Senna 20 years on

[Oberon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27204026

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

[Jimbuna]

Spent many a Sunday at home and whilst living in Holland admiring his prowess behind the wheel

[Lionclaw]

Don't forget Roland Ratzenberger, he died the day before!

[Jimbuna]

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]

That was indeed a tragic week end for F1

Magic

[HunterICX]

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.

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.

[TarJak]

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]

Originally Posted by Skybird

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.

Originally Posted by TarJak

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.

[TarJak]

Oh yes but we're talking drivers not neurosurgeons.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by TarJak

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!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

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!

Rgr that.

[TarJak]

Agreed