In group V1 weekend of waiting for budrio second in the class, who will observe the rest day, but looking with interest at the challenge between the queen Piacenza (first at +6 from Budriesi) and the pursuer Magic Parma, third at -2 from the yellow and blues and with the direct clash in their favour. A key day also in group V2, with the See Persiceto, second behind 4 Towers Ferrara, who wants to secure his position and will receive on Tuesday at 21,30 pm Castel Maggiore, which in the first leg had won by 3 lengths on the Persiceto parquet. In relegation-pool it is instead a fight to avoid the last place, the one that condemns to Regional Division 2. In group R2, a delicate weekend for the Masi, second behind Castelfranco Emilia and coming off 3 consecutive defeats: tomorrow at 18pm the Casalecchiesi will host Castel San Pietro Terme 2010, last at -2 from the penultimate place and motivated to score a victory that would reopen the race for salvation on the last day. They also look with interest Anzola e Cesena 2005, tied for second to last place and on the pitch today at 19,45pm. Last assaults also in group R3, with theDaring Bombers hunting for points to achieve a last-gasp salvation. The Bolognese are last at -2 from Imola and today at 19pm they will be in the den of Correggio, second and on a positive streak of 5 days, to attempt the feat. Also on the field at 18,30pm Aics Forlì-Veni, with the San Pietro in Casale club wanting to try to climb to first place. The tourist card to discover what’s best in the city easily and cost effectively Home / Events / Exhibitions Sala Espositiva Comunale- Via Matteotti 79 Email: info@prolococastelsanpietroterme.it Site/minisite/other: http://www.imolafaenza.it/ from 4:30 pm to 7 pmClosed on December 24th and January 1st info@prolococastelsanpietroterme.it http://www.imolafaenza.it/ Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker a place where time seems suspended and emotions emerge without the need for words This is the underlying theme of Trame silenziose the solo exhibition of Zeno Bertozzi (Castel San Pietro Terme 2025 at Galleria Studio Cenacchi in Bologna and runs through February 28 the exhibition is part of a larger project involving two galleries emphasizing the importance of collaboration between exhibition spaces An artistic dialogue that transcends physical boundaries and develops through works that tell of an intimate and hidden world made of subtle balances and silent expectations.The works in the exhibition seem to capture a moment of transition an instant in which movement has not yet been accomplished Bertozzi’s images are suspended in an inner dimension where reality dissolves into an impalpable atmosphere and perception becomes deeper The very title of the exhibition suggests this quest: a silent plot then an interweaving of forms and suggestions that speak without the need for sound Many of the works recall the concept of silent melody an idea that refers to an invisible force that guides where silence takes on an expressive power equal to - if not greater than - the noise of the outside world Zeno Bertozzi ’s works thus become a place of shelter a space where art and thought can develop without distraction similar to the nests of potter wasps that the artist inserts in some works to suggest a sense of protection from the chaos outside The reference to nature is not accidental: Bertozzi explores the relationship between man and the environment His works seem to hold fragments of a time that has never quite disappeared The exhibition at Galleria Studio Cenacchi is only one of the two stages of this artistic project will host another part of Bertozzi’s work in a journey through two cities and two complementary visions The initiative is realized in collaboration with ARTRA Galleria and testifies to the desire to create synergies between different contemporary art venues A choice that reflects the artist’s own poetics: the invisible connections the subtle resonances between spaces and thoughts the value of silence as a fertile ground for creativity Studio Cenacchi Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday An opportunity to learn about the work of a young artist who invites us to slow down The competition was sponsored by the Municipality and attracted about 100 athletes who stayed in the city for three days. The 36 holes were challenging due to the bad weather that made the competition even more difficult. Angelica Lorenzani Borsari from Bologna won the women's category with 149 shots, while the men's category required a play-off. Home player Marco Ciani (151) got the better of Stefano Varoli. Then the Vero Toscano Golf Challenge circuit stopped by. The course was in excellent condition and the typical joyful atmosphere of the club combined with the Tuscan flavors to transform the awards ceremony into a party. Matteo Fabbri won thanks to a round of 78 shots. In the first category Federico Peschiera (36) narrowly beat Fabrizio Bellocchio. In the second category Manuela Sangiorgi (41) got the better of Gianluca Rossi (40) at the end of a battle to the last putt. In the third category Fabrizio Marchetti (38) won with a wide margin over Francesco Coraci (34). 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It was a public holiday in Italy on Thursday a band marched through the streets of Castel San Pietro Terme and nine miles away to the south-east in Imola they threw the gates of the circuit open to the public I squeezed my hire car into a space beneath the giant mural that depicts Senna pointing to the heavens and dominates the entrance to the circuit at the Piazza Ayrton Senna da Silva and then headed out for a stroll around a track that is far too beautiful to have witnessed so much death and grief I stood on the starting grid for a couple of minutes and then set off towards Tamburello An older brother and his sister raced each other on little scooters towards a corner whose name sends a shiver down the spines of Formula One fans everywhere as the track curved gently away to the left in the distance I had walked this walk before but that was 30 years ago the day after the most cursed weekend in F1 history when death and mourning were all around and I was a young reporter trying to come to terms with a tragedy that I also knew would probably be the biggest story I would ever cover The impact of Senna's Williams car into the barrier after the crash at speeds of 145 mph Senna in thoughtful pose in the statue erected in his honour at the place of his death in 1994 The mangled wreckage of Senna's Williams Renault car on a weekend of tragedy back in 1994 Rubens Barrichello slammed into the tyre wall at 160mph his young compatriot Rubens Barrichello had been involved in a huge accident during the first qualifying session When Barrichello regained consciousness in the circuit's medical centre was killed at the Villeneuve section of the track an innocuous left-right kink a few hundred yards further on in the lap from Tamburello Ratzenberger was the first racing driver to lose his life at a grand prix weekend since the 1982 season when Riccardo Paletti was killed at the Canadian Grand Prix according to the esteemed journalist Richard Williams' brilliant book 'The Death of Ayrton Senna' Senna phoned his girlfriend Adriane Galisteu from the Hotel Castello and told her he would not be racing in the grand prix after a dinner with friends at Trattoria Romagnola in the town where pictures of him dominate one of the rooms he called her again and said he had changed his mind Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger in the wreckage of his crash - he later died of his injuries Damon Hill and Aguri Suzuki observe a minute's silence for Ratzenberger and Senna in 1995 at a time when Senna's records have been eclipsed first by Michael Schumacher and then by Lewis Hamilton to grasp quite how significant a figure he was in the world of sport It was not just that he was a supremely talented driver who had won three world titles and was expected to win many more at a time when the grid had been packed with greats such as Alain Prost When Senna rammed Prost at the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka taking revenge for an incident the previous season and also ensuring he won the driver's title 'I am not prepared to fight against irresponsible people who are not afraid to die,' Prost said obsession and commitment is an aphrodisiac for sports fans and at the start of the 1990s Senna was one of the biggest sports stars in the world alongside men like Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky McLaren-Honda team-mates Prost (front) and Senna just before their collision in 1989 Senna rams Prost off the circuit at the first corner of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka I began working as a journalist in sport in 1993 When I flew to the first race of the season in South Africa I saw Senna in the WH Smith store at Terminal 4 at Heathrow and eagerly introduced myself as the new motor racing correspondent for the Times He was involved in a stand-off with his McLaren team at the time and there was still doubt about whether he would race at Kyalami but I only had to wait until the third race of the season to see him express himself fully His first lap in the rain at the European Grand Prix at Donington Park that April in a McLaren that was vastly inferior to the Williams of Prost is widely regarded as the greatest F1 lap ever driven Victory for Senna after his magnificent drive at the European Grand Prix at Donington In a sport whose detractors say winning is purely about having the best car Senna's win at Donington was a victory for a driver who was a genius the phrase used in motor racing to describe the boundaries of the capabilities of driver and car he found himself driving beyond the limit as if he was having an out-of- body experience There was just enough mystery about him to make him seem invincible So when his car smashed into the wall at more than 190mph at Tamburello that afternoon there was an air of stunned disbelief at Imola It was to emerge later that the steering column in Senna's car had snapped as he tried to turn into Tamburello my goodness,' the BBC's legendary commentator Murray Walker yelled at millions of horrified viewers Formula One had got used to seeing drivers walk away relatively unscathed from big accidents but Ratzenberger's death had been a huge shock and it soon became apparent that another tragedy was unfolding Senna before the start of the fateful San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 The Brazilian was in two minds over whether he should race after Ratzenberger's accident The television pictures beamed into the press room showed a screen being erected around Senna as medics treated him in tears as the bulletins from the hospital in Bologna His death was confirmed after the restarted race had finished just as Senna's friend and press officer Betise Assumpcao was returning from the Maggiore Hospital in Bologna where Senna had been taken irrepressible figure among the English press The grief I saw on her face that night is still burned on my memory I answered the phone in the room above a pizzeria that I was sharing with my colleague from the Daily Express — we did not have mobile phones then — and responded to a series of questions from a Radio Four presenter who was asking how anyone could justify the existence of Formula One any more Grand prix racing had become a blood sport again Then Bob and I drove to the circuit and walked through the same gate I walked through on Thursday and walked the same walk to Tamburello I remember that walk and its details as if it were yesterday Senna leads the field just after the start of the Grand Prix - just minutes before his fatal crash elongated gouge — on the concrete wall where Senna's car had smashed into it a little over 18 hours earlier I remember the discolouration of the gravel where medics had tried to save him as he lay dying I had only been there for a few minutes when a silver Mercedes with tinted windows pulled up on the track nearby While I was wondering why a vehicle had been allowed out on the track climbed out and placed a bouquet on the gravel and gurgling rush of the River Santerno that runs behind this part of the circuit and found myself wondering like a fool if it were even remotely possible that its melody might have brought Senna some comfort as he lay dying I noticed the laughter of the children playing in the park the birdsong and the thwack of racquet on ball coming from an Over-55s tennis tournament on the red clay courts of the neat local club that nestles in the lee of the hill that separates it from the plunging curves of the Acque Minerali section of the circuit I noticed the hundreds of brightly-coloured flags — many of them the Brazil national flag — on the catch-fencing on the inside of Tamburello and the tributes that had been written on them The Senna memorial is adorned with tributes to his brilliance at the Imola circuit  Pictures from Imola in 2020 of photographs and tributes left in Senna's honour  you are just one lap ahead of us,' one said a monument to Senna rested in the shadows of the trees in a public park It is a heart-achingly poignant piece of art a bronze statue of Senna sitting on what could be a pit-wall his gaze fixed in the direction of the spot where he lost his life It captures that melancholy in Senna that never seemed to be too far from the surface I looked at the spot where Senna's Williams-Renault had hit the wall breaking the right-hand front wheel off the car and snapping a steel suspension arm which stabbed through his famous yellow helmet just above his right temple It seemed as if the ash trees and poplars that grow there and which had borne witness on May 1 were leaning over that spot like guardians of his final resting place Extraordinary scenes at Senna's funeral in Sao Paulo who was killed during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982 and on to Tosa the sharp left-hander that curves around a dilapidated old farmhouse with crumbling terracotta tiles I talked to a woman behind the counter at the store at the circuit about the events that are planned for the 30th anniversary of Senna's death next Wednesday and she spoke about the 'strange energy' that descends over the track on May 1 each year when people make their pilgrimages to Imola to honour Senna's life That energy means different things to different people I feel it in the memories of that day 30 years ago I feel it in knowing that my career was carried along on the rising tide of mourning anger and drama that followed Senna's death and I feel it in the overwhelming sadness of the joys denied to him by a life cut so short That energy does strange things to the imagination the wind began to blow and the air was suddenly filled with ethereal white forms emissaries from the poplars that stand at Tamburello like loyal guardians of the fallen champion The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group A sumptuous eighteenth-century mans ion now at the center of a vast agricultural estate, transformed into a sumptuous resort: this is Palace of Varignana, a residence that stands in the hills of Bologna A thirty-hectare estate with views of the rolling hills of Emilia that have inspired generations of artists at least since the Renaissance dating from 1705 and formerly known as Palazzo Bargellini Bentivoglio: the building was in fact commissioned to architect Francesco Angiolini (Bologna after which it became the residence of Count Antonio Bentivoglio in 1794 Today it represents the heart of the resort’s receptivity with 134 rooms of various sizes.The contemporary history of the complex which is of considerable historical interest (so much so that the building appears in the Ministry of Culture’s catalog) when entrepreneur Carlo Gherardi first visited the village of Varignana and became so fascinated by it that he decided on a substantial investment to restore the palace and turn it into a resort “I think business travel and tourism are one of the main activities that bring people together and a hotel represents one of the most important meeting points,” Gherardi says there is a custom: if a person has been fortunate in their existence at some point they want to do something that brings the results of a lifetime of work where their roots are to which I have become increasingly attached over time works of art and artifacts from my travels I decided to restore Palazzo Bargellini Bentivoglio precisely to pay homage to a beautiful land with wonderful hills and rich in memory preserved over the millennia starting from ancient Rome with its Via Emilia and with its hills where olive trees as well as vines were cultivated at the time that lies the meaning of the rebirth of Palace of Varignana a project that speaks of recovery and regeneration.” a vast operation was then undertaken to arrange the park surrounding Villa Amagioia an elegant mansion purchased in 2008 by Gherardi and included in the estate: this is how which since 2015 has been part of the “Grandi Giardini Italiani” network It is a garden worthy of an ancient palace: it occupies an area of three hectares and was designed by botanist and landscape architect Antonio Perazzi (Milan who imagined the palace’s park in an area where previously there were only fields Panoramic terraces to enjoy the view of the Bolognese hills thematic rooms dedicated to particular plants (e.g. a park that also has educational purposes since the plant essences are accompanied by captions There is also a “collection” of oaks that includes a hundred specimens of 76 different species and five centuries-old olive trees from southern Italy which stands alongside the Rio Rosso farm: a network of paths dedicated to shrubs and fruit trees many of them of the unusual or exotic variety And of course it could not miss a labyrinth which in honor of the entrepreneur who renovated the complex is called "Labyrinth Carlico." The design of the labyrinth was owed to landscape architect Sandro Ricci who was given the task of uniting the ornamental garden with the twenty-hectare park which extends beyond the pergola of apple trees and roses that enclosed the garden which he manages to design in just 48 hours: a structure with corridors that are arranged in an irregular pattern but which is harmoniously connected with the rest of the ornamental garden since the aim of the project was to insert the new element into an already accomplished The result is thus a labyrinth that fits well into the context of the garden and finds its originality in the overlapping of the hedges that form the corridors with the orchard that previously stood on the space where the labyrinth arose The design of the maze incorporates the pre-existing fruit trees which are therefore not relocated elsewhere but left exactly where they are (it is Ricci therefore who creates the labyrinth by following the existing) almonds and persimmons to which is superimposed a hedge of thin ilatro (phillyrea angustifolia of the oleaceae) an evergreen plant typical of the Tyrrhenian coasts and with leaves similar to those of the olive tree but from which it differs in its bushy habit which makes it a plant particularly suitable for cultivation in hedges The ilatro was chosen by Ricci to the exclusion of some essences typical of labyrinths: hornbeam no because they wanted to avoid the risk of the boxwood borer The ilatro was then also chosen for its ease of maintenance (it is in fact a plant that The Carlico Labyrinth was inaugurated in July 2015 on the occasion of Palace of Varignana’s entry into the Grandi Giardini Italiani network (the opening of the maze was also attended by then-president Judith Wade) the most recent piece of Carlo Gherardi’s operation again by Sandro Ricci: an abandoned area of the estate was transformed into an event venue with the structure similar to that of Roman theaters with five tiers of local sandstone steps suitable for seating more than 250 spectators the Amphitheater on the Lake thus comes alive with a lively concert season is not the prerogative of the accommodation’s guests: it can be visited A series of offerings then extends the experience by including tastings of wines and oils produced by the Palace of Varignana farm or a lunch and visit to the winery at the facility’s restaurant it is also possible to visit the Palace of Varignana’s art collection (featuring works by Igor Mitoraj Quinto Ghermandi and others) and see the Claternate mosaic a Roman work from the second half of the first century B.C. unearthed in 1898 and from a domus in the ancient Roman city of Claterna located on the Via Emilia between Bologna and Imola if you can find your way out of the labyrinth your one-stop destination for the latest sports articles and news sports articles We are a sports news portal that covers a wide range of sports This is one signage which you will notice at even the smallest racing circuit Who would have known this warning would indeed foreshadow pain and agony despite being unpleasant and having left you with horrible memories was killed on this date at the San Marino Grand Prix when Austria’s Roland Ratzenberger succumbed to his injuries after a crash Ratzenberger ran wide and off the road at the Acque Minerali chicane he approached the flat-out Villeneuve kink where his front wing failed His Simtek beast went into the barrier at approximately 320 km/hr There are thousands of stories to read about how Senna died to relegate Ratzenberger to a footnote was unfair He had waited for his time to break into F1 a sport where only the best make it to the starting grid To be killed in just his third F1 GP was just cruel then Ratzenberger deserves a mention first because today marks his demise 30 years ago what happened to him was not something unnatural Motorsport is life and death every second you are at the wheel Someone who made a few fans believe the sport itself would die after his body was lowered into the coffin and F1 has always been a circus where the ring master makes the money and so do team principals Someone like Bernie Ecclestone probably does not know how many zeroes there are in his bank balance Ecclestone oversaw two deaths in the space of little over 24 hours – Ratzenberger and Senna – after the infamous incident of Rubens Barrichello being shunted out offered an ominous hint of what was to happen at Imola three decades ago this was the most-jinxed F1 race in history The sad part was that while Senna was given a send-off befitting his star status just around five or seven people were there when Ratzenberger was lowered into the grave track layouts and all the jargon associated with the sport and perhaps one which could have been avoided It is well chronicled that Senna made a call to his girlfriend on April 30 He told her he was not going to race the following day For a man who ate up the miles at a crazy speed on the F1 track without the fear of death he was pensive in the hours after Ratzenberger’s tragic accident on the outskirts of the pretty little spa town of Castel San Pietro Terme He went for the race and never returned to that room for that’s the kind of personality Senna was the Senna bust at the spot where he was killed stands for posterity Did Senna have a premonition about death or was he just emotional What the world watched was his Williams car’s steering column fail as he went into a concrete wall on the seventh lap a young Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost The good thing is that F1 junkies know all these names as this is a sport where details are not as voluminous as cricket like the race drivers who face death every second The guys who went flat out did not care about life or death They embraced speed the way a heavyweight boxer gloved up for a real slugfest inside the ring drivers are not going to return to the pit unless there are issues with the car or the race has been red-flagged Senna and Ratzenberger taking the stairway to heaven was least expected three decades ago and had the looks and the skills to leave rivals trailing in intense action spread over more than 300 kms on racing weekends There was an issue with the Williams car that led to the crash For someone who was daring to the point of being ruthless at the wheel Senna was not going to slow down from approximately 300 km/hr It was at that speed that he hit the concrete barrier The race marshals removed Senna from the wreckage and doctors onsite did an operation called tracheostomy to clear the air passage telemetry data revealed how Senna had lost control and was killed “I raised his eyelids and it was clear from his (eye) pupils that he had a massive brain injury We lifted him from the cockpit and laid him on the ground I felt his spirit depart at that moment.”  Maybe his heart had already stopped beating Many millions of others sank around the world that day Images of the crashes and 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course that spans 50 miles in the forests and military training grounds surrounding Aldershot The Tempest Rally is the final round of the Suzuki Swift Sport Cup rally racing series Its great to have another member of the Suzuki family joining us for our last round champioship manager of the British Rally Championship Weve had a great series so far and having Loris along for the finale will be great Im sure hell do well and have some fun along the way I am really looking forward to this as I have almost as much passion for cars as I do bikes It is a big honor to be invited by Suzuki to take part in this rally and I will certainly try to be competitive I know it will be tough racing against guys who do this type of motorsport every weekend Adding another element of fun to the race is the chance for Capirossi to race against his boss Rizla Suzuki MotoGP team manager Paul Denning who will also be a guest competitor in the Tempest Rally Motorcycle.com presents an unrivaled combination of bike reviews and news written by industry experts More by Motorcycle.com Staff was a day dedicated to sports and community at Palestra Porelli with a significant appointment at a new session of One Team the social sustainability project of Turkish Airlines Euroleague The 24/25 season edition of the project sees the collaboration of Virtus Segafredo Bologna with ASD Pallacanestro Castel San Pietro Terme The project involves children and youth in activities in schools and continues with afternoon work in the gymnasium aimed at promoting learning and dialogue through the sport of basketball The hour-long session was enthusiastically attended by some 20 children accompanied by as many parents who were able to actively watch the activities offered in the stands The central theme of the day was enhancing communication among young athletes and cooperation Thanks to the support of Virtus Bologna volunteers and the social partner the exercises held provided a valuable opportunity to convey fundamental values such as respect cooperation and the importance of teamwork Activities alternated between games to develop technical skills and moments of discussion during which they discussed how to apply what is learned on the court in daily life A special moment was provided by the presence of this year’s ambassador who showed great enthusiasm for the initiative Polonara shared with the children reflections on the exercises performed There was no shortage of festive moments: photos autographs and interactions with those present enriched the day leaving an indelible memory in all participants This occasion also confirmed the effectiveness of sports as an educational and inclusion tool using the game of basketball to stimulate teamwork So everything is ready for the One Team Games week which will take place during Rounds 21 and 22 of Turkish Airlines Euroleague in which the children will take part in some special activities aimed at raising awareness about the impact in local and international communities of the project itself The “return of the prodigal son” could be titled Olbis Futo Andrè’s landing at Virtus Segafredo Bologna being born in Castel San Pietro Terme just a few kilometers away from Porelli gives the concept of “playing at home” a whole other meaning The one who arrives at Segafredo is an Olbis who over the years has become more and more aware of her own means her 10.2 average points and 6.7 rebounds per game made her look out Schio’s 2018 call-up was the deciding factor in combining her rebounding and scoring skills Shooting percentages improved but so did her ability to engage her teammates and offensive rebounds the minutes on the court were being exploited by the long Bolognese player in an over-the-top manner Her constant commitment also allowed her to wear the Azzurri jersey with which she made her debut in 2017: for her the U19 debut to then make the trafila up to the senior national team guaranteed rebounds and excellent “rim protection” in the defensive phase have made her one of the pillars to Bologna for a player who can boast 261 games despite her young age a substantial part of which was played in international competitions useful to temper her character and broaden her playing horizons at the service of Virtus Segafredo Bologna Please sign in to your account to add a vehicle to favourite This piece was first published on April 30 to mark the 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death Turn the key to suite 200 at Hotel Castello Ayrton Senna's bolthole amid the pastoral peace of Emilia-Romagna and one finds the decor has evolved little since 1994: there is still a curious teardrop-shaped mirror a four-part montage of Chinese scenery dominating the wall of the master bedroom rather like the discreet grave in São Paulo's Morumbi cemetery a kind of maudlin Graceland among Senna-philes for whom the passing of more than two decades has served only to enrich their idol's mystique For it is here that Formula One's most mesmerising champion spent his final night alive Senna's demeanour that evening was distracted recalled how the Brazilian had been crying on his shoulder as Roland Ratzenberger's death in qualifying in a 195mph (313kmph) crash at Imola's Villeneuve corner signalled the first fatality in F1 for 168 races Martin Brundle was staying in the same hotel in Castel San Pietro Terme 10 miles from the circuit along the old Roman road None of Senna's customary escapist rituals could leaven the mood He would habitually receive a restorative massage from Josef Leberer He went for dinner at Trattoria Rompagnola still the most unassuming of hostelries off Piazza Acquaderni The intention was to mark Leberer's birthday but any attempts at celebration were muted by the afternoon's tragedy Senna was troubled to his core by the carnage unfolding ahead of the San Marino Grand Prix Prior to Ratzenberger's crash Rubens Barrichello had suffered a terrifying accident in Friday practice when his Jordan struck a kerb at the Variante Bassa chicane vaulting through a fence to leave him suspended unconscious from a glimpse of the shattered remnants of Ratzenberger's Simtek he became convinced that something at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari was profoundly wrong and left a note under his driver's door asking him to call down for a chat once he came back from the meal with Leberer he came to his room and was ready to go to sleep Then he went downstairs again to meet Frank and I supposed he was telling him that did not want to race because he seemed so incredibly sad about what had happened that day I imagined that Senna could be strong only when he drove he came across as such a sweet person – gentle Reliability problems with Williams' '94 car coupled with a spin in Brazil and a first-corner collision in Japan conspired to leave the three-time world champion without a point to his name as he entered the European campaign his team-mate after a winter where Williams achieved a career's ambition in prising Senna from McLaren says: "There was an atmosphere from the word go perhaps even from before we got to San Marino The car was not the beauty we wanted it to be and Ayrton was concerned that he could not push it as much as he needed to So the pressure was on him to start opening his account It was one steady ratcheting-up of the tension." It is a theory advanced by Watkins that Senna while harbouring a fatalistic attitude towards death through his strict Catholic upbringing was reminded by Ratzenberger's crash more acutely of his own mortality than he could bear a contemporary of Senna's for 11 seasons and one who saw every peculiarity of his rival's character believes he never seriously considered pulling out of the grand prix "As a driver you realise that people get smashed up he wouldn't have stepped into the car on Sunday The bottom line is that you get back in and go again." The tête-à-tête with Williams appeared to trigger just such a shift in mood Senna consoled himself with a promise that should he seize his 40th victory on an Imola track where he had already won three times he would unfurl an Austrian flag in honour of Ratzenberger He was also soothed by a telephone conversation with girlfriend Adriane Galisteu who told him she would meet him at Faro airport the following night when he flew back to their second home on the Algarve as a wedding party gathered exuberant pace in the Castello lobby downstairs that Senna settled into bed in suite 200 if not calm As dawn broke over the Romagna countryside Senna's race-day began in a manner befitting a driver contracted on $1 million per race when Captain Owen O'Mahoney called to ask when he should take the bags to his private jet in Bologna In radiant spring sunshine he projected a façade of serenity even exchanging pleasantries in the paddock with Alain Prost who was shocked at so cordial a greeting from a figure he had regarded as a mortal enemy Timesheets from the morning warm-up suggested that Senna's ruthless racing brain had re-engaged dumbstruck at seeing his stablemate eclipse the field by nine-tenths of a second "I felt I had to take a closer look at the difference between myself and him." there was the solemn affair of the 11am safety briefing to attend Bernie Ecclestone ordered a minute's silence in Ratzenberger's memory as Senna anguish and introspection engulfing him afresh Only afterwards did he raise his worries about the Imola set-up in a private discussion with Gerhard Berger and Michael Schumacher who alongside Brundle would later form the Grand Prix Drivers' Association "Ayrton was deeply concerned," his nephew Bruno heir presumptive to the family F1 tradition "It was clear the cars were not working well on their configurations that weekend He understood that the circuit was not safe in those circumstances." implicit in Asif Kapadia's 2010 film of Senna's life that he acted on such occasions out of laudable campaigning motives familiar with his adversary's Machiavellian streak since their Formula Three days claims that there was always a heavy dose of self-interest "There was a great paradox about Ayrton," he says he would also be one of the first to have an accident with you "I had a bizarre incident with him at Monza in '93 where he made a mistake and ran into the back of me when we were fighting for third but as soon as he knew I was OK a switch flicked and the hard but he was convinced the world was against him – in F1 he thought it was Jean-Marie Balestre He had a God-given gift to drive a racing car just over the limit By the time pre-race anxiety gripped the Williams garage Senna conveyed a more agitated air than usual He withdrew from the chatter of the mechanics scrutinising the car with suspicion and leaning pensively against the rear wing according to his former PR chief Betise Assumpção that "you could just tell he didn't want to race." as the senior man's method of constructing a force-field around himself "I didn't get close to Ayrton in the moments leading up to a race," he says I never had the chance to forge a relationship with the guy I was absolutely thrilled to be his team-mate If Senna did indeed harbour grisly premonitions of what was about to transpire As he streaked into the first corner from pole position his rear-view mirrors filled with flying debris the Lotus of Pedro Lamy smashed into the back of JJ Lehto's Benetton as Senna was left to reflect whether this bleakest of grand prix weekends was somehow cursed one of them catastrophic: the horrors at Imola seemed too repetitive for it all to be mere coincidence But in those first nervous minutes as the cars held station "You are in a racing driver's state of mind where you have a default mode," Hill argues After two races he trailed Schumacher by 20 points in the championship and his only intention was to press home his on-track advantage over the German by driving at the ragged edge of human and technological capability could boast of memorising exact readings from nine separate diodes on the back straight at Brands Hatch on lap six and with the wreckage finally cleared Few tracks could be as terrifying at full tilt as Imola From the sweeping curve of Tamburello to the hairpin bend at Tosa from the intricate kink of Acqua Minerale to the double left-hander at Rivazza it was a three-mile sequence of warp-speed straights high-compression corners and alarming changes in elevation At the re-start Senna swept through every section like a man possessed His lap time of one minute 24.887 seconds was only surpassed by two drivers by the end of the race – an extraordinary feat given that it was achieved on cold tyres and a full tank of fuel he began lap seven and the 190mph entry into Tamburello sitting in his medical car as the Williams barrelled past him on the finishing straight telling his driver Mario Casoni: "There's going to be a bloody awful accident any minute." Schumacher instantly intuited that the car in front was not responding as it should claiming afterwards that he noticed its chassis hit the tarmac as it rattled over the sharp bumps What ensued defied comprehension as Senna's car deviated not an inch on its exit from the turn ploughing through the gravel trap at terrible speed and straight into a concrete wall dodging the blizzard of bodywork back in fourth place at first did not recognise the severity of the impact non-stop.' That was my initial thought: 'Now what?' I didn't have a feeling in my guts that it was serious." Brundle having spun off in jarring fashion at precisely the same spot "You don't have small accidents at Tamburello." Even though Senna had decelerated to 130mph the right-hand front of his car took the maximum force of the crash causing a wheel to fly off and become trapped between the undercarriage and the wall his Williams was launched back on to the edge of the track its monocoque a ruined shell and Senna's head slumped Marshals swarmed to the scene as Galvao Bueno a Brazilian commentator and one of the driver's best friends told viewers on the TV Globo network: "Ayrton has hit the wall badly A patch of crimson was visible next to the wreck: Senna's blood At this point the BBC footage switched from the crash site to the pit lane out of trepidation for what would be visible next But the local feed from Italy's RAI station remained fixed upon the desperate spectacle as Senna's head noticeably twitched the Northern Irish driver calling the grand prix for Eurosport described this as a "very positive indication" the five-time champion and one figure with whom Senna's greatness could legitimately be compared concluded it was an involuntary spasm that could only mean a massive head injury who in treating Senna appreciated that he would not survive as soon as he studied the wounds beneath his yellow helmet then his body relaxed." Not an avowedly religious man the neurosurgeon said: "That was the moment I thought his spirit departed." but Brundle expresses the confusion that prevailed in the paddock I just saw the red flag and went back to the start line I was originally told it was Damon who had had the crash We were informed that he had moved his head but you subsequently learn that was the nervous reaction of a man finally dying." Senna – sorcerer did not officially announce the death until 6.40pm But every effort to resuscitate him in those intervening 4¼ hours as Senna was taken by air ambulance to the city's Maggiore hospital Senna was brain-dead from the second of impact when jagged pieces of the right-front wheel assembly penetrated his helmet and produced multiple fractures at the base of his skull Yet even in the midst of so desolating a tragedy re-started a mere 38 minutes after Senna's accident and won by Schumacher the only concession the FIA made to the mood of mourning was to insist that no champagne be sprayed on the podium Brundle scarcely disguises his contempt at so astonishing a decision "I was angry that we carried on racing," he says What makes me angry is that we raced past a pool of his blood for 55 laps Brundle depicts a "pall of silence" over Imola that afternoon as a welter of misinformation circulated about Senna's fate "I didn't know he had died until after the race We all knew something was up." Even Adriane received precious few details 15 minutes after her boyfriend's life-support machine had been switched off few were so powerfully struck by life's cruel capriciousness that Sunday as Luisa Tosoni For she had also been taken to a hospital ward On what ought to have been the happiest day she struggled to compute that this impeccably-mannered Brazilian boy on whom she had doted since he first based himself at her hotel in 1989 would never again be checking into suite 200 the strong driver who wanted to win at any cost who could make an F1 car dance through the most devilish corners went straight on at Tamburello is mired in claim and counter-claim after 20 years in which the sport has pursued almost every legal and scientific avenue to establish the answer is adamant in ascribing it to straightforward driver error "I was the only person who had sat in the same car on the same day and on the same circuit," he says "I was able to piece together in my mind that the cause of the accident was nothing to do with that Williams car My calculation was that he had been pressing on "I had a conversation only this month at the Chinese Grand Prix where I learned quite a bit more information," he discloses "I'm nervous about putting my opinion on it because the cars didn't have as many data acquisition tools then It was probably a set-up issue – a combination of low tyre pressure and Ayrton pushing hard against Schumacher But the impression is that his steering column failed." The judges at Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome agreed after a trial that had lasted over a decade they resolved Senna's accident had arisen from the failure of a column that was "badly designed and badly executed" and that ultimate responsibility fell upon Williams' former chief designer Patrick Head for "omitted control" The flaw in the verdict was that Head could not be arrested since Italy's 7½-year statute of limitation for manslaughter had expired the court's findings are vigorously disputed has pointed out how the car oversteered at Tamburello with the rear section snapping suddenly out of line – a movement not usually associated with steering column problems and one that was more likely to have been triggered by a puncture Television replays highlighted how a loose object was creating an obstruction close to Tamburello but this was almost half a mile from the point where Senna veered off track the emphasis that Hill places upon the bumps in this area is valid since Senna had specifically complained about the rough surface in pre-season testing there there is the question of culpability on the part of the Imola circuit itself Senna's misgivings about whether it was safe to drive were manifested in his death for just behind Tamburello ran a creek that significantly reduced his run-off distance To protect errant cars the creek should have been redirected but Senna found nothing to diminish his speed as he hurtled off course into the horribly unforgiving expanse of a retaining wall In place of that wall there is now only a wire fence festooned with Brazilian flags and small posies of flowers to mark the spot at which his life was so savagely cut short "It gives people somewhere to continue displaying their remembrance and devotion." Hill often draws unkind remarks that he would never have won his drivers' championship in 1996 had it not been for Senna's tragic ending But his admiration of the driver with whom he was able to spend just three races at Williams is boundless wholeheartedly committed to giving himself completely to his profession The fact that he never offered anything other than his absolute best incurred greater risk So I believe he was one of the most courageous racing drivers there has ever been – the most gifted I don't think you will ever see anyone else like him." Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have garnered more titles but Senna is heralded as the greatest by every contemporary and every young pretender who has come since Hamilton: all are united in saluting his pre-eminence They marvel at the dexterity of one who could propel himself from fifth to first inside 40 seconds in the wet at the audacity of one who shunted Prost into Suzuka dirt without so much as a trace of contrition the abiding example of his craftsmanship will always be his mastery of the sinuous angles of Monte Carlo where Senna could carve not just tenths off his lap-times but whole seconds "Ayrton got into such a trance driving around Monaco," he says the nephew whom Ayrton had anointed as his natural successor says: "People were aware he was fighting for something more important than just winning races He was convinced that he had been given a singular opportunity by God and he had the personality to make the most of it These are the qualities that make special people in history." Echoing Tosoni's impression that he was essentially a simple the monument is refreshingly devoid of ostentation Inquisitive children wander across occasionally to touch the statue's feet and once they pass the only sound is of birds warbling in the verdant Romagna forest After the terrible violence of Senna's ending DRIVEN Car Guide is the first stop for any Kiwi looking to buy their next car and ask an expert - drivencarguide.co.nz has all you need to know to buy your next car.