It happened 30 years ago today, but the details remain fresh for all who bore witness to Senna's scintillating first lap at Donington Park's only post-war GP. As Simon Arron describes in today's Great Read, the weather was miserable, the spectacle unforgettable
The image is clear in my mind's eye: a ball of first-lap spray containing two Williams-Renaults, Karl Wendlinger's Sauber, Michael Schumacher's Benetton and Ayrton Senna's trim McLaren MP4/8 tagging on at the back. When the cars reappeared about 90 seconds later, the Brazilian led by several lengths and only Wendlinger had gone missing — harpooned by Senna's team-mate Michael Andretti, although by then the Brazilian had been well clear of both. There were few giant trackside screens in those days, so you had to use your imagination to fathom out what had just happened...
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