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Senna's death was the capstone to one of the darkest weekends in Formula One history. The previous day, Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger had died when his car crashed during qualifying. Several other collisions took place that weekend, including a serious one involving Rubens Barrichello .
But Senna's death, the result of a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix on May 1, 1994, looms over the series. The final episode of "Senna" recounts that ill-fated weekend in Imola, Italy.
Senna's death was considered by many of his Brazilian fans to be a national tragedy, and the government of Brazil declared three days of national mourning. Senna's body returned to Brazil on 4 May 1994. The Italian Air Force offered to fly the coffin back to Brazil, but the Senna family wished that it return home in a Brazilian plane.
The three-time world champion’s death shocked auto ... his countryman and three-time F1 world champion Ayrton Senna. The work will be unveiled Thursday afternoon, 30 years and a day after the ...
The story behind Netflix's new show. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Senna. On May 1, 1994, at the start of the sixth lap at Italy’s San Marino Grand Prix, 34-year-old Ayrton Senna Da ...
Three-time world champion Ayrton Senna is the only former champion to die from a crash during a World Championship race, the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Jules Bianchi is the most recent fatality resulting from a World Championship race incident, dying from injuries suffered at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix
Senna, the Brazilian driver who won F1 titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, was leading the race in Imola when he crashed. Ratzenberger was an F1 rookie from Austria. The attention around Senna’s death brought about safety improvements at the Imola track and throughout F1, resulting in shorter straights, more room around dangerous turns and less ...
Senna was given a state funeral in his home town of São Paulo, Brazil, where around 500,000 people (some numbers say 2 million) lined the streets to watch the coffin pass. Italian prosecutors charged six people with manslaughter in connection with Senna's death, all of whom were later acquitted. The case took more than 11 years to conclude due ...