As you must know by now, I am a huge follower of Formula One. I started watching the sport in the black year of 1994 during which Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger died. The injuries caused to them forced the sport to introduce various safety measures over a period of time, the overall shape, styling […]
As I type this, there is just over 1 hour left until the final Formula One race of the season at Interlagos, Brazil, gets underway. For the first time since 1986, there’s a three-way fight for the championship which will be decided today. Now, I find it quite hard to write about Formula One, because […]
Hello and welcome to my newest blog. I have been a passionate follower of Formula One for many years now, 13 at the time of writing – the tragic 1994 season was my first real exploration of the sport. That year’s show down between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill at Adelaide, along with Ayrton Senna‘s […]
Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the age of eight he was driving the family car and looked to Europe and the exploits of Jim Clark and Jackie […]
Most people will remember, or at least be aware of, May 1, 1994. That was the day at Imola, Italy, when Ayrton Senna was tragically killed at that year’s San Marino Grand Prix. More on that tomorrow… However, most people probably won’t remember that the day before, April 30, Roland Ratzenberger became Formula One‘s first […]
