Earlier this week, I encountered this very intriguing image of Ayrton Senna lifting himself from his crashed Williams-Renault at the Imola circuit on 1 May 1994. I thought I’d share it here with you.
The story
It looks like things are working out for ‘Senna vs Schumacher’
It looks like I’m getting up to speed again in gathering my thoughts regarding a broader look at my Senna versus Schumacher story.
- I’m looking at taking the concept another step further than I was contemplating late last year — I wrote about that on 19 December.
- I’ve been in touch with a co-author. He’s rather well-known in motor racing history circles, but I’ll keep his identity to myself for now.
- Today I contacted the publisher I spoke with some 3 years ago. He hadn’t forgotten about my idea either, and would like to talk about it again.
Senna’s death 18 years ago today
Today, 1 May 2012, it is 18 years ago that Ayrton Senna da Silva perished at the wheel of his Williams-Renault on the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy, during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Similarly, it was 18 years ago, yesterday, that Roland Ratzenberger died after crashing his Simtek-Ford during qualifying. RIP.
I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept some more thought
The past few weeks I’ve given the Senna versus Schumacher concept, as opposed to just the Encounter Down Under story, some more thought. I’ve thought about the current story, too, of course, but tried to take it a level up.
Maybe I’ll do some writing during my upcoming vacation
I’ll be on vacation for 2 weeks from next Friday. I’ll be taking my iBook with me, and haven’t got too much planned in terms of activities. So maybe I’ll be able to do some writing on either the original idea — I have all the input necessary to write the Canadian GP chapter — or an ultra-short version of the entire story. I reckong I could write that without too much detailed research.
Senna versus Schumacher 
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