Senna: A Rally Tribute

"RallyDork" (pelijep) 05/01/2016 at 16:10 • Filed to: Rally, TheRallyTakeover, Senna, Ayrton Senna, Formula1, Jalopnik, Oppositelock, RallyCar, Ford, MG, GroupB

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I’m sure there’re a whole lot of tributes today to the late great Formula 1 driver, Ayrton Senna - my feed is pretty jammed. I came across one that shows a side to the man other than stoic racer-staring or racer-philosophizing you usually get.

And the great thing is that it - aside from the overalls - has nothing to do with Formula 1 at all!

This is from the May, 2014 edition of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! by Steve Bennett.

There are are some great moments captured of Senna weaving through traffic, dinner with the family, and of course, getting a feel for a variety of 80's rally cars.

“And then through came Senna in a glorious slide, laughing his head off and making a gesture with his hand that suggested we both enjoyed sex of a singular nature.”

Read the full article here... !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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gin-san - shitpost specialist > RallyDork 05/01/2016 at 16:32

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I wonder how he would’ve done at rally: those that don’t specialize in it seem to have a hard time even if they have strong skills in F1, like Kubica or Raikkonen.

As much as I like F1, the more I watch WRC the more I believe that its the most difficult category of racing. On the other hand, I wouldn’t expect top rally drivers to perform at the podium level in F1, but these days one is still a lot more forgiving than the other if you make a mistake.

I wish there were end-of-season exhibition events for F1 drivers (and for other series) where they could have a one-off event in rallying, oval racing, touring cars, etc. It wouldn’t mean anything for the championship, but what driver wouldn’t want bragging rights?

Dusty Ventures > gin-san - shitpost specialist 05/01/2016 at 19:37

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Race Of Champions is supposed to be more or less what you’re talking about, but it’s not quite the same.

RallyDork > gin-san - shitpost specialist 05/04/2016 at 16:26

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I wish Race of Champions was more than scooting around in an arena but oh well. A better mix of cars and terrain would be pretty entertaining.