Lost but not forgotten.

[Rally]

I remember the day Ayrton Senna died. I'd recorded the race overnight and was going to watch it the following day. But as I listened to the radio, the lead news story spoke of the death of Senna. I nearly fell out of bed- and was stunned for days. Here is the Top Gear tribute:

PART 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_rJH9XVIQA&feature=player_embedded#


PART 2


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9ZeCr5bEA&feature=related"]YouTube - Ayrton Senna - Top Gear Tribute - Part 2 of 2 [HQ][/ame]

I felt so sad for the Brazilians, in the World Cup that year instead of going for the Italians I wanted the Brazilians to win. The team unrolled their tribute to Senna and won.

 

[pezimm]

Rally,

I am Brazilian, born and bread. I can still remember that 1st May 1994 to the smallest details, I dare say that most Brazilians also do. I'm now 30 years old and I cannot think of a sadder day for the country as a whole...

He was my childhood hero and still is! That top gear video is amazing. Clarkson mentions a doco on his life, which has already been released back in Brazil, but no sign of a release date for Oz yet!!

Good times!!
Pedro.

 

[aware]

I was alive for the death of Ayrton Senna, however not old enough to remember. Indeed, such a tragic loss.

In my lifetime, there have been multiple, including Ayrton:

• Colin McRae
• Richard Burns.

However, the next 2 will be the ones I'll remember for ever (not derogatory, but when you've met them personally, and grown up respecting them as national sporting heroes, hard not to)

Having met both - the first - only once, was a big thing. It was the only V8 Supercar race I had been to in my life.


brocky by warealexander, on Flickr

The second, was a man I'd met on many, many occasions being an avid Subaru (never would have guessed it...) and rally fan, was this man:

He was one of the humblest people I have ever met. I remember that he had a lot of time for his fans, I even remember him giving dad and I directions to a volunteer meeting at the Rally of Canberra. I couldn't believe it, here was Posum Bourne giving us directions :lol:

I hope you don't mind me adding these 2 to the thread. I think it is good to honour those who have departed us. (If it is not appropriate to go in this thread, please let me know)

 

[Rally]

Pedro, I still have that last race on tape. I have the news coverage of his death- and it saddened me and the whole world so much. Wasn't it amazing to hear even Schumacher say Senna was #1. I still remember the 1985 F1 GP when he came out and grabbed pole. When asked about the lap, he said he was concentrating so hard, once he had gone through a corner he forgot about it so he could get the next one right. While I disagreed with the degree of his ruthlessness, I was still a fan. That accident in Japan when Prost was his team mate was a travesty- Prost was clearly in the wrong but Senna was punished.

Possum Bourne was someone I had actually met and chatted to. Here we chatted about the Rally of Sweden- he was so excited about it- he said it was better than sex! This photo was taken at the launch of the 2003 STI, taken next to my WRX. A few weeks later he was dead. I went to the funeral service here in Sydney. I spoke to his widow and sister, it was so very sad, I met up again with his widow in 2005 at Rally NZ. A beautiful person. When Petter Solberg came over to the launch of the 2005 STI, I had him signe Possum's book

Brocky's death also blew me away. While I always went for Dick Johnson, I respected Brock for his skill and his clean driving- something he, Johnson, Moffat, Richards and Skaife all had.

 

[Tweaksta]

Brocky, Possum and Senna all shattered me.