30 YEAR Anniversary: A Story That Was Never Told

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If only Senna had listened to Dr Sid Watkins who said to Senna “what else do you need to do? You’ve been world champion three times. You are obviously the quickest driver. Give it up and let’s go fishing”. Senna replied: “Sid, there are certain things over which we have no control. I cannot quit, I have to go on.” They were the last words he spoke to the Englishman.

If you knew the story of the Hill family and the unfortunate plane crash with Graham Hill as the pilot 94-96 was unbelievably tough for Damon Hill personally and profesionally. People now may not think of him that highly but what a test of character he had to go through and he delivered brilliantly

I miss him … NEVER be another like him . SENNA a name that will ALWAYS 👈 be the benchmark. 🇧🇷 RIP Ayrton

I am brazilian, 37 yr and I can still remember Senna's live coverage funeral on TV, it was lunch time and I was getting ready to go to school. It was a national tragedy. His last 2 girlfriends, HUGE celebrities in Brazil, we all still remember him with love and his girlfriend at the time still repeats to this day he didnt want to do that race and was very very upset with the car.

Senna. I will never get over it. Half my life ago and it still smashes me.

Even 30 years later, it still feels like the day i saw it all unfold watching it live on tv. Heartbreaking. R.I.P Legend 😢

Greatest driver ever to sit in a f1 car. The man was a total god

Just a year earlier, I was one of many who were astonished by Senna driving the greatest lap of all time at Donington.

If Ayrton Senna never raced for that bloody team he would still be alive today. The car was a bloody death trap. And Williams to this day should have been bought to justice over the great mans death.

So why would Hill be so emotional about Senna specifically? The only relevant story that's consistently never told any more about Williams and 1994 is about how the team and its drivers gave it all to avoid any accountability about Senna's death. Coulthard made the claim that the steering wheel movement was absolutely normal, even using a ridiculous video where the steering column was supposedly so flexible that the wheel could deflect for ten centimeters or more with no cause for concern. Hill made his infamous "I don't know" testimony, where he couldn't remember any modifications about the car, whether it had power steering, or even if Senna complained about the car, but he somehow had left a briefing convinced - of course, he couldn't remember exactly why - that Senna must have left the track for reasons other than his steering column braking: namely, driver error. I would suppose that's a greater indication about how much Hill cared than the fact that he and his team were happy that they managed to turn around their fortunes and win in Spain. The ones who took a stand like decent persons and deserve to be remembered for that where Pierluigi Martini, who maintained that Senna wouldn't have gone off at Tamburello without a mechanical fault, and Michele Alboreto, who was especially annoyed at the way this was being handled and said that Senna deserved at least not to be blamed for his own death.

The greatest driver of his generation is an understatement if it's Senna we're talking about.

I have all the time in the wolrd for Damon Hill - a criminally underrated driver, and seems and absolute sweetheart of a bloke too. It's ironic that I now live not too far from where Damon Hill went to school and where his father was tragically killed in an aircrash, add to that I rented a room from a former classmate too.

Damon did a fantastic job of galvanising the team after Senna's death, in the same way his father, Graham did with Lotus after Jim Clark's death, coincidentally both by winning the Spanish GP.

I have the highest esteem for Damon Hill. His mental strength is unequalled in these circumstances. How he rose to the level he did to become world champion is something that should be told in a proper heroic Hollywood production.

The amount of footage you’ve used, in combination with your ability as a presenter, is excellent. I’ll be watching more!

Well told story and a wonderful tribute to both Hills. This touched me personally as I had the great pleasure of shaking Graham's hand as he worked the crowd after being presented his trophy by the Prince in '63. Still display the race poster un-stapled off a telephone pole for my by my dad. Sat front row center behind hay bales on the Gasworks hairpin. Ah; the great old days!

I will never forget that day. I knew he was gone in the aftermath of the coverage. His body twitched before his head rolled and I knew he was gone. It was truly heartbreaking cos Ayrton was my hero.

Ayrton senna the best driver.

Sad but true fact: Dale Earnhardt who had won Talladega dedicated the win in his memory before sharing the same demise 7 years later at the Daytona 500