“I can’t believe 30 years have already passed. » Bruno Senna was in front of his television on May 1, 1994. At barely 10 years old, Ayrton Senna’s nephew, who already dreamed of following in his footsteps, saw his uncle hit live on television more than 260 km away /h the wall at the end of the Tamburello curve on the Imola Grand Prix. “I was with my whole family. It’s so hard for a 10-year-old to understand, he tells us today. I remember everything. I think every Formula 1 fan knows where he was at that time, even thirty years later. »
Jean Todt was even a little closer, in the paddock of the San Marino circuit. “Of course I remember, I still have the images in my head. We see the car go straight off the road before hitting the wall, the damage from the mechanical breakers…” The Ferrari boss at the time stops. He won’t go into further detail. Out of modesty, a little. Above all, out of respect. Because the three-time world champion with 41 victories in F1 could have been on board a Ferrari rather than a Williams that day.
