Luca di Montezemolo has revealed particulars of his last conversations with Ayrton Senna, simply days earlier than the Brazilian driver died. The 78-year-old recounted how the previous System 1 champion opened up about his stint at Williams Racing.
The previous Scuderia Ferrari chairman, who spoke to the media through the premiere of his life documentary – ‘Luca: Seeing Crimson’, revealed how the three-time champion spoke about his unhappiness along with his time at Williams and was contemplating a change to Ferrari, three days earlier than his unlucky accident in Imola.
“Senna got here to my home three days earlier than he died at Imola. He wasn’t pleased along with his place at Williams,” he stated as per a publish shared by an F1 information account on X.
Ayrton Senna had solely joined the Williams Racing outfit upon the graduation of the 1994 season. The previous McLaren driver, who opted to hitch the Grove-based outfit, had largely been quickest on the grid by means of the three qualifying classes he partook in all through the marketing campaign. Nevertheless, Senna witnessed his three races that 12 months finish in DNFs largely because of the reliability surrounding the FW16 challenger designed by Adrian Newey.
Ayrton Senna’s passing on the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola marked the beginning of a seismic change in relations to security in System 1. The Brazilian driver sadly handed after struggling a freak accident on lap seven following a high-speed crash on the Tamburello left-handed bend on the iconic circuit.
Alain Prost on his relationship with Ayrton Senna
Earlier, Alain Prost recounted his relationship with Ayrton Senna. The previous French driver detailed how shut the pair grew to become within the last months main as much as his loss of life.
Prost, who witnessed his profession largely marked by the rivalry with the Brazilian throughout their stint at McLaren, would stress how Senna typically known as him weekly through the last six months within the lead-up to the incident in Imola. Sharing his ideas in an interview with RAC Motori (through Motorsport Week), the four-time world champion acknowledged:
“He known as me not less than a few times every week. Generally for nothing, typically for recommendation. It lasted six months till Imola. We grew to become mates, we grew to become shut. It’s a brand new interval that I’d by no means have imagined earlier than. I’ve an unbelievable reminiscence of it.”
Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost had been teammates for 2 years [1988 and 1989], throughout their years at McLaren. Throughout each seasons, the pair witnessed the championship combat attain its climax with incidents deciding the championships in each campaigns on the Suzuka circuit in Japan.
The rivalry between the pair continued to boil over, and regardless of Prost finishing a change to Scuderia Ferrari, he and Ayrton Senna would have the championship determined by means of a controversial transfer by the Brazilian, who took out his French counterpart on the opening lap of the Mie Prefecture race to clinch the world title.
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Edited by Tushar Bahl