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Oberon
05-01-14, 06:09 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27204026

One of the best F1 drivers out there, a legend who will never be forgotten.

http://marciokenobi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/361.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUNTtvMOtQ
Jimbuna
05-01-14, 06:16 AM
Spent many a Sunday at home and whilst living in Holland admiring his prowess behind the wheel :sunny:
Lionclaw
05-01-14, 06:43 AM
Don't forget Roland Ratzenberger, he died the day before!
Jimbuna
05-01-14, 01:16 PM
Imola circuit holds Senna silence

Thursday's commemorations began with a parade to remember both Senna and Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger, who died in qualifying on the same track a day earlier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27226651
magic452
05-02-14, 01:41 AM
That was indeed a tragic week end for F1

Magic
HunterICX
05-02-14, 04:37 AM
It was a terrible weekend indeed, you had Barrichello on Friday flying into the wall of tires, Ratzenberger's fatal accident on Saturday's Qualification and Senna's fatal accident on Sunday. :nope:

Formula 1 owes these two a lot for the security measures taken to increase the survivability of the drivers in a terrible accident and for the last 20 years it paid off and hope it remains that way for years to come.
Platapus
05-02-14, 06:39 AM
Yikes, 20 years already. Cripes. :nope:
Skybird
05-02-14, 06:54 AM
Senna's and Ratzenberger's accidents and later Schumacher's lobbying and pressing are the reasons why Formula 1 today is one of the safest racing series out there. Seen that way, that black weekend at Imola was not in vein, and has probably saved the lives of many others.Two lives traded for the lives of many more others - fair deal. Saying so with good respect for the men.
Jimbuna
05-02-14, 10:58 AM
"Fair deal"?

I take your point but I wonder if the two that are dead would agree :hmmm:
Skybird
05-02-14, 11:15 AM
Sounds grim, I know. But is true. Two lives for that of many more instead. Formula 1 before had seen many and quite horrific accidents - frequently. From the 50s and 60s there is video footage that looks like war movies.
Jimbuna
05-02-14, 11:35 AM
Yes but both men were so young and doubtless many other deceased were.

It's just a pity the safety improvements came about as a result of two recent (at the time) deaths.
Skybird
05-02-14, 12:22 PM
Isn't this the way so many things in the world move on - improvements done and reconsidering things not before fate has struck really badly?

All I wanted to say in principle is that their deaths had not been in vein, and that Schumacher also has his big merits in improving safety. They say no other driver lobbied that determined for better safety in F1 (because Senna was his idol), he also managed to unite drivers on that task, beyond the existing team rivalry. Not all team managements welcomed his initiatives.
TarJak
05-02-14, 03:57 PM
Cough... Jackie Stewart...

Stewart is personally responsible for the driver campaign to improve circuits and equipment safety through the 60's and 70's and is still active in making improvements across motor sport.

I'm not diminishing Schumachers work but Stewart has certainly done more for drivers safety over a much longer period.
Herr-Berbunch
05-02-14, 04:11 PM
Senna's and Ratzenberger's accidents and later Schumacher's lobbying and pressing are the reasons why Formula 1 today is one of the safest racing series out there. Seen that way, that black weekend at Imola was not in vein, and has probably saved the lives of many others.Two lives traded for the lives of many more others - fair deal. Saying so with good respect for the men.

Cough... Jackie Stewart...

Stewart is personally responsible for the driver campaign to improve circuits and equipment safety through the 60's and 70's and is still active in making improvements across motor sport.

I'm not diminishing Schumachers work but Stewart has certainly done more for drivers safety over a much longer period.

I'll just leave Prof. Sid Watkins name here. :03:
TarJak
05-02-14, 04:17 PM
Oh yes but we're talking drivers not neurosurgeons.
Herr-Berbunch
05-02-14, 06:00 PM
Oh yes but we're talking drivers not neurosurgeons.

I thought you were talking drivers' safety, of which he played probably the second biggest part in the last 30+ years after Jackie Stewart. And he was far from being 'just' a neurosurgeon, you don't find many of them running to a crashed car to save the driver's life on a Sunday afternoon, the only drivers they see are on the fairway*. I think between them they've done wonders, much more than they ever could individually.


*way to stereotype! :yeah:
TarJak
05-02-14, 07:49 PM
Agreed
Jimbuna
05-03-14, 05:12 AM
I thought you were talking drivers' safety, of which he played probably the second biggest part in the last 30+ years after Jackie Stewart. And he was far from being 'just' a neurosurgeon, you don't find many of them running to a crashed car to save the driver's life on a Sunday afternoon, the only drivers they see are on the fairway*. I think between them they've done wonders, much more than they ever could individually.


*way to stereotype! :yeah:

Rgr that.