RIP Anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna

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[thatphysicsguy]

An inspiration to many. Watching that documentary with one of my friends actually got me into F1 and then into cars in general. I then fell in love with the E30 so in a way, he's the reason I'm here!

Much respect

[e34john]

You guys see the Corinthians football team's tribute?

[e30 gangsta]

RIP

Watching the documentary now for like the 10th time. I get teared up every time.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Chills.

I didn't know about the Flag. Wow.

[Poorboyz]

20 years have passed and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

[Balleristic31]

Tragic event that morning.... A morning I'll never forget....The utter shock was overwhelming... My son Nick (Balleristic 31) was born that morning, an epic event
for me... I hope some of Senna rubs off on him, both behind the wheel and as a citizen of the world.
Sadly, I remember the inside cover of Racer magazine that next month. A picture of the wreckage after extracting him from the car. More specifically, the ekg tape strewn about the scene showing a flat line... A shame he didn't get to fly that Austrian flag

[joshh]

Wow, that actually got me a little choked up.

Same here. He was overly aggressive on track and a real feeling thinking person off track.

[quickervicar]

i've been trying to stay away from posting in this for a bit now.. I have to say it's cool that you guys remember and give some words. It was and is, everytime it's brought up or remembered, really emotional. As a little kid in Brasil during his era, he was like a national hero. My dad would buy me magazines and stickers constantly. He was a huge national figure to all of us.

He was my hero, too. But I really cannot compare my experience with what you went through. Americans don't understand what a "national hero" is. We have too many figures in pop culture to choose from. Dale Sr. just doesn't compare (in so, so many ways).

Maluco, I appreciate you posting your (still) raw feelings.

[E-Thirty]

Roland Ratzenberger Died during Qualifying on April 30th. RIP


When track officials examined the wreckage of Senna's racing car, they found a furled Austrian flag. Senna had planned to raise it after the race, in honour of Ratzenberger.

Wow, that actually got me a little choked up.

[priapism]

He has a documentary coming theatres this summer

It was already released in very few theaters, pulled, and now it's on Netflix streaming.

[5Toes]

He has a documentary coming theatres this summer

[Maluco]

i've been trying to stay away from posting in this for a bit now.. I have to say it's cool that you guys remember and give some words. It was and is, everytime it's brought up or remembered, really emotional. As a little kid in Brasil during his era, he was like a national hero. My dad would buy me magazines and stickers constantly. He was a huge national figure to all of us.

[RCWells]

I remember I was living in central time zone, so races started at ~630am.

Truth. I still live in CST and races did start at 0630. I had tried to get Eric Giles (also a member here, we were roomies at the time) to get up and watch the race but he wanted to sleep in so I was watching alone. I was horrified when I saw it. I remember seeing him take a deep breath, like a deep sigh, and that was the only movement I saw. Of course a short while later it was revealed that he had passed. I cried. I still do when I think about him. He was the best. The rainmeister. Mr Monaco. Just pure badassness behind the wheel of a car. Amazing.

I rocked this plate for a good while and when I retired it from my vehicle (it is an actual MS issue plate), I had a sign company make me up the month and date stickers to look like the real thing. My ebay username is "ayrtonsds" even. It's not much but I did what I could. Even considered getting a tat of his "double S" logo, but never did it. Hmm.

[Fusion]

Awesome clip.
Somehow he just glides through the track, only way I can describe it.