1 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:04,647 '78, I came to Europe for the first time to compete outside Brazil 2 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:07,108 in the World Championship. 3 00:01:11,822 --> 00:01:14,449 It was pure driving. Pure racing. 4 00:01:14,992 --> 00:01:17,660 There wasn't any politics. 5 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,330 No money involved either, so it was real racing. 6 00:01:31,842 --> 00:01:33,676 We didn't think that karting 7 00:01:33,844 --> 00:01:36,637 would become a career. 8 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:40,391 But it's taking on a bigger dimension 9 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:44,353 and we're a little worried 10 00:01:44,521 --> 00:01:46,522 because he will probably race in Formula One. 11 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:49,317 May God always protect him 12 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,029 from all danger he may face, that's my greatest fear. 13 00:01:53,197 --> 00:01:56,073 I want to thank him for being such a great son, 14 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:01,078 for his good and honest work this year. 15 00:02:01,497 --> 00:02:04,040 That is more important than any title for me. 16 00:02:10,714 --> 00:02:12,924 Few people really do know my self. 17 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:18,054 They just don't understand what it takes from a racing driver. 18 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:20,848 Somebody that has left behind, 19 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:23,601 thousands and thousands of miles away, family and friends 20 00:02:23,727 --> 00:02:25,561 to live in Europe. 21 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:29,607 Being so young and always fighting. 22 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,567 Nothing ever has come easy. 23 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:38,282 The time has come. 24 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:42,245 Ayrton is ready to drive a Formula One car for the first time. 25 00:02:42,746 --> 00:02:46,874 I think God gave me this chance, 26 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:50,962 which I have been waiting for so long. 27 00:02:51,255 --> 00:02:54,715 And now He is helping me to stay calm, relaxed, tranquil. 28 00:03:34,256 --> 00:03:36,507 Well Ayrton, it's a beautiful city 29 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:40,761 lovely narrow streets for walking, but not for racing, right? 30 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:44,348 Yes, exactly. I got here at the last minute 31 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,018 and I'm impressed because it's my first time in Monaco. 32 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,313 I've had a bit of practice 33 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:54,400 and, luckily, managed to adapt to the track. 34 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:59,280 There's no room for error, as an error would lead to an accident. 35 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:01,240 But so far I'm pretty happy. 36 00:04:04,328 --> 00:04:07,580 I was already traveling a lot, reporting on Formula One 37 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:12,335 when Ayrton began to stand out. He was driving for Toleman. 38 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:16,839 Toleman wasn't a winning team. 39 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:19,592 It wasn't a winning car. 40 00:04:19,676 --> 00:04:22,970 It was never going to win a race. 41 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:28,643 That's why what Ayrton did at Monaco showed a touch of genius. 42 00:04:35,359 --> 00:04:39,320 Alain Prost, after a superb start, has got away in the lead. 43 00:04:39,404 --> 00:04:42,823 It's Nigel Mansell second, the two Ferraris third and fourth. 44 00:04:42,908 --> 00:04:45,576 Niki Lauda is in fifth position. 45 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:47,078 Sixth is Rosberg. 46 00:04:47,204 --> 00:04:50,581 Seventh is Manfred Winkelhock. Eighth is Ayrton Senna. 47 00:04:53,377 --> 00:04:55,836 But Senna has come up through the field. 48 00:04:55,921 --> 00:04:59,048 He started in 13th place and he's now seventh. 49 00:05:03,595 --> 00:05:06,389 And off goes Nigel Mansell. 50 00:05:08,392 --> 00:05:13,437 Ayrton Senna has now passed Keke Rosberg and is in third place. 51 00:05:17,401 --> 00:05:21,612 He comes and devours Niki Lauda! 52 00:05:21,738 --> 00:05:25,658 Ayrton Senna takes second place 53 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:28,994 on the most dangerous part of the circuit! 54 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:39,880 I think we are watching the arrival of Ayrton Senna, 55 00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:42,341 a truly outstanding talent. 56 00:05:42,718 --> 00:05:46,053 He's catching Alain Prost at something like three seconds a lap, 57 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:49,432 and that is a truly staggering performance. 58 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:55,020 Prost is waving his hand at the officials. He wants to stop the race. 59 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:56,605 And who can blame him? 60 00:05:56,815 --> 00:06:03,112 There is, in fact, from a purist and a dispassionate point of view, 61 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:04,697 no reason to stop the race. 62 00:06:06,742 --> 00:06:09,118 There's an official in front of me with a red flag. 63 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:10,995 They are going to stop the race. 64 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,830 And the chequered flag is going up. 65 00:06:12,914 --> 00:06:15,666 It is incredible! 66 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:19,587 Prost is stopping, and Senna crosses the line before he gets there. 67 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:23,591 Ayrton waves his arm wildly! 68 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:27,011 He is celebrating as if he has won the race! 69 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:29,346 If it went on for a few more laps, 70 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:33,642 you can be sure Ayrton would have taken the lead. 71 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:36,729 I had a great chance to win. 72 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:40,649 But unless you cross the finishing line in first place, 73 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,318 it is impossible to know. 74 00:06:42,652 --> 00:06:46,155 Formula One is political, it is money, 75 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:50,284 and when you are still small, you have to go through this. 76 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:57,333 A tragic result for Senna. However, 77 00:06:57,459 --> 00:06:59,335 he's not gonna actually be World Champion this year. 78 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:04,215 He will undoubtedly be World Champion in the future if his career continues. 79 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:08,177 Ayrton Senna, the new star of Formula One! 80 00:07:08,887 --> 00:07:11,931 On the Formula One podium for the first time 81 00:07:12,015 --> 00:07:14,517 after a fantastic performance. 82 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:18,312 What about next year? 83 00:07:18,396 --> 00:07:20,314 Are you going to stay with the Toleman team? 84 00:07:20,398 --> 00:07:22,691 - What are your plans now for... - I don't know. 85 00:07:22,818 --> 00:07:27,404 I don't know at the moment. It's still... No decisions and nothing clear. 86 00:07:27,531 --> 00:07:30,950 We have to wait more time to see what happens. 87 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:34,829 You're not gonna be satisfied until you're in a winning position though, are you? 88 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:38,874 I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, 89 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:41,377 you either do well or forget it. 90 00:08:04,568 --> 00:08:08,404 Lotus was the perfect place for Ayrton to move to. 91 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:13,742 It was a team that had won championships and had won many Grand Prix, 92 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:18,414 and they worked very, very hard around Ayrton to give his talent 93 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:21,417 all the facilities that it needed to win. 94 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:28,090 When I first come to Formula One in '84, 95 00:08:29,092 --> 00:08:30,593 I was starting, 96 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,971 so I had so much to learn and to achieve that anything... 97 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:37,725 Any good result was a progress, 98 00:08:37,976 --> 00:08:39,727 was a motivation. 99 00:08:40,103 --> 00:08:42,813 Then I changed to a bigger team, to Lotus, 100 00:08:42,939 --> 00:08:45,733 and I still went up and up and up. 101 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,484 And I'm still doing it. 102 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:52,448 So even when I have some problems, I look always to the next race. 103 00:08:52,908 --> 00:08:58,078 Because maybe one race I have no chance, but next one or the next five will be good 104 00:08:58,163 --> 00:09:00,080 against one bad one. 105 00:09:00,415 --> 00:09:04,460 So, you got to try to make the numbers bigger and bigger. 106 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:13,469 Even when he was very young he already knew what he wanted 107 00:09:13,595 --> 00:09:16,805 and he would make it happen. 108 00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:22,144 For example, he paid extra attention in class 109 00:09:22,312 --> 00:09:24,521 so he wouldn't have to study at home 110 00:09:24,648 --> 00:09:27,775 and have more time to play with his go-kart. 111 00:09:32,948 --> 00:09:37,952 There's no doubt that Senna came from a background of privilege. 112 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:41,664 His family was very comfortably off. 113 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:46,168 Once they recognized that his ambition was to be a racing driver, 114 00:09:46,628 --> 00:09:50,381 they had no problem backing his early efforts in go-karts. 115 00:09:54,803 --> 00:10:00,349 But it would be a great mistake to think that he was able to buy his way into Formula One. 116 00:10:00,809 --> 00:10:02,810 Senna himself realised 117 00:10:03,186 --> 00:10:07,481 that to make a serious, lasting impact on Formula One, 118 00:10:07,691 --> 00:10:11,360 he had to fight his way into it by virtue of his talent. 119 00:10:21,037 --> 00:10:23,872 Ayrton was a genius in the rain. 120 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:29,837 Whenever the conditions were bad and the track got more slippery, 121 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:31,547 he had something else. 122 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:41,223 Ayrton Senna wins in Portugal! 123 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:43,225 AYRTON SENNA Winner of Portuguese Grand Prix '85 124 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,562 The race in Estoril was incredible. 125 00:10:47,397 --> 00:10:50,816 He lapped every car but one. 126 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:58,198 It's marvellous! It's an extraordinary feeling. 127 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:03,078 I'm delighted because in my second year in Formula One, 128 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:06,874 I achieved my first dream, which was to win a Grand Prix. 129 00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:10,252 AYRTON SENNA Winner of Portuguese Grand Prix '85 130 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:14,923 It's a unique thing. 131 00:11:15,717 --> 00:11:17,009 It's like a drug. 132 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:22,097 It is something so strong and so intense. 133 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:27,436 And once you experience it, you keep searching for it all the time. 134 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,777 I'm Mili Okada from Japan TV, 135 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:40,199 Fuji TV, and I'm just a TV personality and not a news reporter so... 136 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:42,743 I see. Let's make a picture together. 137 00:11:45,121 --> 00:11:47,539 I think there are many Japanese girls 138 00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:49,416 who are fans of Mr. Senna. 139 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:52,252 I'm so close to Mr. Senna and so nervous. 140 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,631 Come and see Japan, and see you in Japan. 141 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:58,050 - Thank you. A little kiss. - Thank you. 142 00:11:58,134 --> 00:12:00,052 Bye-bye! Another kiss. 143 00:12:11,481 --> 00:12:14,066 There's only one word that describes Ayrton's style, 144 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:16,318 and that is "fast." 145 00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:22,616 He would take a car beyond its design capabilities. 146 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:29,498 He would brake later, fly into these corners where the car was just over the edge, 147 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:33,335 and somehow he could dance a dance with that car 148 00:12:34,003 --> 00:12:36,296 to where it stayed on the track. 149 00:12:40,635 --> 00:12:43,262 As I watched Ayrton's early career, 150 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:47,432 what was very apparent was his pace and his dedication. 151 00:12:47,517 --> 00:12:51,353 But in the end, what you're looking for is an intellect, 152 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:55,691 and I thought, "This guy's got what it takes." 153 00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:08,704 In the mid-'80s, McLaren was the team to beat. 154 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:13,125 Ron Dennis was the best manager and Alain Prost was the best driver. 155 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:19,882 We all called Prost "The Professor" because he would do, 156 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:23,468 methodically, whatever it took to be ahead on points. 157 00:13:23,553 --> 00:13:25,470 If it meant coming fifth, 158 00:13:25,555 --> 00:13:28,640 he would hold the fifth place and collect those points 159 00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:32,853 rather than fighting for a second, third or first place finish. 160 00:13:33,897 --> 00:13:37,524 And he certainly understood the politics of the sport, 161 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:41,403 and he played that game smarter than anyone. 162 00:13:46,242 --> 00:13:48,076 You're known as the Professor of Motor Racing 163 00:13:48,202 --> 00:13:51,580 because you plan everything out and you know where you're going. 164 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,081 Is that actually true? 165 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:56,919 I'm very realistic, so I think when I'm competitive, 166 00:13:57,003 --> 00:14:01,089 I know that I'm competing. When I'm not, I know I'm not so. 167 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:02,507 Why are there no women racing drivers? 168 00:14:02,592 --> 00:14:06,595 I really don't know exactly why women are not very competitive 169 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,598 in motor racing, especially in Formula One. 170 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:13,185 But, you know, you are a beautiful woman, and I know somebody at McLaren 171 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:16,355 who likes you very much, and I can arrange it. 172 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:21,443 Alain, you know, if only someone would teach me how to drive a car, 173 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:23,528 174 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:26,782 There is nothing important I could not teach you. 175 00:14:31,079 --> 00:14:33,455 Does your wife drive you home? 176 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:47,052 We're very confident that we have the best two drivers in the world. 177 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:50,973 The two most professional drivers, as well. 178 00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:56,436 If we're not consistently in the winning circle next year, 179 00:14:56,980 --> 00:15:01,066 then we certainly won't be able to put the blame at the drivers. 180 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:04,236 It's a great opportunity for me, professional. 181 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:09,992 And as a personal point of view, I feel very happy to work together with Alain. 182 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:19,001 The first year at McLaren was very decisive in Ayrton's life. 183 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:21,837 He was very tense, 184 00:15:21,963 --> 00:15:25,966 it was like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders 185 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:31,263 because now he had a responsibility 186 00:15:31,347 --> 00:15:35,767 to prove he really was a top driver. 187 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:54,369 Ayrton has, for the first time in his career, the car able to be World Champion, 188 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:59,791 and he doesn't want to let his chance go anywhere. 189 00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,294 - That's normal and that is going to push us. - What about you? 190 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:04,963 - What about you? - It's a little bit different. 191 00:16:05,048 --> 00:16:07,132 So, you're going to let it go? 192 00:16:07,216 --> 00:16:12,345 I have a little bit more pressure than... You put me more pressure. 193 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:16,391 I think you could see smiles, 194 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:21,313 but at the same time some slightly strange body language, 195 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:25,692 as they realised just where they were and what was going to unfold. 196 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:31,239 Alain, who obviously felt he was well-nested down at McLaren, 197 00:16:31,365 --> 00:16:35,994 and the young pretender coming in and clearly threatening that position. 198 00:16:37,371 --> 00:16:41,500 Both had great intellects and both were very good racing drivers. 199 00:16:41,584 --> 00:16:45,003 Beating each other became far more challenging 200 00:16:45,088 --> 00:16:47,714 than beating the rest of the field. 201 00:17:07,401 --> 00:17:13,907 That day, I suddenly realised that I was no longer driving conscious. 202 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:18,578 And I was in a different dimension, for me. 203 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:23,458 The circuit for me was a tunnel, which I was just going, going, going. 204 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:29,089 And I realize I was well beyond my conscious understanding. 205 00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:51,361 Ayrton was multiple seconds into the lead, had the race in hand 206 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:57,367 with only a handful of laps to go, and he received a radio message that said, 207 00:17:57,451 --> 00:18:00,370 "You are so far in the lead, slow down." 208 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:06,042 Ayrton Senna has hit the wall. 209 00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:08,795 Senna in the barrier! He's out of the car... 210 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,798 Ayrton Senna is out of his car and out of this race. 211 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:15,844 Ayrton Senna goes out of the lead of the Monaco Grand Prix. 212 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:18,722 Absolutely incredible! 213 00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:25,478 He never wanted to beat me. He wanted to humiliate me. 214 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:28,815 He wanted to show the people that he was much stronger. 215 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:31,693 Much better. And that was his weakness. 216 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:43,496 His post-accident emotion was pure anger with himself, 217 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:47,000 and he couldn't cope with it at all. 218 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,253 He actually walked back to his apartment, 219 00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:53,673 and it was two or three hours before he surfaced. 220 00:19:01,891 --> 00:19:07,145 I just came so close to perfection that weekend, that I relax. 221 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:11,816 I open windows for mistakes, and I learned that there. 222 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:14,736 And since then 223 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:18,573 my progressive comeback, because I lost some confidence at that moment. 224 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:21,701 And progressively, I fight back, 225 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:25,330 and I got much stronger after that incident. 226 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:32,504 Somehow I got closer to God and that has been very important for me as a man. 227 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:42,222 Monaco was the turning point in the '88 season. 228 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,226 Ayrton went on an amazing run, 229 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:49,145 winning six of the next eight races. 230 00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:52,691 Putting him just ahead of Prost in the championship. 231 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:00,407 What happens now, you two? 232 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:02,867 Good fun. We will have good fun from now on. 233 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:07,539 Fight. Maybe we fight outside the car. 234 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:13,378 I think it's gonna get more and more exciting, the championship. 235 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:16,214 Is it possible to be equal in the championship? 236 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:17,340 - No. - Shit. 237 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:19,509 Can only be one winner. 238 00:20:35,151 --> 00:20:37,736 Fifteenth race of the season. 239 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,905 In the small hours, Brazil is waiting 240 00:20:40,990 --> 00:20:45,744 for Ayrton Senna to win his first world title in Formula One. 241 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:50,040 His childhood dream. 242 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:56,629 The pressure was on Ayrton. 243 00:20:56,714 --> 00:21:00,050 He was on pole, he was going to be World Champion 244 00:21:00,134 --> 00:21:03,553 if he won that race, so the pressure was huge. 245 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:11,269 They are going to start, let's go, green light. 246 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,604 Senna stalled! 247 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,773 Senna left on the grid. 248 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:20,028 Prost took the lead, Ayrton Senna is way behind. 249 00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:25,033 There is Ayrton Senna in fourteenth place. 250 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:28,578 I thought, "The Championship is over. 251 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,288 "It's all over." 252 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:38,213 Senna is already up to eighth place. He is making a fantastic recovery. 253 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:50,183 But then his favorite thing happened, 254 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:51,684 it began to rain. 255 00:21:53,521 --> 00:21:55,688 Senna's now in fourth place. 256 00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:59,400 Senna's coming, he's coming, coming, coming! 257 00:22:01,112 --> 00:22:04,072 Senna is getting close. Senna's gonna challenge for the lead. 258 00:22:04,406 --> 00:22:07,784 Ayrton Senna goes for it and overtakes Prost. 259 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:10,245 Ayrton Senna has got the lead. 260 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:20,421 I started being thankful as I was doing the last lap. 261 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:22,257 I thanked God. 262 00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:26,302 I couldn't believe I was actually going to win the Championship 263 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:30,807 with all the anxiety and tension. 264 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,601 I felt His presence. 265 00:22:34,812 --> 00:22:36,896 I visualized, I saw God. 266 00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:41,151 It was a special moment in my life. 267 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:44,445 An enormous feeling. 268 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:47,198 I have registered it in my memory, 269 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,450 and it remains a part of me. 270 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:59,669 Ayrton Senna of Brazil! 271 00:23:00,004 --> 00:23:04,507 World Champion of 1988! 272 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:21,566 A fantastic race! 273 00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:28,198 A brilliant win because he came back from sixteenth place. 274 00:23:40,211 --> 00:23:43,838 Ayrton, do you feel like a World Champion now? 275 00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,925 I just feel peace. 276 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:49,928 It feels like tons of weight have lifted 277 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,180 from my head and shoulders. 278 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:57,727 And it is hard to comprehend what being a World Champion is. 279 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,538 He is an incredible person. 280 00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:18,790 He is so humble, 281 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:22,377 and he raises the image of Brazil abroad. 282 00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:24,754 He shares his victories with us. 283 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:25,964 I admire him so much. 284 00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:27,173 He's a very brave man. 285 00:24:27,258 --> 00:24:28,466 That's all I know of him. 286 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:29,676 He is our pride. 287 00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:33,263 One of the few things we can still be proud of. 288 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:37,058 I once asked Ayrton when he would stop racing. 289 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:40,395 Mum, I'll stop when I become World Champion. 290 00:24:40,604 --> 00:24:43,815 I knew deep inside it is not true. 291 00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:45,149 We all know that. 292 00:24:56,078 --> 00:25:00,081 When the 1988 Championship was over and he'd won, 293 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:06,963 it was plain to see how he'd become a different person 294 00:25:07,047 --> 00:25:11,759 because he had, in fact, found himself. 295 00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:14,053 He discovered what he was about, 296 00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:20,018 it was a process which had its closure with that victory. 297 00:25:28,902 --> 00:25:30,820 At Christmas things happen. 298 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,280 We make new friends, 299 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:36,409 like the one I will introduce now. 300 00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:38,161 He was part of my 1988, 301 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:40,288 Ayrton Senna. 302 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,007 Isn't he cute? 303 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:55,178 I have a question. 304 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:59,766 Everyone's excited, but no one more than me, 305 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:05,229 because it's hard to speak now that he's my friend. 306 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,608 Ayrton, what do you want for Christmas? 307 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,235 A Christmas present? 308 00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:15,198 What I really want, I can't say here. 309 00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:16,866 Why not? 310 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:22,121 Censored, but I just want happiness. 311 00:26:22,206 --> 00:26:24,207 Tell me here. 312 00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:32,673 Happy New Year. 313 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:34,884 Happy 1990. 314 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,470 Happy '91. 315 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:39,097 Happy '92. 316 00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:41,432 Happy '93. 317 00:27:05,082 --> 00:27:10,294 The 1989 season was somewhat less harmonious than the year before. 318 00:27:11,547 --> 00:27:15,800 Both drivers took on different levels of aggression, 319 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:18,302 especially when racing each other. 320 00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:28,312 That's when the gloves come off within a team. 321 00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:32,483 That's when engineers stop sharing information. 322 00:27:32,568 --> 00:27:35,820 That's where drivers start looking over their shoulders to see 323 00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:38,114 who is getting what from whom. 324 00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:43,995 And Ayrton, with his love of truth, 325 00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:47,915 wasn't as in tune as Alain Prost 326 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,335 with adding another dimension, the politics of the sport. 327 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:52,962 Senna v Prost, Prost v Senna, 328 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:55,423 the order of the grid is always one or the other. 329 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,757 It is war between them 330 00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:58,426 because the French driver Alain Prost 331 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:01,637 thinks that his team-mate has been disloyal towards him. 332 00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:04,640 And it seems that this quarrel could have consequences 333 00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:06,517 for the rest of the season. 334 00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:12,607 Race by race, they were growing further apart. 335 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,610 He said, "This Frenchman... This Frenchman is hard. 336 00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:17,111 "He wants war." 337 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:20,031 Sometime after that 338 00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:22,867 they split completely, they didn't speak any more. 339 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:35,880 Of course, I think French FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre at the time 340 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:39,383 was helpful for Alain because they were close. 341 00:28:57,819 --> 00:29:02,448 I'd like you all to welcome the President of FISA, Mr. Balestre. 342 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,702 Please, gentlemen. 343 00:29:07,955 --> 00:29:13,209 All the drivers in the world are looking at you on TV 344 00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:18,172 because they think, stupidly, that you are an example. 345 00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:22,635 It is a big mistake, but they think that. 346 00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:25,888 I repeat. 347 00:29:26,223 --> 00:29:30,059 No danger for the end of the World Championship. 348 00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:33,354 Very clear. 349 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,648 Now it depends on you. 350 00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:44,365 The championship is neck-to-neck. 351 00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:48,369 Senna has to win the Japanese Grand Prix 352 00:29:48,495 --> 00:29:52,039 to keep the points battle going on to the last race. 353 00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:59,380 Prost knows that if Senna does not finish, he will be the Formula One Champion. 354 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:20,609 Prost is first, Senna is second. 355 00:30:20,902 --> 00:30:22,820 Prost jumped into the lead. 356 00:30:22,904 --> 00:30:24,405 Prost makes a better start. 357 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:03,819 The opportunity that Senna's looking for, and he's going through. 358 00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:07,406 Oh, my goodness, this is fantastic. 359 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:10,117 They crash and it is better for Prost. 360 00:31:10,744 --> 00:31:16,290 If this is the end, Prost wins the title. 361 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:22,338 Once again, only a victory will do for Ayrton Senna. 362 00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:57,206 Nannini goes by. 363 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:00,167 He goes by to take the lead. 364 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:05,673 Senna is still in the pit. 365 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:14,056 Senna rejoins far behind Nannini. 366 00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:15,850 It's going to be almost impossible. 367 00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:19,061 It is all or nothing, five laps to go. 368 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:22,648 A suicidal race for Senna if he tries something. 369 00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:26,235 Prost saw Ayrton rejoin the race 370 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,572 and went straight to the Race Stewards' Office. 371 00:32:34,995 --> 00:32:36,996 Nannini is first, Senna is second. 372 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,373 Senna forces it, blocks Nannini. 373 00:32:39,583 --> 00:32:42,042 Senna overtakes! 374 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:45,754 Brazilian flags are waving. 375 00:32:45,922 --> 00:32:48,007 Everyone is on their feet. 376 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:49,216 Ayrton Senna. 377 00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,719 The chequered flag! 378 00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:54,555 Senna celebrates inside his cockpit. 379 00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:56,849 He pounds his helmet. 380 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,602 Ayrton Senna from Brazil! 381 00:33:00,896 --> 00:33:04,356 Visibly emotional, 382 00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:08,736 he flips open his visor and wipes his tears. 383 00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:11,697 It was a fantastic victory, 384 00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:14,200 the like of which I have never seen before. 385 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:18,871 It may be in 20 minutes. 386 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,414 Fucking hell. 387 00:33:20,624 --> 00:33:22,041 Want a cup of tea? 388 00:33:22,751 --> 00:33:26,170 It was unheard of for the podium to be delayed. 389 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:30,716 Nigel, Nigel, he missed the chicane. 390 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,427 He went through the slip road. 391 00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:45,064 The longer we waited, the more we feared things were becoming political. 392 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,709 The decision taken by the Stewards, 393 00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:09,338 by the Stewards at the Japanese Grand Prix. 394 00:34:09,631 --> 00:34:12,967 Excludes car number one and its driver Ayrton Senna 395 00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:15,177 from the final result of this race. 396 00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:16,887 Just after the race 397 00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,722 this Giant Screen 398 00:34:18,807 --> 00:34:20,975 repeatedly showed the accident 399 00:34:21,101 --> 00:34:24,353 and Senna rejoining the race. 400 00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:28,649 After reviewing these images, the stewards concluded 401 00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:31,694 that because Senna did not drive through the chicane 402 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:33,153 to rejoin to the track, 403 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,991 he infringed Article 56 of FIA regulations. 404 00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:39,702 You're the World Champion, Alain? 405 00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:40,995 Apparently, yes. 406 00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:45,207 I was not 100% sure, I know the regulation, 407 00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:49,336 but you never know how it's going to be interpreted. 408 00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:54,174 But to be very honest, I mean, I'm quite happy to leave, 409 00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:58,178 because I think it becomes absolutely impossible to work with Ayrton, 410 00:34:58,305 --> 00:35:02,141 and that's a good end of championship. 411 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,537 What I'd like to do now 412 00:35:24,247 --> 00:35:30,044 is show you some footage which I think is quite relevant. 413 00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:35,549 Because we're told that you can't use escape roads to rejoin the race. 414 00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:41,180 Escape roads are not for escaping through, they're in fact for stopping in, 415 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:44,391 turning round and going out of. 416 00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:49,772 Very important to remember, no exclusions, 417 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:53,400 no penalties, no disqualifications. 418 00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:57,696 And for that he's excluded from the Japanese Grand Prix? 419 00:35:57,781 --> 00:36:01,909 Where's the consistency? It can't be right. 420 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:09,291 Alain, you said that you took a normal racing line. 421 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:12,127 I would put it to you that from the aerial pictures, 422 00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,213 it looked as though you had turned in quite early. 423 00:36:14,297 --> 00:36:17,925 It wasn't a normal line at all. 424 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:21,053 I won 39 races and now three championships, 425 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:25,891 do you think that I would do something like this on purpose? 426 00:36:26,768 --> 00:36:29,770 You know, you know, I had already turned for the corner, 427 00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:33,774 maybe a little bit earlier, if you want, but that was my corner. 428 00:36:35,568 --> 00:36:39,655 The Court of Appeal pronounces 429 00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:44,118 a six month suspended ban of Senna's license, 430 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,163 which is a warning not only for Ayrton Senna, 431 00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:50,749 but for all drivers, 432 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:53,919 and also a $100,000 fine. 433 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:57,339 Even if you are one of the biggest drivers in the world, 434 00:36:57,465 --> 00:37:01,802 you don't have the right to cause a stupid accident. 435 00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:05,931 The way the whole affair has been treated, 436 00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:11,061 it's like I have total responsibility for everything that took place there. 437 00:37:11,146 --> 00:37:16,024 I was blamed for everything and I was penalized for everything. 438 00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:18,277 I was treated like a criminal. 439 00:37:19,612 --> 00:37:21,280 And this is totally unacceptable. 440 00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:32,833 That was a huge blow for Ayrton 441 00:37:32,959 --> 00:37:37,337 because Balestre's attitude was even worse than Prost's. 442 00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,632 He almost gave up racing in Formula One. 443 00:37:45,388 --> 00:37:47,681 Left him alone for a while. 444 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:53,854 I gently persuaded him if you are true to your values, 445 00:37:55,190 --> 00:38:00,986 if you believe that your values are correct values, 446 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:05,407 then walking away from the dark forces 447 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,911 that you're faced with in life just doesn't become an option. 448 00:38:23,384 --> 00:38:28,597 The 1990 season he came back wiser, the team is harmonious. 449 00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:31,350 Prost has gone out of McLaren to Ferrari, 450 00:38:31,434 --> 00:38:35,854 and Senna is in a perfect position to compete for the title. 451 00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:40,067 All drivers go on their limit. 452 00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:45,072 My limit is different from Prost's, that is the reality. 453 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:50,911 And instead of trying to improve his own skills, 454 00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:54,248 he found it easier to attack me. 455 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:59,461 Ayrton has a small problem. He thinks that he can't kill himself 456 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:01,630 because he believes in God and things like this. 457 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:04,591 And I think that's very dangerous for the other drivers. 458 00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:08,595 Because I believe in God and have faith in God, 459 00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:11,515 it doesn't mean I am immortal. 460 00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:13,892 It doesn't mean I am immune, 461 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:19,439 as has been claimed. 462 00:39:19,816 --> 00:39:23,485 I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, 463 00:39:23,778 --> 00:39:25,320 especially driving a Formula One car. 464 00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:27,489 It's a constant danger. 465 00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:45,132 Is that him? 466 00:39:45,341 --> 00:39:46,466 Who is it? 467 00:39:46,593 --> 00:39:48,927 Martin Donnelly. 468 00:39:57,478 --> 00:40:02,149 I was in the pits. Practice was stopped. 469 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:08,113 I hear by different people there was an accident, was Donnelly. 470 00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:11,783 Was bad, was too bad, was disaster. 471 00:40:11,868 --> 00:40:16,455 And I decide to go to the place to see myself. 472 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:37,684 Million things went through my mind. In the end, I... 473 00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:41,271 I realised I was not going to give up my passion, 474 00:40:41,356 --> 00:40:46,026 even just having seen what I had seen. 475 00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:51,823 And I had to put myself together, 476 00:40:51,908 --> 00:40:56,203 and walk out, go to the racing car, and do it again. 477 00:40:56,329 --> 00:40:59,414 And do it again, and do it even better than before, 478 00:41:00,208 --> 00:41:06,546 because that was the way to kind of cover that impact it had on me. 479 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:12,010 I was just not ready to give up. As much as I was scared to continue, 480 00:41:12,095 --> 00:41:15,972 I was not ready to give up my aim, my target, my objective, 481 00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:20,394 my passion, my dream, my life. It is my life. 482 00:42:05,273 --> 00:42:10,318 As far as I hear, he is out of danger, life danger, 483 00:42:10,445 --> 00:42:14,448 which is a lot considering the accident. 484 00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:17,993 And as it happened to him, can happen to any of us. 485 00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:19,995 There are some things that you can calculate, 486 00:42:20,121 --> 00:42:23,373 but there are things which are unexpected, 487 00:42:23,458 --> 00:42:26,460 and those unexpected things are the most dangerous ones, 488 00:42:26,586 --> 00:42:28,170 like it happened to him today. 489 00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:41,266 I hope we don't see those things in the future. 490 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,321 Amazingly, for the third time in a row, 491 00:42:54,447 --> 00:42:57,365 the championship hinged on the race in Japan. 492 00:42:59,285 --> 00:43:03,705 But this time if Prost didn't finish, Ayrton would be champion. 493 00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:08,335 Gentlemen, morning. 494 00:43:08,461 --> 00:43:14,341 Number of laps from green light to chequered flag will be 53 laps. 495 00:43:14,884 --> 00:43:18,136 Dangerous behavior and/or dangerous maneuvers 496 00:43:18,221 --> 00:43:20,055 will be immediately investigated, 497 00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:22,849 and may lead to suspension of the license 498 00:43:22,975 --> 00:43:26,394 for one or more Formula One World Championship events. 499 00:43:27,063 --> 00:43:28,897 Any questions? 500 00:43:30,191 --> 00:43:33,235 There was a big fuck-up last year with Ayrton. 501 00:43:33,736 --> 00:43:35,779 Why do we have to repeat the same thing? 502 00:43:35,863 --> 00:43:37,155 The safest thing is... 503 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:40,700 If you miss the chicane, the stewards stop you. 504 00:43:40,827 --> 00:43:44,412 When you have no traffic, they let you go. 505 00:43:44,539 --> 00:43:47,916 If you have to turn around and go backwards 506 00:43:48,543 --> 00:43:52,254 against another car, that's dangerous. 507 00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:54,005 Okay. 508 00:43:55,591 --> 00:43:56,800 Does everybody feel that way? 509 00:43:56,884 --> 00:43:59,261 - Yeah. - Yeah. 510 00:43:59,387 --> 00:44:01,096 - Thank you. - Thank you very much. 511 00:44:03,432 --> 00:44:07,269 I can't stand it. I can't stand this. It's a joke. 512 00:44:07,395 --> 00:44:10,605 After what happened last year, it's a joke, this situation. 513 00:44:10,731 --> 00:44:14,943 You just proved here... I said nothing, and you see somebody raising the point, 514 00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:18,238 and you see everybody agreeing. And last year was really bad for me. 515 00:44:18,739 --> 00:44:21,283 I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I have to leave. 516 00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:31,376 The story down in the pit lane and on the grid is one of tension. 517 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:35,714 With the World Championship up for grabs, everyone is extremely tense. 518 00:44:35,798 --> 00:44:39,050 Ayrton Senna actually walked out of the drivers' meeting today. 519 00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:40,468 He thinks that the pole position should be 520 00:44:40,595 --> 00:44:42,929 on the left hand side of the grid, not on the right. 521 00:44:43,472 --> 00:44:46,308 Normally, if the inside was clear, the inside for sure is better. 522 00:44:47,268 --> 00:44:51,271 Because it's dirty, the outside is better. Like Hungary, or like... 523 00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:56,735 The racing line is the line where the cars most normally drive. 524 00:44:56,819 --> 00:44:58,945 It's the fastest line around the track. 525 00:44:59,447 --> 00:45:04,451 It's really important to have the pole position on the racing line. 526 00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:10,582 If you are on the opposite side, you are on a part of the track that is rarely used 527 00:45:10,666 --> 00:45:11,833 and has half the grip. 528 00:45:12,418 --> 00:45:15,378 If you have the clear circuit, you'll get away better 529 00:45:15,463 --> 00:45:17,047 on the outside than the inside. 530 00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:19,466 Because on the inside you have no traction. 531 00:45:20,134 --> 00:45:21,843 We'll have a look. 532 00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:23,011 Please. 533 00:45:23,137 --> 00:45:27,974 But would the Chief Steward, would the FIA, would Balestre, agree? 534 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:34,731 Ayrton Senna will be in pole position for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix. 535 00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:36,691 Prost was second fastest. 536 00:45:53,793 --> 00:45:55,961 Pole position was his, 537 00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:59,464 and then suddenly pole position was mysteriously 538 00:45:59,548 --> 00:46:04,844 moved to the dirty side of the circuit, which he felt was unjust. 539 00:46:06,681 --> 00:46:08,974 That decision was influenced by Balestre. 540 00:46:09,141 --> 00:46:10,725 I know that, we know that. 541 00:46:12,061 --> 00:46:14,270 I was fucked many times by the system. 542 00:46:14,355 --> 00:46:16,940 I told myself, "Today, there's no way." 543 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:19,693 Today has to be my way. 544 00:46:19,819 --> 00:46:22,362 I don't care what happens, it has to be my way. 545 00:46:30,037 --> 00:46:31,788 And Senna sprints away, 546 00:46:31,872 --> 00:46:35,041 but Alain Prost takes the lead! It's happened! 547 00:46:38,713 --> 00:46:40,755 Senna is trying to go through on the inside... 548 00:46:46,012 --> 00:46:47,137 And a collision. 549 00:46:47,221 --> 00:46:48,513 Crash! They both crash. 550 00:46:49,724 --> 00:46:51,558 Senna has been hit. 551 00:46:51,684 --> 00:46:54,269 Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna have come together again, 552 00:46:54,395 --> 00:46:58,273 and they are both off the racetrack! This is unbelievable! 553 00:46:58,733 --> 00:47:01,985 And if the race continues, it is the end of the Championship. 554 00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:03,737 We don't know yet whether we're going to see a red flag. 555 00:47:03,863 --> 00:47:04,863 We haven't seen any yet, 556 00:47:04,947 --> 00:47:07,282 so it looks as if the race is going to continue. 557 00:47:07,408 --> 00:47:09,451 The Championship is over. 558 00:47:09,577 --> 00:47:13,580 And Ayrton Senna is the 1990 Champion. 559 00:47:19,086 --> 00:47:23,590 That's a very sad way for this year's World Championship to finish. 560 00:47:31,766 --> 00:47:34,601 Can you tell us what happened on the first lap, Ayrton? 561 00:47:34,727 --> 00:47:36,895 Well, unfortunately, we touched in the first corner 562 00:47:36,979 --> 00:47:40,607 when we were fighting for the lead, and we both went off. 563 00:47:40,733 --> 00:47:42,108 Do you think that's because the pole position 564 00:47:42,234 --> 00:47:45,153 is on the wrong side of the track here? You wanted to change that. 565 00:47:45,279 --> 00:47:49,032 Absolutely. You fight, you break your... to be on pole, 566 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,284 and then they put you on the wrong side of the circuit. 567 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,328 How do you feel about being World Champion? 568 00:47:53,996 --> 00:47:55,663 It's not a bad feeling at all, is it? 569 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,290 Congratulations. 570 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:06,174 What was very clear with Ayrton, when he got back, 571 00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:12,430 is his body language, his mannerisms showed that he was in massive conflict. 572 00:48:14,517 --> 00:48:17,560 He was certainly not proud of himself. 573 00:48:17,645 --> 00:48:21,064 Certainly not reveling in the fact that 574 00:48:21,148 --> 00:48:24,150 this had determined the World Championship. 575 00:48:26,612 --> 00:48:30,490 Formula One World Championship for drivers, Ayrton Senna. 576 00:48:31,659 --> 00:48:34,410 I call on the World Champion, Ayrton Senna. 577 00:48:41,460 --> 00:48:43,169 He knew I was right with him. 578 00:48:43,295 --> 00:48:46,256 He moved to the inside line, going towards the first corner. 579 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:49,342 I just chased him then, and he opened the gap. 580 00:48:49,844 --> 00:48:53,346 And knowing me like he does know, 581 00:48:53,430 --> 00:48:58,101 he must realize that if there was a gap, I was gonna try to overtake him. 582 00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:01,855 Okay. Let me ask you another difficult question. 583 00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:05,275 If I were to count back all the world champions, 584 00:49:06,026 --> 00:49:10,613 the number of times they had made contact with other drivers, 585 00:49:10,698 --> 00:49:14,117 that you in the last 36 months or 48 months 586 00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:17,871 have been in contact with more other cars and drivers 587 00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:20,206 than they might have done in total. 588 00:49:21,167 --> 00:49:24,377 I find amazing for you to make such a question, Stewart, 589 00:49:24,503 --> 00:49:28,381 because you are very experienced and you know a lot about racing, 590 00:49:28,507 --> 00:49:32,719 and you should know that by being a racing driver 591 00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:35,180 you are under risks all the time. 592 00:49:35,389 --> 00:49:39,309 And by being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. 593 00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:42,228 And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, 594 00:49:42,354 --> 00:49:43,980 you're no longer a racing driver. 595 00:49:44,064 --> 00:49:47,150 Because we are competing. We are competing to win. 596 00:49:47,234 --> 00:49:51,654 And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for a victory. 597 00:49:51,739 --> 00:49:53,907 It's not to come third, fourth, fifth or sixth, right? 598 00:49:54,033 --> 00:49:55,992 But hasn't that always been the case? 599 00:49:56,076 --> 00:49:58,828 But I think it's all irrelevant. All what you're saying, Jack, 600 00:49:58,913 --> 00:50:00,580 is really irrelevant. 601 00:50:00,706 --> 00:50:04,417 Because I'm a driver that won more races than anybody over the past three years. 602 00:50:04,543 --> 00:50:08,171 I'm a driver that has been on pole position more than anybody in history. 603 00:50:08,255 --> 00:50:11,507 And I'm a driver that won two titles in the past three years. 604 00:50:11,592 --> 00:50:14,677 And I don't think how... I cannot comprehend how 605 00:50:14,762 --> 00:50:17,931 you can try to turn things around 606 00:50:18,057 --> 00:50:20,683 to say that I've been involved in more accidents than anybody 607 00:50:20,768 --> 00:50:22,602 because that is not true, as well. 608 00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:25,772 Two of the greatest champions in the history of Formula One 609 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:27,357 ended up in the sand and wasted a Championship. 610 00:50:27,441 --> 00:50:30,610 Each accused the other, but Prost was hurt the most. 611 00:50:30,736 --> 00:50:32,278 Let's listen to his extreme reaction. 612 00:50:32,363 --> 00:50:35,198 I wanted to punch him in the face... 613 00:50:35,282 --> 00:50:38,868 but I was so disgusted, 614 00:50:38,953 --> 00:50:41,120 I could not do it. 615 00:50:41,246 --> 00:50:42,664 He revolts me. 616 00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:47,585 Senna versus Prost, which went on for a couple of seasons, well... 617 00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,671 It was just absolutely wonderful for Formula One's appeal. 618 00:50:49,797 --> 00:50:52,340 Some sports news now. It is the end of a love story. 619 00:50:52,925 --> 00:50:55,969 The television ratings improved, you know, everything went up. 620 00:50:56,095 --> 00:50:57,428 People talked about it. 621 00:50:57,513 --> 00:51:00,682 It was controversial, shocking, fascinating. 622 00:51:03,268 --> 00:51:06,020 The success of the sport also grew, you know. 623 00:51:06,146 --> 00:51:08,481 Commercially and... Bernie Ecclestone was very clever 624 00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:11,150 in the way they distribute television. 625 00:51:11,276 --> 00:51:13,486 But to keep an audience, you need personalities 626 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:16,948 and, of course, the Prost-Senna story was a big hit. 627 00:51:17,783 --> 00:51:20,368 And Ayrton became very famous outside the sport, 628 00:51:20,494 --> 00:51:24,455 thanks to the impact of Formula One on TV. 629 00:51:30,462 --> 00:51:34,549 I feel so worried for the people because... 630 00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:36,551 And we push them away. 631 00:51:36,677 --> 00:51:41,014 They're nice people and it's not a good feeling to see them being pushed away. 632 00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:43,683 I feel so sorry, you know. 633 00:51:49,314 --> 00:51:51,649 In Brazil it was very different. 634 00:51:52,568 --> 00:51:56,487 The people were unhappy under the regime that was ruling them. 635 00:51:57,906 --> 00:52:00,533 Poverty was just desperate. 636 00:52:00,659 --> 00:52:04,662 So his appeal there, at a hard time, was extraordinary. 637 00:52:06,165 --> 00:52:11,085 The situation in Brazil was very negative and depressing. 638 00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:16,716 But what happened is, when Ayrton won numerous times, 639 00:52:16,842 --> 00:52:21,179 instead of trying to hide his Brazilian origins, as others did, 640 00:52:21,388 --> 00:52:24,599 he did the opposite, he'd wave the national flag. 641 00:52:25,017 --> 00:52:27,560 Ayrton would do this every Sunday. 642 00:52:27,770 --> 00:52:32,607 And people were inspired, that's why they loved him. 643 00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:47,872 Ayrton had never won the Brazilian Grand Prix. 644 00:52:48,373 --> 00:52:54,712 Ever since he'd been in Formula One, it was his dream to win at home. 645 00:52:59,093 --> 00:53:01,427 The Brazilian Grand Prix is about to start. 646 00:53:01,553 --> 00:53:03,221 Red light, green light. 647 00:53:03,305 --> 00:53:04,931 He starts well. 648 00:53:05,265 --> 00:53:06,474 Come on, Senna! 649 00:53:06,642 --> 00:53:08,935 And Senna gets away in the lead. 650 00:53:19,905 --> 00:53:22,156 Ayrton pulled out a lead. 651 00:53:22,282 --> 00:53:27,120 He was then, really, faced with a very easy race win. 652 00:53:33,252 --> 00:53:35,294 Here is Senna... It's raining. 653 00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:36,462 It's raining, stop this. 654 00:53:39,299 --> 00:53:41,926 And then, the gearbox jammed, 655 00:53:42,010 --> 00:53:45,555 and he was faced with several laps to go 656 00:53:45,639 --> 00:53:47,807 only having a sixth gear. 657 00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:54,814 It should have been impossible to drive a Formula One car stuck in sixth gear. 658 00:53:55,149 --> 00:53:59,277 He wanted to stop. He couldn't drive any more. 659 00:53:59,945 --> 00:54:04,115 But he had tried so many times to win the Brazilian Grand Prix, 660 00:54:04,449 --> 00:54:07,660 that he found a special inner strength. 661 00:54:17,504 --> 00:54:20,506 After this corner, Senna is on the home straight. 662 00:54:20,632 --> 00:54:21,841 He is going to win. 663 00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:27,555 Ayrton, Ayrton... Ayrton Senna from Brazil! 664 00:54:30,517 --> 00:54:35,479 Leading from start to finish, he wins at Interlagos! 665 00:54:36,899 --> 00:54:40,151 A great victory for Senna. 666 00:54:47,910 --> 00:54:49,410 I don't believe it. 667 00:54:55,209 --> 00:54:57,877 Fucking hell, 668 00:54:59,213 --> 00:55:01,047 I've won. 669 00:55:21,193 --> 00:55:25,613 Prost, you son of a bitch! 670 00:55:28,742 --> 00:55:30,952 He won, then passed out. 671 00:55:32,955 --> 00:55:35,248 It was his most heroic moment. 672 00:55:55,060 --> 00:55:56,978 Because of the huge physical effort, 673 00:55:57,104 --> 00:56:00,606 I had muscle spasm in my shoulders and neck. 674 00:56:01,650 --> 00:56:03,484 The pain was absurd. 675 00:56:04,611 --> 00:56:07,780 The physical and mental stress this weekend was huge. 676 00:56:09,116 --> 00:56:10,825 But there could only be one result. 677 00:56:10,951 --> 00:56:13,953 Finishing the race with nothing left. 678 00:56:16,832 --> 00:56:18,249 What's wrong? 679 00:56:19,334 --> 00:56:21,961 My shoulders, my shoulders. 680 00:56:24,256 --> 00:56:25,840 Just my shoulders. 681 00:56:29,594 --> 00:56:31,512 Come here, Dad. Come here. 682 00:56:32,097 --> 00:56:33,180 Come here! 683 00:56:34,766 --> 00:56:36,517 Touch me very gently. 684 00:56:41,273 --> 00:56:42,315 Don't touch me. 685 00:56:42,441 --> 00:56:44,025 Calm down, Ayrton. 686 00:56:45,444 --> 00:56:46,986 Don't touch me! 687 00:56:47,112 --> 00:56:48,154 Do you need any help? 688 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:50,531 Bring the flag for me. 689 00:56:51,992 --> 00:56:53,617 I fought so hard. 690 00:56:53,785 --> 00:56:58,331 I needed to finish, I needed to finish first 691 00:56:59,166 --> 00:57:00,958 because He is greater than everyone 692 00:57:01,043 --> 00:57:03,377 and He gave me this race. 693 00:57:03,503 --> 00:57:06,130 And that is what happened. 694 00:57:06,214 --> 00:57:08,966 God gave me this race and I am very happy. 695 00:57:09,343 --> 00:57:10,384 It was very exciting. 696 00:58:00,602 --> 00:58:04,605 Brazil cherishes your victory, Senna. Congratulations. 697 00:58:04,773 --> 00:58:07,191 Thank you, Brazil, thank you, fans. 698 00:58:07,275 --> 00:58:10,861 The human heat this weekend was so great 699 00:58:10,946 --> 00:58:13,948 that we had to win this time. 700 00:58:14,074 --> 00:58:15,908 It couldn't be any other way. 701 00:58:16,076 --> 00:58:17,118 We did it. 702 00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:53,988 Life can be very difficult in Brazil. You have... 703 00:58:54,656 --> 00:59:00,161 Brazil have all the extremes. You have the fantastic nature. 704 00:59:00,328 --> 00:59:04,331 You can have all the good material things that money can buy. 705 00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:07,418 But at the same time, you have lots of problems. 706 00:59:07,502 --> 00:59:13,507 Social problems and poverty. Some violence as a consequence. 707 00:59:14,301 --> 00:59:15,801 I try to help 708 00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:19,972 a little bit. For children, particularly. 709 00:59:22,476 --> 00:59:29,482 Because Ayrton was so widely known in Brazil, 710 00:59:29,941 --> 00:59:32,443 many people would ask him for help, 711 00:59:33,862 --> 00:59:37,698 personal requests, hospitals, 712 00:59:37,824 --> 00:59:41,660 charities would ask him for help for instance. 713 00:59:43,538 --> 00:59:47,166 Ayrton would donate and keep it going without fail. 714 00:59:48,043 --> 00:59:54,381 But, he no longer wanted to make random donations. 715 00:59:54,799 --> 00:59:59,136 He wanted to develop something, plan it, organize it, 716 00:59:59,554 --> 01:00:04,099 to help Brazil, especially children. 717 01:00:15,654 --> 01:00:19,615 Ayrton in '91 was in great form. 718 01:00:20,367 --> 01:00:22,785 I think it was his strongest year. 719 01:00:22,869 --> 01:00:27,122 He won seven races, constantly on pole position. 720 01:00:27,207 --> 01:00:29,833 The intensity was every bit as high as ever. 721 01:00:35,382 --> 01:00:38,884 But there just seemed to be a further wisdom, 722 01:00:38,969 --> 01:00:40,886 a further bit of growth. 723 01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:06,537 But then the car bit him hard. 724 01:01:07,998 --> 01:01:12,585 For the first time he really thought he could be hurt in a Formula One car. 725 01:01:25,348 --> 01:01:27,182 Neurological examination 726 01:01:27,267 --> 01:01:30,102 to check the chest and the blood pressure, the abdomen 727 01:01:30,353 --> 01:01:32,021 and the limbs. 728 01:01:32,105 --> 01:01:35,107 - And how did you feel about him? - He's fine. He's good. 729 01:01:35,233 --> 01:01:38,277 - No problems to worry about? - No, none at all. No. 730 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:45,284 It's the deepest personal relationship that I've ever had with any driver. 731 01:01:46,077 --> 01:01:50,623 Whenever I got to the circuit and ran into Senna, 732 01:01:50,749 --> 01:01:54,460 he was usually being interviewed or surrounded by people. 733 01:01:54,586 --> 01:01:59,548 And the moment he saw me, his face would always light up with a beautiful grin. 734 01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:03,052 Because he had that wonderful humility, 735 01:02:03,136 --> 01:02:06,639 which is not common amongst racing drivers. 736 01:02:08,767 --> 01:02:10,893 - All right then. - Pleasure. 737 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:13,896 Be careful. 738 01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:15,898 You've still got too much to do. 739 01:02:15,982 --> 01:02:17,566 Yes, a few more. 740 01:02:22,489 --> 01:02:24,657 Question? Yes. 741 01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:30,746 We talked about the chicanes and the barriers 742 01:02:30,830 --> 01:02:33,165 that we had there with the tires. 743 01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:34,917 If you happen to hit those tires, 744 01:02:35,001 --> 01:02:37,628 it's very likely that the tires throw you up in the air 745 01:02:37,754 --> 01:02:39,922 and you end up rolling. 746 01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:42,007 That's what happened with me in Mexico 747 01:02:42,467 --> 01:02:45,260 and that can happen here with other people. 748 01:02:45,512 --> 01:02:48,514 I agree that for the moment 749 01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:52,017 it's not the ideal thing that we have done. 750 01:02:52,519 --> 01:02:56,355 The President has talked yesterday with Mr. Moll. 751 01:02:56,481 --> 01:02:59,775 No, no, no, forget Mr. Moll. 752 01:02:59,859 --> 01:03:01,694 And he has... 753 01:03:01,986 --> 01:03:03,112 Forget... 754 01:03:03,196 --> 01:03:05,447 Okay, the President of FISA... 755 01:03:05,740 --> 01:03:08,826 No, forget the President. 756 01:03:08,910 --> 01:03:12,830 Now speak for the question of Mr. Senna. 757 01:03:12,914 --> 01:03:17,000 About what we do today for the race. 758 01:03:17,085 --> 01:03:19,336 For the race we can do anything. 759 01:03:19,421 --> 01:03:22,131 I think it's better to not have those tires there. 760 01:03:22,298 --> 01:03:26,385 I happened to lose the braking point at the first chicane yesterday. 761 01:03:26,469 --> 01:03:30,264 Let me finish, let me finish! 762 01:03:30,432 --> 01:03:33,726 And as I drove straight, it was blocked, the road. 763 01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:34,935 And I couldn't turn back. 764 01:03:35,019 --> 01:03:39,773 If we move the tires, we must place the cones. 765 01:03:39,899 --> 01:03:44,278 Yes, that's fine. And that way there is a run-off area... 766 01:03:44,362 --> 01:03:45,404 Yes. 767 01:03:46,406 --> 01:03:50,409 No, you must restart from the same place. 768 01:03:50,493 --> 01:03:53,787 Because you must respect the distance of the race. 769 01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:55,414 You cannot come back. 770 01:03:55,498 --> 01:04:00,627 I'm sorry, that is the regulation, it is the regulation! 771 01:04:00,754 --> 01:04:03,547 It's written in the regulation, we got the letter yesterday. 772 01:04:03,631 --> 01:04:05,466 Page three. 773 01:04:09,304 --> 01:04:12,473 Here, the last two paragraphs on that page. 774 01:04:20,648 --> 01:04:23,525 Very good penalty for you. 775 01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:26,570 Jean-Marie, it's the same. 776 01:04:26,654 --> 01:04:30,324 No problem, Ayrton, no problem. 777 01:04:30,408 --> 01:04:33,494 Whatever is the decision, it's the right decision, Jean-Marie. 778 01:04:33,578 --> 01:04:34,620 You must understand. 779 01:04:34,704 --> 01:04:37,122 The best decision is my decision. 780 01:04:39,793 --> 01:04:42,628 I have a feeling for that. 781 01:04:42,712 --> 01:04:45,881 No, because you don't know my decision. 782 01:04:45,965 --> 01:04:49,051 It's the best every time, my decision. 783 01:04:49,177 --> 01:04:50,594 My decision is... 784 01:04:50,678 --> 01:04:54,932 Democratic vote, only the drivers. 785 01:04:55,016 --> 01:04:57,309 By hand. 786 01:05:02,190 --> 01:05:09,071 Who are in favor that we replace the tires by the cones? 787 01:05:10,323 --> 01:05:11,365 Your hand. 788 01:05:12,534 --> 01:05:14,952 Stop. 789 01:05:15,036 --> 01:05:17,287 Against? 790 01:05:17,372 --> 01:05:21,291 Abstention? Everybody agree, okay? 791 01:05:21,376 --> 01:05:25,879 Immediately, the work. You replace the tires by the cones, okay? 792 01:05:35,056 --> 01:05:38,058 Alain, what happened going into that chicane? 793 01:05:38,184 --> 01:05:41,645 I tried to overtake Senna. It was... 794 01:05:42,355 --> 01:05:46,191 He blocked me during the whole race, not very correct. 795 01:05:47,861 --> 01:05:49,611 I think everyone knows Prost by now. 796 01:05:49,696 --> 01:05:53,115 He is always complaining either about the car, or the tires, 797 01:05:53,199 --> 01:05:58,036 or the team, or the mechanics, or the fuel, or the other drivers or the circuit. 798 01:05:58,162 --> 01:06:00,706 Always somebody else to blame. It's never his fault. 799 01:06:00,790 --> 01:06:01,874 Yeah, no problem, 800 01:06:01,958 --> 01:06:05,794 but I have nothing to lose. I can't win the Championship, 801 01:06:05,879 --> 01:06:11,466 but if I find him again the same way, if he is correct the same way, I push him out. 802 01:06:14,178 --> 01:06:18,432 Prost was sacked from Ferrari because he criticized the car. 803 01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:22,311 The only thing he could do, really, was to take a year off, 804 01:06:22,395 --> 01:06:24,563 telling everybody he was on a sabbatical. 805 01:06:45,752 --> 01:06:48,837 If I finish second place, the Championship will be over. 806 01:06:48,922 --> 01:06:51,131 If Mansell does not win, 807 01:06:51,215 --> 01:06:54,593 then it's almost certain that the Championship will be over, as well. 808 01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:20,369 Mansell tries to overtake, but he goes straight on! 809 01:07:20,453 --> 01:07:23,038 Mansell goes straight on! 810 01:07:23,164 --> 01:07:27,334 The World Championship is over because he can't restart! 811 01:07:27,919 --> 01:07:33,590 Ayrton Senna from Brazil, Triple World Champion! 812 01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:38,553 A whole life dedicated to this moment 813 01:07:39,639 --> 01:07:43,141 by a genius of international sport. 814 01:07:43,226 --> 01:07:46,269 Triple World Champion, and many titles lie ahead. 815 01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:48,313 And he is still only 31 years old. 816 01:07:48,439 --> 01:07:52,109 Thirty-three victories, three World Titles. 817 01:07:52,235 --> 01:07:57,072 Breaking record after record. Celebrating as only Senna does. 818 01:07:57,156 --> 01:08:02,703 Ayrton Senna's third world title ensures that he will be ranked among the all-time greats. 819 01:08:25,727 --> 01:08:27,602 This is a very special gift to me. 820 01:08:27,687 --> 01:08:29,229 I thank you from my heart. 821 01:08:51,044 --> 01:08:54,129 I kissed Senna's left hand, Triple Champion. 822 01:08:54,213 --> 01:08:58,633 I want Senna. I want to hug and kiss him. 823 01:08:58,718 --> 01:09:00,761 I have a box full of paper cuttings and pictures. 824 01:09:00,845 --> 01:09:02,429 Everything you can imagine. 825 01:09:02,513 --> 01:09:04,890 He is the only good thing in Brazil. 826 01:09:06,934 --> 01:09:10,687 After that third World Championship, I saw another Senna. 827 01:09:10,772 --> 01:09:16,318 He was very satisfied, very confident. He knew the sport better than ever. 828 01:09:16,402 --> 01:09:20,280 He saw it with real eyes, for the good and the bad, 829 01:09:20,406 --> 01:09:23,617 and he still loved it as much as anyone in the paddock. 830 01:09:29,624 --> 01:09:32,125 I think it is an incredible party 831 01:09:32,251 --> 01:09:35,295 and anything goes. 832 01:09:35,421 --> 01:09:37,547 Did you talk about Formula One today? 833 01:09:37,632 --> 01:09:41,134 Formula One is so square, today is Carnival. 834 01:09:47,767 --> 01:09:51,770 Have any of your girlfriends asked, "Go faster, Ayrton"? 835 01:09:56,943 --> 01:09:58,485 Yes. 836 01:10:00,780 --> 01:10:02,697 To Ayrton, becoming Triple World Champion 837 01:10:02,782 --> 01:10:06,243 was the culmination of a script that he wrote for himself 838 01:10:06,327 --> 01:10:08,036 before he even entered Formula One 839 01:10:08,121 --> 01:10:11,456 because he knew he was capable of that and much more. 840 01:10:12,291 --> 01:10:15,627 He was already the idol of Brazilian sport, 841 01:10:16,462 --> 01:10:20,132 and now he became a great idol of world sport. 842 01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:31,309 There is a great desire in me of improving. 843 01:10:32,145 --> 01:10:35,147 Getting better. That makes me happy. 844 01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:39,818 And every time that I feel I am slowing down my learning process, 845 01:10:39,986 --> 01:10:43,572 my learning curve is getting flatter, or whatever, 846 01:10:43,656 --> 01:10:46,324 then it doesn't make me very happy. 847 01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:52,914 And that applies not only as a professional, as a racing driver, but also as a man. 848 01:10:54,167 --> 01:10:55,500 Of course, 849 01:10:57,336 --> 01:11:01,548 I shall have a lot more to learn as a man than a racing driver 850 01:11:01,674 --> 01:11:04,926 because my career could last not many years. 851 01:11:05,595 --> 01:11:08,889 My life hopefully will go still for a long time. 852 01:11:10,016 --> 01:11:14,519 Maybe I'm only at the half of my life right now, 853 01:11:16,564 --> 01:11:21,193 so there is a lot to go, a lot to learn, a lot to do still in life. 854 01:11:22,361 --> 01:11:26,781 And happiness will come when I feel complete as a whole, 855 01:11:27,533 --> 01:11:30,243 which definitely I don't feel today. 856 01:11:30,369 --> 01:11:33,455 But I have plenty of time to fulfill that, too. 857 01:11:45,635 --> 01:11:49,721 For the next season, the level of competition was distorted 858 01:11:49,805 --> 01:11:53,433 by what was going on technically with the Williams car. 859 01:11:55,811 --> 01:12:00,607 The car balanced itself. Each corner was controlled by a computer. 860 01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:07,405 All the driver had to do was put his right foot down and go as fast as possible, 861 01:12:07,531 --> 01:12:11,117 so in a car without that, you were at a serious disadvantage. 862 01:12:11,702 --> 01:12:15,163 McLaren are still well off the Williams-Renault pace, 863 01:12:15,248 --> 01:12:18,917 with the result that three times World Champion Ayrton Senna 864 01:12:19,043 --> 01:12:21,711 has no chance of retaining his title. 865 01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:26,466 When you go into this sort of 866 01:12:29,136 --> 01:12:30,720 electronic war, 867 01:12:33,891 --> 01:12:38,270 you can find yourself completely stuck. 868 01:12:39,230 --> 01:12:43,900 The electronics do a given situation, 869 01:12:44,485 --> 01:12:46,945 and no matter who you put in the car, 870 01:12:47,071 --> 01:12:49,614 the electronics will do the work and not the driver. 871 01:12:50,741 --> 01:12:53,535 And I don't think that is really what you want 872 01:12:53,619 --> 01:12:57,247 to have a truly World Championship 873 01:12:59,292 --> 01:13:00,375 of drivers. 874 01:13:00,459 --> 01:13:01,960 The negotiations are long, 875 01:13:02,086 --> 01:13:04,838 and we still don't know who Alain Prost's team mate will be. 876 01:13:05,089 --> 01:13:07,382 The Triple World Champion 877 01:13:07,466 --> 01:13:09,301 signed a two-year contract with Williams. 878 01:13:09,427 --> 01:13:11,594 He will start testing the car this week. 879 01:13:14,015 --> 01:13:16,099 The only thing I asked in the contract 880 01:13:16,350 --> 01:13:19,436 was that I don't want to be a teammate with Ayrton. 881 01:13:19,645 --> 01:13:21,187 It has to be clear. 882 01:13:21,314 --> 01:13:23,565 And they had accepted that very quickly. 883 01:13:23,649 --> 01:13:25,442 And said, "No, it's not our intention." 884 01:13:25,526 --> 01:13:27,944 That is the only thing I asked in the contract. 885 01:13:28,029 --> 01:13:29,612 Because I wanted to be a World Champion. 886 01:13:29,697 --> 01:13:31,114 I did not want to lose the opportunity. 887 01:13:32,825 --> 01:13:35,160 It's no secret that I've been 888 01:13:35,953 --> 01:13:38,705 trying very hard to get some... 889 01:13:41,500 --> 01:13:43,501 Some deal with Williams. 890 01:13:44,837 --> 01:13:46,880 Situation's very complex. 891 01:13:48,174 --> 01:13:49,466 It is... 892 01:13:52,011 --> 01:13:54,679 It's not nice. It's not clear either. 893 01:14:00,311 --> 01:14:02,896 I am very certain of one thing. 894 01:14:03,689 --> 01:14:07,859 I am the one who has most to lose 895 01:14:08,027 --> 01:14:11,029 if I have to stop for one year or more. 896 01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:14,991 Because I am at the peak of my career, 897 01:14:15,076 --> 01:14:19,996 and the career of a Formula One driver is limited. 898 01:14:22,875 --> 01:14:27,587 So no one has more to lose than myself if I stop, 899 01:14:27,713 --> 01:14:31,007 professionally and in my personal life. 900 01:14:47,024 --> 01:14:51,361 In 1993, Ayrton's driving was pure genius. 901 01:14:51,529 --> 01:14:53,363 For me, it was the best season. 902 01:14:55,908 --> 01:14:59,911 He did accomplish some of his greatest drives. 903 01:15:00,746 --> 01:15:04,916 Even though he spent most of his time looking at the back of a Williams car, 904 01:15:05,042 --> 01:15:06,876 which was much faster than his. 905 01:15:08,754 --> 01:15:10,505 French racing driver Alain Prost 906 01:15:10,589 --> 01:15:14,092 has won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the 4th time... 907 01:15:14,218 --> 01:15:17,512 Prost won the championship and duly retired, 908 01:15:17,596 --> 01:15:19,556 thus getting out of the way. 909 01:15:21,225 --> 01:15:24,936 It seems like a little goodbye from you to McLaren. 910 01:15:25,062 --> 01:15:28,356 Do you think it was the last season for McLaren? 911 01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:30,900 I think so. I think it will be my last season. 912 01:15:39,577 --> 01:15:43,121 Let's try and do it the best we can for both of us. 913 01:15:43,289 --> 01:15:44,706 Of course. 914 01:15:44,790 --> 01:15:48,918 Okay, we'll put behind us what happened. 915 01:15:50,254 --> 01:15:51,462 For sure. 916 01:15:51,589 --> 01:15:52,797 Good. 917 01:15:53,257 --> 01:15:57,927 Even without you saying anything, that was my goal. 918 01:15:58,095 --> 01:15:59,262 Yeah, okay. 919 01:15:59,430 --> 01:16:01,306 Even without talking to you, if we didn't talk at all, 920 01:16:01,432 --> 01:16:06,311 I wouldn't change... I would just do exactly as I always tried. 921 01:16:15,112 --> 01:16:18,156 Ayrton, what did Ron Dennis say to you when you first got from the car 922 01:16:18,991 --> 01:16:21,826 It's never too late to change your mind. 923 01:16:24,622 --> 01:16:28,082 But anyway, he said he was happy for me, and... 924 01:16:28,167 --> 01:16:31,336 It's funny, but that's what he told me, too. 925 01:16:31,462 --> 01:16:32,795 That's Ron! 926 01:16:35,758 --> 01:16:39,510 I said, you know, we must keep the good times, the good moments, 927 01:16:39,637 --> 01:16:43,014 and let's finish that way, finish with the good things. 928 01:16:51,815 --> 01:16:56,110 It was Senna's last race for McLaren, 929 01:16:57,112 --> 01:16:59,447 Prost's last race for Williams. 930 01:16:59,865 --> 01:17:02,784 And although nobody knew at the time, 931 01:17:02,868 --> 01:17:07,205 it was the last time either of them would be on the podium. 932 01:17:34,358 --> 01:17:37,235 Ladies and gentlemen, Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna. 933 01:17:42,491 --> 01:17:48,413 Ayrton is arguably the best driver available, the best driver currently racing. 934 01:17:49,206 --> 01:17:51,249 The team is geared to being successful, 935 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:56,671 all our partners, investors, sponsors, expect that of us, 936 01:17:56,755 --> 01:18:00,758 and that is therefore the best piece of equipment, if you like, 937 01:18:00,843 --> 01:18:04,929 you could put in the machine to deliver to our requirements. 938 01:18:05,055 --> 01:18:07,223 The International Motor Sports Federation 939 01:18:07,349 --> 01:18:10,393 has banned some of the controversial computer devices 940 01:18:10,519 --> 01:18:13,438 which help drivers in Formula One motor racing. 941 01:18:13,564 --> 01:18:17,108 The ban is designed to stop the domination of the richest Formula One teams, 942 01:18:17,234 --> 01:18:19,944 like Williams-Renault, the World Champions. 943 01:18:22,948 --> 01:18:24,866 Ayrton Senna is in a race against time. 944 01:18:25,034 --> 01:18:27,952 He needs to integrate into his team and adjust to the car. 945 01:18:28,078 --> 01:18:30,955 He says that he is uncomfortable with little space. 946 01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:32,123 This car doesn't have 947 01:18:32,249 --> 01:18:35,710 the electronic components used on last year's cars. 948 01:18:35,878 --> 01:18:37,712 It doesn't have traction control, 949 01:18:37,796 --> 01:18:40,381 special brakes or electronic suspension. 950 01:18:40,466 --> 01:18:46,137 The cars are immediately less stable 951 01:18:46,638 --> 01:18:49,057 without the electronic suspension. 952 01:18:50,392 --> 01:18:54,395 As a consequence, they are harder to drive, 953 01:18:54,730 --> 01:18:59,817 and we'll have more cars spinning and going off the track. 954 01:19:00,569 --> 01:19:04,906 More cars spinning is more excitement for the viewers, 955 01:19:05,324 --> 01:19:07,992 and for us, if nothing happens to the driver. 956 01:19:08,077 --> 01:19:11,454 Otherwise it's not very comfortable. 957 01:19:12,414 --> 01:19:14,332 Senna in second place. 958 01:19:16,251 --> 01:19:18,753 Almost 8 seconds between them now. 959 01:19:37,147 --> 01:19:40,108 We're certainly not happy with the way 960 01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:44,779 things are with the car right as they are at the moment. 961 01:19:44,863 --> 01:19:47,115 The handling isn't particularly good. 962 01:19:52,454 --> 01:19:55,289 The cars weren't supposed to have any of the electronic aids 963 01:19:55,374 --> 01:19:57,708 that they'd come with the previous year. 964 01:19:57,835 --> 01:19:59,377 But Senna became convinced 965 01:19:59,503 --> 01:20:02,380 that the Benetton being driven by Michael Schumacher, 966 01:20:02,631 --> 01:20:07,218 who had won the first two races of the season, had retained some of those, 967 01:20:07,344 --> 01:20:12,223 particularly the traction control, the thing that eliminates the wheel spin. 968 01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:20,148 It didn't stack up that he was being blown away by the Benetton. 969 01:20:20,858 --> 01:20:22,483 He wanted us to protest, 970 01:20:23,902 --> 01:20:25,319 which we didn't do. 971 01:21:01,982 --> 01:21:06,319 We are here starting from zero, so basically our championship starts here. 972 01:21:06,403 --> 01:21:10,865 It's not a comfortable position to be in, but that's the reality. 973 01:21:10,949 --> 01:21:15,912 Now you've won here three times already. You really do need to make it four. 974 01:21:15,996 --> 01:21:17,663 I would love to. 975 01:21:58,038 --> 01:22:03,084 I'd never seen Senna as tense as I did that weekend. 976 01:22:07,714 --> 01:22:11,217 At no moment did I see him smile. 977 01:22:12,719 --> 01:22:16,764 He was constantly focused, annoyed, 978 01:22:16,932 --> 01:22:18,557 saddened really. 979 01:22:25,315 --> 01:22:27,316 It's the balance. 980 01:22:27,401 --> 01:22:29,402 Changing balance. 981 01:22:34,992 --> 01:22:37,243 The car is worse. 982 01:22:40,038 --> 01:22:42,665 Is it generally more one balance than the other, 983 01:22:42,749 --> 01:22:44,292 or is it changing too much? 984 01:22:44,584 --> 01:22:46,711 There was a bit more under-steer. 985 01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:51,173 Bit of under-steer on the first lap, 986 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:55,678 then on the second lap, it's just changing balance. 987 01:22:57,597 --> 01:22:59,640 Over-steer and under-steer? 988 01:22:59,766 --> 01:23:00,808 Yeah. 989 01:23:01,810 --> 01:23:03,728 During the middle of a corner... 990 01:23:03,812 --> 01:23:06,022 breaks away at the entrance. 991 01:23:07,024 --> 01:23:09,775 When it is supposed to break away, it breaks away even more. 992 01:23:23,123 --> 01:23:25,499 Do you already know Ayrton or shall I introduce you? 993 01:23:25,792 --> 01:23:27,376 No, I already know him. 994 01:23:27,502 --> 01:23:29,462 Do you know him by name or have you met him? 995 01:23:29,546 --> 01:23:32,965 I know him because I follow Formula One, 996 01:23:33,050 --> 01:23:34,884 so I've met him before. 997 01:23:35,010 --> 01:23:37,136 Why are you so nervous? 998 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:39,805 Because when you're close to someone like him, 999 01:23:39,890 --> 01:23:41,724 you always get nervous. 1000 01:23:42,184 --> 01:23:46,145 Well, good luck to the Champion and the future Champion. 1001 01:24:02,537 --> 01:24:03,704 Fuck. 1002 01:24:31,358 --> 01:24:32,441 You have seen Rubens? 1003 01:24:32,734 --> 01:24:36,862 He's all right. He's all right. He's shocked, of course, but he's all right. 1004 01:24:36,988 --> 01:24:38,030 Did you talk to him? 1005 01:24:38,156 --> 01:24:39,490 Yes, yes. 1006 01:24:40,909 --> 01:24:42,868 You take care, Rubens. 1007 01:25:00,554 --> 01:25:04,098 Ayrton was still uncomfortable in the new relationship, 1008 01:25:04,933 --> 01:25:07,893 and he was very uncomfortable with the car. 1009 01:25:11,064 --> 01:25:14,066 But he struggled, and put it on pole position. 1010 01:25:22,576 --> 01:25:24,285 Fuck. 1011 01:25:24,369 --> 01:25:26,370 I just need to get myself under control. 1012 01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:29,206 I'm doing things with that car that no-one... 1013 01:25:29,291 --> 01:25:31,250 Throwing it around a bit? 1014 01:26:13,210 --> 01:26:15,794 320 km/h there... 1015 01:26:38,485 --> 01:26:41,445 Ladies and gentlemen, the San Marino Grand Prix organizer 1016 01:26:41,530 --> 01:26:45,074 has received a report from the Maggiore Hospital in Bologna 1017 01:26:45,158 --> 01:26:50,037 that the driver of car number 32, MTV Simtek Ford, Roland Ratzenberger, 1018 01:26:50,121 --> 01:26:52,289 succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident 1019 01:26:52,415 --> 01:26:53,874 which took place at Imola circuit 1020 01:26:53,959 --> 01:26:56,460 during Saturday qualifying practice April 30th. 1021 01:27:07,973 --> 01:27:13,435 It was the first time we had to face a dead Formula One driver for our generation. 1022 01:27:15,897 --> 01:27:19,066 The whole atmosphere was very heavy that afternoon. 1023 01:27:19,150 --> 01:27:22,403 Everybody was thinking about, "What are we doing here?" 1024 01:27:22,487 --> 01:27:24,321 Or, "What's the point?" 1025 01:27:33,164 --> 01:27:36,166 Ayrton got very, very upset and cried a bit. 1026 01:27:36,293 --> 01:27:37,501 And that's when I said to him, 1027 01:27:37,627 --> 01:27:40,671 "You know, Ayrton, you've been three times World Champion. 1028 01:27:40,755 --> 01:27:43,591 "You're the fastest man in the world." 1029 01:27:43,675 --> 01:27:48,137 And he liked fishing, so I said, "Why don't you quit 1030 01:27:49,347 --> 01:27:51,682 "and I'll quit and we'll just go fishing?" 1031 01:27:53,351 --> 01:27:55,352 He said, "Sid, I can't quit." 1032 01:28:31,056 --> 01:28:35,225 On Saturday, at dinner, Frank Williams had doubts 1033 01:28:35,310 --> 01:28:36,852 if Senna was going to be on the grid. 1034 01:28:39,522 --> 01:28:43,567 I was certain that he didn't want to race. 1035 01:29:36,454 --> 01:29:39,581 On that morning when he woke up, 1036 01:29:39,958 --> 01:29:42,084 he asked God to talk to him. 1037 01:29:43,461 --> 01:29:45,045 He opened the Bible 1038 01:29:45,130 --> 01:29:47,631 and read a passage which said 1039 01:29:47,715 --> 01:29:52,761 God would give him the greatest of all gifts. 1040 01:29:54,139 --> 01:29:56,432 Which was God himself. 1041 01:31:01,289 --> 01:31:03,373 A crash! 1042 01:31:04,709 --> 01:31:07,044 Everyone goes around, look at that! 1043 01:31:07,378 --> 01:31:10,380 Lamy arrives at full speed. 1044 01:31:11,299 --> 01:31:13,300 And there is Lehto! 1045 01:31:19,224 --> 01:31:24,061 Terrible crash. Lamy and Lehto are very lucky. 1046 01:31:30,818 --> 01:31:32,736 The safety car goes out on track. 1047 01:31:46,834 --> 01:31:50,754 The safety car's lights are off 1048 01:31:50,838 --> 01:31:54,174 which means the safety car is going into the pits. 1049 01:31:58,388 --> 01:32:01,223 And here we go, Senna in front, 1050 01:32:01,474 --> 01:32:02,808 Schumacher is second. 1051 01:32:09,816 --> 01:32:14,736 And Michael Schumacher tries to pressure Senna on the sixth lap. 1052 01:33:11,878 --> 01:33:14,713 Senna crashes hard! 1053 01:33:15,465 --> 01:33:17,049 At Tamburello Corner. 1054 01:33:19,344 --> 01:33:22,387 A very serious accident. 1055 01:34:16,275 --> 01:34:18,068 We got him out of the cockpit, 1056 01:34:18,194 --> 01:34:21,279 got his helmet off and got an airway into him. 1057 01:34:22,407 --> 01:34:27,119 And I saw from his neurological signs 1058 01:34:27,245 --> 01:34:30,247 that it was going to be a fatal head injury. 1059 01:34:39,215 --> 01:34:44,553 And then he sighed, and his body relaxed. 1060 01:34:45,763 --> 01:34:49,891 And that was the moment... I'm not religious... 1061 01:34:49,976 --> 01:34:54,229 That I thought his spirit had departed. 1062 01:36:02,298 --> 01:36:04,674 Even at racing speed, Tamburello is not a corner 1063 01:36:04,801 --> 01:36:06,176 that you would make a mistake on. 1064 01:36:07,303 --> 01:36:09,471 Something on the car would have to go wrong. 1065 01:36:13,476 --> 01:36:15,310 Maybe the power steering failed. 1066 01:36:15,812 --> 01:36:18,230 Maybe it was the tire temperatures 1067 01:36:18,356 --> 01:36:20,982 that made the car skate straight off the road. 1068 01:36:21,567 --> 01:36:23,026 It will always be a mystery. 1069 01:36:24,862 --> 01:36:26,404 Was there a cause? 1070 01:36:27,907 --> 01:36:32,577 In my opinion the steering column broke 1071 01:36:32,829 --> 01:36:34,704 and the car became uncontrollable. 1072 01:36:35,248 --> 01:36:39,000 But above all, it was fatal because 1073 01:36:39,085 --> 01:36:45,048 the car crashed at the exact angle for the suspension shaft 1074 01:36:45,174 --> 01:36:46,883 to hit his helmet. 1075 01:36:49,512 --> 01:36:51,012 Ayrton ran out of luck. 1076 01:36:52,890 --> 01:36:57,853 He did not have a broken bone in his body. He did not have any bruising. 1077 01:36:59,730 --> 01:37:01,940 If that piece of assembly 1078 01:37:02,066 --> 01:37:05,443 would have gone six inches higher or six inches lower, 1079 01:37:05,570 --> 01:37:07,153 he would have walked back to the paddock. 1080 01:37:47,445 --> 01:37:51,364 He was an idol for me. He represented the best of Brazil. 1081 01:37:53,618 --> 01:37:54,826 I kiss you, Senna. 1082 01:37:55,036 --> 01:37:57,287 I will never forget you. 1083 01:38:00,791 --> 01:38:04,586 Brazilian people need food, education, health 1084 01:38:04,670 --> 01:38:06,796 and a little bit of joy. And now that joy is gone. 1085 01:40:26,479 --> 01:40:29,814 Nothing can separate me from the love of God. 1086 01:40:32,026 --> 01:40:33,943 Who is or has been 1087 01:40:34,028 --> 01:40:37,906 the driver that you get the most satisfaction of racing against... 1088 01:40:37,990 --> 01:40:39,616 Past or present? 1089 01:40:43,662 --> 01:40:46,831 I would have to go back 1090 01:40:50,628 --> 01:40:52,796 to '78 and '79 1091 01:40:54,965 --> 01:40:58,051 and 1980, when I was go-kart driving. 1092 01:41:01,222 --> 01:41:05,892 I came to Europe for the first time to compete outside Brazil 1093 01:41:05,976 --> 01:41:10,647 as a team-mate for Fullerton. 1094 01:41:10,815 --> 01:41:14,442 Named Fullerton. He was very experienced. 1095 01:41:14,527 --> 01:41:16,986 I enjoyed very much driving with him 1096 01:41:17,071 --> 01:41:20,156 because he was fast, he was consistent. 1097 01:41:20,241 --> 01:41:22,325 He was, for me, a very complete driver. 1098 01:41:23,661 --> 01:41:26,162 And it was pure driving, pure racing. 1099 01:41:29,166 --> 01:41:32,168 There wasn't any politics then, right? 1100 01:41:32,545 --> 01:41:34,003 No money involved, either. 1101 01:41:34,088 --> 01:41:35,839 So, it was real racing. 1102 01:41:38,008 --> 01:41:42,679 I have that as a very good memory.