Word: ayrton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Outside the gates of the local legislature, a chant went up: "O-le, o-le, o-le, o-la! Sen-na, Sen-na!" It was a rhythmic requiem for the hero who lay within, one of Brazil's greatest heroes and among the fastest men on wheels on earth -- Ayrton Senna da Silva, dead at 34, killed in a Formula One crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy. In his 10 years of Grand Prix competition, the Brazilian had won 41 races and three world championships. Senna would be mourned officially for three days, declared President Itamar...
Others were not so certain that the FIA alone was to blame. The owner of Ratzenberger's Simtek Ford said his driver's fatal accident was caused by a malfunction in the front end of the car. Might Senna's crash have been a case of driver error? "Ayrton Senna made a mistake," Carweek magazine quoted Williams-Renault technical director Patrick Head as saying. "We have checked the telemetry. He slightly lifted his foot just at that dip in the place where the tarmac changes. That caused a loss of grip from the car." A Williams spokesman later denied that...