I extracted a few bits pertaining to my point:
He said the crash had made him more aware of safety problems: "Since what happened to Ayrton Senna in 1994 in Imola, I've always felt concerned," he said.
It can`t be very helpful for a driver on the verge of a new season to be thinking of 94 too much...
"As for my accident, even though it did not change my priorities, in favour of my private life at the expense of my work, it taught me to see things in a different way."
Between the lines, one could read it like this: "this accident showed me that life is very precious, so next time I`m in a potentially dangerous situation I`ll probably take it easy and wait for the next opportunity, after all I have a family to think about now..."
"I would want us to stabilise the situation...for that we need to have a constantly good car. For the past four years I have had to push myself over the limit to get results.
Well, it`s the same as above...he does not want to be forced to push "too hard", or go overboard, to get a result...
"If the F1-2000 and later versions are good enough, I could stay on the limit all the time, without ever having to go beyond it. So I would be more consistent and safer."
Well, it just goes to prove my point, which is: MS is not the same after his accident. I recall he has said in another interview that if a very fast young guy started to make him go over the limit to stay at the top then it could signal that this was the time to call it a career and go home to Corina and the kids.
Some may say that`s exactly what Senna should have done, in which case he would still be around, but anyone who knew Airton know that he would NEVER settle down if he had in him that he could still be #1.
The questions are: is MS really sure he can still be the #1? Is he prepared mentally to go beyond the so called "limit" if he needs to? Is the F1-2000 this good a car to be able to win races without pushing it over the limit? If it is, good for him, but if the car is still a tad behind the Macs (read Mika) is Michael prepared to respond by being extra-aggressive on the track? Does this new "warm" german have the same will to win as the "cold" version?
cheers!
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