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canis-infernalis // Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One // L'Ultima Notte di Ayrton Senna // L'Icône immolée // would’ve, could’ve, should’ve

#in my angst era 🤭 #tw blood #cw blood #ayrton senna #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #web weave

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Elio & Nigel 🪽☀️

Finally drawn this beautiful duo <3

#elio de angelis #nigel mansell #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #f1 fanart

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classic f1 as vines (PT 3/?)

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#mostly ayrton because i love him #but the next one will have more drivers and less ayrton 😢 #ayrton senna #nigel mansell #alain prost #gerhard berger #mika häkkinen #niki lauda #james hunt #rene arnoux #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #f1 memes

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Williams teammates in 1996.

#shut up this is so good 😭😭😭 #damon hill #jacques villeneuve #f1 #formula 1 #f1 memes #classic f1

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ayoooo finally a server, enter guys!!!

classic f1blr if i made you guys a discord wld you join

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nonfiction authors be normal about ayrton senna challenge impossible

#ayrton senna #classic f1 #txt

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felt the need to add this

In Estoril in 1993, when Ayrton learned of Alain's decision to retiring, he went to you for confirmation…

– Yes. But above all I see him the following Monday in Estoril in Cintra at one of his friends. And then he asks me: “Is it true? Alain will retire?" He doesn’t say: “The other one” or “The Frenchman” He says “Alain” “How are people reacting In France? He can’t stop like this, not now.” He was a little disoriented, he knew he was losing his bearings. I remember retorting to him: “Wait a minute, Alain has had a great career, he's stopping, it's normal. And you have Schumacher coming.” Then, he looks at me and makes a sign at shoulder height: “You don't understand, Alain and I are here, Schumacher, he is here!” And he lowers his hand fifty centimeters! It's true that he was right at the time, Schumacher wasn't yet what he would later become, but for him, he wasn't a reference. On the other hand, what I've never understood, and neither has Alain, is that as soon as he arrived in F1, Senna took Prost as his absolute reference. He didn't care about beating anyone else, the reference for him was Prost.

– Lionel Froissart

Lionel Froissart (Journalist) was both Ayrton and Alain friend, this text was retired from his (excellent) book in French → L'Icône immolée

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In Estoril in 1993, when Ayrton learned of Alain's decision to retiring, he went to you for confirmation…

– Yes. But above all I see him the following Monday in Estoril in Cintra at one of his friends. And then he asks me: “Is it true? Alain will retire?" He doesn’t say: “The other one” or “The Frenchman” He says “Alain” “How are people reacting In France? He can’t stop like this, not now.” He was a little disoriented, he knew he was losing his bearings. I remember retorting to him: “Wait a minute, Alain has had a great career, he's stopping, it's normal. And you have Schumacher coming.” Then, he looks at me and makes a sign at shoulder height: “You don't understand, Alain and I are here, Schumacher, he is here!” And he lowers his hand fifty centimeters! It's true that he was right at the time, Schumacher wasn't yet what he would later become, but for him, he wasn't a reference. On the other hand, what I've never understood, and neither has Alain, is that as soon as he arrived in F1, Senna took Prost as his absolute reference. He didn't care about beating anyone else, the reference for him was Prost.

– Lionel Froissart

Lionel Froissart (Journalist) was both Ayrton and Alain friend, this text was retired from his (excellent) book in French → L'Icône immolée

#this one is some delicious food for thought #there are actually some more interesting things from this book but I didn't put it in this post because it would be too long #let me know if you guys want more #ayrton senna #alain prost #prosenna #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #txt

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#???? #what is this photo 😭 #niki lauda #ayrton senna #elio de angelis #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1

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senna in the size of a dove conditioner

#GUYS SDAAWGWQAG😭😭😭😭 #now every time i see an image of them both i'm going to remember this post #ayrton senna #gerhard berger #bersenna #classic f1 #f1

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toleman ayrton being a bunny

#guys hear me out- #toleman ayrton was so bunny coded #ayrton senna #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1

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after the champagne’s “party” Ayrton hugs Niki like if he’s trying to say “i’m sorry”

#guys please #the hug he gave niki ❤❤❤ #ayrton senna #niki lauda #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1

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I just wanna say thank you for all the Ayrton pics/videos/memes. Doing gods work out here 🫡🫡

This was literally me reading your ask btw

Anyways, yw! Doing these videos/memes bring joy to me as well, it's nice to know that you appreciate it! It gives me even more motivation to do more of those <3

#asks

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Ayrton Senna | 1994

Ayrton with reporter Ernesto Paglia in Interlagos.

#poor reporter 😭 #he was such a bully lmao #ayrton senna #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #video #subtitles

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In October 1993, shortly after signing with Williams, Ayrton gave the following interview to Grid magazine while taking the interviewer for a ride in his Mercedes-Benz 300:

After all, who outwitted who in the Prost/Williams/Senna affair?

– There is no one who got the wrong foot or who took the fall.

Long silence. The driver accelerates, the man thinks. Next to him, many ordinary drivers, if they turned their faces, would see the idol up close. They don't. Everyone seems to have the same goal: to move forward, at any cost. Ayrton breaks the silence:

– There’s nothing like that. My move to Williams was just a matter of time.

Prost said that, if he wanted, he would bar you from joining the team – I tease.

– Why didn't he do it, then?

Tell me how it happened.

– No! (nervous) I won't go into details. I think it's nonsense, it's beside the point. There is only one truth: I am a Williams driver and… (long pause)

And?

– …And that’s it. That's the truth. I'm going to race for Williams and he won't be there. If he said he could stop me, I'm surprised, because wasn't he the one who declared so many times that he didn't have the right to stop anyone, that this was a team decision? So Prost, as always, talks a lot. He would gain much more if he talked less. That's what happens to him: he talks too much!

The car advances, now more quickly. The cars in front seem to give way. Senna accelerates, brushes past a car, cuts off another, all with the utmost safety. And he continues talking about life:

– I'm very well, I'm fine. I'm doing what I like, I race, I have a prominent position, credibility not only in driving a race car, for having demonstrated that I am technically competent, but also for honoring, on the professional side, the commitments I make. This is all a great achievement in the life of a professional.

He now speaks freely, without restraint:

– When you sign a one-year contract, you offer the service and the other party assumes their responsibility. Then, throughout the year, it will depend on the ability of both to live together and fulfill the commitment, not only on paper but in the spirit of the thing. The spirit of the agreement is what really matters. And only those who are truly capable of fulfilling it, due to personal desire, competence, seriousness and professionalism, are the ones that last, that have a long lifespan, otherwise it lasts a year, two years and ends. This year, for example, I signed the contract with the Nacional Bank in March, after having already raced in South Africa. We know that we can count on each other in good times and in difficult times. This is credibility, it's something that very few people have in my profession. In fact, I don't think anyone does, if you want me to be honest. I'm not bragging, no, but I honestly don't think there is any Formula 1 driver today, or in the last five years, who has credibility like that.

If he heard this, Prost would say that, in addition to believing in God, Senna thinks he is God. Let them understand each other, or disagree… In fact, the Brazilian barely hides a taste of revenge, because a year ago, when he thought he could choose the team he wanted, he found himself in the closed door of Williams.

– I could race for any team except Williams. I couldn't race because Prost had a specific veto against me. For that reason alone: he refused to compete with me on the same team.

Wouldn’t you do the same if you were in his place?

– This is cowardice! You can make certain demands within a team to have a strong position. There are small teams that cannot have two number 1 drivers. But in a Ferrari, a McLaren, a Williams and a Benetton, this does not apply, because they have the technical and economic possibilities to have two top drivers. If I hadn't raced this year, Williams would have won all the Grand Prix, with the exception of Portugal. What happened last year was a shame. But everyone competes the way they want. There are some who are happy to compete like this, to lay down their cards before dealing the deck. I would never compete like that.

Ok, but rumor has it that Ayrton would have blocked Derek Warwick when he was racing for Lotus. He swears not. And, as he is Williams' number 1 by contract, poor Damon Hill would be destined to lose every race…

– No, no! I could have a clause in the contract saying: “If Damon is in first and I am in second, you have to take your foot off and let me pass because I am number 1”. But I don't have that in the contract. This is absurd, it is not competition. If the guy in front of you is driving better, it's your problem to find a way to drive better than him and win the race. Now… it has happened that a number 2 driver reached number 1 and the team said: “No way”. Yes, that exists.

While Ayrton speaks, the cars around him provide the usual scenes of Brazilian traffic. Some drivers ignore red lights, others brake at pedestrian crossings, some make the craziest overtakes. Just like Eddie Irvine in Suzuka…

What's worth more behind the wheel? The boldness or the experience?

– In Formula 1, it is more difficult to race against experience – comments Senna, somewhat unmotivated at no longer having a Prost or a Mansell to face him on the tracks. – An experienced driver doesn’t risk as much in certain situations, but on the other hand, he leaves the door open for you to overtake, he takes the laps at the same pace…

But, after all, what will become of Senna? Are you going to pull a Prost and stop racing after winning four or five championships?

– I have no limit. I'm 33 years old and I think I still have a lot ahead of me. In fact, when I get older, I think I'm going to relax in Indy! (laughs)

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#and to think this is the same man that one year after this interview said that he missed alain lmao #ayrton senna #alain prost #prosenna #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #txt

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@thinkingaboutfilm11 y'know the 5 stages of grief? I feel like Alain was at the anger part at this time, pretty sad...

"Once a person comes to understand the information they received, and accepts the reality of a death, they often experience anger. Anger can be a natural response directed toward oneself, family members, doctors, God, or even the deceased."

Yeah...

In 1994 Ayrton had already passed away and I had requested an interview with Prost and he said "Let's do it in the French GP." The French GP was in June and Ayrton had passed away in May. I went to his Motorhome and we started talking, Mr. Alain Prost didn't stop talking (laughs)

"Last year on the Adelaide Grand Prix it was my last year, I had looked for Ayrton before, I called him, I looked for him personally and I said 'Let's talk, I'll be leaving F1, let's get this over with.' We had a beautiful story and Ayrton never cared about me! I called him in 93 and he didn't even care! When the championship ended in the last stage of the year there in Adelaide he won, I came in second, I was next to him on the podium and what he did, he grabbed my arm and pulled me to the first position on the podium and I wanted to push him from up there!" Prost was shouting in anger. "Because I looked for him and he wanted to convey to the world the idea that it was him the one who took the initiative to try to establish the friendship between us, that's false! But after that, we talked and I told him that I didn't like what he did at all and we went back to having a normal relationship."

He (Prost) also told me that they spoke in 1994 and that he and Lauda said to Ayrton that: "Only you can guide a strike against this series of accidents that occurred this year."

– Livio Oricchio, journalist.

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In 1994 Ayrton had already passed away and I had requested an interview with Prost and he said "Let's do it in the French GP." The French GP was in June and Ayrton had passed away in May. I went to his Motorhome and we started talking, Mr. Alain Prost didn't stop talking (laughs)

"Last year on the Adelaide Grand Prix it was my last year, I had looked for Ayrton before, I called him, I looked for him personally and I said 'Let's talk, I'll be leaving F1, let's get this over with.' We had a beautiful story and Ayrton never cared about me! I called him in 93 and he didn't even care! When the championship ended in the last stage of the year there in Adelaide he won, I came in second, I was next to him on the podium and what he did, he grabbed my arm and pulled me to the first position on the podium and I wanted to push him from up there!" Prost was shouting in anger. "Because I looked for him and he wanted to convey to the world the idea that it was him the one who took the initiative to try to establish the friendship between us, that's false! But after that, we talked and I told him that I didn't like what he did at all and we went back to having a normal relationship."

He (Prost) also told me that they spoke in 1994 and that he and Lauda said to Ayrton that: "Only you can guide a strike against this series of accidents that occurred this year."

– Livio Oricchio, journalist.

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#adelaide wasn't as cute as i thought it were 😭 #alain prost #ayrton senna #prosenna #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #txt