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[ilferrari]

A Memorable Interview With Ayrton Senna by Gerald Donaldson

 

Ayrton Senna was at first reluctant to give me a private interview because he assumed I was a British journalist, several of whom he believed had written unfairly about him. Too often, he felt, he was portrayed as a villain and he now regarded English-speaking journalists with suspicion. When he learned I was a Canadian who had written a well-received biography of Gilles Villeneuve, one of his boyhood heroes, he decided to talk to me.

[Sterzo]

Fascinating material, ilferrari, up to Gerald Donaldson's usual standard, and with that usual Ayrton Senna mix of the insightful and slightly disturbing.

[Mallory Dan]

That's 'cos he was a villain, ilferrari!!

[Kingsleyrob]

Thanks for that link ilferrari, I enjoyed reading it. And thank you Gerald Donaldson.

Strangely, I could see his eyes and hear his voice. Ayrton’s, not Donald’s of course. I don’t know whether that’s the skill of the writer or the measure of what impact Ayrton left on me. Perhaps a mix of both.

I was never his biggest fan, one or two incidents I found unacceptable, but couldn’t deny his brilliance, and was privileged to see him numerous times including at Monaco in 1984 and Donington.

May 1st 1994 is pretty much on a par with April 7th 1968.

I can remember both like they were yesterday.

Rob

Edited by Kingsleyrob, 22 March 2018 - 15:24.

[Michael Ferner]

See, Donald, you're not the first one to be treated unfairly by the media...

[Doug Nye]

Senna's 58th birthday would have been yesterday, had he survived...  

 

DCN

[F1matt]

I often wonder what it must have been like to share the tarmac with a driver who had so much faith in God, not sure if it was deliberate but it must have played on drivers minds at close quarters.