Last week we witnessed the crowning of Formula One’s youngest ever dual world champion. Back in 1991 Ayrton Senna became the sport’s youngest ever triple world champion. The feat was, unsurprisingly, enough to see him gain the F1 trophy at the Autosport Awards handed out in the same year.
With thanks to Autosport we can bring you this great archival footage of Senna being interviewed by commentary legend Murray Walker.
In the light-hearted interview Senna reveals some tense moments he shared with McLaren team boss Ron Dennis during the year after he ran out of petrol two races in a row. More intriguing, however, is hearing Senna explain the unexpected turn of events that led to him giving a souvenir helmet to FISA President Jean-Marie Balestre. You may recall the two men had previously shared a less than cordial relationship.
[Thanks to Tim for the tip]
3 replies on “Ayrton Senna interview with Murray Walker”
Awesome vid, thanks for this! Its amazing how raw Senna was in terms of his emotion when speaking. I think it just highlights just how easy it could be for Prost to toy with those emotions using politics and rumours.
Yes, because it was only ever one way. 😛
@Liam Could you imagine F1 without politics? I wonder how much politics is within Red Bull atm? Is Vettel truly as awesome as the 2011 results suggest?