@@thepatriot6966 really is a great person, i miss the old top gear like nothing else, im reaatching some of the episodes now and even watching the one about the talking about schumi in the news was very emotional too, if only we could go back 😞
@@juanestadian8471 Senna said he was training wet laps very hard because the first wet go kart race he didnt do so good so he learned untill he knew exactly how to drive fast allso on wet.
@@juanestadian8471 i'm too young to have enjoyed Senna but this looks a lot faster than the stuff we have today. Technology has destroyed F1. It should be about mechanical grip and power.
Many racers do. Ken Miles, James Hunt, recently Niki Lauda from lung issues since his crash, MotoGP champion the Kentucky Kid Nicky Hayden was killed on his bicycle. Yesterday, 15 year old Dean Vinales died in a crash in Supersport 300 World Championship. He's the cousin of Maverick Vinales MotoGP.
That’s true. What is also true is that Prost outscored him and had at one stage 6 poles in a row which Senna never achieved. Truly a spectaculair driver, unbeatable on his day but a lot of times it wasn’t his day.
My dad named me after Ayrton Senna but he had no idea at the time that I would have the current world champions name too Lewis Hamilton ! Proudly Ayrton Lewis....lol
It always saddens me as an F1 maniac that I wasn’t alive to witness his greatness. All I can do is appreciate story’s like these to get as close as possible to the man himself. Undoubtedly the greatest
During the late 80’s to early 90’s, I had a relative take me to Monaco, Toronto, Japan, Spa-Francorchamps, And Hockenheim. My uncle was a Engineer at Ohlins and got track passes. I fell in Love with Honda back then. That time period was the best
I was born in 83 so got to watch the greatness first hand growing up and it was a real real treat,i will never forget senna's battles with mansell,but what makes this era even more incredible is that there was very little in the way of safety as every year at least 1 driver died,was the golden era of the sport
It was truly an amazing time in F1.....Electric!! I remember watching (and recording) the race when he died. They flew him away in a helicopter and we all had high hopes he would be ok. When they announced his passing (near the end of the race) I fell to pieces. Then I had to break the news to my [Italian] brother-in-law when he got home from work. We spent the rest of the evening drinking in a strange, somber state.....RIP Hero!
RIP Ayrton Senna (March 21, 1960 - May 1, 1994), aged 34 And RIP Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 - April 30, 1994), aged 33 You both will be remembered as legends. Now marks 30 years since they both died.
What a beautiful tribute. Jeremy doesn't really talk about Senna's death here. And it's perfect. He purely celebrates Ayrton's exceptional life and his exceptional accomplishments.
Since the dawn of UA-cam and internet video storage in general, i look for that footage. Every now and then i spent HOURS looking for this single lap. And said lap was nowhere to be found. But i did not lose my hope (yet). I want to believe someone out there filmed it and have it gathering dust in some basement. Then someday it will be found and brought to us.
tcl Monaco is one of the toughest tracks, and Senna managed to qualify first, 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate Prost. 1.5 goddman seconds. 1.5 seconds in formula 1 is like 2 years in real time. fucking legend
Many years ago there was a youtube video with a Monaco lap with Senna getting the pole from Prost. I dont remember the year but I think it was on 1988, and the time gap was more than 1 second. In the end of the video the cameras showed Ron Dennis laughing in disbelief, and a very pissed Prost. I've tried to find that video again, but never was able to...
He was a brilliant driver Senna had a gift if it was raining you knew Senna was gonna win he ruled the wet laps. I was only 6 when Senna died but I remember his crash and his funeral the whole world was grieving for him
Same watched whole career Schumacher with time at bennaton mastered that electronic assist style. Senna drove as loose as possible because loose is fast and he was so go he knew he could compensate. I watch career I sadly watched that day. His Monaco in cars really give average viewer some insight into prodigious talent. Growing up in Brasil/Brazil depending on Portuguese idolized Ayrton. He was in tropical climate lots of rain but drivable rain warm. That's where he became. Magical✨ senna driving was art. He ran, meditated, healthy, passionate, he did live women and from Brasil can't blame him!!! Hard to feel bad for Schumacher other than horrible sli injury but he became huge star with newer generation. Senna fans had hard time accepting like listening to miles David kind of blue of vinyl, and little sibling says listen to and its weather report. Both brilliant but weather report never got their due either. Sorry to ruon nostalgic about senna days at McLaren. I as kid resented Renault he clearly said it wasn't safe and steering properly. He just always thought his talent would compensate
I love that Micheal Schumacher, a 7-time world champion himself even said aryton was #1. I remember in Italy when shumi was asked how it feels winning as much as senna. He started crying, true racing legend.
@@habbas5833 there’s a difference between saying your proud and happy of what you achieved to avoid looking self absorbed. But actually crying knowing what you achieved is something totally different.
@@m1co294 Thats not the point, the point is that someone of micheals skill and caliber hailed senna as the #1 greatest driver ever. WDC or not thats not the point here.
But thats the point. No matter how many WDC they have Shumi, Ham or anyone we could think of. None of these can be compared to Fangio, Lauda, Prost, Senna and Piquet.
In 1989 the normally aspirated engines arrived and many thought that Senna would lose some of his amazing speed without turbos. But Ayrton remained supremely fast in all conditions. While going around corners he still refused to take his foot off the gas pedal, a technique he learned as a kid during his karting years. Ayrton Senna actually believed he had the God-given right to win. His trust in divine intervention helped him to go faster than he normally could have. Being guided by a higher power enhanced his performance beyond what it would have been without religion. His faith made all the difference. Ayrton had an unshakable belief that he was fulfilling God's will. He prepared himself better than any other driver before, both physically and mentally. He was an innovator in using sport psychology, physical, and mental trainer Nuno Cobra before anyone else in Formula 1. He used techniques to control his breathing and relax when he was becoming over-aroused. These methods allowed him to concentrate at almost superhuman level and get into the zone almost at will during races. Gerhard Berger: Once he was focused he didn't feel any pain or stress. Nothing. Damon Hill: He talked about a state of mind he got into whereby he was there, but not really driving the car. Prost describes how, after a race at Monaco, Ayrton explains how he monitored his performance during the race itself: He managed to visualize from a 'third person' perspective (i.e. as if watching from outside) during the race and corrected his mistakes. Ayrton Senna had the qualities to be the best racing driver of his time, and that is exactly what he was. His tombstone simply reads: 'Nothing can separate me from the love of God'
@@seniordavidmanderson9232 I'm from Brazil and your comment should be pulled out and pinned at the top. Best comment ever, and I've read many hundreds. Thank you.
Senna was from a time in which, at 22 years of age, "you still had time" to get to F1. Nowadays, you're supposed to already be karting in your father's balls to even smell the fuel coming out of a GP3 car.
I was 22 then also ,and I have same story as yours. Only I had one more hero that left us one year before Ayrton that made me shed a tear was our beloved Croatian basketball player Drazen Petrovic
2:17 He said it all right here. Any person who doesn't know a damn thing about F1 would just search numbers on Google and tell some bullshit about it, but those who knows, there ain't a single person on Earth that knows F1 that would say the opposite. Ayrton Senna is the greatest F1 driver of all time, in every single detail. God Bless Brazil 🇧🇷 love from Italy ❤️
Whilst I loved Senna, my son and grandson are named after him, for me, the greatest was Jim Clark. Different era's I know but he would race F1, F2 and touring cars on the same day, and win in all....
I mean, Schumacher and Fangio WERE the best, one with 7 WC and a career of incredible races and the other as a pure legend. Senna was another kind of legend, the one that inspire the others, the one that let’s you see what one can do. F1 has a lot of legends and no one can say for sure which is the best. Every one of them was the best and thats why F1 is so goddamn good.
@@HavelthegravelSchumacher lost to a nearly retired Nelson piquet on the same team then with some help and other tricks he managed to with 7 world titles but so did Hamilton that says amount of world title isn’t a major factor when discussing talent
sim, todo domingo eu parava pra ver f1 dps da morte dele nunca mais vi ( yes, every sunday i stoped everything to see f1, and after hes death iv never saw it again) :( RiP SENNA the best!
He says “I race to win”, next seen he’s getting out of his car to save another mans life, clearly winning wasn’t that important to him but the life of a fellow race driver is a different thing. What a legend, RIP.
Just because he a HUMAN BEING was slightly more important than winning one race doesn't mean winning wasn't important to him. The fuck is wrong with you?
Oh don’t get it wrong. He’d wreck u faster then the next man to win a race!! But was still 1 of my 2 favorite drivers of all time!! the great late Dale Earnhardt🙌🏻 is the other, may they rub wheels in the afterlife💯😁’
Senna was the greatest race car driver of all time, I was lucky enough to meet him when I was around 16yo, wearing a Camel Cigarettes hat given to me by a friend. At that time Ayrton was sponsored by Marlborough but he had the grace to sign my hat behind the Adelaide GP pits... I wished him luck, shook his hand and he went on to win that GP. A true gentleman and wonderful human being.... forever missed by the motor racing world.
Senna. 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. Saving the life of Erik Comas. Stopping his car to stand on the track, cut off the fuel supply and support a possible broken neck. *This* is the class of the man.
Then Imola 1994 Erik Comas rushed to help Ayrton Senna but by that point Senna was too hurt and passed away. Comas retired at the end of the season due to Senna dying.
@@squarebog4413 I had no idea Erik Comas retired because of that. I was only six when Senna died but my mum was watching the race and I remember his crash my mum put her hands over her face and let out this horrified gasp. I remember them announcing his death and his funeral it was like the world was in mourning when Senna died
Schumacher was a political master at setting expectations. In his prime, Schumacher and the team always talked modestly about their chances. Inside, Schumacher probably felt he had a good chance at beating anybody, anywhere, any conditions. He is in the top echelon of drivers with Senna whether people like that or not.
this is probably the best tribute one could made. acknowledging his masterfull aggression as a driver, his wits on the track, his skill in the rain, his dedication outside of races, his goodness as a human being, and even the sheer insanity of the car he drove. if anyone deserved this, senna does.
i just wish they devoted a little bit more than half a sentence to his charity in brazil. he is very well known in brazil for his dedication to chairty and helping children
@@ptkewl não sabia que os irmãos portugueses também apreciavam tanto Senna como nós brasileiros. Acho que hoje em dia no futebol é quase a mesma coisa com o CR7, quase todo brasileiro, especialmente aqueles com ancestralidade portuguesa (como eu), torcem para Portugal e pro Cristiano em competições europeias.
I remember the day where Schuhmacher got the same amount of wins in Italy like Senna. In the Interview after the Race he bursts out in tears after a reporter asked him what it means to him winning as much as senna.
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 add into the cocktail that Schumacher was right after Ayrton in the crash day, mainly he was the first on seeing the accident. How do you later feel when knowing Ayrton died?
Rideandsmile Rideandsmile you should be ashamed and go fuck you self.. dont talk about a person like that even when he is coma.. hope your tv will explode🤬
My dad was in absolute bits and was teary eyed for days. He had supported Senna fervently since his Formula Ford days so like you said, it was like he lost a relative. I was 13 at the time and tbf I was quite profoundly effected too.
Me too. I watched when Schumacher was dominating but I didn't watch F1 that early in my life. I'm american so it was only by chance that I got interested in F1 when Michael was dominating.
Same thing for me. It's hard to know exactly how exciting it was when Senna finally won in Brazil in 1991. Good video editing by big-budget studios could only do so much to capture the moment. The closest thing that could draw in that much excitement today is if Kubica finally got a real race seat and took 1st place in a GP. Even then, the excitement of that would not surpass any of Senna's highlights at all. Same with the Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry. Couldn't surpass Prost-Senna, though the 2014 Bahrain race was crazy.
I'm watching this on the 30th anniversary of his death and I'm saddened by two things. I didn't get to experience and watch Senna on Sundays and that his life came to such a tragic ending. RIP Ayrton Senna, my son will be named after you.
Top Gear, Ayrton Senna, and Radiohead. I swear this segment was made for me. When I first watched it years ago, it got me interested in F1, and Senna became my favorite driver in any sport.
I still think about the last line of the film. "Villeneuve was spectacular on a number of occasions... Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in a car." Great sentiment
True about Ayrton, totally ignorant about Villeneuve. The guy died because after having run already his hot lap on fresh tires 9they lasted one fast lap back then) and having failed to beat his teammate, he went for another lap despite the fact it was pretty much an impossibility to beat his own time. And in the middle of the woods he run into a much less talented driver who hesitated and closed the door in his face, killing him. That was Gilles Villeneue, giving 200% even when it was impossible to change the outcome. Or when you didn't have a front wing after he obstructed his view for many laps (he followed the trails left from the cars before because he couldn't see in front of his car) or only had three wheels. Gilles was spectacular always, too often with seriously inferior equipment. He laso only taced 67 GPs, very brief career, he did not have a decade of F1 like Senna, Prost, SChumacher, or Hamilton. 4 1/2 seasons, 1 with a very good car, one with an OK car as a rookie, the rest some of the worst F1s in history (the T5 in 1980 saw Scheckter qualify last and the 126C in 1981 was described by its designer as a shitbox, it was just to have a host for the new turbo engine. When finally he got a car that became exceptional as the season progressed, he had died in Zolder)
That lap at Monaco 1988 proves how much Senna was on a different level. He outqualified Prost by 1.4 seconds, who in turn, had outqualified the 3rd placed driver (Berger) by 1.2 seconds. Senna was 2.6 seconds over Berger. That is blinding speed. No one can ever match that.
on that same weekend's race day, he was some 55 seconds ahead of Prost who was 2nd. Senna crashed at the barrier at Portier because he was told to slow down, which broke his concentration.
@@m1co294 i wonder what would've happened if they just let him go and didnt break his concentration. lap times would have probably been off the fucking charts for the era
@@Nyctophiliac. he just crashed same way as max in Jeddah or whatever that place is called. If you overdrive, you will always make a mistake no matter who you are. People can talk about god and Senna all they want, but that incident can't be blamed.on anyone. Like seriously? A radio message breaks this guys focus? After others say he couldn't even feel pain in the zone. Sounds like a silly excuse...
1200 bhp pure manual gearbox almost no downforce compared to today and he still made it look like it's child play , ABSOLUTE MONSTER raw driver ability . The G.O.A.T. !!!
I can´t see how you can hate Hamilton. In this video you can just see the passion he has for racing and his respect for the greats. Senna is a legend both on and off the track. One of my heroes for sure.
@@ALIEN_SEAGULL I didn´t follow F1 for quite some time until last year. Can you explain what specifically he did or said for you to view him like that?
@@ianyoon2277 it's not that, it's the hypocrisy, he preaches about veganism and the environment while having a carbon footprint the size of Gary Vee's ego. Note, I don't hate him, just think that he could use some honesty. Sure, his domination was boring, but he is a great driver
Same here! God I miss the good old days, watching Senna racing with my old man, cheering when it started to rain, I’ll never forget the day we lost him.
I am old enough to admit that I watched Clark, Hill, Stewart, Hunt, Villeneuve, Piquet, Prost, etc. But Ayrton was on another level. Politics of F1 screwed him as far back as the wet race in Monaco driving the Toleman -he was destined to win over Prost when they called the race. I watched his death live that fateful day, turned off my TV, and didn't watch another F1 race until about 4-5 years ago. F1 lost all meaning to me in the interim...
The race on 1.5.1994 was the last F1 race I watched. After the crash I was checking the news to find out if he'll be OK, because of the head movement and the comments at the race. I remember till today like it was yesterday how I could not believe it, when few hours later they said he's dead. I did watch some small parts of races, but it just isn't the same so I never watched even a half race after that ... I haven't watched for 20 years now at all ...
Masterful writing in this Top Gear segment. This is what this show was so good at! I've watched this countless times, and every time, it hits so hard. Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the crew did a great job telling this story of this, the greatest Formula 1 race car driver of all time!
Jezza has done some very interesting documentaries in his life, so he does have a lot of experience in this field. It showed whenever they did a segment about something historical, as that is firmly Jezza's forte.
Never ever watched Formula 1 since that tragic day. Actually watched it happen with my dad, way back on the 1st of May, 1994. We just sat there in silence. They'll never be another driver with the raw and visceral talent that Aryton Senna possessed. RIP sir
The head of Formula One, Max Mosley, at the time, was at Roland Ratzenberger's funeral and when asked why he went, he said that someone had to go and remember him cause everyone else was at Senna's and people had forgotten him... It was very sad but very true as Senna's death and overshadowed everything. I think 4 other drivers did attend Ratzenberger's funeral they were his teammates and german compatriots.
Senna and Ratzenberger were friends, I believe. When they were investigating Senna's death, they found an Austrian flag in the car; it appears that Senna was planning on raising it after the race as a tribute to Ratzenberger; sadly, he never got the chance to do that.
I'm still angry on people that forget Raztenberger's death. When he died for example 1999,2005 or whatever, everybody be writing rip Roland. It's disgusting how overlook is Roland' death. At least they did memorial for both drivers in spain 2019 i think. Rip both drivers.
Come on, this is a tribute to arguably the greatest F1 driver ever. Roland was completely unproven and basically unknown to the general public. All fans and drivers respected Roland and (myself included) were shocked by his death.
Don't get me wrong I love this tribute, but I feel it isn't entirely correct. This tribute makes Senna seem like he took out Prost just to win the championship, but it doesn't explain the background. Senna didn't let up because he qualified first then the first position was moved to the opposite of the grid which was not on the racing line therefore less grip. He tried to protest that, but to no avail, he felt that the French FIA president at the time Jean Marie Ballestre favored Alain Prost.
He was saying that since 88,now the frog Ballestre always protect Prost. Was the third time it happen ,he got the pole position and once again he said. Having won the pole for the third time will say once again, whoever got second has a better position . Ballestre denied and he left the meeting , it happen just the way M Brundle say , whenever seeing a gap he would dive in . Prost did the same the year before, knowing Senna would go for it gave him a small gap to crash. Doins so won the title. Payback and Prost being stupid , gave him the same gap and dare him to do it again . Well he went knowing if he block me we will crash and is done.
@Crixus Mauperthuis You base YOUR rankings on numbers, numbers don't mean shit, Gilles Villeneuve who won only 6 races in formula one was better than all these 3 drivers you've mentioned. Different Eras, Different CARS, Different Rivals. Saying a driver is good only by the numbers proves only how much shit is in your head.
@Crixus Mauperthuis Looks like i'm not the butthurt here, i ain't gonna waste my time trying to explain why numbers don't mean anything in a career cuz your brain seems to be the size of a bean. Have a nice day.
@Crixus Mauperthuis Numbers mean a lot in the creation of universe, yes, numbers tell us how many more chromosomes you must have from a normal human being. BUT when it comes to racing, specially in F1 where all teams have different cars, you have to analyse which team have/had a better car at the time, WHAT team the specific driver was racing for, WHAT was his consistency on each team and weather conditions. I'll give you an example: Ayrton Senna, 1984 monaco GP, Toleman Team, not even near to be the best car on the grid, no driver would be able to win a race with that car when you've got rivals that are driving Ferraris, Lotus, Mclarens... Even so he was able to finish 2nd place which could be a very 1st place IF the race wasn't stopped. You could see there that this wasn't any common driver. Another example of Ayrton Senna's Brilliance, Estoril 1985, Lotus team, a beautiful car and a Fast car, not as fast as the Mclaren, Williams and Ferrari at the time but yes, he could win a championship with that car, BUT he was still a Rookie and was racing against Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell. Back to the race, yes, you should know that it rained that day, Ayrton Senna won that race lapping everyone but one, there you could confirm that his skills on the rain was above every other driver. That is ONE of the reasons that SO MANY people/drivers consider him one of the best ever, if not THE best ever, Schumacher Himself said it, Hamilton, Hakkinen, Alonso. Drivers that seems to understand much more about racing than me, you and 99% of this planet. I usually respect people's different opinions, but your's just shit, i'm sorry.
@Crixus Mauperthuis I'm not a Senna widow, i just used him as an example because that's what about this video we're comentating is. I'm Brazilian, just like him, but i don't get blinded by any delusion, i can recognize a good driver. You just contradicted yourself by puting Lauda in front of Senna since you rank your drivers by numbers :). Now i'm leaving you for good. I wish you a great life.
This was an amazing tribute to the greatest driver F1 has ever seen. Also, seeing Mikka speak so candidly and passionately when he's usually tight-lipped shows you how much Senna meant to him.
Did you guys know that in the Donnington Senna's wet race tha was mentioned in this video, Ayrton stoped to change tires 6 times? In 5 times he changes his wet tires but then... they run out of wet tires and Ayrton change for slick's and continued the race, in wet condition, doing lots and lots better than anyone in the track! How the heck he pulled this off!!!??? He won the race waaaay ahead of everyone else. He put a lap in all the racers bu the second place, wich came more than a minute and half after him! Can someone aswer me HOW. How is it possible? He changes the tires 6 times in that race! Owww... i almost forgot... He did the best lap of that race... going THRU THE PIT ! How is it even possible? He races from another dimension. There's no other explanation.
@@gddynamichuhuyo1316 yet with danger he got 5 championships numbers don't lie, second to only schumacher, not to mention how accurate and courageous he was in drifts in a time when dying during races was so more common than today. He was a master and a pioneer, you seem a Senna or schumacher fanboy.
@@bcal4877 *fangio not fabgio. If you actually want to, you can find footages of some of his races here in UA-cam, you would notice how precise and skillful he was, moreover he dominated his era with 5 titles, sth not many have done, he didn't have that strong rivals compared to Senna but he was a pioneer, was like an idol for the legends who came after him, not to mention he got the highest percentage of win ever, rethink about it.
@@anishthakur4030 Why do you treat Senna as "dumb fuck bitch"? Not very nice of you. Even if you don't like Senna, like me, you shouldn't treat him like that.
Great comment 👍🏻 My dad just finished karting in England when senna started in the early 80s and knew he was going to be a top driver. He finds it hard to talk about Ayrton without getting upset, he was genius in a golden age of F1.
I’m also Brazilian. Don’t see this happening: you know other Brazilians would go balistic hearing that from a European. It’s like saying the Amazon is not Brazilian and belongs to the world (and, look, I don’t care much about either Senna or F1)
@@onizinn Indeed, he was dominant in Karting etc as well. He also helped Honda develop and tune the legendary NSX, which was designed to compete with supercars at a fraction of the price tag. Senna is such a legend on so many levels. Most casual fans forget he was also Chair of the F1 Driver's Safety Committee the year he passed. He argued points of contention that became standards of safety which have potentially saved dozens of lives over the past 3 decades. *LEGEND*
@@seanmahon9553 It just in his carrer as a public person, he did even more as a human being... that's why till this days he is considered as a National HERO here in brazil...
Watching Senna make his car dance on the ragged edge, even in a straight line absolutely fighting for traction gives me goosebumps. Simply amazing. F1 seems so sterile now.
@@deszczowa7661 Other drivers would go way slower. That's why Senna would would be sometimes 1.5 seconds faster per lap and many times finished races over a minute ahead of the driver in the second position.
I’d forgotten young Lewis was actually likeable, his enthusiasm for Senna car is fantastic. Like Senna, Hamilton is the master when it’s wet. It was a privilege to watch Senna race back in the day.
@@legitbot2432 Nowadays nobody is a master in the wet. Compare a 1990 car to a 2021 car. The computers, tech is significantly different and helpful. I'd highly doubt any driver except maybe Alonso could keep it on the track in those cars. Even Alonso wouldn't be able to match the lap times 90's drivers created in those cars.
Well he still would have had to contend with Schumacher. Senna was an amazing driver no question, but his car and carreer choices were sometimes dubious. I think 1994 was Schumacher's no matter what. 1995 would have been a much closer contest though, all respect to Damonbut he's no Senna
Comas was driving the car which was released on to the track by mistake after Senna's fatal accident and just stopped before colliding with the medical helicopter at the scene. Erik was very emotional when he talked about this later. He said Ayrton saved my life, I wish I could have saved his life that day at that crash scene.
What else would Schumacher say? He most likely won't say "I am the best"...in the end its just an opinion, we will never know for sure. The whole question who is the GOAT is utterly ridiculous. Lets just appreciate and enjoy their driving skills and thats it!
Senna was, is, and will always be my hero. A great driver? Yes. A great man? Yes. At 68 I tear up still, at the time I was watching live I bawled my eyes out. I just miss him being in in the world.
#SennaSempre #SennaForever Sometimes when I'm a little bit down, I come here to remember how great my Hero was as a race driver, I love to see how his name still rumbling trough the ages as the greatest of all time. Maybe Max will take the GOAT title from Ayton, but doesn't matter. Senna will always be the most loved and respected race driver of all times.
The god of Formula 1, a living definition of what it means to be an F1 driver. We may never see another like him for as long as we live. An F1 driver so legendary, McLaren etched his name into their most track-focused car ever created.
I was born in '99. 5 Years after his death. First memory I have from F1 are the battles between Häkkinen and Schumacher, I loved both of them. When Bruno Senna came to F1 my mom told me that back in the day there was another Senna in F1, and told me that he was an amazing driver. When I asked her where he is, she got sad and told me that he had a fatal crash in '94 at Imola. I went to youtube to watch Senna tributes and videos, I was a fan at first sight. To this day I am still very sad that I wasn't born soon enough to see him race. In my opinion Senna was the greatest driver of all time.
You should be. Senna represented Brazil so well and you all can be proud that the greatest driver that ever lived came from your country and people from every country in the world know this as a fact
Yeah, I can't stop watching Senna's onboard lap in Monaco, even though the lap time is slower than today's cars. The only other driver who has style in their drive, in my opinion, was Kubica. Hard to know if he still has it since (1 his right arm is injured and (2 today's cars are easier to drive. Just look at Hamilton in this video.
In Tooned 50 Mclaren: "Everyone knew that Senna was more than just a driver. He was a poet." -- Old Mechanic "I am designed to win. There is no prize for second best." -- Ayrton Senna
Senna was a lunatic believing in God and his special protection. He was only correct when he won. Compared to Fangio, Clark and Moss he was an unbearable egomaniac, Prost was right about him.
Lost count how many times ive watched this vídeo. I was born in Brazil in the 80s. I remember Sundays watching F1. The music that would play on tv when a Brazilian driver would win (respect to Piquet also). Football nation would stop for Senna. Now living in the UK, I can recognise even more how many people he touched across the globe. Cried my eyes out when he died. Still makes me cry today. Thank you Airton.
Today we remember 30 years from his departure. He was so fast... so was his passage in this world. Because he knew no other way to do it. The fastest driver ever, stands still in our memories. We miss you, Ayrton!
Wow I could not have said it better than Jeremy about Senna and Villeneuve! The two greatest pilots ever but Senna was the best, he just dominated no matter the circumstances. Both were taken from us way too soon by terrible bad luck! Such a sad thing to see people like that die in accidents should should not have been fatal. ;(
Obsessed with Ayrton ever since I started watching F1. Even though I never saw him race in person, he will always be my all time favorite driver. And I don't think I'm the only one who thinks like this. Absolute monster, there won't be anyone like him ever again.
I wish Clarkson did more of these documentary style pieces than the puerile clowning about we see every week. His piece on St nazaire is outstanding too.
I actually really like his clowny character but I have to agree that when he does serious segments, he does them very well and it's even emotional to some level, like when he drove the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante.
@@LucasXavierReis he's an absolutely tremendous writer. When he sets out to tell a story about one of mankind's great accomplishments there are very few who can do it as well as he can.
I was born in 1998... I remember my father told me of the Great aryton senna in South Africa. I'm 23 years old now balling my eyes out for someone I've never seen or met in person . What a legendary human being . Wow ❤
He was a talented driver. His funeral was massive and was viewed around the world everyone was grieving for him Brazillians were weeping for him and it later came out that he had been donating millions to the poverty stricken Brazillians and other charities. I remember his crash and my mum let out a horrified gasp. There will never be another like him
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 also on Sundays when he's not racing he would go around Brazils poor areas helping picking up trash . He was truly something special.
@@valenwood6299 well I couldn't list all the good he did I'd be here for days maybe weeks lol I know he did a lot for the Brazillians in poverty their reaction to losing Senna was heartbreaking to see they were weeping for him in fact the whole world wss grieving for Senna. The world was robbed of a good soul when he did died
@@valenwood6299 well I couldn't list all the good he did I'd be here for days maybe weeks lol I know he did a lot for the Brazillians in poverty their reaction to losing Senna was heartbreaking to see they were weeping for him in fact the whole world wss grieving for Senna. The world was robbed of a good soul when he did died
I was never particularly a Senna fan either, but then I saw the documentary Clarkson mentions at the end of this clip and there's an uninterrupted on-board lap of Monaco in it and I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. Incidentally that documentary's one of the best things I've ever watched.
Its an amazing documentary he was a talented driver whenever it rained you always knew Senna was gonna win he was the best at wet laps! He said he once lost because it rained so he started practising in the rain until he was brilliant at it
Hamilton´s reactions told the whole story. He is not just a helluva of a racing car driver and a very nice guy. He is a huge fan of the greatest racing car driver of all time.
@@abadedo his greatness cannot be defined by numbers. According to the numbers, probably Schumacher is the best but according to Schumacher himself, Senna was the greatest.
If there ever was a man that affected millions and millions of lifes, then that man surely is Ayrton Senna! R.I.P. Ayrton! The world today is too small to hold your greatness!!
No matter how many times I watch this Too Gear video I am in tears. Senna was my absolute hero. Tried to be like him but never got to the heights he did. RIP Aryton, you will always be the goat.
He was my racing hero and the one who cared for the children in his country. He managed to do what no one done ever. He was a natural talent and yet he work so hard for every little detail. He is and was the ultimate racing driver, the best ever!❤
Met him a few times....first time he had to walk through a throng of media & us kids (at the back) waiting for autographs. He stopped for us & patiently gave us all his autograph. Second time he was carrying stacks of Tamiya models of his honda lotus camel. I walked up to him, he stopped & gave me his autograph again. The next day in the newspaper it reported that he had gone to meet up with the Brazilian community & had presented gifts to the kids there. He was a man of the people for the people.
Today marks 30 years since we lost one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Formula 1 drivers of all time. Ayrton Senna da Silva, you will never be forgotten. Thank you, Clarkson, for this incredible tribute that still moves me to tears. Thank you very much, Senna.
Still impressive film, I got seriously injured in a traffic accident when on my way to tell friends that Roland Ratzenberger had died in Imola. Next day Ayrton died and I was still out after long and harsh surgery trying to save my legs from amputating. I got back consious the day after the funeral and was uterly devastated to find out that Ayrton had died. He was, no still is, my absolute number one for ever. Every car I owned has a Senna double S on it to remember him, and his helmet is in our living room, always in sight.
If Clarkson doesn't bust a joke for 17 min, its serious. Fantastic tribute, and very respectful.
@@thepatriot6966 really is a great person, i miss the old top gear like nothing else, im reaatching some of the episodes now and even watching the one about the talking about schumi in the news was very emotional too, if only we could go back 😞
I was playing ROBLOX Formula 1 and people were disrespecting Ayrton Senna saying that he was a wreck less driver and deserved to die
@@mrdarknezz6285 It's roblox. They're kids. They don't know anything in life.
@@thatweirdguy21 I guess your right. But I made a video capturing their comments on camera
@@thatweirdguy21 ?
I remembered dad told me, "if it's raining, Senna's gonna win"
People still dont recognize how good Senna was on a wet lap............wothout computers for traction control.......pure genius
@@juanestadian8471 Senna said he was training wet laps very hard because the first wet go kart race he didnt do so good so he learned untill he knew exactly how to drive fast allso on wet.
@@juanestadian8471 i'm too young to have enjoyed Senna but this looks a lot faster than the stuff we have today. Technology has destroyed F1. It should be about mechanical grip and power.
@@garygluebag4825 me too. but the quality of footage is good enough to show us how good he actually was.
@@juanestadian8471 The Best ever!!!!!
Really is cruel that both Senna and Schumacher both came to such a sad ending 😢
Let’s hope Lewis, Max, or Vettel dont suffer the same fate
Schumacher is recovering though, really unlikely he'll be back racing once he fully does.
@@m1co294 Schumacher is permanently crippled. Forget racing, he'll never even walk again, if he wakes up. The damage he suffered is simply too severe.
Schumacher isn't dead. The details of his condition are unknown.
Many racers do. Ken Miles, James Hunt, recently Niki Lauda from lung issues since his crash, MotoGP champion the Kentucky Kid Nicky Hayden was killed on his bicycle. Yesterday, 15 year old Dean Vinales died in a crash in Supersport 300 World Championship. He's the cousin of Maverick Vinales MotoGP.
To outqualify your teammate by 1.5 seconds who at the end of his career was a four time world champion is insane. Absolutely insane.
In identical cars
That’s true. What is also true is that Prost outscored him and had at one stage 6 poles in a row which Senna never achieved. Truly a spectaculair driver, unbeatable on his day but a lot of times it wasn’t his day.
My dad named me after Ayrton Senna but he had no idea at the time that I would have the current world champions name too Lewis Hamilton ! Proudly Ayrton Lewis....lol
Amazing!
this man is too powerfull to be left alive
Hahahaha incredible. Your dad is a fucking legend and so are you
Amazing just amazing
The only man that can stop him is Alain Rosberg
He is not dead, he is just one lap ahead of us..No. 1 forever
Bro 😫
@@declanmukombiwa314 agreed. I immediately bawled when I read that.
That is an awesome quote!
Amen!
You nailed it
It always saddens me as an F1 maniac that I wasn’t alive to witness his greatness. All I can do is appreciate story’s like these to get as close as possible to the man himself. Undoubtedly the greatest
During the late 80’s to early 90’s, I had a relative take me to Monaco, Toronto, Japan, Spa-Francorchamps,
And Hockenheim. My uncle was a Engineer at Ohlins and got track passes. I fell in Love with Honda back then. That time period was the best
I was born in 83 so got to watch the greatness first hand growing up and it was a real real treat,i will never forget senna's battles with mansell,but what makes this era even more incredible is that there was very little in the way of safety as every year at least 1 driver died,was the golden era of the sport
@@malakisands8180 that sounds amazing
@@StewartEvans52 wow I wish I could have been there.
It was truly an amazing time in F1.....Electric!! I remember watching (and recording) the race when he died. They flew him away in a helicopter and we all had high hopes he would be ok. When they announced his passing (near the end of the race) I fell to pieces. Then I had to break the news to my [Italian] brother-in-law when he got home from work. We spent the rest of the evening drinking in a strange, somber state.....RIP Hero!
RIP Ayrton Senna (March 21, 1960 - May 1, 1994), aged 34
And
RIP Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 - April 30, 1994), aged 33
You both will be remembered as legends.
Now marks 30 years since they both died.
What a beautiful tribute. Jeremy doesn't really talk about Senna's death here. And it's perfect. He purely celebrates Ayrton's exceptional life and his exceptional accomplishments.
Piquet is more goodering than SAyNawH
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000
*awkward cricket noises*
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 like how
Rightfully so
I wish Jeremy had not tried to insert himself into the story at the end. I agree it's a fitting tribute.
The famous Monaco lap apparently never got filmed. Let that sink in, the greatest lap of F1 history will never be seen. Pure Senna.
Since the dawn of UA-cam and internet video storage in general, i look for that footage. Every now and then i spent HOURS looking for this single lap. And said lap was nowhere to be found.
But i did not lose my hope (yet). I want to believe someone out there filmed it and have it gathering dust in some basement. Then someday it will be found and brought to us.
Which lap?
tcl Monaco is one of the toughest tracks, and Senna managed to qualify first, 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate Prost. 1.5 goddman seconds. 1.5 seconds in formula 1 is like 2 years in real time.
fucking legend
@@SIRTACONATOR007 1988 Monaco Qualifying lap for Pole.
Many years ago there was a youtube video with a Monaco lap with Senna getting the pole from Prost. I dont remember the year but I think it was on 1988, and the time gap was more than 1 second. In the end of the video the cameras showed Ron Dennis laughing in disbelief, and a very pissed Prost. I've tried to find that video again, but never was able to...
I remember watching the 'Senna' film and everyone in the cinema walking out in silence, knowing the mans life, death, and absolute legacy
He was a brilliant driver Senna had a gift if it was raining you knew Senna was gonna win he ruled the wet laps. I was only 6 when Senna died but I remember his crash and his funeral the whole world was grieving for him
Same watched whole career Schumacher with time at bennaton mastered that electronic assist style. Senna drove as loose as possible because loose is fast and he was so go he knew he could compensate. I watch career I sadly watched that day. His Monaco in cars really give average viewer some insight into prodigious talent. Growing up in Brasil/Brazil depending on Portuguese idolized Ayrton. He was in tropical climate lots of rain but drivable rain warm. That's where he became. Magical✨ senna driving was art.
He ran, meditated, healthy, passionate, he did live women and from Brasil can't blame him!!! Hard to feel bad for Schumacher other than horrible sli injury but he became huge star with newer generation. Senna fans had hard time accepting like listening to miles David kind of blue of vinyl, and little sibling says listen to and its weather report. Both brilliant but weather report never got their due either. Sorry to ruon nostalgic about senna days at McLaren. I as kid resented Renault he clearly said it wasn't safe and steering properly. He just always thought his talent would compensate
I just cried
28 years without him, still missing you legend.
There'll never be another racer like Senna he had a gift and it was a sad day when he died.
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 new kids born everyday.
@@holymacarenafin2319 people die everyday
@@holymacarenafin2319 New kids... no Sennas.
Eu também
I love that Micheal Schumacher, a 7-time world champion himself even said aryton was #1. I remember in Italy when shumi was asked how it feels winning as much as senna. He started crying, true racing legend.
What else was he gonna say? If he called himself the best he'd look like a self-absorbed moron.
@@habbas5833 there’s a difference between saying your proud and happy of what you achieved to avoid looking self absorbed. But actually crying knowing what you achieved is something totally different.
that's a really strong question to ask to Schumi, the only reason he even won a WDC is because Senna died.
@@m1co294 Thats not the point, the point is that someone of micheals skill and caliber hailed senna as the #1 greatest driver ever. WDC or not thats not the point here.
But thats the point. No matter how many WDC they have Shumi, Ham or anyone we could think of. None of these can be compared to Fangio, Lauda, Prost, Senna and Piquet.
Fact: Senna had an Austrian Flag in his bolide. He wanted to tribute Ratzenberger in his extra lap after he won the race
It was found bloody in his overalls.
thats heartbreaking
In 1989 the normally aspirated engines arrived and many thought that Senna would lose some of his amazing speed without turbos. But Ayrton remained supremely fast in all conditions. While going around corners he still refused to take his foot off the gas pedal, a technique he learned as a kid during his karting years.
Ayrton Senna actually believed he had the God-given right to win. His trust in divine intervention helped him to go faster than he normally could have. Being guided by a higher power enhanced his performance beyond what it would have been without religion. His faith made all the difference. Ayrton had an unshakable belief that he was fulfilling God's will.
He prepared himself better than any other driver before, both physically and mentally. He was an innovator in using sport psychology, physical, and mental trainer Nuno Cobra before anyone else in Formula 1. He used techniques to control his breathing and relax when he was becoming over-aroused. These methods allowed him to concentrate at almost superhuman level and get into the zone almost at will during races.
Gerhard Berger: Once he was focused he didn't feel any pain or stress. Nothing. Damon Hill: He talked about a state of mind he got into whereby he was there, but not really driving the car. Prost describes how, after a race at Monaco, Ayrton explains how he monitored his performance during the race itself: He managed to visualize from a 'third person' perspective (i.e. as if watching from outside) during the race and corrected his mistakes.
Ayrton Senna had the qualities to be the best racing driver of his time, and that is exactly what he was. His tombstone simply reads: 'Nothing can separate me from the love of God'
@@seniordavidmanderson9232 I'm from Brazil and your comment should be pulled out and pinned at the top. Best comment ever, and I've read many hundreds. Thank you.
@@margot9215 Me too and I approve this message 👍
12:41 Seeing Hamilton's "Let's go, let's go, can I go!?" when trying out Senna's car makes my heart melt.
At 14:10 he was like: I want to drive this car until it runs out of fuel...XD
Seb vettel now owns senas car and will drive round emola on 19th of May
“Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in the car.”
Amen to that.
Senna was from a time in which, at 22 years of age, "you still had time" to get to F1.
Nowadays, you're supposed to already be karting in your father's balls to even smell the fuel coming out of a GP3 car.
Hey hey hey hey hey.
Avenged Fate that is true. I mean, next year (2020) more than half of the drivers are younger than 25. Its crazy.
it is really spoiled. mansell started racing very "old"... take F1 out of these crying babies and give it back to grown up men
A shame, really. There's probably a lot of talent that will never be tapped into because of this.
Mauricio Trindade it’s not like they’re 13 jesus
This is some of Top Gear and Clarkson's best work.
100% agree
Lot better than fn LeBlanc and Flintoff
When Radiohead kicks in....chills
I think it's the best thing they ever did
Agreed!
I was 22 when Ayrton died. The first and last time I cried for somebody that was not my family or friend. Rip Ayrton. 🙏
I was 22 then also ,and I have same story as yours. Only I had one more hero that left us one year before Ayrton that made me shed a tear was our beloved Croatian basketball player Drazen Petrovic
2:17 He said it all right here. Any person who doesn't know a damn thing about F1 would just search numbers on Google and tell some bullshit about it, but those who knows, there ain't a single person on Earth that knows F1 that would say the opposite. Ayrton Senna is the greatest F1 driver of all time, in every single detail. God Bless Brazil 🇧🇷 love from Italy ❤️
Whilst I loved Senna, my son and grandson are named after him, for me, the greatest was Jim Clark. Different era's I know but he would race F1, F2 and touring cars on the same day, and win in all....
@@simondavis5415 respectable opinion
I mean, Schumacher and Fangio WERE the best, one with 7 WC and a career of incredible races and the other as a pure legend. Senna was another kind of legend, the one that inspire the others, the one that let’s you see what one can do. F1 has a lot of legends and no one can say for sure which is the best. Every one of them was the best and thats why F1 is so goddamn good.
Amém.
@@HavelthegravelSchumacher lost to a nearly retired Nelson piquet on the same team then with some help and other tricks he managed to with 7 world titles but so did Hamilton that says amount of world title isn’t a major factor when discussing talent
For people who don't speak portuguese, the poster at 1:08 translates to: "Senna, Sundays would never be the same without you" 😢
*will never
E nunca mais o foram, o gosto do meu pai pela formula 1 foi desvanecendo depois da morte do Senna.
Thank you... :( RIP Ayrton Senna
sim, todo domingo eu parava pra ver f1 dps da morte dele nunca mais vi ( yes, every sunday i stoped everything to see f1, and after hes death iv never saw it again)
:( RiP SENNA the best!
will*
And they are definitely not the same anymore ... nunca mais! 😞
He says “I race to win”, next seen he’s getting out of his car to save another mans life, clearly winning wasn’t that important to him but the life of a fellow race driver is a different thing.
What a legend, RIP.
It's called being a human being
Saving that life WAS winning for him.
Just because he a HUMAN BEING was slightly more important than winning one race doesn't mean winning wasn't important to him. The fuck is wrong with you?
Oh don’t get it wrong. He’d wreck u faster then the next man to win a race!! But was still 1 of my 2 favorite drivers of all time!! the great late Dale Earnhardt🙌🏻 is the other, may they rub wheels in the afterlife💯😁’
Well ... it was a practice session
Every now and then i come back and watch this. Every time i cry
Senna was the greatest race car driver of all time, I was lucky enough to meet him when I was around 16yo, wearing a Camel Cigarettes hat given to me by a friend. At that time Ayrton was sponsored by Marlborough but he had the grace to sign my hat behind the Adelaide GP pits... I wished him luck, shook his hand and he went on to win that GP. A true gentleman and wonderful human being.... forever missed by the motor racing world.
Such a cool story. Thank you for sharing that.
You're a lucky one.
Senna. 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. Saving the life of Erik Comas. Stopping his car to stand on the track, cut off the fuel supply and support a possible broken neck. *This* is the class of the man.
If I remember correct then comas did his best to do the same for senna but it was to late
tears in my eyes
Then Imola 1994 Erik Comas rushed to help Ayrton Senna but by that point Senna was too hurt and passed away. Comas retired at the end of the season due to Senna dying.
@@squarebog4413 I had no idea Erik Comas retired because of that. I was only six when Senna died but my mum was watching the race and I remember his crash my mum put her hands over her face and let out this horrified gasp. I remember them announcing his death and his funeral it was like the world was in mourning when Senna died
The day Senna died they found an Austrian flag in his car to honour the memory of Ronald who died a day earlier.
Schumacher claimed if it was dry he'd possibly win against senna half of the time, but if it was wet he'd lose 100% of the time
And yet...Schumacher was rain king after....but Senna was F1 God
What a great quote. Schumacher was always a bright guy. I hope he's not a vegetable.
@@Acecombatrules59 hahaha agreed 😂
@@Acecombatrules59 thanks mate you're right
Schumacher was a political master at setting expectations. In his prime, Schumacher and the team always talked modestly about their chances. Inside, Schumacher probably felt he had a good chance at beating anybody, anywhere, any conditions. He is in the top echelon of drivers with Senna whether people like that or not.
this is probably the best tribute one could made. acknowledging his masterfull aggression as a driver, his wits on the track, his skill in the rain, his dedication outside of races, his goodness as a human being, and even the sheer insanity of the car he drove. if anyone deserved this, senna does.
i just wish they devoted a little bit more than half a sentence to his charity in brazil. he is very well known in brazil for his dedication to chairty and helping children
Senna is by far the greatest, he sends shivers down your spine when driving
I watched his funeral at school, live. That's how much that meant.
RIP Senna
In Brazil or Portugal?
@@alistairwalker2850 Portugal
@@ptkewl não sabia que os irmãos portugueses também apreciavam tanto Senna como nós brasileiros. Acho que hoje em dia no futebol é quase a mesma coisa com o CR7, quase todo brasileiro, especialmente aqueles com ancestralidade portuguesa (como eu), torcem para Portugal e pro Cristiano em competições europeias.
@@combatarmsjong pode ter a certeza. Senna era e é visto como um ídolo aqui em Portugal e a sua morte não deixou ninguém indiferente.
@@combatarmsjong É um ídolo para muitos portugueses como eu. Estamos juntos a celebrar a vida de Senna.
I remember the day where Schuhmacher got the same amount of wins in Italy like Senna. In the Interview after the Race he bursts out in tears after a reporter asked him what it means to him winning as much as senna.
ua-cam.com/video/7bXDfWhAUog/v-deo.html
2000 Italian Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher bursts into tears ᴴᴰ
Remember it too. Mika tried to comfort him. But it was such a big moment. For both of them.
Schumacher was/is a massive Senna fan can you imagine the pride he felt that you got the same record as your idol!!
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 add into the cocktail that Schumacher was right after Ayrton in the crash day, mainly he was the first on seeing the accident.
How do you later feel when knowing Ayrton died?
They. Died because a boy was killed by a flying tire during that race
Undoubtedly the greatest driver of all time.
RIP Ayrton Senna.
There’s no way, being a Brazilian, to watch this and do not cry. Senna had a way to give Brazilians hope no other could do.
When Michael shumacher says senna was the best. Then he's the best.
@@rideandsmile822 Hat dein Papa dich zu oft angefasst?
Pretty sure he was a human not a cabbage
Senna himself said that Jim Clark was better
Rideandsmile Rideandsmile you should be ashamed and go fuck you self.. dont talk about a person like that even when he is coma.. hope your tv will explode🤬
Schumacher's look when giving answer seems insincere.
I'm way too young to truly know what a motorsport legend Senna was. My father told me that when he died, he felt like he had lost a relative.
I was born just 3 days before he died, but i fell the same thing, Senna is the best
My dad was in absolute bits and was teary eyed for days. He had supported Senna fervently since his Formula Ford days so like you said, it was like he lost a relative. I was 13 at the time and tbf I was quite profoundly effected too.
Me too. I watched when Schumacher was dominating but I didn't watch F1 that early in my life. I'm american so it was only by chance that I got interested in F1 when Michael was dominating.
Same thing for me. It's hard to know exactly how exciting it was when Senna finally won in Brazil in 1991. Good video editing by big-budget studios could only do so much to capture the moment. The closest thing that could draw in that much excitement today is if Kubica finally got a real race seat and took 1st place in a GP. Even then, the excitement of that would not surpass any of Senna's highlights at all. Same with the Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry. Couldn't surpass Prost-Senna, though the 2014 Bahrain race was crazy.
Biggie yeah a lot of us did
I'm watching this on the 30th anniversary of his death and I'm saddened by two things. I didn't get to experience and watch Senna on Sundays and that his life came to such a tragic ending. RIP Ayrton Senna, my son will be named after you.
Top Gear, Ayrton Senna, and Radiohead. I swear this segment was made for me. When I first watched it years ago, it got me interested in F1, and Senna became my favorite driver in any sport.
Which song? i couldn´t hear it
@@diegopunk501:35 they play "Optimistic" by Radiohead
@@SolidSnake684 and also "there there" at 9:46
I still think about the last line of the film. "Villeneuve was spectacular on a number of occasions... Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in a car." Great sentiment
True about Ayrton, totally ignorant about Villeneuve. The guy died because after having run already his hot lap on fresh tires 9they lasted one fast lap back then) and having failed to beat his teammate, he went for another lap despite the fact it was pretty much an impossibility to beat his own time. And in the middle of the woods he run into a much less talented driver who hesitated and closed the door in his face, killing him. That was Gilles Villeneue, giving 200% even when it was impossible to change the outcome. Or when you didn't have a front wing after he obstructed his view for many laps (he followed the trails left from the cars before because he couldn't see in front of his car) or only had three wheels. Gilles was spectacular always, too often with seriously inferior equipment. He laso only taced 67 GPs, very brief career, he did not have a decade of F1 like Senna, Prost, SChumacher, or Hamilton. 4 1/2 seasons, 1 with a very good car, one with an OK car as a rookie, the rest some of the worst F1s in history (the T5 in 1980 saw Scheckter qualify last and the 126C in 1981 was described by its designer as a shitbox, it was just to have a host for the new turbo engine. When finally he got a car that became exceptional as the season progressed, he had died in Zolder)
If Michael Jordan was considered "God disguised as a man playing basketball", then Senna is certainly God disguised as a man racing an F1 car.
@@guruspubichair you just stole someone else comment lol
@@guruspubichair Stolen from Sean Mahon.
Yeah but Jeremy was completely wrong about Villeneuve he was never really considered the greatest racing car driver by anyone else..
That lap at Monaco 1988 proves how much Senna was on a different level. He outqualified Prost by 1.4 seconds, who in turn, had outqualified the 3rd placed driver (Berger) by 1.2 seconds.
Senna was 2.6 seconds over Berger. That is blinding speed. No one can ever match that.
on that same weekend's race day, he was some 55 seconds ahead of Prost who was 2nd. Senna crashed at the barrier at Portier because he was told to slow down, which broke his concentration.
In F1 maths, that's like being a year ahead
@@limcritiques fr?
@@m1co294 i wonder what would've happened if they just let him go and didnt break his concentration. lap times would have probably been off the fucking charts for the era
@@Nyctophiliac. he just crashed same way as max in Jeddah or whatever that place is called. If you overdrive, you will always make a mistake no matter who you are. People can talk about god and Senna all they want, but that incident can't be blamed.on anyone.
Like seriously? A radio message breaks this guys focus? After others say he couldn't even feel pain in the zone. Sounds like a silly excuse...
1200 bhp pure manual gearbox almost no downforce compared to today and he still made it look like it's child play , ABSOLUTE MONSTER raw driver ability . The G.O.A.T. !!!
I can´t see how you can hate Hamilton. In this video you can just see the passion he has for racing and his respect for the greats. Senna is a legend both on and off the track. One of my heroes for sure.
Hamilton was a fine lad until he turned into an untouchable diva and started aggressively pushing his views and beliefs that no one asked for.
@@ALIEN_SEAGULL I didn´t follow F1 for quite some time until last year. Can you explain what specifically he did or said for you to view him like that?
@@buzzbuzzard3809 I think seegull is upset that Hamilton has been outspoken about Black Lives Matter
@@ianyoon2277 it's not that, it's the hypocrisy, he preaches about veganism and the environment while having a carbon footprint the size of Gary Vee's ego. Note, I don't hate him, just think that he could use some honesty. Sure, his domination was boring, but he is a great driver
@@Fred_the_1996 Hard to reduce your carbon footprint when you drive cars for a living. And he sold his plane, so that card can't be used now.
man i have lost count to have many times i have watched this video.
True 😂
I’m too
Same here! God I miss the good old days, watching Senna racing with my old man, cheering when it started to rain, I’ll never forget the day we lost him.
Me too
I swear man 😂. I wish there was more content about Senna on UA-cam.
I am old enough to admit that I watched Clark, Hill, Stewart, Hunt, Villeneuve, Piquet, Prost, etc. But Ayrton was on another level. Politics of F1 screwed him as far back as the wet race in Monaco driving the Toleman -he was destined to win over Prost when they called the race.
I watched his death live that fateful day, turned off my TV, and didn't watch another F1 race until about 4-5 years ago. F1 lost all meaning to me in the interim...
i kneel to you sir.
God bless you.
The day he died, so did the sport....
The race on 1.5.1994 was the last F1 race I watched. After the crash I was checking the news to find out if he'll be OK, because of the head movement and the comments at the race. I remember till today like it was yesterday how I could not believe it, when few hours later they said he's dead. I did watch some small parts of races, but it just isn't the same so I never watched even a half race after that ... I haven't watched for 20 years now at all ...
God bless our souls
What do you mean "One of the greatest racing drivers"...
THE greatest racing driver. Period.
Masterful writing in this Top Gear segment. This is what this show was so good at! I've watched this countless times, and every time, it hits so hard. Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the crew did a great job telling this story of this, the greatest Formula 1 race car driver of all time!
Jezza has done some very interesting documentaries in his life, so he does have a lot of experience in this field. It showed whenever they did a segment about something historical, as that is firmly Jezza's forte.
Had he lived, he would be turning 61 today. Rest in peace, 1960-1994 🇧🇷
And he may well have been 10 Times World Champion
62 today
You know you're the man when the most successful driver ever calls you the best.
Senna himself said that Jim Clark was better
@@Zak-ob5ze And Hamilton said that Lewis is the best and I'm inclined to believe it!
@@MagicAyrtonforeverI cant tell if that is sarcasm
The best was Fangio
Senna is lucky to scrape into the top 10 drivers of all time.
Never ever watched Formula 1 since that tragic day.
Actually watched it happen with my dad, way back on the 1st of May, 1994. We just sat there in silence.
They'll never be another driver with the raw and visceral talent that Aryton Senna possessed.
RIP sir
we all talk about Ayrton Senna, don't for get the day before Roland Ratzenberger R.I.P. both drivers
The head of Formula One, Max Mosley, at the time, was at Roland Ratzenberger's funeral and when asked why he went, he said that someone had to go and remember him cause everyone else was at Senna's and people had forgotten him... It was very sad but very true as Senna's death and overshadowed everything. I think 4 other drivers did attend Ratzenberger's funeral they were his teammates and german compatriots.
@@hotohori69 thnx for this great words
Senna and Ratzenberger were friends, I believe. When they were investigating Senna's death, they found an Austrian flag in the car; it appears that Senna was planning on raising it after the race as a tribute to Ratzenberger; sadly, he never got the chance to do that.
I'm still angry on people that forget Raztenberger's death. When he died for example 1999,2005 or whatever, everybody be writing rip Roland. It's disgusting how overlook is Roland' death. At least they did memorial for both drivers in spain 2019 i think. Rip both drivers.
Come on, this is a tribute to arguably the greatest F1 driver ever. Roland was completely unproven and basically unknown to the general public. All fans and drivers respected Roland and (myself included) were shocked by his death.
"I'm not designed to come third, forth or fifth... I race to win"!
Rip Ayrton, I think about you every race weekend. Everyone should strive to be half the man he was, world would be an amazing place
That optimistic kicking in still gives me chills even though I've seen this a hundred times
There, there.
For real
Don't get me wrong I love this tribute, but I feel it isn't entirely correct. This tribute makes Senna seem like he took out Prost just to win the championship, but it doesn't explain the background. Senna didn't let up because he qualified first then the first position was moved to the opposite of the grid which was not on the racing line therefore less grip. He tried to protest that, but to no avail, he felt that the French FIA president at the time Jean Marie Ballestre favored Alain Prost.
And also for the incident in 1989 japan that had Prost win the championship
I'm fairly sure it was deliberate but I'll guess nobody will ever know for sure
@@mrtom2854 It was deliberate, he said it himself
@@d3bo552 ah okay
He was saying that since 88,now the frog Ballestre always protect Prost. Was the third time it happen ,he got the pole position and once again he said. Having won the pole for the third time will say once again, whoever got second has a better position . Ballestre denied and he left the meeting , it happen just the way M Brundle say , whenever seeing a gap he would dive in . Prost did the same the year before, knowing Senna would go for it gave him a small gap to crash. Doins so won the title. Payback and Prost being stupid , gave him the same gap and dare him to do it again . Well he went knowing if he block me we will crash and is done.
Unbeatable in life, irreplaceable in death
@Crixus Mauperthuis You've said so much shit that i had to clean my monitor with toilet paper.
@Crixus Mauperthuis You base YOUR rankings on numbers, numbers don't mean shit, Gilles Villeneuve who won only 6 races in formula one was better than all these 3 drivers you've mentioned. Different Eras, Different CARS, Different Rivals. Saying a driver is good only by the numbers proves only how much shit is in your head.
@Crixus Mauperthuis Looks like i'm not the butthurt here, i ain't gonna waste my time trying to explain why numbers don't mean anything in a career cuz your brain seems to be the size of a bean. Have a nice day.
@Crixus Mauperthuis Numbers mean a lot in the creation of universe, yes, numbers tell us how many more chromosomes you must have from a normal human being. BUT when it comes to racing, specially in F1 where all teams have different cars, you have to analyse which team have/had a better car at the time, WHAT team the specific driver was racing for, WHAT was his consistency on each team and weather conditions. I'll give you an example:
Ayrton Senna, 1984 monaco GP, Toleman Team, not even near to be the best car on the grid, no driver would be able to win a race with that car when you've got rivals that are driving Ferraris, Lotus, Mclarens... Even so he was able to finish 2nd place which could be a very 1st place IF the race wasn't stopped. You could see there that this wasn't any common driver.
Another example of Ayrton Senna's Brilliance, Estoril 1985, Lotus team, a beautiful car and a Fast car, not as fast as the Mclaren, Williams and Ferrari at the time but yes, he could win a championship with that car, BUT he was still a Rookie and was racing against Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell. Back to the race, yes, you should know that it rained that day, Ayrton Senna won that race lapping everyone but one, there you could confirm that his skills on the rain was above every other driver. That is ONE of the reasons that SO MANY people/drivers consider him one of the best ever, if not THE best ever, Schumacher Himself said it, Hamilton, Hakkinen, Alonso. Drivers that seems to understand much more about racing than me, you and 99% of this planet.
I usually respect people's different opinions, but your's just shit, i'm sorry.
@Crixus Mauperthuis I'm not a Senna widow, i just used him as an example because that's what about this video we're comentating is. I'm Brazilian, just like him, but i don't get blinded by any delusion, i can recognize a good driver.
You just contradicted yourself by puting Lauda in front of Senna since you rank your drivers by numbers :). Now i'm leaving you for good. I wish you a great life.
This was an amazing tribute to the greatest driver F1 has ever seen. Also, seeing Mikka speak so candidly and passionately when he's usually tight-lipped shows you how much Senna meant to him.
Did you guys know that in the Donnington Senna's wet race tha was mentioned in this video, Ayrton stoped to change tires 6 times? In 5 times he changes his wet tires but then... they run out of wet tires and Ayrton change for slick's and continued the race, in wet condition, doing lots and lots better than anyone in the track!
How the heck he pulled this off!!!???
He won the race waaaay ahead of everyone else. He put a lap in all the racers bu the second place, wich came more than a minute and half after him!
Can someone aswer me HOW. How is it possible? He changes the tires 6 times in that race!
Owww... i almost forgot... He did the best lap of that race... going THRU THE PIT ! How is it even possible?
He races from another dimension. There's no other explanation.
The greatest racing driver ever portrayed by the greatest motoring journalist ever. Period.
Sorry,the best was Fangio
@@arielabril1981 well fangio was more of a hero than a good racing driver because their cars where way more dangerous
Ariel CHAMEIDES and you know this how? How many races did you see Fabgio race in?
@@gddynamichuhuyo1316 yet with danger he got 5 championships numbers don't lie, second to only schumacher, not to mention how accurate and courageous he was in drifts in a time when dying during races was so more common than today. He was a master and a pioneer, you seem a Senna or schumacher fanboy.
@@bcal4877 *fangio not fabgio. If you actually want to, you can find footages of some of his races here in UA-cam, you would notice how precise and skillful he was, moreover he dominated his era with 5 titles, sth not many have done, he didn't have that strong rivals compared to Senna but he was a pioneer, was like an idol for the legends who came after him, not to mention he got the highest percentage of win ever, rethink about it.
Ayrton Senna was naturally gifted, 26 years ago we lost a brilliant person and a legend.
A brilliant person? An arrogant egomaniac, absolutely self-centered, the opposite of what Stirling Moss was, period!
@@bernhardecklin7005 I can see in some respects why you may think that, but he was a difficult personality to understand as it outlines in this video.
Bernhard Ecklin what a dumb fuck this bitch is
@@anishthakur4030 Why do you treat Senna as "dumb fuck bitch"? Not very nice of you. Even if you don't like Senna, like me, you shouldn't treat him like that.
Bernhard Ecklin ..I’m talking to you
I'm Brazilian. But Senna belongs to the World. A great human being and F1 GOAT
Great comment 👍🏻 My dad just finished karting in England when senna started in the early 80s and knew he was going to be a top driver. He finds it hard to talk about Ayrton without getting upset, he was genius in a golden age of F1.
I’m also Brazilian. Don’t see this happening: you know other Brazilians would go balistic hearing that from a European. It’s like saying the Amazon is not Brazilian and belongs to the world (and, look, I don’t care much about either Senna or F1)
@@Bruno-im9ofkkkk amazônia é foda
If Michael Jordan was considered "God disguised as a man playing basketball", then Senna is certainly God disguised as a man racing an F1 car.
Racing ANYTHING with an engine...
you can also Add Messi to that list
@@onizinn Indeed, he was dominant in Karting etc as well. He also helped Honda develop and tune the legendary NSX, which was designed to compete with supercars at a fraction of the price tag. Senna is such a legend on so many levels. Most casual fans forget he was also Chair of the F1 Driver's Safety Committee the year he passed. He argued points of contention that became standards of safety which have potentially saved dozens of lives over the past 3 decades.
*LEGEND*
@@seanmahon9553 It just in his carrer as a public person, he did even more as a human being... that's why till this days he is considered as a National HERO here in brazil...
@@onizinn Absolutely! His foundation IAS remains strong, and I continue to proudly support it by purchasing their licensed merchandise. Senna Sempre!
Watching Senna make his car dance on the ragged edge, even in a straight line absolutely fighting for traction gives me goosebumps. Simply amazing.
F1 seems so sterile now.
Can You explain me how it works?
You can think that I'm stupid, but I really don't know how it works and it's really interesting for me.
@@cacetao53 Thank You!
In this video they are talking about that "dance" like it's characteristic for Senna. What about other drivers? They couldn't do that?
@@deszczowa7661 Other drivers would go way slower. That's why Senna would would be sometimes 1.5 seconds faster per lap and many times finished races over a minute ahead of the driver in the second position.
today is 30 years since we lost the best driver in the history of motorsport
I’d forgotten young Lewis was actually likeable, his enthusiasm for Senna car is fantastic.
Like Senna, Hamilton is the master when it’s wet.
It was a privilege to watch Senna race back in the day.
No. Max is better than Lewis in wet
@@legitbot2432 bruh max 1.2 seconds slower in the styrian qualifying last year
@@legitbot2432 and even the red bull recognized that their car is better when it rains, thanks to his chassis and his aerodinamic
@@pianortd4800 red bull never said that lol
@@legitbot2432 Nowadays nobody is a master in the wet. Compare a 1990 car to a 2021 car. The computers, tech is significantly different and helpful. I'd highly doubt any driver except maybe Alonso could keep it on the track in those cars. Even Alonso wouldn't be able to match the lap times 90's drivers created in those cars.
Had that car not failed him he would've continued to dominate untill he couldn't race anymore
Probs be racing today
Maybe not in f1
But in racing for sure
Forget it!
Well he still would have had to contend with Schumacher. Senna was an amazing driver no question, but his car and carreer choices were sometimes dubious. I think 1994 was Schumacher's no matter what. 1995 would have been a much closer contest though, all respect to Damonbut he's no Senna
@@Cancoillotteman well when schumacher breaks out the hidden launch control and removed a fuel limiter i don't think Senner could have won
@@testaccount4191 I don't know about those, can i ask where to check about it ?
9:29 you can hear the engine revving wildly and Senna shutting it off, most likely saving Eric Comas’ life
Yes, he even beat the track marshals to Comas!
Holy shit.
Holy shit thank you for pointing out
Pqp vdd, esse cara é demais!!!
Comas was driving the car which was released on to the track by mistake after Senna's fatal accident and just stopped before colliding with the medical helicopter at the scene. Erik was very emotional when he talked about this later. He said Ayrton saved my life, I wish I could have saved his life that day at that crash scene.
RIP Ayrton Senna you NEVER be forgotten you live in our hearts
30 years today. RIP to the GOAT 🐐
When Schumacher and Hamilton say you're the best, then you're the best (Not like Senna needs any validation).
Even Mika said same thing.
Brandon Hook unpopular opinion Hamilton is no where near Schumacher mika artyon senna etc
@@sirtheodorethelll633 Even Hamilton doesn't say he's better than Ayrton wtf u on about?
Yeah but if you watch Schumacher... You see him doubting what to answer.
What else would Schumacher say? He most likely won't say "I am the best"...in the end its just an opinion, we will never know for sure. The whole question who is the GOAT is utterly ridiculous. Lets just appreciate and enjoy their driving skills and thats it!
Senna was, is, and will always be my hero. A great driver? Yes. A great man? Yes. At 68 I tear up still, at the time I was watching live I bawled my eyes out. I just miss him being in in the world.
#SennaSempre
#SennaForever
Sometimes when I'm a little bit down, I come here to remember how great my Hero was as a race driver, I love to see how his name still rumbling trough the ages as the greatest of all time.
Maybe Max will take the GOAT title from Ayton, but doesn't matter.
Senna will always be the most loved and respected race driver of all times.
The god of Formula 1, a living definition of what it means to be an F1 driver. We may never see another like him for as long as we live. An F1 driver so legendary, McLaren etched his name into their most track-focused car ever created.
I was born in '99. 5 Years after his death. First memory I have from F1 are the battles between Häkkinen and Schumacher, I loved both of them. When Bruno Senna came to F1 my mom told me that back in the day there was another Senna in F1, and told me that he was an amazing driver. When I asked her where he is, she got sad and told me that he had a fatal crash in '94 at Imola. I went to youtube to watch Senna tributes and videos, I was a fan at first sight. To this day I am still very sad that I wasn't born soon enough to see him race. In my opinion Senna was the greatest driver of all time.
I'm Brazilian and I was thrilled with your comment
You should be. Senna represented Brazil so well and you all can be proud that the greatest driver that ever lived came from your country and people from every country in the world know this as a fact
Just to clear it up, I'm not Barzilian, I'm infact Estonian. But your comment has a valid point! :)
yes I know that you are not Brazilian but I as a Brazilian I was happy to see your comment, recognizing our pilot
Yeah, I can't stop watching Senna's onboard lap in Monaco, even though the lap time is slower than today's cars. The only other driver who has style in their drive, in my opinion, was Kubica. Hard to know if he still has it since (1 his right arm is injured and (2 today's cars are easier to drive. Just look at Hamilton in this video.
Ayrton Senna was poetry in motion.
In Tooned 50 Mclaren:
"Everyone knew that Senna was more than just a driver. He was a poet." -- Old Mechanic
"I am designed to win. There is no prize for second best." -- Ayrton Senna
Senna was a lunatic believing in God and his special protection. He was only correct when he won. Compared to Fangio, Clark and Moss he was an unbearable egomaniac, Prost was right about him.
Ive never seen better example of man and machine working AS ONE.
Its 1 May everyone,28 years on today and we will always remember Ayrton Senna🙏🏻
Roland Ratzenberger🙏🏻
Lost count how many times ive watched this vídeo. I was born in Brazil in the 80s. I remember Sundays watching F1. The music that would play on tv when a Brazilian driver would win (respect to Piquet also). Football nation would stop for Senna. Now living in the UK, I can recognise even more how many people he touched across the globe.
Cried my eyes out when he died. Still makes me cry today.
Thank you Airton.
Almost 30 years after his death, and talking about him still brings tears to my eyes... A true national hero. "Dedication, Determination, Perfection".
i've watched this tribute more than a dozen times over the years. still enjoy it
Me too hahhaha
Same
Lost count already.
Saw Ayton Senna race in Adelaide in the 80s & 90s brilliant driver brilliant memories RIP Ayton Senna
Today we remember 30 years from his departure. He was so fast... so was his passage in this world. Because he knew no other way to do it. The fastest driver ever, stands still in our memories.
We miss you, Ayrton!
The only one in Brazil ... Brazil silenced that Sunday when he passed away
Yes. Silenced in all senses. Too much internal problems to solve. Brazil nowadays is a sick country.
memebs 20 years of communists on power but this year it may change.
Senna is burning hell for eternity. He completely deserved it.
Compulsory Speech, wtf man? Are you mentally Ill? You cant say that.
The loudest country on Earth brought to a standstill by the death of its greatest sportsman.
7:05 look carefully and you'll see the pressure waves building on the spoilers. Amazing shot.
It’s turbulence.
Wow I could not have said it better than Jeremy about Senna and Villeneuve! The two greatest pilots ever but Senna was the best, he just dominated no matter the circumstances. Both were taken from us way too soon by terrible bad luck! Such a sad thing to see people like that die in accidents should should not have been fatal. ;(
Obsessed with Ayrton ever since I started watching F1. Even though I never saw him race in person, he will always be my all time favorite driver. And I don't think I'm the only one who thinks like this. Absolute monster, there won't be anyone like him ever again.
I wish Clarkson did more of these documentary style pieces than the puerile clowning about we see every week. His piece on St nazaire is outstanding too.
LG Work r/iamverysmart
You need to youtube ' Clarkson War stories. '.
I actually really like his clowny character but I have to agree that when he does serious segments, he does them very well and it's even emotional to some level, like when he drove the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante.
@@LucasXavierReis he's an absolutely tremendous writer. When he sets out to tell a story about one of mankind's great accomplishments there are very few who can do it as well as he can.
As much as I like fun Jeremy, his tributes are phenomenal.
at the end when Clarkson is speaking about Senna you can sense the emotion in his voice and the passion that he has for the racing
I was born in 1998... I remember my father told me of the Great aryton senna in South Africa. I'm 23 years old now balling my eyes out for someone I've never seen or met in person . What a legendary human being . Wow ❤
He was a talented driver. His funeral was massive and was viewed around the world everyone was grieving for him Brazillians were weeping for him and it later came out that he had been donating millions to the poverty stricken Brazillians and other charities. I remember his crash and my mum let out a horrified gasp. There will never be another like him
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 also on Sundays when he's not racing he would go around Brazils poor areas helping picking up trash . He was truly something special.
@@valenwood6299 well I couldn't list all the good he did I'd be here for days maybe weeks lol I know he did a lot for the Brazillians in poverty their reaction to losing Senna was heartbreaking to see they were weeping for him in fact the whole world wss grieving for Senna. The world was robbed of a good soul when he did died
@@valenwood6299 well I couldn't list all the good he did I'd be here for days maybe weeks lol I know he did a lot for the Brazillians in poverty their reaction to losing Senna was heartbreaking to see they were weeping for him in fact the whole world wss grieving for Senna. The world was robbed of a good soul when he did died
came back here after sir frank passed on yesterday. at least they're together now. Rest In Peace sir frank, Ayrton.
those are beautiful words man
I was never particularly a Senna fan either, but then I saw the documentary Clarkson mentions at the end of this clip and there's an uninterrupted on-board lap of Monaco in it and I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Incidentally that documentary's one of the best things I've ever watched.
Its an amazing documentary he was a talented driver whenever it rained you always knew Senna was gonna win he was the best at wet laps! He said he once lost because it rained so he started practising in the rain until he was brilliant at it
He didn't drive he danced those cars past the cheq flag😔
All of these drivers are sick, but youre right, those in car cameras show how crazy Senna was. Monaco in particular, he OWNED.
Hamilton´s reactions told the whole story. He is not just a helluva of a racing car driver and a very nice guy. He is a huge fan of the greatest racing car driver of all time.
Agreed, he gets too much undeserved criticism.
Yea the jumped up kid that shows up to the queens box at Wimbledon in shorts and shirt with a stupid hat on calls it racists he’s not allowed in
Senna isn't the greatest race car driver lol, numbers don't support him much.
@@abadedo his greatness cannot be defined by numbers. According to the numbers, probably Schumacher is the best but according to Schumacher himself, Senna was the greatest.
Hamilton is an arrogant jumped up prick
If there ever was a man that affected millions and millions of lifes, then that man surely is Ayrton Senna!
R.I.P. Ayrton! The world today is too small to hold your greatness!!
No matter how many times I watch this Too Gear video I am in tears. Senna was my absolute hero. Tried to be like him but never got to the heights he did. RIP Aryton, you will always be the goat.
Those who burn the brightest often burn out early. His greatest strength became his demise. He truly is legendary driver.
Earnhardt sr. went for nearly 30 years, he went out seeing his son and brother of royalty going on to win the 500
25 years ago today. ):
Long Live Senna
but he is dead 😥
Yeah.. as long as people talk about Senna and remember him then he's not really dead
30 years since he passed, really makes me sad I never got to witness him race, RIP Aryton Senna 🇧🇷
He was my racing hero and the one who cared for the children in his country. He managed to do what no one done ever. He was a natural talent and yet he work so hard for every little detail. He is and was the ultimate racing driver, the best ever!❤
"he would leave it up to you to decide if you would have an accident"
Wonder if they will say the same about Daniil Kvyat when he retires 😁
Yeah but going straight into the back of another car is different
The torpedo
🐈💨✨The Honybadger don’t give two sh1ts‼️
I wonder what they will say about Romain Grosjean 😂
Kvyat will be out of a seat by the end of this season, i'm sure. It will be either Albon or Tsunoda.
Met him a few times....first time he had to walk through a throng of media & us kids (at the back) waiting for autographs. He stopped for us & patiently gave us all his autograph. Second time he was carrying stacks of Tamiya models of his honda lotus camel. I walked up to him, he stopped & gave me his autograph again. The next day in the newspaper it reported that he had gone to meet up with the Brazilian community & had presented gifts to the kids there. He was a man of the people for the people.
So was Diego Maradona. Senna was auto racing's Maradona .
Today marks 30 years since we lost one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Formula 1 drivers of all time. Ayrton Senna da Silva, you will never be forgotten. Thank you, Clarkson, for this incredible tribute that still moves me to tears. Thank you very much, Senna.
Senna died 6 years before I was born, and I still cry when I watch this
Still impressive film, I got seriously injured in a traffic accident when on my way to tell friends that Roland Ratzenberger had died in Imola. Next day Ayrton died and I was still out after long and harsh surgery trying to save my legs from amputating. I got back consious the day after the funeral and was uterly devastated to find out that Ayrton had died. He was, no still is, my absolute number one for ever. Every car I owned has a Senna double S on it to remember him, and his helmet is in our living room, always in sight.
His helmet? How you get it? But moreover it's good to hear that you good after this crash!
JanHrstr it’s a high end 1:1 official real motorsport replica helmet bought via a F1 broker
The G.o.a.T. by far! No power steering! 1200HP ..and in the rain a true monster
Well there was power steering
There was also ABS and TC...
TC on the turbo cars?
The Cars were only 1200HP with a qualifying engine in, Race engines were around 700HP
the power steering came later not in the turbo monsters but in the v10 era cars these days they actually dont have traction control or abs