Oddbean

Yes😕. I will never ever forget the day he died. I watched the start of The GP at Imola then took my dog for a walk. When I got back I turned the TV back on. It was so long ago that when you turned your TV back on, the picture didn't come back on immediately, took maybe a second or two, but when I turned it back on there was no sound, you always got the sound before the pictures but no sound. No screaming loud racing engines. *That's odd🤔* Complete quiet. The picture then came on the screen. There was a helicopter in the middle of the track. *Shit, there's been a crash, a bad one*......OMG, it's Senna, in The Williams. The race carried on, Schumacher won, from what I remember. I then went to a family BBQ a few miles away. Hours later, the news came through that Ayrton Senna had died, I was 15 at the time I think, but fuck me, that hit me hard, still does. I could tell you lots and lots about that man but there's no need, his legacy and skill speaks for itself. Fuck me, I don't think I've ever written a note this long on #Nostr. The tears are still streaming down my face as I write this. Yes, I am an emotional idiot. R.I P. Ayrton Senna.

I'm with you, man. 🫂 I watched it all live on TV back then. Truly tragic. Especially on top of the other crashes that weekend, and the death of Ratzenberger. I blame the Opel Vectra safety car.

That is an INCREDIBLE piece of footage, it's part of the film "Senna". It genuinely brings me to tears just like it is now. He WAS a God, he was just on another level completely. There was a qualifying session, at Monaco in 1988 where he got pole position, ahead of Alan Prostè, who was also a very good driver. He out qualified Prost by 1.4 Seconds, in the same car on a track that is notoriously tricky. That is just unheard of, then or now. 1.4 fucking seconds man😳. That's like a week and a half in walking terms😂. Senna said afterwards, and I'm paraphrasing here "I just felt on a different dimension", that says it all. The man was just on another level. Try to look up his opening lap at Donnington Park, in the rain🤯🤯🤯.