Senna Page #5

you know.

Commercially and...

Bernie Ecclestone was very clever

in the way they distribute television.

But to keep an audience,

you need personalities

and, of course,

the Prost-Senna story was a big hit.

And Ayrton became very famous

outside the sport,

thanks to the impact of Formula One on TV.

I feel so worried for the people because...

And we push them away.

They're nice people and it's not a good

feeling to see them being pushed away.

I feel so sorry, you know.

In Brazil it was very different.

The people were unhappy

under the regime that was ruling them.

Poverty was just desperate.

So his appeal there, at a hard time,

was extraordinary.

The situation in Brazil

was very negative and depressing.

But what happened is,

when Ayrton won numerous times,

instead of trying to hide

his Brazilian origins, as others did,

he did the opposite,

he'd wave the national flag.

Ayrton would do this every Sunday.

And people were inspired,

that's why they loved him.

Ayrton had never won

the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ever since he'd been in Formula One,

it was his dream to win at home.

The Brazilian Grand Prix is about to start.

Red light, green light.

He starts well.

Come on, Senna!

And Senna gets away in the lead.

Ayrton pulled out a lead.

He was then, really,

faced with a very easy race win.

Here is Senna... It's raining.

It's raining, stop this.

And then, the gearbox jammed,

and he was faced with several laps to go

only having a sixth gear.

It should have been impossible to drive

a Formula One car stuck in sixth gear.

He wanted to stop.

He couldn't drive any more.

But he had tried so many times to win

the Brazilian Grand Prix,

that he found a special inner strength.

After this corner,

Senna is on the home straight.

He is going to win.

Ayrton, Ayrton... Ayrton Senna from Brazil!

Leading from start to finish,

he wins at Interlagos!

A great victory for Senna.

I don't believe it.

F***ing hell,

I've won.

Prost, you son of a b*tch!

He won, then passed out.

It was his most heroic moment.

Because of the huge physical effort,

I had muscle spasm

in my shoulders and neck.

The pain was absurd.

The physical and mental stress this weekend

was huge.

But there could only be one result.

Finishing the race with nothing left.

What's wrong?

My shoulders, my shoulders.

Just my shoulders.

Come here, Dad. Come here.

Come here!

Touch me very gently.

Don't touch me.

Calm down, Ayrton.

Don't touch me!

Do you need any help?

Bring the flag for me.

I fought so hard.

I needed to finish, I needed to finish first

because He is greater than everyone

and He gave me this race.

And that is what happened.

God gave me this race and I am very happy.

It was very exciting.

Brazil cherishes your victory, Senna.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Brazil, thank you, fans.

The human heat this weekend was so great

that we had to win this time.

It couldn't be any other way.

We did it.

Life can be very difficult in Brazil.

You have...

Brazil have all the extremes.

You have the fantastic nature.

You can have all the good material things

that money can buy.

But at the same time,

you have lots of problems.

Social problems and poverty.

Some violence as a consequence.

I try to help

a little bit. For children, particularly.

Because Ayrton

was so widely known in Brazil,

many people would ask him for help,

personal requests, hospitals,

charities would ask him for help for instance.

Ayrton would donate

and keep it going without fail.

But, he no longer

wanted to make random donations.

He wanted to develop something,

plan it, organize it,

to help Brazil, especially children.

Ayrton in '91 was in great form.

I think it was his strongest year.

He won seven races,

constantly on pole position.

The intensity was every bit as high as ever.

But there just seemed to be

a further wisdom,

a further bit of growth.

But then the car bit him hard.

For the first time he really thought

he could be hurt in a Formula One car.

Neurological examination

to check the chest

and the blood pressure, the abdomen

and the limbs.

- And how did you feel about him?

- He's fine. He's good.

- No problems to worry about?

- No, none at all. No.

It's the deepest personal relationship

that I've ever had with any driver.

Whenever I got to the circuit

and ran into Senna,

he was usually being interviewed

or surrounded by people.

And the moment he saw me, his face

would always light up with a beautiful grin.

Because he had that wonderful humility,

which is not common

amongst racing drivers.

- All right then.

- Pleasure.

Be careful.

You've still got too much to do.

Yes, a few more.

Question? Yes.

We talked about the chicanes

and the barriers

that we had there with the tires.

If you happen to hit those tires,

it's very likely that the tires

throw you up in the air

and you end up rolling.

That's what happened with me in Mexico

and that can happen here with other people.

I agree that for the moment

it's not the ideal thing that we have done.

The President

has talked yesterday with Mr. Moll.

No, no, no, forget Mr. Moll.

And he has...

Forget...

Okay, the President of FISA...

No, forget the President.

Now speak for the question of Mr. Senna.

About what we do today for the race.

For the race we can do anything.

I think it's better to

not have those tires there.

I happened to lose the braking point

at the first chicane yesterday.

Let me finish, let me finish!

And as I drove straight,

it was blocked, the road.

And I couldn't turn back.

If we move the tires,

we must place the cones.

Yes, that's fine.

And that way there is a run-off area...

Yes.

No, you must restart from the same place.

Because you must respect

the distance of the race.

You cannot come back.

I'm sorry, that is the regulation,

it is the regulation!

It's written in the regulation,

we got the letter yesterday.

Page three.

Here, the last two paragraphs on that page.

Very good penalty for you.

Jean-Marie, it's the same.

No problem, Ayrton, no problem.

Whatever is the decision,

it's the right decision, Jean-Marie.

You must understand.

The best decision is my decision.

I have a feeling for that.

No, because you don't know my decision.

It's the best every time, my decision.

My decision is...

Democratic vote, only the drivers.

By hand.

Who are in favor that

we replace the tires by the cones?

Your hand.

Stop.

Against?

Abstention? Everybody agree, okay?

Immediately, the work.

You replace the tires by the cones, okay?

Alain, what happened

going into that chicane?

I tried to overtake Senna. It was...

He blocked me during the whole race,

not very correct.

I think everyone knows Prost by now.

He is always complaining

either about the car, or the tires,

or the team, or the mechanics, or the fuel,

or the other drivers or the circuit.

Always somebody else to blame.

It's never his fault.

Yeah, no problem,

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