It was during the British Grand Prix that Ayrton Senna began to make moves to leave McLaren by the end of the year. The contract was 152 pages long and demanded all the driver’s attention.
On the track, however, he even had a little fun. He secured the fourth time, the maximum that his car could place him in the qualifying sessions.
He started, passed Schumacher and Prost and held the Frenchman back so that Damon Hill could take the lead. It didn’t work, because Hill’s car broke down and Prost wound up winning easily.
“I really enjoyed the spat with Prost and afterwards with Schumacher.”. They were clean fights that excited the audience.”
What he really didn’t like was having to slow down, losing his place on the podium.
The software which controls his car read three liters of gasoline, insufficient to maintain a fast pace through the end of the race. Senna preferred instead to cross the finish line focused on the points. He finished in fifth.
In the boxes, however, it was verified that there was still six liters in the tank. The fault rested with a Ford engineer, who had made a mistake when setting up the software before the race.
british gp
1º
A. Prost
2º
D. Hill
3º
M. Schumacher
4º
Ayrton Senna
5º
R. Patrese
6º
M. Brundle
7º
J. Herbert
8º
D. Warwick
9º
M. Blundell
10º
A. Suzuki
11º
M. Andretti
12º
J. Alesi
13º
G. Berger
14º
A. Zanardi
15º
R. Barrichello
16º
J. Lehto
17º
E. Comas
18º
K. Wendlinger
19º
C. Fittipaldi
20º
P. Martini
21º
A. de Cesaris
22º
U. Katayama
23º
T. Boutsen
24º
P. Alliot
25º
L. Badoer
59
laps
25
cars
11
Retirements
1’22”515
fastest lap
1º
cloudy weather
podium
1º
A. Prost
2º
M. Schumacher
3º
R. Patrese
5º
final position
2º
position in championship following the race
4º
starting place
2
championship points accumulated
1’24”886
best lap
I really enjoyed the spat with Prost and afterwards with Schumacher. They were clean fights that excited the audience.