On this day 32 years ago the F1 world saw a familiar occurrence, an occurrence that had happened 40 times before.
Little did the world know the 41st time would be the last.
On November 7th 1993 the great Ayrton Senna won a Grand Prix for the final time.
It was also the last time he finished a GP, took a podium and scored an F1 point.
The Drivers Titles had already been secured by Williams' Alain Prost who was driving in his final GP.
His seat in the team would be taken by Senna, who had one more race with McLaren in the season closer at and ahead he took his first pole position of the season, breaking a run of 24 consecutive poles for Williams.
He was joined on Row 1 by Prost ahead of Damon Hill & Michael Schumacher, but the race only got underway at the 3rd attempt.
First Martin Brundle was left on the grid in his "art car" Ligier before Ukyo Katayama stalled his Tyrrell.
Then Eddie Irvine stalled his Jordan after missing his grid box - he and Katayama were sent to the back as the race finally began.
Senna eased into the lead early on, maintaining a gap and then extending it through the stops, after which he emerged with a healthy advantage after retirements for Johnny Herbert, Mika Häkkinen, Schumacher & Irvine early on.
Hill & Prost tussled for 2nd with Hill attempting a pass on lap 61, a move that was blocked by Prost and caused Hill to spin - he dropped back but maintained his position.
Senna took a 9-second win from Prost with Hill a distant 3rd, while the Ferrari's of Jean Alesi & Gerhard Berger were a lap down ahead of Brundle who recovered to take a point in 6th.
Riccardo Patrese (8th) & Derek Warwick (10th) both retired from F1 after this race, Patrese having competed in a then-record 256 Grands Prix.
After Prost & Hill joined Senna on the top step in an easing of tensions in a famous rivalry, a Tina Turner concert provided the traditional post-race entertainment - during Senna joined Turner on stage.
despite having already played the song, she dedicated a 2nd rendition of "Simply The Best" to the Brazilian.
None of knew how poignant it would be just 6 months later...
On this day 32 years ago the F1 world saw a familiar occurrence, an occurrence that had happened 40 times before.
Little did the world know the 41st time would be the last.
On November 7th 1993 the great Ayrton Senna won a Grand Prix for the final time.
It was also the last time he finished a GP, took a podium and scored an F1 point.
The Drivers Titles had already been secured by Williams' Alain Prost who was driving in his final GP.
His seat in the team would be taken by Senna, who had one more race with McLaren in the season closer at and ahead he took his first pole position of the season, breaking a run of 24 consecutive poles for Williams.
He was joined on Row 1 by Prost ahead of Damon Hill & Michael Schumacher, but the race only got underway at the 3rd attempt.
First Martin Brundle was left on the grid in his "art car" Ligier before Ukyo Katayama stalled his Tyrrell.
Then Eddie Irvine stalled his Jordan after missing his grid box - he and Katayama were sent to the back as the race finally began.
Senna eased into the lead early on, maintaining a gap and then extending it through the stops, after which he emerged with a healthy advantage after retirements for Johnny Herbert, Mika Häkkinen, Schumacher & Irvine early on.
Hill & Prost tussled for 2nd with Hill attempting a pass on lap 61, a move that was blocked by Prost and caused Hill to spin - he dropped back but maintained his position.
Senna took a 9-second win from Prost with Hill a distant 3rd, while the Ferrari's of Jean Alesi & Gerhard Berger were a lap down ahead of Brundle who recovered to take a point in 6th.
Riccardo Patrese (8th) & Derek Warwick (10th) both retired from F1 after this race, Patrese having competed in a then-record 256 Grands Prix.
After Prost & Hill joined Senna on the top step in an easing of tensions in a famous rivalry, a Tina Turner concert provided the traditional post-race entertainment - during Senna joined Turner on stage.
despite having already played the song, she dedicated a 2nd rendition of "Simply The Best" to the Brazilian.
None of knew how poignant it would be just 6 months later... 🇦🇺🇧🇷
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