Ayrton Senna convinced Honda for the first NSX to stiffen the chasis. It improved handling immensely, and people still remember the original NSX as a great car. It's gonna be hard to top it, I hope they don't Fuck it up but it doesn't matter because I'll never have one

Never knew about Ayrton Senna until I saw Top Gear do that special segment on him. Now I'm really interested in this movie.

Wow. Gorgeous film. The old cars used to be so beautiful. The new ones have their charm as well, but now it's all technical precision and computer-controlled mechanics. Nothing like back in those days where everything was up to the skill of the driver.

You were more connected with the car. You didn't have computer-controlled systems. It was your foot to the road. These days, there are 30 layers of computerized systems between that road and your foot.

Sure, they may be safer, and more reliable; but really, the man-and-machine relationship has been slightly lessened in recent years, especially with regulators making the cars slower, and changing the qualifying specs to make it more "fair" for everyone.

There were huge battles waged by auto makers to make the most powerful beast they could. And for a while, one would come out that just KILLED the competition. And now we have these limits imposed to prevent such a thing. That's another story though.

I miss the old days, even though it was before my time. What a wondrous time of innovation and highly skilled drivers who went on to become legends, just like Bruce McLaren, Ayrton Senna, Schumacher, etc. I'm sure a whole new generation of legends will be born to the sport going forward, but it will never be the same raw, powerful, compassionate, skill-dependent sport that it once was.

I was looking for stuff on the guy after the top gear tribute.

http://videosift.com/video/Top-Gear-Ayrton-Senna-Tribute

Amazing driver.

on the track a more reserved style of footwork is best. in rally you need to power-slide and a more aggressive style is definitely the way to go. love the WR clip by the way


>> ^radx.
Personally, I prefer the more chaotic approach where they don't keep their left foot on the clutch at all times, but rather switch between left-foot-braking and the heel-and-toe-technique.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
"heel", not "heal"

Ha! Thanks.

Thanks for fixing these, vidimeister!

RIP Ayrton Senna

well if you want names, there's Graham Hill, Gilles Villeneuve, Ayrton Senna, and Michael Schumacher. The b&w footage may be Sterling Moss, but I can't be sure.
and yeah, I would have picked a different song too.
Too bad, I actually found a better clip after I already posted this one, oh well...

Ayrton Senna (BRA)

World Champion - 1988, 1990-1991

Grand Prix Starts: 161
Grand Prix Wins: 41
Pole Positions: 65

He streaked through the sport like a comet, an other-worldly superstar whose brilliance as a driver was matched by a dazzling intellect and coruscating charisma that illuminated Formula One racing as never before. No one tried harder or pushed himself further, nor did anyone shed so much light on the extremes to which only the greatest drivers go. Intensely introspective and passionate in the extreme, Ayrton Senna endlessly sought to extend his limits, to go faster than himself, a quest that ultimately made him a martyr but did not diminish his mystique.

http://www.formula1.com/archive/halloffame/driver/45.html