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The next Michael Schumacher????

F1 Darkest Weekend

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge Formula 1 fan, and have been since the mid-80s. I watched my first F1 race late at night on ESPN. I was captivated by the sheer speed and talent. I began to follow the career of certain individuals. There were 2 in particular: Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. The weekend of April 29-May 1, 1994 is the darkest weekend of F1. The F1 race was at Imola for the San Marino Grand Prix. It started with the death of Roland Ratzenberger during the free practice round. Everyone was shocked by this accident. Senna decided that conditions must be better so he began to re-establish the Driver's Safety Board. Senna took the pole for the race on May 1. Sadly, Senna, himself, would have a fatal accident that day. The difference between the two accidents was that Senna's was on live TV. Watching the crash was very difficult. I kept hoping he would be OK. By the end of the race, news had come out that he had died. I wept so much. Senna had an Austrian flag in his cockpit, so that he could honor Ratzenberger when he finished the race. Two drivers dead, and other one serious hurt, in one weekend.

Needless to say, after this weekend, F1 changed many aspects of the way races are ran. Safety is now the paramount issue in F1. Senna remains the last driver killed in F1. In 2000, after Schumacher won the Italian Grand Prix, and tying Senna's record of wins [41], Schumacher could not control his emotions and they had to stop the press conference. Senna had the respect of every driver, and, every true fan of F1.

The video takes you on Senna's last lap and it also shows the crashes of Ratzenberger, Villeneuve, and Williamson.