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  • #16
    I went and saw this one 1991 Australian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Shortest race in GP history because of the rain, which Senna eventually won
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    • #17
      Originally posted by gareth_oau View Post
      I went and saw this one 1991 Australian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Shortest race in GP history because of the rain, which Senna eventually won
      Aha! i was about to ask when you saw him in action. I remember that race. A shame you only got sixteen laps, but I'm sure you will never forget it!

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      • #18
        I collected pieces of rubber off the track afterwards and still have a whole swag of souvenirs
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        • #19
          just saw it..... BRILLIANT.
          only bad this is, you know what they were going to show later on
          love the cheeky mk2 gti in there too

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          • #20
            I am a huge Senna fan when i lived in Rio my aunty had a holiday house a block away from his parents house in Angra dos reis,I used to go up there for my holidays and family get togethers i remember seeing Senna and another guy riding their jet ski's while wearing tuxedos it was hilarious.he was very down to earth

            and i recomend the movie to anyone 100%.

            my hiace wears a Senna logo below the number plate
            Hes a legend

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            • #21
              I was lucky enough to see Senna race in Adelaide in 92 and 93. Pretty sure I'm somewhere in the crowd shot of the 93 race as it looked back on the seat I was in.
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              • #22
                Was going through high school during the last years of Senna...always admired his commitment and skill.

                I watched F1 for the action, drama, excitement.

                I was too young to understand there was a political side of the sport.

                Now that I have just finished watching the movie (and still have a runny nose, especially from the last 10 minutes), I now admire him as a man and how much he cared for the sport and for his fellow mankind.

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                • #23
                  Yeah noisuf, I was in a similar position. Senna died when I was midway through high school, and I didn't aware of all the political side back then either. So watching this documentary certainly changed my opinion of him for the better somewhat.

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                  • #24
                    Yeah, lots of memories came back, sneaking out late at night to watch delayed broadcasts.

                    The Jordan car design which I thought was pretty cool back then.

                    Camel.

                    Most touching moment was the footage of the father at the funeral and the flashback to happier times.........couldn't help the waterworks when I thought of my little boy.

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                    • #25
                      Too bad it was a Senna tribute movie rather than a proper documentary. It was VERY biased towards Senna's viewpoints and failed to show how he fitted in with the F1 scene (just how he viewed it).

                      While Senna was undoubtably a brilliant driver and should rate amongst the best of all time, the interview with Jackie Stewart showed the side of him that prevented me from ever becoming a fan of his. Any one who has raced and saw the incidents that Stewart and Prost talked about knows that Senna was engaging in psychological bullying by showing others that he was willing to put his car into a position where a crash would occur unless other drivers took evasive action.
                      His "innocence" is rather a contrived notion - Senna was far too intelligent to be the dupe he was portray to be at times.

                      It's also too bad they didn't really show anything of his karting days and the JPS Lotus F1 days to show his background fully.

                      But some great archival footage including some I'd never seen before.

                      Adzy will probably never talk to me again...
                      Last edited by kaanage; 18-09-2011, 08:31 PM.
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by noisuf View Post
                        The Jordan car design which I thought was pretty cool back then.
                        hell yeah! we were always fans of Jordan, especially the 7-Up livery. Being Irish and somewhat of an underdog had something to do with it too

                        We had the Tamiya Jordan RC car too. It's still in a box somewhere

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