Why senna crash

He was shown deflecting the steering column a large amount with Williams saying that the car was designed with the steering wheel being able to move not only round and round but up and down.

Now I have since gone back and checked the footage from the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos which is well known for being a particularly bumpy race track. I have yet to see any such movement like there was at Imola.

Small movement you can see but nothing like the amount of movement shown at Tamburello. Also Senna was quite a small man and the amount of force needed to move the steering column like Coulthard showed in footage was clearly huge. A second piece of evidence I first saw on a National Geographic documentary on the accident.

They showed some of data from Senna's car before the accident. In particular they brought up a piece of data to do with the amount of twisting force that Senna was putting through the steering column. The last reading from the sensor before Senna hit the wall was If the steering column was broken then it should of been impossible for Senna to have put any twisting force through the column at all. During the investigation they looked extensively at the steering column and it was shown through testing that steering column was showing signs of very high stresses and that it was braking.

Seventy-five percent of the circumference of the steering column was broken before the accident. But it wasn't fully broken fully before the accident. What could prove it either way would be the footage from Senna's car all the way as he hits the wall. In a cruel twist the TV director cut away from Senna's car 1.

Many people believe that in the missing 1. Even those who don't believe in the steering column theory believe more answers would of been found in that missing footage.

These are the two main theories on the Ayrton Senna accident. There are many more and just like these they have flaws in them.

Whatever caused the accident once Senna hit the wall it was clear to all those watching that Senna was clearly injured. Some hope was raised when Senna's head was shown clearly moved once after the crash. I will let you decide what you believe I just am trying to give you the options. If you comment feel free to give your thoughts on why Senna crashed. When Professor Sid Watkins arrived at the seen of the crash and he removed Senna's helmet he was left viewing a horrific sight.

There is also evidence that Senna may have pressed too hard on cold tyres after several laps of running at a much-reduced speed behind the safety car, while debris from the earlier collision was removed from the straight in front of the pits.

Formula One tyres depend on heat built up by vigorous use to retain their optimum operating pressures and generate maximum grip. If allowed to cool, they can lose grip dramatically and in this situation, they created a situation beyond even Senna's control. Neither Williams nor Head will attend the first day of the trial - they are not obliged to - as they wish to avoid turning the case into a media circus.

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Subscribe Now. Sign up. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Formula 1 World Motorsport. Share on Facebook. Formula E: Marvellous Mortara surges to the top in Mexico. Social Media. Latest article. Senna knew that it had been a lucky escape for Barrichello. On Saturday in qualifying, things became even worse. Twenty minutes into the session, the Austrian Roland Ratzenberger, driving the Simtek, crashed at the Villeneuve curve. As he approached the corner driving about MPH, his front wing had come off.

His car was badly damaged and it was clear that Roland was severely injured. After seeing the accident, Senna immediately shook his head and walked out of his garage.

He then begged a marshall to take him to check on Ratzenberger. Senna was in tears upon his arrival to the scene of the crash. Later it was confirmed that Ratzenberger had died of a basilar skull fracture. Senna was distraught and sought comfort from Professor Sid Watkins, who was the head of the Formula 1 on-track medical team. As Senna cried on Watkins' shoulder, they had a now legendary exchange of words.

You have been world champion three times, you are obviously the quickest driver. Give it up and let's go fishing,".

Senna replied: "Sid, there are certain things over which we have no control. I cannot quit, I have to go on. Whatever it was that pushed Senna to drive in Formula 1 and to drive to the extreme, prevented him from quitting. He knew that the level of danger was increasing and that he was at more risk than ever of being in a serious accident.

He loved the sport too much to stop. Senna had said before the start of the season that there would be accidents. At the San Marino Grand Prix, there had been two very serious accidents in two days.

His prophecy was coming true. At the drivers' meeting on the morning of the fateful race, Senna and other drivers proposed reforming the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, which had been disbanded in the s. The GPDA was initially created so drivers could have a say in the safety standards that affected them. Senna realized that the rules had to be revised in order to protect drivers. Like Jackie Stewart before him, he wanted to be the man who got the job done.

The days of Formula 1 that Senna knew were ending. When Senna began, the cars were turbocharged monsters that were extremely fast, but slower around corners. Now, the cars were no longer turbocharged; however, they were still extremely fast and capable of taking corners at these fast speeds.