/h
7th time : 1'28''801
04/27 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''050
Race : giving up, wheel bearings
9th time : 1'31''999
05/19 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'23''175
Race : 3rd, 53''646 away
2nd time : 1'26''843
05/25 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15/EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'54''576
Race : 2nd, 19''827 away
2nd time : 1'59''867
06/15 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15/EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'24''188
Race : 5th, 1 lap away
5th time : 1'27''479
06/22 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Detroit
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15/EF15B - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'38''301
Race : winner, 63 laps in 1h51'12''847 - Average 136.748 km/h
2nd time : 1'41''233
07/06 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'06''526
Race : giving up, track exit
13th time : 1'12''882
07/13 Great Britain Grand Prix - Brands hatch
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : 3th time : 1'07''524
Race : giving up, gear box
14th time : 1'14''024
07/27 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'42''329
Race : 2nd, 15''437 away
4th time : 1'49''424
08/10 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'29''450
Race : 2nd, 17''673 away
2nd time : 1'31''261
08/17 Austria Grand Prix - Osterreichring
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : 8th time : 1'25''249
Race : giving up, engine broken
9th time : 1'33''437
09/07 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'24''916
Race : giving up at start, propeller shaft
09/21 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'16''673
Race : 4th, 1 lap away
10/12 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'16''990
Race : 3rd, 52''513 away
4th time : 1'20''237
10/26 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : Lotus 98T - Renault EF15B/EF15C - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'18''906
Race : giving up, engine broken
13th time : 1'24''149
World Championship Classification : 4th with 55 points
Number of leaded races : 8
Number of leaded laps : 135 (12.93%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 571
Points per race, average : 3.438
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1987
04/12 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'28''408
Race : giving up, engine broken
5th time : 1'35''312
05/03 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''826
Race : 2nd, 27''545 away
4th time : 1'30''851
05/17 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'52''426
Race : giving up, accident
05/31 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'23''711
Race : winner, 78 laps in 1h57'54''085 - average 132.102 km/h
fastest lap : 1'27''685
06/21 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Detroit
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'40''607
Race : winner, 63 laps in 1h50'16''358 - average 137.813 km/h
fastest lap : 1'40''464
07/05 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'07''024
Race : 4th, 55''255 away
7th time : 1'12''231
07/12 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'08''181
Race : 3rd, 1 lap away
3rd time : 1'11''605
07/26 Germany Grand Prix - Hockeinheim
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'42''616
Race : 3rd, 1 lap away
4th time : 1'49''187
08/09 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 6th time : 1'30''387
Race : 2nd, 37''727 away
4th time : 1'32''426
08/16 Austria Grand Prix - Zeltweg
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 7th time : 1'25''492
Race : 5th, 2 laps away
3rd time : 1'28''449
09/06 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'24''907
Race : 2nd, 1''806 away
fastest lap : 1'26''796
09/20 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'18''354
Race : 7th, 2 laps away
3rd time : 1'20''217
09/27 Spain Grand Prix - Jerez
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'24''320
Race : 5th, 1'13''507 away
11th time : 1'30''088
10/18 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 7th time : 1'19''089
Race : giving up, spin round
3rd time : 1'20''586
11/01 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 7th time : 1'42''723
Race : 2nd, 17''384 away
3rd time : 1'45''805
11/15 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : Lotus 99T - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'18''488
Race : 2nd, 34''845 away *disqualified* (non-true front brakes)
2nd time : 1'20''456 *disqualified*
World Championship Classification : 3th with 57 points
Number of leaded races : 7
Number of leaded laps : 108 (10.70%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 278
Points per race, average : 3.563
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1988
04/03 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : McLaren MP4/4.03 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'28''096
Race : disqualified (car change after start)
9th time : 1'34''657
05/01 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/4.1 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'27''148
Race : winner, 60 laps in 1h32'41''264 - average 195.754 km/h
2nd time : 1'29''815
05/15 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/4.1 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'23''998
Race : giving up, accident (66th lap)
fastest lap : 1'26''321
05/29 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : McLaren MP4/4.1 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'17''468
Race : 2nd, 7''104 away
2nd time : 1'18''776
06/12 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/4.1 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''681
Race : winner, 69 laps in 1h39'46''618 - average 183.152 km/h
fastest lap : 1'24''973
06/19 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Detroit
Car : McLaren MP4/4.2 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'40''606
Race : winner, 63 laps in 1h54'56''635 - average 132.290 km/h
2nd time : 1'44''992
07/03 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : McLaren MP4/4.2 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'08''067
Race : 2nd, 31''752 away
2nd time : 1'11''856
07/10 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'10''616
Race : winner, 65 laps in 1h33'16''367 - average 199.744 km/h
4th time : 1'23''595
07/24 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'44''596
Race : winner, 44 laps in 1h32'54''188 - average 193.148 km/h
3rd time : 2'05''001
08/07 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'27''635
Race : winner, 76 laps in 1h57'47''381 - average 155.401 km/h
2nd time : 1'30''964
08/28 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'53''718
Race : winner, 43 laps in 1h28'00''549 - average 203.447 km/h
2nd time : 2'01''061
09/11 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''974
Race : giving up, accident
3rd time : 1'29''569
09/25 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'17''869
Race : 6th, 1'18''269 away
8th time : 1'22''852
10/02 Spain Grand Prix - Jerez
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'24''067
Race : 4th, 47''710 away
3rd time : 1'28''273
10/30 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/4.5 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'41''853
Race : winner, 51 laps in 1h33'26''173 - average 191.880 km/h
fastest lap : 1'46''326
11/13 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/4.2 - Honda V6T - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'17''748
Race : 2nd, 36''787 away
4th time : 1'21''668
World Championship Classification : WINNER with 90 points
Number of leaded races : 12
Number of leaded laps : 552 (53.64%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 2671
Points per race, average : 5.875
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1989
03/26 Brazil Grand Prix - Rio Jacarepagua
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'25''302
Race : 11th, 2 laps away
3rd time : 1'33''685
04/23 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'26''010
Race : winner, 58 laps in 1h26'51'' - average 201.939 km/h
2nd time : 1'27''272
05/07 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'22''308
Race : winner, 77 laps in 1h53'33'' - average 135.401 km/h
3rd time : 1'26''017
05/28 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'17''876
Race : winner, 69 laps in 1h35'21'' - average 191.941 km/h
3rd time : 1'20''585
06/04 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Phoenix
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'30''108
Race : giving up, electrical problem (44th lap)
fastest lap : 1'33''969
06/18 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'21''049
Race : 7th, giving up, engine broken (66th lap)
2nd time : 1'32''143
07/09 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'07''228
Race : giving up, differential (2nd start)
07/16 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'09''099
Race : giving up, track exit (11th lap)
7th time : 1'13''737
07/30 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'42''300
Race : winner, 45 laps in 1h21'43'' - average 224.566 km/h
fastest lap : 1'45''884
08/13 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'20''039
Race : 2nd, 25''967 away
4th time : 1'23''313
08/27 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'50''867
Race : winner, 44 laps in 1h40'54'' - average 181.576 km/h
4th time : 2'12''890
09/10 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'23''720
Race : giving up, engine broken, oil pressure (44th lap)
2nd time : 1'28''179
09/24 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'15''468
Race : giving up, collision with Mansell (48th lap)
4th time : 1'19''490
10/01 Spain Grand Prix - Jerez
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'20''291
Race : winner, 73 laps in 1h47'28'' - average 171.374 km/h
fastest lap : 1'25''779
10/22 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'38''041
Race : winner, 53 laps in 1h35'03'' *disqualified*
fastest lap : 1'43''025 *disqualified*
11/05 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/5 - Honda V10-RA109 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'16''665
Race : giving up, collision with Brundle (13th lap)
5th time : 1'41''159
World Championship Classification : 2nd with 60 points
Number of leaded races : 13
Number of leaded laps : 487 (46.87%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 2301
Points per race, average : 3.75
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1990
03/11 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Phoenix
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'29''431
Race : winner, 72 laps in 1h52'32'' - average 145.75 km/h
3rd time : 1'32''178
03/25 Brazil Grand Prix - Sao Paulo
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'17''277
Race : 3rd, 37''722 away
3rd time : 1'20''067
05/13 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'23''220
Race : giving up, right rear rim broken (4th lap)
14th time : 1'30''615
05/27 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''314
Race : winner, 78 laps in 1h52'46'' - average 138.097 km/h
fastest lap and new record : 1'24''245
06/10 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'20''399
Race : winner, 70 laps in 1h42'56'' - average 179.114 km/h
5nd time : 1'23''375
06/24 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'17''670
Race : giving up, right rear wheel (64th lap)
6th time : 1'19''062
07/08 France Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'04''549
Race : 3rd, 11''606 away
6th time :1'08''573
07/15 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'08''071
Race : 3rd, 43''088 away
5th time : 1'12''250
07/29 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'40''198
Race : winner, 45 laps in 1h20'47'' - average 227.334 km/h
2nd time : 1'45''771
08/12 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'18''162
Race : 2nd, 0''288 away
5th time : 1'22''577
08/26 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'50''365
Race : winner, 44 laps in 1h26'31'' - average 211.729 km/h
2nd time : 1'55''531
09/09 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'22''533
Race : winner, 53 laps in 1h1757'' - average 236.569 km/h
fastest lap : 1'26''254
09/23 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'13''601
Race : 2nd, 2''808 away
6th time : 1'18''936
09/30 Spain Grand Prix - Jerez
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'18''387
Race : giving up, bored radiator (54th lap)
12th time : 1'27''430
10/21 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'36''996
Race : giving up, collision with Prost (1st lap)
11/04 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/5B - Honda V10 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'15''671
Race : giving up, gear box & brakes (62nd lap)
3rd time : 1'19''302
World Championship Classification : WINNER with 78 points
Number of leaded races : 14
Number of leaded laps : 556 (52.85%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 2536
Points per race, average : 4.875
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1991
03/10 U.S.A. Grand Prix - Phoenix
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''434
Race : winner, 81 laps in 2h00'47''828 - average 148.846 km/h
4th time : 1'27''153
03/24 Brazil Grand Prix - Sao Paulo
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'16''392
Race : winner, 71 laps in 1h38'28''128 - average 187.110 km/h
3rd time : 1'20''841
04/28 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''877
Race : winner, 61 laps in 1h35'14''750 - average 193.671 km/h
2nd time : 1'27''168
05/12 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'20''344
Race : winner, 78 laps in 1h53'02''234 - average 137.785 km/h
5th time : 1'25''250
06/02 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'20''318
Race : giving up, electrical problem (26th lap)
10th time : 1'24''647
06/16 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'17''264
Race : 3rd, 57''356 away
3rd time : 1'18''750
07/07 France Grand Prix - Magny Cours
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'14''857
Race : 3rd, 34''934 away
5th time : 1'20''570
07/14 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'21''618
Race : 4th, 1 lap away
4th time : 1'27''509
07/28 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'37''274
Race : 7th, giving up, out of gas (44th lap)
5th time : 1'44''213
08/11 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'16''147
Race : winner, 77 laps in 1h49'12''796 - average 167.857 km/h
2nd time : 1'22''392
08/25 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'47''811
Race : winner, 44 laps in 1h27'17''669 - average 209.883 km/h
5th time : 1'56''471
09/08 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'21''114
Race : 2nd, 16''262 away
fastest lap : 1'26''061
09/22 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'13''444
Race : 2nd, 20''941 away
4th time : 1'18''856
09/29 Spain Grand Prix - Barcelona
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'19''064
Race : 5th, 1'02''402 away
7th time : 1'24''771
10/20 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'34''700
Race : 2nd, 0''344 away
fastest lap : 1'41''532
11/03 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/6 - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'14''041
Race : winner, 14 laps in 24'34''899 - average 129.170 km/h
2nd time : 1'42''545
World Championship Classification : WINNER with 96 points
Number of leaded races : 10
Number of leaded laps : 466 (47.55%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 2060
Points per race, average : 6
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1992
03/01 South-Africa Grand Prix - Kyalami
Car : McLaren MP4/6B - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'16''277
Race : 3rd, 34''675 away
2nd time : 1'18''140
03/22 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico
Car : McLaren MP4/6B - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'18''791
Race : giving up, propeller shaft broken (11th lap)
13th time : 1'20''721
04/05 Brazil Grand Prix - Sao Paulo
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'17''902
Race : giving up, electrical problem (18th lap)
21st time : 1'23''101
05/03 Spain Grand Prix - Barcelona
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'21''209
Race : 9th, giving up, track exit (62nd lap)
5th time : 1'43''176
05/17 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'23''086
Race : 3rd, 48''984 away
5th time : 1'27''615
05/31 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'20''608
Race : winner, 78 laps in 1h50'59''372 - average 140.329 km/h
3rd time : 1'23''470
06/14 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'19''775
Race : giving up, electronical problem (37th lap)
6th time : 1'23''728
07/05 France Grand Prix - Magny Cours
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'15''199
Race : giving up, collision with Schumacher (1st lap)
07/12 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'21''706
Race : giving up, propeller shaft (52nd lap)
5th time : 1'25''625
07/26 Germany Grand Prix - Hockeinheim
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'39''106
Race : 2nd, 4''500 away
2nd time : 1'42''272
08/16 Hungary Grand Prix - Hungaroring
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'16''267
Race : winner, 77 laps in 1h46'19''216 - average 172.424 km/h
3rd time : 1'19''588
08/30 Belgium Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'52''743
Race : 5th, 1'08''369 away
2nd time : 1'54''088
09/13 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'22''822
Race : winner, 53 laps in 1h18'15''349 - average 235.689 km/h
5th time : 1'27''190
09/27 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'14''258
Race : 3rd, 1 lap away
fastest lap : 1'16''272
10/25 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'38''375
Race : giving up, engine broken (2nd lap)
21st time : 1'46''229
11/08 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/7A - Honda V12 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'14''202
Race : giving up, collision with Mansell (18th lap)
3rd time : 1'17''818
World Championship Classification : 4th with 50 points
Number of leaded races : 5
Number of leaded laps : 95 (9.17%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 415
Points per race, average : 3.125
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1993
03/14 South-Africa Grand Prix - Kyalami
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'15''784
Race : 2nd, 1'19''824 away
6th time : 1'20''755
03/28 Brazil Grand Prix - Sao Paulo
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'17''697
Race : winner, 71 laps in 1h51'15''485 - average 165.601 km/h
2nd time : 1'20''187
04/11 Europe Grand Prix - Donington
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'12''107
Race : winner, 76 laps in 1h50'46''570 - average 165.603 km/h
fastest lap : 1'18''029
04/25 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'24''007
Race : giving up, hydraulic circuit
3rd time : 1'27''490
05/09 Spain Grand Prix - Barcelona
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'19''722
Race : 2nd, 16''873 away
2nd time : 1'21''717
05/23 Monaco Grand Prix - Monte Carlo
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 3rd time : 1'21''552
Race : winner, 78 laps in 1h52'10''947 - average 138.837 km/h
3rd time : 1'23''737
06/13 Canada Grand Prix - Montreal
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 8th time : 1'21''706
Race : giving up, alternator (63rd lap)
3rd time : 1'22''015
07/04 France Grand Prix - Magny Cours
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'16''264
Race : 4th, 32''405 away
3rd time : 1'20''521
07/11 Great Britain Grand Prix - Silverstone
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'21''986
Race : 5th, 1 lap away (giving up, out of gas, 58th lap)
5th time : 1'24''886
07/25 Germany Grand Prix - Hockenheim
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'39''616
Race : 4th, 1'08''229 away
2nd time : 1'42''162
08/15 Hungary Grand Prix - Budapest
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'16''451
Race : giving up, accelerator hydraulic system (17th lap)
13th time : 1'22''838
08/29 Belgiumm Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 5th time : 1'49''934
Race : 4th, 1'39''763 away
5th time : 1'54''185
09/12 Italy Grand Prix - Monza
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'22''633
Race : giving up, collision with Brundle (8th lap)
9th time : 1'27''939
09/26 Portugal Grand Prix - Estoril
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 4th time : 1'12''491
Race : giving up, engine broken (19th lap)
15th time : 1'18''365
10/24 Japan Grand Prix - Suzuka
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : 2nd time : 1'37''284
Race : winner, 53 laps in 1h40'27''912 - average 185.612 km/h
4th time : 1'43''217
11/07 Australia Grand Prix - Adelaide
Car : McLaren MP4/8 - Ford V8 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'13''371
Race : winner, 79 laps in 1h43'27''476 - average 173.183 km/h
3rd time : 1'16''128
World Championship Classification : 2nd with 73 points
Number of leaded races : 6
Number of leaded laps : 290 (27.75%)
Number of leaded kilometers : 1215.725
Points per race, average : 4.563
*** FORMULA 1 *** 1994
03/27 Brazil Grand Prix - Sao Paulo
Car : Williams-Renault FW16 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'15''962
Race : giving up, track exit (55th lap)
2nd time : 1'18''764
04/17 Pacific Grand Prix - TI Aida
Car : Williams-Renault FW16 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : 1'10''218
Race : giving up, collision with Hakkinen (1st lap)
04/11 San Marino Grand Prix - Imola
Car : Williams-Renault FW16 - Goodyear
Practice : pole position : ...
Race : giving up, track exit (7th lap)
...
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| 89.4 | Mansell, Michael Andretti react... | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 10:04 | 64 |
| From: [email protected] (Reuters)
Subject: Motor Racing-Mansell, Andretti Stunned by Senna Death
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 16:30:02 PDT
NEW YORK (Reuter) - Nigel Mansell, one of Ayrton Senna's
longtime great rivals, was in a state of shock over the death of
the three-time world champion on Sunday and called it a black
weekend in motor racing.
``I am in a total state of shock, as I am sure everyone in
motor racing is at this horrific loss of life,'' Mansell said in
a statement released by his Newman/Haas IndyCar racing team.
Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest drivers in Formula One
racing history, died after crashing at the San Marino Grand Prix
on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Brazilian died in a hospital in Bologna,
Italy, after his Williams car flew out of control at a turn at
Imola little more than 24 hours after the death of Austrian
Roland Ratzenberger during final qualifying.
``I was stunned after the Austrian driver, Roland
Ratzenberger, was killed on Saturday, and for Ayrton to lose his
life the very next day makes this weekend a very black weekend
in motor racing history,'' said Mansell, who made the switch to
IndyCars last season after many years of clashing with Senna on
the Formula One circuit.
``Ayrton and I shared some of the most exciting races ever
staged, and it is impossible to into words what a sad loss to
motor racing this is, because when a truly great driver and a
great champion loses his life, there is a very big void left
behind,'' Mansell continued.
``I have the utmost sympathy and send my sincere condolences
to the family and friends of both Ayrton Senna and
Roland Ratzenberger, and I know, having driven for the Williams
team for six years how they must be feeling. My thoughts,
sympathy and understanding are with them, too.
``I can only add that there is not a driver in the world who
will not be shocked and deeply affected by this terrible news.''
Michael Andretti, Senna's Formula One teammate last year,
was cleary shaken by the news from Imola.
``I was shocked like most people, it was horrible,'' an
emotional Andretti said in a telephone interview from his
Nazareth, Pennsylvania home.
``What can you say? He was a great person, a great race car
driver and he's definitely going to be missed. He was truly an
amaging guy.'' said Andretti, who returned to IndyCar racing
this year after a disappointing Formula One debut season.
Andretti said the Ayrton Senna he knew was a different
person from the one who received a lot of negative press for a
fierce competitiveness that sometimes led to controversial
driving tactics and pit lane battles with rival drivers.
``I just want everybody to know that I knew him first hand
and he was a very good person.
``I think the things you read about Senna, 99 percent
weren't true. He was a very nice person, supportive of me and
all the problems I had. He was one of the guys who really stuck
up for me,'' Andretti added.
Andretti's legendary father, Mario, was grateful for Senna's
support of his son during a difficult year in Formula One. He
said Senna was also fast to contact Michael after his
season-opening IndyCar win in Australia in March.
``His was one of the first congratulatory messages Michael
got after Michael won in Australia,'' Mario said.
``It comes as a tremendous shock to all of us,'' added
Mario Andretti, himself a former Formula One world champion.
``It's a devastating loss.''
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| 89.5 | Poles and Victories... | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 10:06 | 39 |
| From: [email protected] (The Associated Press)
Subject: Ayrton Senna's Career Record
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 12:40:12 PDT
Wins (41)
(With final standings place in parentheses)
1984 (t9) -- None
1985 (4) -- Portugal, Belgium
1986 (4) -- Spain, Detroit
1987 (3) -- Monaco, Detroit
1988 (1) -- San Marino, Canada, Detroit, Britain, Germany,
Hungary, Belgium, Japan
1989 (2) -- San Marino, Monaco, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Spain
1990 (1) -- Phoenix, Monaco, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy
1991 (1) -- Phoenix, Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Hungary,
Belgium, Australia
1992 (4) -- Monaco, Hungary, Italy
1993 (2) -- Brazil, Britain, Monaco, Japan, Australia
NOTE: Senna is second all-time behind Alain Prost who had 51.
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Poles (65)
1985 -- Portugal, San Marino, Monaco, Detroit, Italy, Europe,
Australia
1986 -- Brazil, Spain, San Marino, Detroit, France, Hungary,
Portugal, Mexico
1987 -- San Marino
1988 -- Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Mexico, Canada, Detroit,
Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Japan, Australia
1989 -- Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Mexico, Phoenix, Britain,
Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Australia
1990 -- Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Canada, Germany, Belgium,
Italy, Spain, Japan, Australia
1991 -- Phoenix, Brazil, San Marino, Monaco, Hungary, Belgium,
Italy, Australia
1992 -- Canada
1993 -- Australia
1994 -- Brazil, Japan, San Marino
NOTE: Senna is the Formula One career leader ahead of Jim Clark
who had 33.
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| 89.6 | Senna wrote of handling problems | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 10:09 | 39 |
| From: [email protected] (Reuters)
Subject: Senna Writes of Handling Problems before his Death
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 14:10:04 PDT
ROME (Reuter) - In a newspaper article that appeared on the
morning of his death, Ayrton Senna wrote that he was having
handling problems with his car on the Imola track and was
experimenting with the aerodynamics.
Senna, writing in Germany's biggest Sunday newspaper, Welt
am Sonntag, also said Roland Ratzenberger's fatal accident had
confirmed his fears about safety risks in Formula One this
season.
The Brazilian had written Saturday that he had encountered
problems with his Williams-Renault on the uneven stretches with
long bends at Imola, and his car was inferior to Michael
Schumacher's Benetton.
He said Schumacher's car was ``certainly a very good car,
above all on rolling, uneven stretches with long bends.
``It's one thing that's giving me a headache because it
exposes the technical weak points of my Williams-Renault.
``My car reacts a bit nervously on this kind of race
surface. This stems from its special aerodynamics but it's also
got to do with a difficulty in the suspension,'' he wrote.
``For these reasons at the beginning of last week we
experimented with a couple of aerodynamic modifications which at
training in Imola I have already tried out.''
Referring to the Brazilian and Pacific Grands Prix, Senna
wrote: ``I pointed out to directors of both races that in the
future we should look more critically at the capabilities of
young or inexperienced drivers.
``At the weekend my fears were born out in tragic fashion;
Roland Ratzenberger, racing in his first season, died after an
accident on the fastest bend of the track. The day before,
Rubens Barrichello hit a fence at high speed.
``I know from my own experience that as a young driver one
goes into a race in a totally different way and accepts risks
that you shake your head about later.
``Our problem is, that at this moment, there are very many
young drivers and that increases the danger.''
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| 89.7 | | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 12:26 | 4 |
| I have a couple of .GIF and .JPG images of Senna...one of him driving the
McLaren in the rain, and another is a profile shot of him in his helmet
during a quiet moment. Send e-mail to me at WFOOFF::DOBOSZ_M if you'd like
them.
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| 89.8 | Quotes about Senna | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 12:32 | 68 |
| From: [email protected] (The Associated Press)
Subject: Quotes About Ayrton Senna
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 17:30:09 PDT
Quotes on the death of Ayrton Senna, the 34-year-old three-time
world champion who died from head injuries Sunday during the San
Marino Grand Prix:
``It's going to be a season with lots of accidents and I'll risk
saying we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.''
-- Ayrton Senna to a Brazilian newspaper earlier this season.
``To survive in Grand Prix racing you need to be afraid. Fear is
a very important feeling to have. It helps you stay together. It
helps you race longer ... and live longer.'' -- Senna.
``He looked nervous from the very first lap. He took two or
three bumps, but I can't say what happened exactly.'' -- Michael
Schumacher of Germany, the winner of Sunday's San Marino race who
was behind Senna when the accident occurred.
``When we saw the crash, we were shocked, but we were sure we
would soon see him walking away from his car with an angry look on
his face. After all, he had been in other accidents that seemed far
worse than this one and he always walked away from the wreckage.''
-- Adilson Carvalho de Almeida, president of the 1,600-member Ayrton
Senna Fan Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil, who was watching the race on
television.
``We did all we could.'' -- Dr. Maria Teresa Fiandri, head of
intensive care at Bologna's Maggiore Hospital, where Senna was
taken after the crash.
``All Brazilians feel this death as if it were a relative.
Ayrton Senna, after Pele, is the country's biggest hero.'' -- A
reporter announcing Senna's death on Brazilian television.
``Ayrton and I shared some of the most exciting races ever
staged and it's impossible to put into words what a sad loss to
motor racing this is.'' -- Nigel Mansell, the 1992 Formula One
champion who was Senna's closest rival.
``Senna's death is a great loss for Brazil and for world auto
racing. Senna was in a position to break all the Grand Prix
records, including that of Manuel Fangio, who won the Grand Prix
five times.'' -- Nelson Piquet of Brazil, who was the Grand Prix
champion in 1981, '83 and '87.
``We're professionals; we're paid to do this job. But without
Senna it's not the same seeing that yellow helmet going by. Senna
is a milestone in Formula One. I lost an idol and a friend.'' --
Rubens Barrichello, a Brazilian driver who crashed during
qualifying Friday in San Marino.
``We want to send our thoughts and prayers to the family of
Ayrton Senna, and all his fans. He was a great racer, a great
champion and it's a shame.'' -- Dale Earnhardt after winning the
Winston Select 500 NASCAR race at Talladega, Ala.
``All he really cares about is racing. He is totally focused on
the car, the track and the competition. There is nothing else in
his life when he is at the racetrack.'' -- Ron Dennis, managing
director of McLaren, Senna's former team.
``As long as my passion for my profession is kept alive, my
dream will be to survive. The day when this passion starts
weakening, my dream will end. The Formula One is a world of strong
emotions and egos where the weak don't survive.'' -- Senna.
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| 89.9 | Brazil mourns Senna | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Tue May 03 1994 12:34 | 68 |
| From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Brazil Mourns Ayrton Senna
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 19:10:11 PDT
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- A nation mourned for Ayrton Senna
on Sunday, Brazil's greatest active sports star.
``All Brazilians feel this death as if it were a relative,'' a
television news reporter said. ``Ayrton Senna, after Pele, is the
country's biggest hero.''
Senna, a three-time Grand Prix world champion, crashed into a
wall Sunday during the San Marino race in Imola, Italy. He was
declared dead four hours later.
Until then, Brazilians across the country were watching on TV
and listening to radio, mostly in disbelief and hoping Senna would
pull through.
In Sao Paulo, Adilson Carvalho de Almeida, president of the
1,600-member Ayrton Senna Fan Club, said ``we got together to see
him win his first victory of the season.''
``When we saw the crash we were shocked but we were sure we
would soon see him walking away from his car with an angry look on
his face,'' Almeida said. ``After all he had been in other
accidents that seemed far worse than this one and he always walked
away from the wreckage.
``When we saw the pool of blood on the track and didn't see him
on his feet, we knew it was serious. We just hung around not
knowing what to do or where to go. When news of his death was
broadcast, we all wept and two young girls fainted.
``It's hard to believe he's gone. It feels like a nightmare,''
Almeida said.
President Itamar Franco sent a telegram to Senna's parents,
saying the country had lost a champion.
The 34-year-old driver had won 41 Grand Prix races. His world
titles came in 1988, 1990 and 1991, driving a McLaren. In 1994, he
was making his debut as the No. 1 driver for the Williams team.
Senna has been called the classic Grand Prix champion: daring,
agressive, and above all, talented. His talent shone during rainy
races, which he nearly always won.
Senna followed a Grand Prix traditon of winning Brazilian
drivers. Nelson Piquet and Emerson Fittipaldi had treated
countrymen to championship seasons. Senna was Brazil's latest
pride.
``Senna's death is a great loss for Brazil and for world auto
racing,'' said Piquet, the Grand Prix champion in 1981, '83 and
'87. ``Senna was in a position to break all the Grand Prix records,
including that of Manuel Fangio, who won the Grand Prix five
times.''
Rubens Barrichello, another Brazilian, crashed during qualifying
in San Marino on Friday and did not race Sunday.
``We're professionals; we're paid to do this job,'' he told the
CBN radio network by telephone. ``But without Senna it's not the
same seeing that yellow helmet going by. Senna is a milestone in
Formula One. I lost an idol and a friend.''
Senna was also a successful businessman, including an Audi
representative. He had just lauched his own comic book for
youngsters.
He piloted his own helicopter in his hometown Sao Paulo,
Brazil's largest city, and loved to jet ski at his beachside home
in the resort Angra dos Reis, some 100 miles from Rio.
``As long as my passion for my profession is kept alive, my
dream will be to survive,'' he once said. ``The day when this
passion starts weakening, my dream will end. The Formula One is a
world of strong emotions and egos where the weak don't survive.''
Senna's mother and father live on a farm in Tatui, 70 miles from
Sao Paulo, and were checking flight options to Italy. Senna's
father was unable to travel. A crowd gathered at their home to
express their sorrow.
Senna's girlfriend, Adrianna, was in Portugal and was en route
to Italy.
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| 89.10 | | FRSBEE::DOBOSZ | | Tue May 03 1994 16:26 | 54 |
| From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Autopsy Done On Senna
Date: Tue, 3 May 94 8:50:14 PDT
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) -- An autopsy was done on the body of Ayrton
Senna Tuesday as the investigation continued into the crash the
killed the three-time Formula One champion.
Some 500 mourners stood silently outside the city morgue as Dr.
Michele Romanelli did the autopsy ordered by Bologna magistrates.
Jose Botafogo Gonsalves, the Brazilian ambassador in Milan, said
Senna's remains would be flown from Bologna to Paris tonight and
then to the driver's hometown of Sao Paulo. The body was expected
to arrive in Brazil Wednesday morning.
Senna, 34, was traveling at about 180 mph in Sunday's San Marino
Grand Prix when his Williams lost traction and flew through the
air. It slammed head-on into a concrete wall and Senna died from
multiple head injuries.
It was the second death in as many days on the Imola track.
During Saturday's qualifying, Austrian rookie driver Roland
Ratzenberger was killed when his car also hit a concrete barrier.
Meanwhile, ``black box'' computerized data-logging systems from
Senna's Williams Renault and Ratzenberger's Simtek Ford were being
examined by their teams in Britain. Their findings will be reported
to the sport's governing body, the International Auto Racing
Federation, which has scheduled a top-level meeting in Paris on
Wednesday.
``We are at this moment studying all data available to us to
ascertain the cause of the accident,'' said Williams team owner
Frank Williams.
A FIA safety commission will also investigate the Imola track,
although a FIA spokesman reiterated that the course had passed a
safety inspection last week.
The Tamburello turn on which Senna lost his life was the site of
another accident involving a Williams driven by another Brazilian.
In qualifying for the 1987 San Marino race, Nelson Piquet
escaped with a concussion and an injured left foot when his car
went out of control and lost a wheel as it struck the wall. He
missed the race, but was able to continue his career, winning a
third Formula One title that season. Austria's Gerhard Berger,
driving for the fabled Italian team Ferrari, went head-first into
the wall and the car burst into flames. His fireproof driver's suit
saved his life, as did rescue workers who got to him in 23 seconds.
Berger never lost consciousness despite a fractured rib, a
fractured left shoulder and burns on his left hand.
``Berger was very lucky,'' said Senna, who went on to win that
race.
Five years after Berger's dice with death, Senna slammed into
the same wall, which hadn't been altered a bit over the years.
Police cordoned off the turn while the investigation of the
track goes on. In 1987, investigators were unable to determine the
cause of Berger's crash because souvenir hunters stripped away the
evidence from the wrecked car.
Police also seized the wreckage of the two cars, but not before
the black boxes had been removed by the teams.
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| 89.11 | How to endanger a racing car ?? | VAXRIO::CAMACHO | PCI Sales - Brazil | Wed May 04 1994 09:30 | 14 |
| How would you reduce the danger of a bomb ??
Redesigning its shell or reducing its stuff (gun powder) ??
Well, that's what FIA and FISA had done in Formula 1 for the 1994
Championship regulations. For sake of security they've reduced the wings,
tire width and removed traction control, intelligent suspension and
ABS. The engines (near to 1000 HP) were left unchanged. Would this
reduce speed or security ??
BTW, even my 7 year old son knows the answer, but Max Mosley ...
Luis Camacho,
PCI Sales - Brazil
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| 89.12 | Brazil mourns Senna - Part II | VAXRIO::CAMACHO | PCI Sales - Brazil | Wed May 04 1994 09:56 | 28 |
| I've been watching at TV since very early this morning. All local TVs
were dedicated to transmitting the arrival of Sennas' body.
The body arrived, approximately 6:00 AM, to S�o Paulo International
Airport in Guarulhos (very next to S�o Paulo) in a regular VARIG
(Brazilian Airlines) passenger flight from Paris where was received
in a cerimony led by the Army, Navy and Air Force.
It was removed to S�o Paulo in an open Fire Dept. truck. A giant
traffic jam happened, due to people stopping their cars for a last
sight at their hero.
The body will be kept at the Municipal Congress, in S�o Paulo, for
public visitation.
Their parents got the right of staying alone with the body for the
first 1/2 hour or so.
The bury will be tomorrow. I'll post more news.
Yeah! I've lost my hero and feel very sad.
Hope that FIA and FISA will react in time to spare my second hero
Rubens Barrichelo, which drives for Jordan Hart and finished 4th in the
Brazil Grand Prix (S�o Paulo) and 3rd. in the Pacific GP (Japan). He,
indeed, suffered an accident at Imola (San Marino GP) on the first
qualification day, hitting a wall @ near to 300 kph. Fortunately, he
wasn't killed and escaped with just a broken nose and an offended arm.
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| 89.13 | Press release from Williams | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Wed May 04 1994 10:09 | 60 |
| From: [email protected] (Richard Cullen)
Subject: WILLIAMS OFFICIAL RELEASE
The following is the word-for-word transcript of the official
press release from Williams.
-------------------
OFFICIAL RELEASE - ROTHMANS WILLIAMS RENAULT TEAM
Frank Williams, Patrick Head and the entire staff of Williams Grand
Prix Engineering are deeply shocked and saddened at the death of
their driver, Ayrton Senna, during yesterday's San Marino Grand Prix.
After returning to Didcot from Italy earlier today Frank Williams'
comment was: "Williams Grand Prix Engineering is a family and
although Ayrton had only joined us this season, he and I enjoyed a
longstanding relationship and I am proud that the first Formula One
car he ever drove was indeed a Williams. He gave us his total
commitment, and we gave him ours. He loved his motor racing and
shared this passion with every one of our employees at Didcot.
"We are a Grand Prix team, commited to the sport, and will continue
our work, which I am sure is exactly what Ayrton would have wanted.
He became a key member of our team in a very short time, and I hope
that what we achieve in the future will be an honour to his memory.
"His loss is impossible to quantify. Everyone who has ever met him
in whatever capacity feels they have lost someone very special. All
of us in the Rothmans Williams Renault Team will remember him with
respect, admiration and affection. Our sincere condolences go to
his family and many friends around the world.
"We are at this moment studying all data available to us to ascertain
the cause of the accident, The FIA, motor sport's governing body, as
a matter of policy investigates all accidents and they too will be
examining all the relevant information."
Richard West, Director of Sponsorship and Marketing
2 May 1994
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd.,
Basil Hill Road,
Didcot,
Oxfordshire,
OX11 7HW
England.
-------------------
I picked up this release from outside the Didcot factory gates on
Sunday. I apologise for the delay in posting it until now.
The mood of the crowd of about 100 people who had gathered was one
of great sadness and reflection. Many people had left flowers on
the factory gates. I don't think I can sum up the situation better
than a samll note left on a bunch of yellow carnations.
"Williams will find another driver. Formula One won't."
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| 89.14 | | TNPUBS::ALLEGREZZA | George Allegrezza @LKG | Wed May 04 1994 11:23 | 12 |
| Re: .12
Have you seen any commentary in the Brazilian press on Emerson
Fittipaldi's reaction? There has been no published comment from him
that I've seen here in the US.
Given that Emerson and Ayrton were very close, and Emerson is quite an
emotional guy (who can forget his comments after winning the '89 Indy
500?), he may simply be too distraught to talk to the press.
Thanks,
George
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| 89.15 | Big, BIG loss | DELNI::GAFFNEY | Gone fishin/racin | Wed May 04 1994 13:30 | 10 |
| I can't help but think of the cultural differences between the U.S.
and Brazil. When NASCAR lost it's national champion, Alan Kulwicki,
99.9 % of the people here had never even heard of him. When Senna
is killed, a whole country seems to grieve. I cannot think of one
race car driver in the U.S. that could come close to the way the
Brazillians thought of Senna. I wish we had this type of backing
in the states.
Gone racin
Gaff
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| 89.16 | | VAXRIO::CAMACHO | PCI Sales - Brazil | Wed May 04 1994 16:38 | 21 |
| re .14
The only reaction I've heard from Emerson Fittipaldi was against a
Patrick Head statement that the cause of the accident could be a pilot
error. He reacted strongly positively stating that THERE MUST BE A
EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
However, he is being expected for the funeral and surely will be
interviewed by local TV and make his statements. Will keep you
informed.
re. 15
Brazilian population is mostly latin and, consequently, very emotive
with their families and heroes. The Formula One Grand Prixes were seen
in every home, bar, etc of the nation. Besides Pel� (soccer player)
Senna was the most famous brazilian, in the world. After the TV news,
tonight, I'll place a report on how many thousand people visited Senna
for the last sight. Although not being born in Brazil, I've lived here
for the last 30 years and surely know this good people.
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| 89.17 | what about the others | CSOA1::ROADES | | Wed May 04 1994 21:13 | 5 |
| Has anyone heard about the injuries of the pit people and the people in
the stands from the race?
jeff
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| 89.18 | for condolences -- Senna family address | LUNER::DOBOSZ | | Wed May 04 1994 23:59 | 13 |
| From: [email protected] (Pierre Bourque)
Subject: SENNA BRAZIL ADDRESS
Organization: The National Capital FreeNet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 18:32:12 GMT
Many may wish to send a short note to Senna's family. Send to:
Milton & Nedia Senna da Silva
rua Dr. Jose Manuel
# 67
17 andar
Sao Paulo, S.P.
BRAZIL 0123200
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| 89.19 | | LUNER::DOBOSZ | | Thu May 05 1994 00:06 | 11 |
| Re: Note 1004.17 by CSOA1::ROADES
> Has anyone heard about the injuries of the pit people and the people in
> the stands from the race?
From what I've read on the Internet, the pit people are fine, if you
consider the odd broken bone "fine".
There is at least one person in a coma from the starting-line accident,
and perhaps more. From what I've read, it may add to the gruesome tally
of this awful weekend. Let us pray it does not.
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| 89.20 | Brazilians honor Senna | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Thu May 05 1994 00:21 | 76 |
| From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Brazil Mourns Ayrton Senna
Date: Wed, 4 May 94 15:00:51 PDT
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Weeping and applauding, Brazilians came
by the tens of thousands Wednesday to pay their respects to Ayrton
Senna.
A line of fans stretched for nearly a mile outside the state
legislature, where the body of the three-time Formula One driving
champion lay in state until burial Thursday.
Senna, 34, died of multiple head injuries after his
Williams-Renault slammed into a concrete wall at nearly 180 mph
during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy, on Sunday.
More than a sports idol, Senna was cherished by his countrymen
as a symbol of Brazilian success and brilliance -- a Pele on wheels.
``Brazil is in a sea of tears today,'' said Hugo Mendes Pacheco,
who drove 22 hours from southern Brazil. ``Senna was more than the
king of racing. He was a god.''
``I adored him,'' said Jose Carlos Candelaria, a hot dog vendor.
``I've never seen a such a well-loved man, not even Pele. There
will never be another Senna.''
A veteran policeman said the public outpouring of grief was
unequaled since the suicide of President Getulio Vargas in 1954.
Senna's body arrived from Paris at dawn and was met by crowds of
mourners at Cumbica airport. However, most attended an appeal from
the family to avoid going to the airport.
Sirens wailed and confetti rained down from high-rises as a
firetruck carried the flag-draped coffin along a 25-mile route to
the legislature.
Thousands of people lined streets and overpasses, and thousands
more ran alongside the cortege or followed in cars, motorcycles and
bicycles. More than 2,000 policemen were deployed to keep order.
Major TV networks interrupted their regular programming to show
the arrival of Senna's coffin and the funeral cortege, along with
highlights of his career.
As a state police honor guard in red-plumed helmets carried the
coffin into the legislature, the crowd outside chanted, ``Ole, ole,
ole, ole, Senna, Senna,'' and sang the national anthem.
Many wore Brazil's green-and-yellow colors or had ``Senna''
written on their faces. Others waved Brazilian flags and held up
signs in Portuguese saying, ``Thanks Senna'' and ``Goodby Senna.''
``I came here as a gesture of gratitude for a boy who risked his
life in the name of our country, and lost it,'' said 73-year old
Vanilda Nascimento de Oliveira, clutching a bunch of white lilies.
The coffin was laid on a bier amid dozens of floral wreaths,
with banners in English and Portuguese. The family held a short
service presided by a minster of the Rebirth Foundation, an
evangelist sect to which Senna belonged.
As the crowd filed by, many wept, knelt and threw flowers at the
coffin. Police estimated that 150,000 people would attend
throughout the day.
Among the racing celebrities expected to attend the wake or
funeral were Jackie Stewart, Gerhard Berger, Emerson Fittipaldi and
Alain Prost, as well as Williams team owner Frank Williams and
McLaren's Ron Dennis.
President Itamar Franco also announced he would attend. He
declared three days of national mourning and decorated Senna
posthumously with the Grand Cross of Merit, one of Brazil's highest
awards.
Senna's loss is immeasurable for this country of 155 million
people, struggling with 45 percent monthly inflation, widespread
poverty and seemingly endless corruption scandals.
``For years, only Ayrton Senna gave good news to the Brazilian
people,'' Sen. Pedro Simon said.
Dione Aparecida Fonseca, an auto worker, will miss that spark of
optimism.
``We lost one of Brazil's greatest men,'' she said. ``He was the
one who gave us the last bit of hope.''
For many, despair mixed with anger at new rules that ban the
electronic controls that made Formula One cars safer. The changes
affect brakes, acceleration, suspension and transmission.
``I am convinced the accident was caused by a mechanical
failure,'' said Arrows team driver Christian Fittipaldi, nephew of
Formula One and IndyCar champion Emerson Fittipaldi. ``Something
has to be done about car and track safety.
``We race to compete, not to die.''
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| 89.21 | Re: Last, Says It All | CTHQ::EHRAMJIAN | And Twins Makes 3 | Thu May 05 1994 10:18 | 18 |
| re:.15
I know this is may not be the place, but I think there are two things
that may partially answer your comment Gaf. .20 with the comments from
the *ordinary* people say a lot.
When you think about the US race fans it appears to be a different
breed. I mean when fans actually throw beer cans out onto a race
track while a high speed race is in progress (as they did at Talladega
Sunday), that says something else. You could argue that it was an
isolated incident, by one or two dummies, but it only takes a few to
ruin it for the many.
Senna was a true champion to the people of Brazil and to auto racing,
one who will probably never be replaced.
Carl
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| 89.22 | last respects paid by Fittipaldi, Stewart, Prost, Berger... | FRSBEE::DOBOSZ | | Thu May 05 1994 15:49 | 55 |
| From: [email protected] (Reuter/Brian Homewood)
Subject: Motor Racing-Prost Pays Last Respects to Senna
Date: Thu, 5 May 94 8:10:47 PDT
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuter) - French racing champion Alain
Prost paid his last respects to his once bitter rival Ayrton
Senna Thursday.
The four-time Formula One world champion was among thousands
who passed by the coffin of Senna, who was killed in Sunday's
San Marino Grand Prix, during the 24 hours it lay in state in
the Sao Paulo Legislative Assembly.
Austrian Gerhard Berger was another Formula One driver to
pay his final respects Thursday morning.
Senna's coffin remained closed throughout, draped in a
Brazilian flag and with a crash helmet placed on top.
It was due to leave the building in a funeral procession at
9am local time for the cemetery in the Morumbi suburb where the
service was to be held.
Thousands lined the route for a glimpse of their hero's
coffin.
Frank Williams, Senna's boss in the Williams team, was also
in attendance as were other former world champions, Jackie
Stewart and Emerson Fittipaldi.
Senna, a three-time world champion, was driving a
Williams-Renault when he crashed at high speed into a concrete barrier
while leading Sunday's race. He died from multiple head injuries after
being airlifted from the track to a hospital in Bologna, Italy.
The event was given blanket coverage by Brazilian
television, with every network in Sao Paulo giving live coverage
beginning early Thursday morning.
News programmes have scarecly mentioned anything else since
Senna's fatal crash.
For the second day running, large parts of the city of 15
million were brought to a near-standstill as people flocked to
line the funeral route.
Police estimated that 1.2 million had turned out Wednesday
to see Senna's coffin being taken from the airport to the
legislative assembly.
The coffin was carried from the building by eight soldiers
while cannon shots were fired in the car park outside. A guard
of honor lined the path from the building to the fire engine, on
which Senna's coffin was placed for the journey to Morumbi.
Flower petals were scattered on the coffin.
One vehicle following the hearse carried relatives and close
friends of Senna. Another held Formula One personalities.
Hundreds on motorcycles and cycles followed the cavalcade.
Other transport was virtually at a standstill.
Along the route, people left their homes and offices to
watch. At least 12 helicopters flew above.
``This is an unforgettable sight for all Brazilians,'' said
a television commentator.
For the second day, government offices and municipal schools
in Sao Paulo were shut. Shops and offices were almost deserted.
Senna, one of the true superstars of motor racing, was a
national hero in Brazil.
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| 89.23 | Past champions carry Senna's coffin | FRSBEE::DOBOSZ | | Thu May 05 1994 16:19 | 44 |
| From: [email protected] (Reuter/Brian Homewood)
Subject: Motor Racing-past World Champions Carry Senna's Coffin
Date: Thu, 5 May 94 9:10:11 PDT
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuter) - Former world motor racing
champions paid tribute to fallen comrade Ayrton Senna Thursday
by carrying his coffin during the funeral procession.
Past champions Alain Prost, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jackie
Stewart plus Austria's Gerhard Berger and Brazil's Christian
Fittipaldi were among those to carry the coffin of the
three-time Formula One world champion, who died in a high-speed
crash during Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix.
Other race car drivers Thierry Boutsen, Roberto Moreno,
Rubens Barrichello and Derek Warwick also shouldered the coffin
for about 200 yards before passing it over to soldiers, who
carried it to the spot where it was to be buried.
Senna's coffin arrived at the Morumbi cemetery in Sao Paulo
after a procession which brought hundreds of thousands of people
into the streets and brought the city to a virtual standstill.
It was the second day in a row that Sao Paulo had come to a
standstill in tribute to the national hero. On Wednesday, more
than one million people took to the streets to witness the
procession which took Senna's coffin from the airport to the
city center.
``This is Senna's last journey,'' said a television
commentator.
As Senna's coffin was lowered into the ground there was a
flypast by Brazilian air force planes. Afterwards, the silence
in the cemetery was broken only by the sound of around a dozen
helicopters circling above.
Brazilians said the event had only ever been matched by the
massive state funerals for former president Getulio Vargas, who
committed suicide while in office in 1954, and Tancredo Neves,
who died in 1985 days before he was due to take office as
president.
Senna, one of the true superstars of motor racing, holds the
Formula One record for pole positions and is second in career
victories only to Prost, his one-time bitter rival and on
Thursday his pall bearer.
The public were not allowed into the cemetery but many
people climbed onto the roofs of nearby apartment buildings to
watch.
When the burial had finished, the air force planes used
smoke to draw a heart in the sky with a letter S at the top.
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| 89.24 | Thanks | JARETH::WIGGINS | | Thu May 05 1994 16:59 | 13 |
| Thank you Mike for entering all these articles and to Luis
for his reports from Brazil. Coverage in the U.S. media has
been scarce. (Does anyone know if ESPN is planning any kind
of program in rememberence of Senna?)
Even after several days, I still feel shocked and saddened.
This must be very difficult for his fellow drivers and others
involved in racing to deal with---and for guys like Mansell,
Andretti, and Fittipaldi who are preparing for the 220+ speeds
at Indy.
Ken
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| 89.25 | Brazil bids Senna farewell | WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M | keep cool, but do not freeze | Fri May 06 1994 00:58 | 80 |
| From: [email protected] (AP)
Subject: Brazil Says Goodbye To Senna
Date: Thu, 5 May 94 17:10:33 PDT
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- With a shower of rose petals and cries
of ``Senna, champion,'' Brazilians on Thursday flocked to say
farewell to beloved racing hero Ayrton Senna.
Hundreds of thousands of fans took to the streets to accompany
the final ride of the three-time Formula One champion who rivaled
Pele as a national idol.
As an air force acrobatic team traced a heart and an ``S'' in
the sky, Senna's body was lowered into a grave at the Morumbi
cemetery with honors of a chief of state.
``I've cried for three days. He was everything to me,'' said
Zenitte Silva Barros, a businesswoman. ``He brought great honor to
us all.''
Senna, 34, died of multiple head injuries when his
Williams-Renault slammed into a concrete wall at nearly 180 mph in
Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy.
His death sent this nation of 155 million into mourning -- and
raised tough questions about safety in auto racing.
Some 250,000 visitors -- nearly twice the expected number -- filed
through the state legislature where Senna's body lay since its
arrival from Paris Wednesday.
Many knelt, wept and threw flowers at the sealed cofffin, draped
in the Brazilian flag and topped with Senna's yellow striped
helmet.
``It's like losing a relative, it hurts so much,'' said Valdete
dos Santos Rodrigues, a cook. ``He was dignified, honorable and had
a heart as big as the world.''
President Itamar Franco attended the wake, along with a host of
entertainers and racing celebrities. Among them were drivers
Emerson Fittipaldi, Jackie Stewart, Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost,
as well as Williams team owner Frank Williams and McLaren's Ron
Dennis.
Prost, Senna's long-time rival, said the two had made peace on
the eve of the crash.
``He was an exceptional driver,'' said Prost, a four-time
Formula One champion. ``We were always fighting, but we always had
a high mutual respect for each other. We realized that one without
the other was not the same.''
``I'm sure we would have been together again in the future. In
Senna's honor, I will never sit in a Formula One car again.''
As soldiers fired a 21-cannon salute, state police cadets placed
the coffin on a firetruck for the 10-mile ride to the small
cemetery in the posh Morumbi district.
Mobs of mourners lined the downtown streets and overpasses,
applauding and waving Brazilian flags as the cortege passed.
Thousands more jogged alongside the cortege or rode behind, as
confetti and flowers showered from windows above.
One fan held a banner in Brazil's green and yellow colors saying
in Portuguese, ``The dream is over.'' An electronic billboard
showed Senna's face and the words: ``The pride of being
Brazilian.''
Major television networks interrupted regular programming to
broadcast the wake and funeral.
The family restricted access to the small cemetery, but an
estimated 50,000 fans watched outside the gates as Senna's casket
was wheeled in. The corps of pallbearers was a who's who of racing:
Fittipaldi, Stewart, Prost, Berger, Raul Boesel, Johnny Herbert,
Michele Alboreto, Christian Fittipaldi, Rubens Barrichello and
Pedro Lamy.
As the coffin was lowered into the ground, police stopped
traffic on Brazil's biggest highway between Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro in a sign of respect.
At the same time, the cablecar on Rio's famed Sugarloaf Mountain
stopped, and workers dumped bushels of rose petals into the sea.
``He was simply the greatest driver ever,'' said Barrichello,
expected to be Senna's successor.
Meanwhile, drivers reacted angrily to what many consider a
disdain for safety in Formula One racing.
Prost said three minor changes adopted Wednesday at a meeting of
the International Automobile Federation were simply
window-dressing.
``Nothing has changed,'' he said. ``Drivers must be united to
have influence.''
Fittipaldi, who won championships in Formula One and IndyCar,
also said safety was ``critical.''
``Formula One cars are too light for the speed they run at,'' he
said. ``But this tragedy woke up many people who were sleeping.''
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| 89.26 | Jean Alesi on Ayrton Senna.. | NOVA::BOIKO | Mike Boiko, RdB Performance, 381-2362 | Mon May 09 1994 18:12 | 55 |
| The May 12th issue of the French magazine "Paris Match" has a
24 page special on Senna. A lot of this is dedicated to the
private life of the man, which really brings home the loss --
Senna was someone who cared about life and not just a driver.
As spectators we tend to forget this.
There is one article written by Jean Alesi. I'll translate
parts of it:
``When one crys after the death of a man like Ayrton, after the
death of someone we love, it's normal. Words are too weak,...
Only silence and tears remain. Sunday night I was asked a hundred
questions, all for the same response: What do I wish to say? There's
nothing to say, bceause there's too much to say.
In this world there's only 26 F1 pilots the most savage selection.
This can make us into monsters: closed, individualists, egoists.
We're not given to tenderness. I realised saturday after the death
of Roland Ratzenberger that other than his face I knew nothing about
him. The disappearance of an unknown driver in a weak car can lead to
a hint of indifference...
When Ayrton hit the wall, I was watching far away. I saw the doctors
working, their care, the blood when he was moved. I understood.
Spectators may find it strange that for us the death of a man who drives
at an average speed of 220kmph can be a surprise... The death of Senna
is a blow that cuts me down. How to face his abscence? I would have wished
to tell him... but I should have done so before.
It's due to him that I have my greatest memory of F1 - the 1990
Phoenix GP. A rookie driver in the Tyrrell, I found myself in the lead,
Ayrton just behind me. My tyres were used, I fought, but a the entry
to a tight S bend he overtook me. Thirty metres later I replied and
retook the lead. Nobody had ever done that to him. Finally, he finshed
first, me second. On his lap of honour he braked and shouted to me:
"Bravo! that was an honest duel." Jubilant, I had lived a dream, a
"mano a mano" without hate. Rare, as it was against a master.
Sunday morning Ayrton wanted to see me. Upset by the accident of his
friend Barrichello, and by the death of Ratzenberger, he wanted
Schumacher, Berger and us to meet to do something about security.
He knew that our game was at its limit. "The situation is critical,"
he told me.
Saturday afternoon I was asked a strange question. "If the F1 drivers
were sure to have no more risks, would they find it so stimulating?"
It was necessary to explain that the "viva la muerte", the twin that
accompanies the matador, is not part of our family. Tightrope walkers
though we may be, we do it to compete, and not to fall. I have a friend
at "Paris Match". When I see him leave for Baghdad or somewhere else
were the bombs are falling, I say to him "What you're doing is as if
I drove an F1 car without a seatbelt." And he thinks that I'm the
mad one. Our madness is none other than the wish to be perfectly happy.
And Ayrton's happiness was much too short.''
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| 89.27 | | YUPPY::BUSH | Alive and Kicking | Wed May 11 1994 08:23 | 5 |
| That has to be the most eloquent and moving piece I have read since
Ayrton's untimely departure. I think it shows in a very true light what
most of the other F1 drivers are feeling right now.
Tony B.
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| 89.28 | Good Article.. | NOVA::BOIKO | Mike Boiko, RdB Performance, 381-2362 | Wed May 11 1994 11:09 | 6 |
| re .27
I thought the same thing while reading this article. Pick up a copy of
the May 12th Paris Match...this article and many pictures of Ayrton on
and off the track will be included...
-mike-
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| 89.29 | Any One KNow | VERSA::ROADES | | Fri May 13 1994 20:49 | 6 |
| Has any one heard of why Senna crashed? It was Illudided (sp) to
earlier in a note about berger that it was not driver caused?
What Happened?>
jeff
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| 89.30 | | WARNUT::ALLEN | It works better if you screw it in.. | Mon May 16 1994 09:11 | 7 |
| It has been announced that the findings of the autopsy was that the
suspension pierced his helmet, hence the horrific head injury. This is
also the reason why Moseley has announced as part of the safety package
that the cockpit surrounds are to be higher and stronger and the front
suspension beefed up, also in order to prevent teams paring off weight
in other areas to compensate the minimum weight limit is being raised
by 25Kilos.
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| 89.31 | updates | AIMTEC::BURDEN_D | A bear in his natural habitat | Mon Nov 14 1994 17:12 | 10 |
| Now the broken steering column is being disputed. The latest theory is a
deflated tire caused by the startline accident. They also said that just prior
to going off the road Senna was looking down, indicated by the position of his
helmet.
It was also reported that they found an Austrian flag rolled up in the cockpit
of the car. Apparently Ayrton planned on displaying it during the cool down lap
in memory of Roland Ratzenberger......
Dave
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