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[magic]

just a few quotes;


Speaking about triple world champion Ayrton Senna, Johnny says that the Brazilian was always one of his heroes, and admits to still thinking about him.
"His (Senna's) determination to become World Champion was quite different to anyone else's," muses Johnny.
"I admired the way he was the ultimate qualifier as well as the ultimate race driver – he was one of the most complete drivers I've ever known.
"When he died it was like someone was taken from you, from your immediate family. It was a total shock to the system. I still think about him and still miss him. He was a great guy."


Rubens Barrichello has dedicated his debut win to his friend and countryman Ayrton Senna.
“This win has been a long time coming. I dedicate it to Ayrton Senna who helped me so much in my life since 1984. I don’t want to think about the championship, I just want to celebrate this win.”


McLaren star Mika Hakkinen says that racing alongside Ayrton Senna taught him what it takes to be a world champion.
"I learned a lot from Ayrton," Mika told F1 Racing.
"I used to watch Ayrton so closely. I would try to understand what he was doing. I would try to look at him all the time. Ayrton's dedication to racing was incredible, and that was the thing that gave him the ability to do what he did."
"He was a real professional. So working with him, or watching him, gave me a great understanding of racing, of F1; and of working with the McLaren team."

2000 World Champion Michael Schumacher reveals that he grew up idolising Ayrton Senna.
The Ferrari star admits that he finally realised his dream this season, and reveals that as a child, he would watch Senna race, hoping to one day be just like the Brazilian.
“There are certain dreams that you can achieve, and here my dream has come true,” Schumacher said on last night’s BBC ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ programme.
As well as winning his third title, Schumacher equalled Senna’s number of victories this season; something which the German says means a lot.
the German driver says that no matter what he achieves, he will never be as great as Ayrton Senna.

Brazilian Senna won a record six times at the monaco circuit, and Schumacher says that nobody will ever dethrone him as the ‘King of Monte Carlo’.

“He (Senna) was my idol,” Michael commented.
“I was ten years old and I saw him racing karts, and I though ‘Who’s that guy?’, being so fast, driving in the way that he did, overtaking in the way he did. I felt when I was ten, ‘He’s something special’.

"Senna is the king," Schumacher said.
"I don't think I ever will be. It's not a challenge I'm aiming for, you can't compare the two of us. You never know what he would have done in the future."

[B.Verkiler]

See how arrogant and pretentious Schumacher is.

[magic]

ms is mellowing and becoming the senior of the current crop.
ms breaking down in monza is the proof of ms becoming more human.
he survived the biggest crash of his career, has 2 children and is worldwide seen as the best of his era.
brought back the no.1 on the ferrari and is a legend in italy for ever.
this season and the next few he has a perfect car and still no other great driver to threathen him.
ms can reklax.


Schumacher eyes young talent

Michael Schumacher has always stated that he will race in Formula One until he is 40 years of age or until some new talent comes along and knocks him off the top spot in Formula One. This year there seems to be a new wave of talent arriving in Formula One.

Kimi Raikkonen joins the Sauber Petronas team, while Jenson Button who began his career with BMW Williams last year is talking openly of winning the championship with Renault [Benetton] next season. "I saw him drive at Mugello," said Schumacher referring to Finn Raikkonen. "I observed him and I evaluated his lap times and I could see that he can be a champion. He'll make mistakes, but then again all of us do!"

Schumacher took the 'wait and see approach' when talking of Raikkonen opening races with Sauber, but many believe that the Formula Renault Champion will have a long future ahead of him in Formula One.

[The RedBaron]

B.Verkiler- That's because you can't see further than your nose, whatever MS's opinion of Senna was, you'd have to twisted it
to suit your own means.....in your case tunnel vision.
He says what he feels (although I don't agree with his choice of idol) yet you say he's arrogrant?????

[Taverol]

Just curious B.V, what would you have called MS if he had said he is as great as Senna?

[The RedBaron]

Magic - maybe there is no one to challenge him, but legends or great drivers are not created overnight. It takes time, probably by then MS would have retired.
Mika in my opinion now belongs to the the top 15-20 of all time....wouldn't you say he is a great driver?

JV in a top flight car is always going to be a threat...he made his own bad career decision IMO.

Montoya might be the next one, or even Button or Raikkonen....who knows.

[B.Verkiler]

Oh guys!
I was just a little sacarstic. I'm a big MS fan and just answering anti-schum famest "argument".

If you can make me one remark, it's that is not really the topic. OK sorry, Senna was great, no doubt about that in my mind.

[magic]

yes, red baron, i agree.

but though i think mh comes closest of being called a great driver, he's still not in the senna/prost/ms league.
too inconsistant overall, but when peaking he deserves to be compared to the big three.
with jv, it's very hard to dsitinguish if he's any good or great.
we must blame bar and jv, who choose to drive for them.
the way he killed his teammates is impressive, his driving in wet and streets below average.

prost and senna overlapped 9 seasons, without senna prost would have beaten all fangio's records, vice versa senna.
ms started racking up vics after senna and prost were out, and the new guys who might be as good and all-round as prost/senna/ms are too green or driving the wrong car, or both.
to beat ms/senna/prost you cannot afford any weaknesses or flaws.


another quote;

Ruthless and frequently misunderstood, Senna often did his best to hide a softer, highly emotional and compassionate side behind a self-constructed shell of aloofness and aggression. Yet this was the man who wept for Roland Ratzenberger and who, on the day of his own death, planned in victory to wave the Austrian flag as a tribute to his fallen contemporary.

[The RedBaron]

B.Verkiler - I too am a big MS fan, it's unfortunate that he idolised Senna, which probably explains part of his dirtier or unfair side to his driving.....he learnt that from the maestro. That aside, there's no doubt about Senna's stature, achievements and place in Formula 1 history.

By the way, I was a Prost fan during that era. Formula 1
is such that some decades are blessed with a crop of talented drivers and some are not. MS cannot help or be responsible that from 1994 onwards there were a lack of other great drivers. The next 10 years looks promising however.

[argos]

Originally posted by magic
i think mh comes closest of being called a great driver, he's still not in the senna/prost/ms league.

prost and senna overlapped 9 seasons, without senna prost would have beaten all fangio's records, vice versa senna.
ms started racking up vics after senna and prost were out, and the new guys who might be as good and all-round as prost/senna/ms are too green or driving the wrong car, or both.
to beat ms/senna/prost you cannot afford any weaknesses or flaws.

IMHO the nine seasons where Prost's and Senna's careers overlapped was one of the most exiting eras in F1. In nine seasons Prost and Senna won seven WDC's. Magic, I think you make a good point that one without the other probably would have broken Fangio's record of five WDC's.

At the present time, I believe MH is the only driver who could possibly become a rival for MS in the way that Senna and Prost were for each other. I think MH is very talented but he still needs to step up to the next level to truely be considered in the same class with MS.