A comment on a memorable event

This happened when I was twelve years old. I have been a car-racing fan since the age of nine and ever since I started getting into the world of the Formula 1 World Championship, one driver started capturing my attention more and more. His name was Ayrton Senna, of Brazil. A three-time World Champion, whom I saw in 1994, after two seasons of driving for the same mediocre team (while still managing to win a few races), poised to win his fourth title, driving for the best team in the sport, Williams-Renault. Even after crashing in the first two races of the season, everybody, including me, saw him as the main contender. Then came the third race of the season, in a little country of San Marino, in the small city of Imola…

The racing weekend started off on April 29th, 1994 on a very sour note. During free practice, the Jordan of the new Formula 1 star, Rubens Barrichello, crashed at a speed close to 150 miles per hour, slamming head

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The thought that went through my head was this: “Dear God, let that be Hill. I never had a brother, but losing Ayrton was much like losing a brother to me. While never a religious person, I then realized how much faith and devotedness mean in a person’s life. Nevertheless, unable to do much himself, Senna won the pole position and was to start first in Sunday’s race. After practicing some soccer moves early in the morning, I ran up to our apartment and was going to call my friend, when the phone rang. The race went on but then two people all of a sudden just drove into the pits, pulling themselves out of the race. He only said but three words, but by the grave atmosphere that was in the air, he need not have said one. Senna’s devotedness to God and religion in general was unsurpassed. He was a model of devotedness to his God, his sport and his family. A young Portuguese driver, Pedro Lamy, did not see the stalled Benetton of a Finn Yurki Yarvi Lehto, slamming his Lotus into Lehto’s car at a high speed.

Senna’s death as like thunder during a sunny day for me. I have to admit I am a prejudiced person. I really felt like a part of my life has been taken away by a huge vacuum of space.

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