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Senna's family did not allow Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone to attend the ceremony. They were offended that the race had not been abandoned after the accident and that Ecclestone had accidentally told Senna's brother Leonardo that Senna died on track (he did not die for several more hours).
Although Senna did have a £100,000 buyout clause in his contract, the team had to be informed before discussions with another team started. [48] [49] Senna became the first driver Lotus had signed not personally chosen by team founder Colin Chapman, who had died in 1982. [citation needed] Senna had some health issues during the season.
F1 driver Ayrton Senna died after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy on May 1, 1994. Senna's crash was one of two fatal accidents that occurred that weekend on the track.
Three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former Formula One cars (two from the 1960s, one from the 1990s) in vintage racing and other events not associated with World Championship Grands Prix. [12] [13] [14] Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Senna in 1994 ...
As a result, it was 21 years between Senna’s death and that of Jules Biachi, who died in 2015 from injuries incurred at the Japanese Grand Prix. But Senna’s legacy extends beyond the track.
After success with Team Lotus, Senna slid to McLaren, where he and Alain Prost fueded and dominated the late 1980s. Senna won world titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, his yellow helmet becoming the ...
Senna first came off the track at 325 km/h (195 mph), downshifting twice to 225 km/h (135 mph) before colliding with the wall. A piece of suspension and the right front wheel came off, these items both hit and pierced Senna's helmet at extremely high speeds and caused critical head injuries; as was subsequently ascertained, Senna was killed ...
Keselowski, who was 10 years old when Senna died in a crash on Lap 7 of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy, said, "For me personally it (Senna's death) reminded me a lot of when Dale Earnhardt died in the sense of the kind of general mood and atmosphere within my own family's household. My dad ...