The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix & Ayrton Senna | 23
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of History of the 90s, we look back at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a cataclysmic weekend that shattered lives of many and permanently reshaped Formula 1 racing.
This is more than a story about fast cars –it’s a story about cutthroat competition, money, deceit, love, tragedy and the search for justice.
Over the course of three days, starting on April 29, 1994, in Imola, Italy, two drivers were killed, and another driver was seriously hurt. It was a watershed moment for F1 which had not seen a death in 12 years.
Formula One was never the same after that weekend, because one of the drivers lost at that event was one of the greatest drivers of all time, the legendary, Ayrton Senna.
Host, Kathy Kenzora takes you back to the historic San Marino race and the impact it had on one of the most prestigious sporting event series in the world.
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Ibrar Malik, author of 1994: The Untold Story of a Tragic and Controversial Season
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
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| 0:11.6 | Legendary race doctor, Sid Watkins, had a premonition as he sat in a medical car at the |
| 0:17.5 | side of a racetrack in Imola, Italy. |
| 0:21.6 | The esteemed neurosurgeon had saved numerous lives in his 30 years as the head of the Formula |
| 0:27.6 | One medical team. And at that moment, he turned to his driver and said, I've got a feeling |
| 0:34.2 | there's going to be an awful accident. |
| 0:40.3 | Minutes later, a call came in on his radio. |
| 0:45.3 | His help was urgently needed at a very narrow and bumpy corner of the track, |
| 0:47.1 | the Tamborello corner. |
| 0:53.0 | Instantly, he knew it was his friend and one of the greatest drivers of all time, |
| 0:54.0 | Ayrton Senna. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Kathy Kinsora. On this episode of History of the 90s, we look back at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a cataclysmic weekend that shattered lives of many and permanently reshaped |
| 1:08.5 | Formula One racing. This is more than a story about fast cars. |
| 1:13.6 | It's a story about cutthroat competition, money, deceit, love, tragedy, and the search for justice. |
| 1:25.6 | To understand what happened on F1's darkest weekend, we need to look back at the history of the sport. |
| 1:33.5 | Formula One is easily the most prestigious racing series on Earth. It features the world's best |
| 1:40.5 | drivers, most sophisticated cars, which are basically million-dollar machines engineered by rocket scientists, and some of the most legendary racetracks. |
| 1:51.3 | Formula One Grand Prix racing became popular in the 1950s, showcasing young men driving fast cars in exotic locations like Buenos Aires and Monte Carlo. |
| 2:03.5 | Stars like Sterling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio were thrilling to watch as they battled it out |
| 2:09.1 | in their cigar-shaped wingless cars. |
| 2:22.9 | At right, Young, Fangio is on the lead in front of Castellotti and Moss in third place. |
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