I watched it on TV as it happened. I consider it a great loss, as I do the loss of any driver while racing or practicing.
But...
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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
Senna died 15 years today. I doubt we will see a driver like him again.
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I hope not. He was a great driver, but I contend that he was no sportsman. I also watched him clinch a championship by intentionally ramming the only other driver that year (Prost) who could have caught him, out of the race, along with his own car. Sorry, but I don't think much of a "Champion" who resorts to those kind of tactics.
I also disagree with Jim on the skill vs car argument. I think skill stopped mattering somewhere between 1968 and 1978, with the coming of wings and downforce bodies. Prost, Senna, Schumaker - they were all the best when they had the best car. But the last time I remember a driver so good he won a championship in a car everybody agreed was inferior was 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio and Maserati.