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  • Legend

  • "if after the start, I loose the first place I would go for it in the first corner, regardless of the result" Ayrton Senna is my hero.

  • Ayrton Senna is and will be one of the best formula one drivers. We need more drivers like Senna in formula one nowadays. Senna and Roland we will never forget you!!!

  • Go Senna, we need a driver that can speak his mind again.

  • He talks of "politicians and stupid decisions", if only he could see the shambles that we have now.

  • tank you verdy much

  • Ayrton Senna, STILL HAS THE RALLY CAP ON!!!!!!

    MISS YOU!!!!!!!

  • Basically he blames someone else for his own stupid attitude.

  • You guys don't know about F1, Senna always the best...

  • If you don't know nothing about this just DON'T COMMENT. He was in the wrong side on pole IDIOT.

  • right he was on the wrong side on pole

  • In 1989 Suzuka, it was prost's fauIt, technicaIy. there is a ruIe that you shouId respect an overtaking car if its front end has reached more than haIf of the overtaken car before it turns in or starts to turn towards the curve in the reguar path of a racing Iine. On overtaking nanini(is this correct?), it's obviouIsy not an off move. Senna indeed has quick judgment to whats right accuratey upto the edge of racing ethics.

  • Suzuka 90 the world saw a man stand up for himself.Prost should be embarrassed about the outside assistance he received at both Suzuka races.

  • Ayrton Senna, gelmis gecmis en buyuk F1 sürücüsü!

  • It was revealed in the times a couple of weeks ago that Ferrari won with Schumacher because Bernie fixed it which means Schumie the scum bag got it all gratis. He's nowhere near Ayrton Jenson and Lewis never has been never will be.

  • Ayrton, maybe, but how many WDC's has Jenson won? (1 after this season) and Lewis won it because of sheer luck that Glock's Toyota wouldn't hold out for a tad longer

  • I wouldn't count out Vettel yet.. I really think it will be a good fight- if Red Bull-Renault can keep up their vigorous development and continue to push. We should see a good fight between Vettel and Button in the second half of this season.

  • after a while everyone became bored of schuey winning, senna would keep on winning and no-one would become bored of him because he is an ultimate legend

  • Schumacher only won because of Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne, Jean Todt and team orders.

  • and because he didn't have any opponent too

  • thi sis what made him specially he talked wit hthe fucking truth

  • Yes indeed, he never reached Schumi greatness in bad tricks! Senna drove and lived with his guts and feelings. He was a better person and pilot than Schumi will ever be...

  • Senna had the 'win at all costs' mentality too and there is more than one incident where he drove into or swerved at his competitors. Senna would do it to his own teammates!

    I believe that all multiple world champions must have that ruthless edge. Nice guys don't always finish last but they can't do what Schumi did.

  • Well, nevermind whos better, fact is that these were two men that have gone into history as the best drivers ever, and they both deserve it. Its just such a shame that Senna died before he could achieve more...

  • LMFAO

  • He was even better than Schumacher,who I hated!!!

  • wow what a guy!

  • A Jedi knight Senna was.

  • SENNA THE KING-!!!

  • great interview...

  • A lot of years on and a lot of water under the bridge, leads me to believe this. I adored Sennas skills both driving, psychological and spiritual.

    But also when we see a beautiful or gorgeous woman we KNOW she has faults, of whatever kind. Senna was no more or no less human in this accident he shouldn't have taken Prost out BUT even Senna not perfect...only human. Seen years on was this almost an apology to Prost although certainly not Balestre?

  • Ayrton Senna was and rest my favorite pilot! He is the best,not was,is the best!!

  • You couldn't have said it better.

  • Fans of Ayrton Senna please subscribe to my channel and show your support, lets make this the best tribute page for Ayrton :)

  • Clearly ayrton trough his car at prost,but if you watch with attencion from prost side he was closing the door,but ayrton did not avoid the crash.

  • so...if they agree before the race and after balestre give to then the order to change the pole position side...wow...if you know one litlle thing can change all,yo must be agree on that.Can not accept that buddy,balestre try to help prost at any costs...I remenber like yestarday.Balestre show his the finger for ayrton and said you will pay me hard..and he did.

  • Are you on drugs?

  • who do you think you are?

  • That's not a very nice thing to say

  • Well,i do not aprove that kind of atittude ,but if you knows what really happened there at suzuka in 89,you must be agree,.but when balestre change against the position of the grid before the race start...oh my god ..if ayrton let prost go on...for me  I dont really know ,but for ayrton you can call the payback.Fell it.

  • Ohh I understand the reasoning behind the scene buddy, but even when I understand it, I don't agree at all with it, it was a suicidal move, totally regardless towards the rest of the field, and that's not acceptable..... We seem to agree on that....

  • Forget about the personal things between Senna-Prost and Balestre: there were 26 more drivers who are not guilty becasue of Balestre's bad attitude, Prost-Balestre friendship, or Senna's mental fading, OK? Go and punch Balestre on his nose if you want to take revenge from him, or shot Prost in the head with a Magnum, but don't involve people who has NOTHING TO DO with their stupid and egocentric rivalry!!! The drivers behind were innocent, do you understand, kingolofofaston???

  • Surely not, but I don't care about Balestre, Prost, or Senna. What I'm saying is that the bad attitude of Balestre, or Balestre-Prost tandem if you want, itsn't a reason at all for causing an accident in which even another driver (not Senna or Prost) could have been killed or injured. It was a crazy manouvre, I'm a Senna fan, but I cannot defend him in this one, it was a shit of an attitude, sorry....

  • Ayrton Senna, always first in my heart, and always my hero!

  • Ayrton talked about "Prost not better reach the 1st curve ahead of me". OK. Now: what if not Prost but Mansell, Berger or Piquet would have reached 1st corner ahead of him? Would He have crashed against them on purpose just because Balestre changed Pole Position place? Did they deserved a crash from behind as well? He doesn't talk about Prost, in fact He isn't careful about 1989 incident, He simply refers to 90 race and the incorrect placing of his starting position....

  • why the fuck did he had to die!!!!!! I would love to see him kick schumies but!!! He is the best ever F1 driver the most competitive one and the most comitted in the world AMAZIG!!!! He would do magic with todays combination of technology and improved cars

  • Heroes die young, dude.

  • Thank you Thank you!! Ayrton Senna is,and will always be my HERO!!! In not only F1, but SPORTS in general!! First time I got to hear HIS FULL comments after winning HIS 3rd Championship!! Thaaank you once again!! AYRTON SENNA STILL LIVES!!!!!!!!

  • ditto what ImmortalSenna says.

    Love Senna forever. Miss him 4ever.

  • i agree with you about alot of your comment accept the fact that they can do it far better then you. they all have the same abilities. which still brings it down to the driver. and talking crap on Massa did you not notice that when they removed the TCS Massa suddenly improved greatly is that not a good thing? what the hell are you talking about. and as for Ayrton im a huge fan a huge follower of the way he lived his life and the way he won! remember that F1 is also a techical sport!

  • What a hero - tell it how it is boy. The best ever. Fact. RIP

  • I agree that F1 is probably easier now than when Senna and Prost were there. But, F1 is not easy at all. I'd love to see u drive Lewis' McLaren and beat his time around any circuit. You'd lose and we all know it.

  • i will see the pilots of know driving a f1 without traction control, without stability control, without electronics, without start assistence....

    only the oldest pilots will be able to drive....now is the computer driver a f1 car not the pilot...

  • ummm....the 2008 and 2009 f1 cars didn't and don't have traction- or lounch control....

  • The cars of the early 1990's had more assistance than the ones of 2008-2009.

    Even the early 2000 cars didn't have all the things the cars had in 1990.

    They used to use actrive suspension, traction control, abs at one stage. Even Schumacher used traction control and launch control in 1994 in Benneton Although it was illegal - the technology was there. Only difference now is the cars are safer, and more stable with the aero dynamics... Mecahnical grip is similar.

  • Senna was one of the very greatest drivers, of course. But your cliched mythology about how "easy" F1 is these days is nonsense. Having to manually shift a gearstick doesn't automatically make you a etter driver. Also, the number of reltively less talented drivers, across the grid, has decreased in recent years in comparison to the 80's-early 90's.

  • teddycon you wouldn't come within 20 seconds of hamilton on silverstone... get off the couch and stop shouting at the TV screen thinking you're a hero because you're an idiot... how the hell would you know what it's like to drive an F1 car of even a 125cc clubman go kart like i do. even go karting is immensly physical at it's peak so F1? god knows... who are you to mock modern f1 drivers anyway, sure they have semi-auto gearboxs and paddle shifts and no clutch pedal but they still drive the cars

  • lets see u drive these "easy" f1 cars then dick ed

  • No need to argue ,different eras ,different styles ...............but older people was better.Less safety,less electronics :) i can't compaire mansell,prost,piquet,lauda to shumi ,kimi,alonso,hamilton ...........as for AYRTON? ..............talk is cheap ,he was the greatest

  • What a weapon, this guy.

  • yo, absolutely correct! After Schumi left, F1 rocked all over again

  • Man haters up in this senna interview. Hey guess what ? Hamilton was almost a 2xwdc in 35 GP starts. Nuff said.

  • Hey bastard, did you mention that Hamilton started in a top team? Did you mention Hamilton has no competitors like Senna had that time? Did you mention that Hamilton only won one title? Different circumstances, bastard.

  • Whilst I like Hamilton, I have to disagree. Alonso/Raikkonnen/Massa are no good? You go and do better than them.

  • dont compare alonso/raikkonen/massa to prost/mansell/piquet and then throw in schumacher in his early years, alesi etc. oh ye and senna didnt always have the dominant car that hamilton has had. fucking idiots dont know shit.

  • well he aint 2xwdc so fuck up

  • 2 years in the sport ball washer !

  • This man was the greatest F1 driver of all time, but, his decision to take out Prost on the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix could have killed them both. I would have loved to see how that race would have unfolded if they didn't crash.

  • A GP2 driver was killed at that corner on crash very similar, one car went airborne over the tire and hit the catch fence. Senna would have won the race, but he was trying to make a point

  • I´m brazilian and I´m proud of Senna.

    Senna was in F-1 what The Beatles were in music.

  • Senna was more like Rolling Stones

  • Why can't you Brits embrace your own hero? Your press just loves to hate. You are a tedious lot.

  • that is true, im a brit but id agree in your statement of the british press but i dont believe we are all tedious. Peace, BIZZY

  • well im not responsible for the British press and dont classify a nation as all the same.  Thats extremely shallow and bigoted. I am British and I like people from many nations.

  • 1989 is the extreme of what happened at Spa 2008. The only differance between then and now, is that the British media's darling, Lewis,was involved. Lewis was LUCKY to only get 25 second penalty

  • hey demis121, at least lewis followed the rules. He let raikkonen thru and just overtook him later. Are u saying that hamilton shouldn't be allowed to overtake anyone who goes by Kimi Raikkonen?

  • kim did you just say that hamilton will never be in the greats oh my god are you daft

  • Why are there Hamilton comments in this video nothing to do with him, he will never be in the list of greats like Ayrton.

  • didnt know you could see into the future mate

  • what? comparinf hamilton to senna??!! be serious mate..mclaren stole ferrari technology, putting all their support to lewis at the expense of heikki. he's good but inexperienced...some way to go before he becomes half the man senna was

  • Senna monstered all others on a hissing wet Donnington...Hamilton drops it in a straight line in the wet at Nurburgring.

  • I'm not a Hamilton fan, far from it, but Hamilton also drove an amazing wet race at Silverstone and was way faster than anyone else that day.

  • alonso and kimi!!!

  • The one!!!!

  • The best driver ever. Currently F1 has two brilliant drivers: Alonso & Kubica.

  • You've got right protztom! Kubica Rulezzz!

  • agreed

  • Go on then... blatently decide to ignore Hamilton... but whatever. Jelousy of a british sportsman is not rare.

  • yes, he hasn't won any championship yet, makes a lot of stupid mistakes and drives in a team which stole technology from ferrari. yeah I'll keep ignoring and won't even dare to compare him with Senna.

  • And when did Kubica win the title? Contridicting yourself

  • lol, stole the information from Ferrari... and which driver used the information to his advantage again? Alonso did, thats who, he admitted it. But lets make Alonso seems all innocent shall we? Mistakes? Hamilton is only in his second season... its because of his mistakes the championship is still alive!... The other drivers are counting on his mistakes... so Hamilton is on top in my book. The raw talent, he beats everyone on the grid.

  • On top in your book, but not mine, ok? And the clip is about Senna, not Hamilton. Do the Brits have to come out with hamilton everytime now?

  • lol... with u and Kubica. I'm guessing your polish.

  • name one other good british sportsman exciting jealousy?

  • Sepp Blatter has a big problem with the whole english attitude and manner. He decides to focus on the little problems of football attitude here and blatently decides to ignore the wrong-doings of other nations... like the spanish racists yob culture. We got our punishment in the 1980's... so where is theres?... and why is he still focusing on the little english problems. Now qwerty... reply back... and ask me another british jelousy sports related question... the same question if u will.

  • i have nothing to say. if hamilton does good tomorrow and if someone else intentionally forces him out of the race, i'll concede- the other racers really do have a problem with him. but if he screws it up himself- then that will prove somethings wrong in his head...

  • Nelson Piquet Jr has already said most the paddock dislike Hamilton. Infact Nelson has said that he doesnt think Hamilton will make the first corner because of other drivers who dislike him. I dont know why... Maybe its Hamiltons skill... fit bird and fast car that its driving other drivers up the wall.... or the things Hamilton says? Ironically Senna was disliked aswell.. mainly for his brash words and aggressive driving style (ala Hamilton), till he became a legend and a mythical figure.

  • fit bird fast car?? sorry but his bird is 30 and a cradle snatcher his car is fast because of his teams cheating the year before. i have been a f1 fan for 20 years nearly and have never heard so much bullshit about an ordinary driver. He's good yes or he wouldn't be in f1 but he's no where near as good as the "English" media makes out. comparing him to senna is ludicrous!!

  • haha... for people like you, even if Hamilton wins the championship 5 times he will not get the recognition he deserves. Who was it who used the data again? Alonso was it?! yet he's not hated as much as Hamilton is... this data never gets mentioned in the same breath as Alonso. THIS IS MY POINT. Will you honestly give the recognition to Hamilton IF he wins the championship 5 times? or are you still going to blame it on the stolen data even though the specifications have totally changed.

  • honestly i wouldn't even say he's won it once yet. with the cock-ups of Ferrari's pit stops and kubica not capitalising on his late run and Hamilton making plenty of mistakes he hasn't destroyed the competition like schumi Alonso hakkinen hill senna all did. it makes watching F1 better yes but the way the media makes out Hamilton can do the impossible is too much. if he does go onto win the title 5 times i will respect him but i don't see it happening.

  • lol, sure. exclude the emphasis that Ferrari counted on Hamilton's mistakes - which were not about driving abilty... more about technical ruling and pitstop drama. anyway, Ham will only get better whether you like it or not. He will cut on the stupid mistakes. on your theory... senna, schumi et al should all have championships taken away because they became close.

  • o.k example. i was watching soccer A.M last week when murray walker was on. Max( one of the hosts) asked murray why lewis was so special and why he could see overtaking oppertunities that no other driver could see. do you honestly think that kimi alonso kubica massa etc. are blind or something!! this is my point english media making him out to be superhuman and can do no wrong and also what about Paul di Resta, dario franchitti and alan mcnish all had massive seasons and never got a mention.

  • ummm David Beckham???????????

  • 1990,Prost & Senna agreed with the stewards before qualifing, that Pole Position would be on the left side (drivers view). Senna fought hard for that pole position, the Ferrari certainly being the quicker car that day. What happened afterwards? Their agreement counts for nothing (guess who intervened ?!) and Senna suddenly is at disadvantage for being on pole! With the '89 memories still fresh in mind he decides "to go for it". The accident is just the result of Senna being treaten so badly.

  • He is the best Driver n1 respect 4ever!

  • THE ONE AND ONLY ONE THE ONLY!!!!

  • The best racer ever

  • F1 needs another senna, u can tell he is only interested in the racing and the moneys a byproduct.

    Lewis is a walking ATM for MacLaren, Kimi gets 25 million a year.

    What have the money men turned the sport into?

    I remember watchin a celebrity being interviewed on the grid by martin brundle and he asked her who is her favourite driver tho wit she replied "aaaaaaaaaaaam, i like them all"

    We need passion like Senna in F1 again.......

  • you are very right...

  • he speaks so honestly, so open, you don't see that anymore in modern F1, there's too much money and business in the sport, drivers are simply not allowed to be open

  • I was named after him

  • what a fierce competitor! other drivers must have shit their pants at the thought of battling with senna!

  • The ONE!

  • the fact that Prost had more points and didn't won the 88 championship is due to thefact that this year ( and some others too ) the winner was the one who won most of the races.

    i began to folllow Senna since the 84 Monaco Gp and seen the whole evolution thrgough years, he was a very talented driver, learning a lot from being Prost teammate for set up the car. i never saw this interview, but unfortunately F1 nowdays lacks of people like him to say things straight, and it won't go any better

  • no seena is a racing god

  • well tjenanico.. you got a point. now that he's dead the "legend syndrom" has spawned like monroe, cobain and so on.. Senna was not perfect, and in 1989 his manoeuver was just stupid and way too optimistic. i still believe he was the best driver in history but prost has been very understimated; he has more points than senna in 1988 but has lost the championship, in 1990 he could have won it without the stupid crash. the only one who really challenged senna (and to make him look stupid sometimes)

  • He was 3-time champion, you don't become champion by accident. He's good n all that. But what a sore looser. If you believe in your own abilities you don't have to push other cars of track, because of what the race stewards decide. When he was at Williams he was yappin about Benetton cheating and so on...

  • Balestre took his in win in japan a year earlier cause he won after prost ride him off track. He came back to the ciruit with almost a lap down. overtoke everybody and won. but balestre took away that win because senna took a small shortcut to get back on the circuit becuase prost drove him off. Thats how prost got champion that year.

  • Balestre was a french cunt helping prost. He took his win so prost would be the champion. A year later balestre fucked him again by takin the pole on the dirty side of the track. after agreeing with everybody the pole would be on the clean side of the track. I give him credits for doin it. you should be a champion while race to the bitter end but prost got champion 2 times by politics! with help from balestre. (head of the fia was the frenchman balestre.)

  • totally agreed

  • I can only say: Ayrton RIP. You were and allways be a legend.

  • senna racing perfection

  • Senna was the best.. but it's sad that he was so stupid. In 1990 he was guilty and made the stupid manouvre on purpose to beat Prost in the championship. He should have been suspended.

  • I think it was justified

  • Senna - the best forever !

  • Senna as great as he was is a bit delusional. Blamed everyone but himself for the incident with Prost.

  • This is the best fucktard in the F1 industry period

    If F1 was a religion Senna would be God!!

  • stfu

  • Senna & Mansell - 2 legends

  • and gilles villeneuve, people !

    he was one fucking hero too !

  • true, gilles villeneuve!

  • gilles villeneuve was my all-time fav along with schumi, but ayrton was sublime too, although i dont agree with him on the 1990 incident..

  • E' stata una bella gara, competitiva, in cui abbiamo combattuto tutto il tempo ma è stato eccitante per tutti e spero che questo sia d'esempio per me, per chiunque gareggia e per la gente che gareggierà in futuro.

    [Scusate qualche adattamento forzato o qualche riduzione delle frasi di Senna e magari degli errori comunque il senso di quando tradotto mi sembra comprensibile. Ciao a tutti e w la F1!]

  • In questa gara ero preparatissimo per dare il meglio di me e per guidare duramente, sapevo di dover evitare ogni contatto alla prima curva ma avevo bisogno dell'aiuto di Nigel. Alla prima curva tutto era sotto controllo, nessuno ha provato a fare qualcosa di stupido, Nigel ha lavorato con la testa, non è diventato pazzo, e non è accaduto nulla.

  • Ero così frustrato che se dopo la partenza avessi perso la prima posizione sarei andato contro la macchina in testa e così colpii Prost e andammo fuori e questo è il risultato delle manovre politiche e delle decisioni stupide. Quest'anno invece ho combattuto con Nigel [Mansell], e Riccardo [Patrese], e quando siamo rimasti solo io e Mansell abbiamo spinto un poco oltre il limite ma siamo stati in grado di compensare questo e di evitare incidenti e combattere lealmente per il campionato.

  • Il risultato di quanto accaduto fu il 1990 quando all'ultima gara combattevamo per il mondiale io e Prost e la pole position era posta sul lato sbagliato e noi piloti avevamo deciso, con gli ufficiali di gara, che sarebbe stata posta all'esterno prima delle qualifiche. Ma Balestre, dopo le qualifiche, ha dato l'ordine di non cambiare la posizione della pole [sfavorendo Senna che pur avendo ottenuto la pole si trovava dal lato svantaggiato rispetto a Prost].

  • E' un campionato memorabile, non solo per me, ma anche per la F1 dopo questi 2 anni. Questi due anni sono il 1989 in cui io ho vinto la gara ma mi manca questa vittoria che mi è stata tolta da Balestre [dopo l'incidente con Prost che fu favorito dal connazionale presidente della FIA di allora, Balestre appunto], e non mi sono mai dimenticato di questo fatto.

  • Abbiamo iniziato 12 anni fa e questo è il terzo titolo ed è un risultato ottenuto grazie allo sforzo fatto da me stesso, da Gherard, dalla McLaren, dalla Honda, dalla Shell e passo dopo passo, poco alla volta, siamo riusciti a riprendere la Williams Renault ed a mettergli pressione vincendo 2 gare in una parte critica del campionato, in Ungheria ed in Belgio, e abbiamo centrato i migliori risultati possibili quando non eravamo in grado di competere con loro per la vittoria e questo è fantastico.

  • [Traduzione in Italiano]

    E' stato il mondiale più difficile a cui ho preso parte perchè abbiamo combattuto con macchine diverse, motori diversi, piloti differenti e non all'interno dello stesso team.

  • Ayrton Senna 3xWORLD CHAMPION(88,89&91)

  • 88, 90 and 91 you mean...

  • Can a translation be had in Italian? Thanks thousand.

  • Brazil will always love you Senna

  • How old are you??? bet you even seen him racing... for many people he allways be the best driver in F1. don't say things about him that aren't true, he just said what he tought about what happend... don't make yourself seem stupid

  • Noel Malta:- Senna like no other, over 50 pole positions in the first 6 years and for me. still a record of 65 poles dispite schumacher beating this record. Senna only drove for 10 years against the 15 of michael. Senna will always remain the king of speed

  • Davesideways, watch Japanese GP in 1988 and you will realize that Senna had nothing else to prvove to anyone...

  • Senna was best F1 driver ever.

  • senna 4live

  • Can someone tell me what happened in 89 for Senna to refer to it as having " a disgraceful end"? Thanks and pardon my ignorance

  • Senna was overtaking Prost and Prost slammed his car into Senna´s. Prost was out of the race, but Senna continued again and Managed to win. He was however disqualified for missing a chicane when he got back on track after the incident. Otherwise he would have won the title

  • stupid decision cos he had no choice but to cut the chicane as he was almost on the slip road. Its not as if he gained any time as both he and prost were stationary for a while

  • That was a shame (the disqualification). Because Mansell, FIA's favorite, for being english, had all the benefits. In San Marino he did the absurd to cut Acqua Minerale on purpose in every lap of the qualifying and was not punished by that. As he did in Belgium 87, in the same race when Piquet was punished for the same reason he wasn't. And in 89, after being obviously disqualified, Mansell went to the race and crashed with.

  • This and the message of before are an answer to 5up3rhan5.

    Even after that he played the fool and pretended he didn't see the black flag or didn't know the rules (of course he did, so he knew he was already disqualified when did reverse on the pits, like Senna said in that 89's portuguese GP press conference). Then Mansell threatened to quit F1 if he received his deserved punishment, like a crying boy and FIA, as they did every year, attended his claims.

  • If Senna was so great, why did he not "race" Prost and prove it...Simple...