Sentimental about Ayrton Senna -- a post on Tumblr

[devifemme]

We've been chatting here about the new movie "Rush," a particularly satisfying re-creation of Formula One racing back in the mid-1970s. I'd replied to Gary's enthusiastic review about an hour ago, and just now was on Tumblr. Though mainly enjoying the gorgeous ladies, I chanced to look at their gizmo called a "Dashboard" (which shows photo-reblogs by other Tumblr members whom you have listed as "follows"). THERE, out of the blue, was an evocative shot of Ayrton Senna, a Brazilian racing champion whose horrible crash I happened to see on TV in 1994. Even though it was taken seven years earlier, seeing his photo tonight really saddened me. I Googled to be sure of my facts, then expanded the blogger's too-limited caption.

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"luimartins" -- Ayrton Senna in a Lotus at the 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix. He was “killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He remains the last driver fatality in Formula One,” according to Wikipedia.