Remembering Ayrton Senna: 23 Years On

[aka2k]

What a crappy year that was. First Kurt Cobain and then, just 3 weeks later, Senna died. That was a tough ending for my childhood.

 

[Jeron Bleeco]

I never heard about Formula One until I saw the Senna drive at Donington 1993 in the rain.....I was amazed of his drive in the wet .....especially the first lap. I was sold on the sport Thanks to Ayrton Senna ! Then the onboard qualifying laps which he stated he held his breath during the lap.

 

[dabr1965]

I started watching F1 around 1985 when Senna was at Lotus. It was his driving style. Fearless behind the wheel. As many I remember that tragic day. He drove in era with so many greats, this why to me he is the greatest driver.

 

[Monstro]

When Ayrton Senna explained to Sir Jackie Stewart what a race driver is
unforgettable moment:

 

[xnorb]

Died while doing what he was born for, what he was living for.
For me his death marked the end of F1, i kept on watching a few years, but F1 has changed and turned into something i wasn't interested watching anymore.

But the whole weekend was a nightmare ...
Barichello's horrible crash on Friday,
Ratzenberger's death on Saturday,
Lamy crashing into Lehto could easily be another fatality.
Then Senna's accident...

 

[Patrizio_33]

My tribute to Ayrton . Enjoy!

 

[DeVxC]

Great post. I saw 91-94 season (not sure thought) and I was 10 years old when I saw his death I don't remember much from my childhood but this moment stands out, the image is permanently burn in my memory.

 

[Erwin Greven]

I remember that i didn't like him at all. It was until his last full season in 1993 i started to like him a bit. It was a shocker that he fatally crashed, but Roland's crash was a shocking moment too. Someone who spent his whole career to achieve one goal: to race in a Formula 1 car.

 

[Thang Nguyen]

SENNA is the best driver in Formula 1, in my opinion.

 

[Benutzername]

beautiful work of art, i want to buy it ! where did you find it?

here is my drawing i did of senna a few years ago.

Nice work from you!

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The painting is from Oleg Konin and is either called "Formula Alone" or "If Only..." (Funny thing i named the exact same words above).

I've seen the picture i posted before and remembered it.
I googled "senna 1994 alive imola" or something like that and the first result already was the one i searched for.

Strange thing, i can't find the exact source anymore. When i posted it here a few days ago i just copied the link blindly without visiting the source-site.

Now when i google the words i suggested above, i find a post from @Jimlaad43, posted on the 20 year-remembering thread. Guess i originally saw it there.

Now, the picture that Jimlaad43 posted has a small difference: It has a bit more content, the picture i posted was cropped apparently. And the uncropped reveals that this work was created by Oleg Konin for the Autosport magazine. I imagine.

And on this site https://fineartamerica.com/featured/formula-alone-oleg-konin.html it says that the original is worth about 180,000 USD in 2018.

 

[François Strat]

(-_-)

 

[shimon.ifraimov]

Nice work from you!

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The painting is from Oleg Konin and is either called "Formula Alone" or "If Only..." (Funny thing i named the exact same words above).

I've seen the picture i posted before and remembered it.
I googled "senna 1994 alive imola" or something like that and the first result already was the one i searched for.

Strange thing, i can't find the exact source anymore. When i posted it here a few days ago i just copied the link blindly without visiting the source-site.

Now when i google the words i suggested above, i find a post from @Jimlaad43, posted on the 20 year-remembering thread. Guess i originally saw it there.

Now, the picture that Jimlaad43 posted has a small difference: It has a bit more content, the picture i posted was cropped apparently. And the uncropped reveals that this work was created by Oleg Konin for the Autosport magazine. I imagine.

And on this site https://fineartamerica.com/featured/formula-alone-oleg-konin.html it says that the original is worth about 180,000 USD in 2018.

holy ****, 180K
i think a print will be just fine lol

 

[Lorenzo Bonder]

No need to say my piece on Senna. I'm Brazilian, so I'm biased towards Senna at any day of the week, right or not.

But I'll say this: that May 1st 1994 I've seen something I probably never seen later on my life: I saw my dad cry.

 

[[DNA] Rico Nosberg]

"If you no longer go for the gap, you're no longer a racing driver"