things that we got from senna's crash: - better barriers - better crash tests - skid planks - new tires - higher sidewalls of the cockpit - mandated and supervised wheel tethers - standardized safety car and medical car - every track got simulation tests for runoff areas and impacts - revised and standardized helmet design

I read somewhere once that Ayrton isn't dead. He's just one lap ahead of the rest of us. What a legend he was

The fact that so many people (like me) who were born after his death and know him and his stories says how great a driver he was

Ratzenbergers deaths is often overlooked by Senna's death. Both equally tragic deaths, RIP Senna and Ratzenberger.

After Senna's death, there were no fatalities in F1 grand prix for 20 years. They said it was because Senna's soul was guarding F1. That was until Bianchi's crash in 2014 during the Japanese Grand Prix.

I vividly remember watching this race at University when I was 19. Senna's and Ratzenberger's deaths were both equally tragic. It must have been very difficult for Ratzenberger's family after the events of that weekend, as his death was totally overshadowed by Senna's.

I was twelve, watching the grand prix live. When the crash happened, I felt I couldn't keep on watching this race, not knowing whether he would survive. So I played Super Mario Kart, to still be connected to him and hoping to send him strength. Then finally at around 19:00, I turned on the radio. The next day at school, the atmosphere was somber. To us French kids, Senna had been for all those years this menacing presence, the threat to our national pride Alain. We were all unusually silent that day. So much so, in fact, that without any of us mentioning anything about Senna, a sports teacher said to us something like 'Come on, it' s sad but it's just one guy, the world won't stop turining! ' No one answered, silence remaining the only fitting attitude. We were all so sad. Love to our Brazilian brothers.

The Brazilian people never really got over that. Still hurts a lot. Senna was a great human being and a phenomenal driver. He left an institute to help poor children in Brazil. He will forever be missed.

I was still quite young in 94 and didn’t know anything about F1. I had just started watching NASCAR, but Senna was enough of a legend that I learned of him, and his death because Dale Earnhardt dedicated his win the next day (I think) to Ayrton Senna. That should speak volumes of just HOW legendary he was. Grizzled-ass NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt dedicated his win to a fallen F1 driver.

It wasn't just Ayrton crashing that changed F1 forever, it was the whole race weekend. Ayrtons crash was the straw that broke the camels back. I still have the Qualy & the race on Video from '94 and it's aftermath. I was sat at home watching the whole weekend and I'd never seen anything like it before or after that weekend. It will stay with me until the day I die. If you ever get the chance, watch the whole Qualifying and whole Race day footage. it will blow your mind. Just as a bit of History - - - - A total of 50 drivers have died as a result of such accidents until 2023: 28 during Formula One Grand Prix events, 7 during the Indianapolis 500 (during the time it was still part of the F1 World Championship), 9 during test sessions and 6 during events not related to a world championship. 15 drivers died in the 1950s, 14 in the 1960s, 13 in the 1970s, 4 in the 1980s, 2 in the 1990s and 2 in the 21st century as well. The largest number of deceased drivers came from the United Kingdom. Twelve British drivers died in a Formula One car. The track where the most accidents occurred was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where seven drivers died during the Indianapolis 500, which was still part of the world championship in the 1950s. Only one driver became world champion posthumously: Jochen Rindt in 1970, who died during a qualifying session. One former world champion died during a race: Ayrton Senna in 1994.

I was watching this race with a friend live on BBC and about 20 minutes after the crash we heard Murray Walker start to cry and he went off air only for someone else to take over the commentary. My friend said, he's just heard that Senna has died. Even more tragic because Senna didn't really want to race, especially after what happened on Saturday.

Whilst all the grandees went to Brazil for his funeral, Max Mosley chose to attend Roland's funeral.

After Ratzenberger`s tragic accident the race should`ve been canceled from the calendar that year. It`s incredible how the sport was back then. It was tragedy after tragedy and they went on racing with a shrug.

I remember exactly where I was. I was 9 years old. And I cried like the child I was because this great man was lost to us. I still do when I remember it. What a legend Ayrton was.

Incredible video. Goosebumps are real. Senna is and always will be my biggest inspiration. Senna was an Incredible man in every aspect of life

Thank you for a very heartfelt telling of this tragedy.

My father said this was the saddest day in Brazil, Ayrton was the face of Brazil in the 90s and maybe even impacted the nation more than Pelé did. R.I.P Ayrton Senna one of the best

I remember hearing someone say that that year at Imola the race seemed cursed. Two drivers passed away that weekend. It was because of their passing that safety features were improved.

Maybe for F1 but the blackest day in Motorsport is certainly the 11th June 1955, 1 driver, 83 spectators lost their lives at the 1955 24 hours of Le Mans

What a driver. Live forever Ayrton Senna. 🇧🇷🥇

I sadly remember watching the racing that weekend and just how tragic the events were. When the Senna film came out and we got to Imola 94 all the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. I am a F1 fan and as skilled as the drivers are today I have never seen anyone as impressive as Senna. Watch the in car footage of him wrestling a car round Suzuka changing gear with his right hand. The work rate required for those cars was phenomenal! RIP Aryton, racing legend!

There was a very well done documentary done about Sennas crash. Using an onboard camera and plotting a arc from a yellow button on the steering wheel it follows the wheel the entire weekend. It shows the button followed the exact same arc until the milliseconds before the accident. The button jerks wildly from the smooth arc, all but proving the steering column broke in his hands. Some have argued the steering wheel could move similar the the DAS system Merc had, but it didn't deviate at all until that corner. Williams altered the steering column, by welding in piece of metal to make the column longer for Senna sometime before. Also Williams refused to let the car be examined until after their mechanics had and many allege it had been altered when it was brought back, which reeks even more of a cover up.

I remember this like yesterday. An event like this changed NASCAR too. Dale SR and Senna are legends that left to soon

Oh man, I remember that day. As soon as Senna went off, I knew his time was up. That whole weekend was crazy😢

Wow - as a newly F1 follower I cant believe they still ran this race after the fatality on the Saturday.

I was a young boy back then and all I can understand about F1 is that Benetton cars looks good. Of course, I was already at an age that know what death means, when dad told me of Senna's passing from the news, but as F1 wasn't really under the spotlight in my country (even now), it wasn't until Brazil won the FIFA World Cup that year and their players and staff waving a banner about dedicating the win to Senna, that I began to see how much Senna means to the people of Brazil.

This year marks 30 years since that tragic day Ironically it is also my Birthday 😞

It was a good video. As to why Senna's FW16 let go in the middle of Tamburello that day, the investigation showed a very poor welded modification was made to the steering column to make it longer, and because the modification was done improperly this cause a stress fracture and sudden failure as the car bounced through Tamburello on Lap 7. There was solid physical evidence of this as you would expect. I always felt it was a shame they made up another story to protect Williams and F1 from the legal consequences of the negligence of the poor steering column modification.

I think you're fooling yourself if you think Ayrton survived the crash at all. The impact separated the base of his skull from his spine (Basilar skull fracture), Dr Sid Watkins confirmed this many years later. They kept Ayrton 'alive' as there was an unwritten rule that drivers don't die at the circuit plus Italian Law would mean the race could not restart!

F1 has always had races, usually lethal ones, that have changed the sport going on. And many involving the drivers considered the best of their generation. The big difference with the Senna crash was down to the cars in that season. Those things were more complex than a spacecraft, and as Mansell said;- the cars were incredibly fast, pushing the technology to the limits and more, but anyone of them was like riding a tiger. The cars were quicker than 2023's cars, full of all kinds of fancy tech driven by prehistoric computers, and crash protection negligible. And when those cars were on track they were constantly fighting the driver, when they stepped out or lost grip, or a small part breaking in them they didn't ever have a small accident, but huge violent ones. Before Sennas death fatal or life changing crashes were extremely common. After Senna the new rules and crash structures made fatal crashes extremely rare. We forget that now, but watching f1 in the 70's and 80's were full of horrendous accidents.

The weekend shold've been cancelled after Ratzenberger's death on track as per Italian law at the time. Obviously money won out and Senna unnecessary death was the outcome.

Oh man, I jast found miself watching your videos for almost an hour. You're amazing! And you keep a high pace with how you speek, love it. 👏👏👏

It is often forgotten that there were so many other major incidents at this race weekend. Indeed a tragic event weekend. I can sadly remember watching all of this on live TV at the time.

If only Ayrton were here today. Not a day goes by where I don’t think about him rest in peace legend 🇧🇷😔

This is the first time i witnessed a death in F1. Ayerton seemed immortal like he would live forever.

So when three-time champion Ayrton Senna dies from his crash, investigations are launched, people are brought to court, someone should be responsible, someone needs to go to jail...! The day before, Roland Ratzenberger crashed and died, a driver that most people never heard of, driving for a team that most people never heard of... I never heard of anyone being dragged to court for that...! Really disturbing how different the two accidents were treated.

I first became aware of Ayrton Senna daSilva when he was racing in Formula 3. He was an astonishing driver, and the best I've ever seen!! He had it all stats notwithstanding. I watched his final race at 4am in the morning and knew after his crash, I had just watched my hero die. Thankfully, I met him at the 1987 USGP in Detroit just after he put his Lotus on the front row. He won that race as his legendary career was just beginning. Rest in peace, Champ!! ❤

Great video. Thank you.

RIP Ayrton 😢😢. Gone but not forgotten

I was watching this race live in 1994. I remember Senna lying motionless and how long it took to get him into the helicopter. There was little doubt about what had happened. I also was watching the 1999 CART race at Fontana when Greg Moore flipped straight into the wall and died. It was so shocking.

Senna basically died on the impact but of course they couldn't declare that he has died on the track, too much severe repercussions for the officials. The steering column broke before the impact and it was eventually proved by court. Rest in peace, Legend.

I still remembered when my mom told me about his death, where I was, how sad I was. He such a legend that I will never forget.

It's a real shame that today's F1 fans born after Senna's death know little about how great this man was. On and off the track. A few now have won more races. But not one comes close to his skill and talent. He started in one of the least competitive cars a Toleman. And overtook legends at Monaco to win the race. However the politics that followed his career started then when they stopped the race early to give Prost the win. This was the start of his amazing show of talents. My favourite was his first win in Brazil. With only one gear left working, he won his first home GP. Tears followed and always do when I think of this man.

It is infuriatingly sad to think of how many F1 drivers may have died in the years following had Senna not crashed and died as a result. There’s no way to know exactly how many lives Senna has saved.

man I was gonna cry because of you and I am not born in the 90s to watch F1 at that time I watched many videos about senna story and death but this one was gonna put me in tears

B.S, Clearly Senna's steering column failed before hitting the wall

Im always a bit surprised and shoked, that in every single documentation about this day, the death of another driver (ratzenberger) is just a 10 second sidenote, like its nothing special...

Legends never die! They learn to fly! This man could fly while he was alive! R.I.P.

Just a horrific weekend. Great video by the way. Terribly sad story. The cars look so unsafe compared to today's cars.

The video:😢 The music and audio:😢 What a legend😢

I was watching the live telecast when it happened. I had no doubt at the time that something broke in the steering at the time and to this day I have seen nothing to change my mind. I’m not one to blame the team because they are all working their best for the driver, but I have no doubt that a mechanical fault caused the crash. He was the greatest driver I have witness in my lifetime and I still think it’s sad.

This was very good. What happened to both great drivers was indeed tragic but to die doing what you love...❤

If is a big word ,but if the declared Ratzenburgers death on the track then the rest of the weekend would have to have been cancelled and maybe today the legend would still be with us.

Being a Brazilian it is safe to say that this crash and death eliminated the joy and excitement of so many people for high end racing sport, that many people still say: "I watched formula 1 until Senna died...". He was not only a pilot/driver, he was a national hero. Some of us still have hope that some other genius could represent us in the sport, but it seems very difficult to happen in the short term. Too bad for this nation.. peace out!

Im 37y old brazilian guy that always fall in tears when I remember that day. To the world, Senna was a legend race driver. To us, he IS much much more than that!

I was 10 years old when this happened, I had watched formula 1 for 3 years. I didn't watch it again the rest of that season. I have recorded every race, every year since 1991, I have the recorded VHS of this race, as the only VHS left in my collection, I've never watched it! I was a Senna fan, I still am, and always will be!

What is your most cherished memory of Ayrton Senna? 🤔

2:24 But Rubens was really lucky in misfortune back then. In the accident he swallowed his tongue and became unconscious. With a little less luck, he could have been the first death this weekend.

Ex nascar fan longing for good racing have stumbled into f1. Its crazy to see f1 has their own Earnhardt.

I still can remember watching on TV

Ayrton will still be the same guy whatever the accident he faced off. Ayrton will live forever. He was and remains a champion in F1 history.

Very very good video my friend. What is the song you used in 2:47 ? thanks

Its odd i remember the exact moment and where i was when the news of this happened I was in the back of my radio van preparing to deploy overseas and happened to be listening to the BBC world news on the old HF set and it floored me.. Senna like Dale Earnhardt were a different breed of racer and are looked at differently. So sad they both passes away racing

I remember this day so well. The previous year, Mansell had won the championship with Williams and everyone thought with Senna in the Williams, he just needed to show to win 1994 world championship. Back then, it had been so long since a driver had been killed in F1, we'd got used to seeing crashes that looked far worst than Senna's crash, yet the drivers just walked away. Due to various issues, Senna hadn't scored any points by race 3 at Imola, so when he hit the wall, I just remember laughing, thinking "well, he's not scoring any today either". However, it quickly became obvious how serious it was and then later that day, the worst was confirmed. To this day, I still feel guilty for laughing. Although the changes that came in after this crash made F1 safer, it lost its appeal. The age of Senna, Prost, Mansell and Piquet was, IMHO, the golden age of F1, which tragically came to a sudden end at Tamburello that day.

I was Watching that race live when it happen and I Cryed for Days after I found out he had passed.

Its amazing this GP went past the Quali session at all

I remember watching a British made documentary once that speculated that the tires on Ayrton Senna's car had constricted after becoming too cold from following the Safety Car that came out after the opening lap crash. The cars back then were extremely close to the ground to get the centre of gravity as low as possible. The documentary speculated that the car bottomed out because the cold tires reduced the ride height beyond a safe level and that it caused the car to pitch to the right and crash into the wall. We may never know if there is any truth to this but it's worth noting that there was an immediate regulation change where a wooden plank had to be inserted on the underside of the cars to lift the ride height and stop them bottoming out. I believe the current ground aero effect cars are the first since then to not have the wooden plank underneath.

It’s sad that the two biggest heroes in Motorsport from around the world had to die before people took safety as seriously as they do today

Ayrton's steering column broke during the turn. Due to improvements in cleaning up video we can now see his hands and wheel snap to the side with the car and its wheels not following the sudden change. Ayrton was now in an uncontrolled car with 1/16 of a second to make a decision to nail the gas and spin the car. It was not enough time.

I remember this race very well and am still moved to sadness about the loss of Senna. There was never a greater driver in F1, in my opinion.

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Aryton Senna Saved Eric Coma's life but when Aryton Senna's crash happend, Eric Coma saw the aftermath and knew he couldn't do anything for the man and Eric Coma went into a deep depression later on. R.I.P Roland Ratzenberger R.I.P Aryton Senna

Who went to Roland Ratsenbergers funeral. Max Mosley. I don’t like Mosley but respect he didn’t forget another human being also died that weekend. Respect to Senna mind as he was a legend

Well done!

I remember it as it was yesterday 😢

That was outstanding.. I miss senna.

There is a foto, Ayrton on a ground, and steering wheel next to him "face" down, with over a foot of steering column in it pointing up. Its pretty clear that column broke before the crash.

The ending really got me tearing up thinking about how absolutely broken Brazil was after Senna’s death. I never got to watch him but I miss him so much. I wish he was still with us. One lap ahead forever Aryton. Until all of us fans get to meet you one day.

I was 6 years old when Senna's accident happened. I didn't see it on television, but I did see Ratzenberger's accident. Only years later, when I was older, I understood, how Senna's death affected the entire Formula 1 as a whole. "Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus."

I will never forget that day...

I forgot JJ Lehto raced in F1. I think his time there was very brief though. Had no idea Pedro Lamy the retired Aston Martin and Ferrari GTS driver who won Le Mans a time or two in early 2000s before Corvette dominated the class. Nico Hulkenberg, Johnny Herbert, David Brabham, Fernando Alonso, Alex Wurz, all F1 drivers at some point who raced and won Le Mans

I don't remember when but i saw some time ago here there's onboard footage of Senna's car and i think you can see when the steering column failed just before the video gets cut off

I was at the race track packing my dads chutes when he told me. I was in and out of tears for a week because he was my idol 😇

Sid Watkins wrote two books and he goes into his personal feelings about this day. As he and senna were close friends. I recommend both of them as they are a great read. Life at the limit and beyond the limit. Also sid worked on rubens as he was trying to swallow his tongue and sid had to do a tracheostomy on him. Senna died at the track, they stated he died in the hospital because it would of cost them revenue from the race. In Sid's book he states senna took his last breath at the track.

One thing that the video forgot to mention that weighed heavily on the drivers' minds: the crash at the start of the race between the Lotus and Benetton was quite brutal. Debris flew over the fencing, injuring several spectators. Truly one of the darkest days in modern motor sports. And it is still burned into my memories. I was watching the race live on my TV at home. I saw the first accident and then Senna's tragic death. And then the worst part was when Dr. Watkins announced that Senna had been declared dead, having never regained consciousness when they pulled him out of his car.

Without going into more details, I was told (not long after the accident) that the front wing on Ratzenburgers car failed.

Back when F1 was cool

He knew that he was at risk that day. After the fatality the day before, the bad start the next day, the safety car. His unusual behaviour at the briefing and his numerous checks of the car he did not trust. A loss that is never forgotten. 💔🇦🇺

Man can believe it was 1994😢

Legends live forever

You think about this entire race weekend at this one track alone. All the accidents, all the bad ones, all the wrecks, to think, formula1..... just kept moving the weekend along without thinking about stopping the race, well before when they had the very first opportunity to do so. They could have taken the fewer wrecks that happened, and done research there and could have prevented some of the worser wrecks.

Can still see Comas' car whipping around that corner, hoping to help the man who had saved his life

I had a similar crash on a normal go kart, had the carbon fibre around the tire not buckled and due to the wheel being like this \ in shape the marshal said had it not being for the carbon fibre the wheel would have sheeted off due to no tethers and hit my head. My friend was three corners away and heard the impact. It scarred me and my friend shitless.

Man... I cried.

As in so many things in life, nothing changes until someone dies

I still cant believe it that senna died to this crash 😭

1:24 imagine being so skillful of a driver that instead of not having enough driver for the car, there isn't enough car for the driver. even crazier when it's an f1 car :o

This is one of those days that marks you, much like 9/11. I still remember how unbelievable it was. Poor Senna. He was taken from us too early. He would have won even more titles had he stayed. Another 3 or 4 titles given how dominant the williams was at the time. He would be up there with Schumacher and Hamilton. He was the casualty that forced F1 to take safety seriously. Nowadays there would've been lines of tires to absorb the impact and he would've been with us. Who thought having a cement wall was a good idea? Geez...RIP Senna. You left a mark in the world.

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How can a death, any death, be considered a "tragedy" when it happens to all of us? Death is part of life which has a 100% mortality rate.