Ayrton Senna had always liked the Canadian track. It’s not a fast track, but it challenges the driver with it’s short straights, hard breaking and treacherous chicanes, with difficult to gain high exit speeds.
Exploiting these characteristics, the Brazilian driver secured second position on the grid in qualifying, with a time just 0.70 thousandths of a second behind Nigel Mansell’s Williams.
During the race, Ayrton Senna was unable to attack Mansell and defended his position throughout the race. He maintained the second position for many laps, but succumbed to the slower performance of his Lotus, finishing in fourth.
After the race, Senna declared:
I raced in true Olympic Spirit today, when the most important thing was not winning, but competing and scoring points. This is because in half a dozen laps, my car became very off balance. It was a little bit scarier than taking a taxicab ride.
CANADIAN GP
1º
N. Mansell
2º
Ayrton Senna
3º
N. Piquet
4º
A. Prost
5º
R. Arnoux
6º
K. Rosberg
7º
G. Berger
8º
J. Laffite
9º
R. Patrese
10º
D. Warwick
11º
M. Alboreto
12º
T. Boutsen
13º
A. Jones
14º
P. Tambay
15º
T. Fabi
16º
J. Drumfries
17º
P. Streiff
18º
S. Johansson
19º
M. Brundle
20º
A. Nannini
21º
A. de Cesaris
22º
J. Palmer
23º
P. Ghinzani
24º
H. Rothengatter
25º
C. Danner
69
Laps
25
cars
12
Retirements
1’25”443
Fastest lap
1º
Sunny Weather
Podium
1º
N. Mansell
2º
A. Prost
3º
N. Piquet
5º
final position
3º
position in championship following the race
2º
starting place
2
championship points accumulated
1’27”503
best lap
I raced in true Olympic Spirit today, when the most important thing was not winning, but competing and scoring points. This is because in half a dozen laps, my car became very off balance. It was a little bit scarier than taking a taxicab ride.
