Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he was told Formula One would be cancelled in the wake of Ayrton Senna’s death.
Senna was F1’s brightest star, a sporting giant and an icon in his native Brazil but on lap seven of the ill-fated San Marino Grand Prix – a weekend that had already claimed the life of Austrian Roland Ratzenberger – he ran off the road at 190mph and hit a concrete wall. He died instantly, aged 34.
Wednesday will mark the 30th anniversary of Senna’s death in Imola and Ecclestone, who ruled the sport for four decades, told the PA news agency: ‘It was just a disastrous weekend.
‘If you think about all the things that happened, with Roland crashing and never getting out of his car, and then Senna, I really don’t think it would be possible for it to happen again.
‘Max (Mosley – FIA president at the time) said to me afterwards that he believed it would be the end of Formula One. I said, “I think you are wrong and we will have to see.”
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Brnie Ecclestone revealed he was once told that Ayrton Senna’s death could be the ‘end of F1’ by Max Mosley
F1 legend Ayrton Senna died in 1994 when he crashed in the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola
‘We hoped it wouldn’t cause what Max had suggested might happen, but it was just a disaster. It wasn’t a good weekend, and it seems to me a lot longer than 30 years. He was just so unlucky to die in that accident.’
While leading the race, Senna lost control of his Williams at the notorious Tamburello corner. The right-front suspension of the triple world champion’s car penetrated his crash helmet.
However, the race restarted less than 40 minutes later with Michael Schumacher winning. Damon Hill, in the other Williams, crossed the line in sixth, two places ahead of Martin Brundle.
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