Moment of Greatness

There comes a time when certain drivers showed that they are truly a class of their own. That time was when Senna was qualifying in 1988 Monaco GP. When he was driving for a winning team , he conveyed an absolute dominance when he drove for Mclaren F1. His 120% commitment was alarming because his mechanics would be overwhelm after getting the best set up for the car. He would continue to tell the mechanics that he still needs tinker and test to really go beyond the limits of the car. His dedication was more pronounce when he out qualified his team mate by almost 2 seconds in 1988 Monaco GP. Now his team mate was Alain Prost and was also one of the greatest F1 driver of all time. But Senna still succeded to beat him in qualifying by 2 second in the same car. He described his experience in qulifying has if he was a passenger in his own car. No longer was he driving the car, but he was watching the car from above. This is an insight that he was bless with natural talent. After the qualifying he was scared to death because he pushed to the limit, thereafter, he went back to the pit and never went back out again. In this qulifying session, he showed just what he was capable of doing and ultimately a true evidence of greatness within.

Legendary Rain Master

Senna was undeniably the supreme rain master in the history of Formula. It was astonishing to watch Senna wrestle his car to keep it under control when he was driving in a raining condition. Many would spin their cars, and others would just crash, but Senna had a mind boggling car control. It was due to his car control, speed, and driving finesse that vindicated him on being the rain master. No other driver would come close to his wet weather specialty. Senna's first team was Toleman, a team which was nowhere near against Mclaren or even Williams and Ferrari. Yet, in Monaco GP Senna showed them that he can drive beyond the car's limitation and beat most of his competitor. In 1984 Monaco GP, it was torrential downpour and it really was a nightmare for most of the drivers. Many spun and crashed but Senna drove magnificently, and he was catching up to the race leader. It was 4 second a lap slashed out of Prost's time. Finally they stop the race because the track was undrivable, but if it continued Senna would have won his 1st GP. This example was one of the many and surely there were more amazing feat he accomplish but this race made famous to the extent that he was regarded as a rain master.

The Greatness Factor

Aryton Senna the best F1 driver in the history, and probably in years to come. Ok, Juan Manuel Fangio was great and so was Nuvolari but in sheer intense rivalry in Senna's era and excitement it was just an amazing to watch Senna drive, it was breath taking. Senna was beyond the limit all the time, the transcended driver that surpassed the car's potential.

Many argue why he wasn't the great because of his tactics and his sheer will to win that he will sacrifice himself. Now that's a true great, going above and beyond and shedding light to the extreme which only the true great drivers would go. Others would say that Michael Schumacher because he owns all the records in the book in terms of wins world titles and much more. Now here's the kicker, Senna didn't have the dominance Era in which Schumacher had. Senna always had to contend with another great drivers such as the likes of Prost, Piquet, and Mansell. In case you didn't know these drivers are multiple world champions except Mansell; nonetheless, these were the greats that Senna had to compete against. Now that's a tall order to surmount, but Senna manage to beat all of them.

Prost was perhaps the greatest driver that he had to contend because he was also fast consistent and very intelligent. Only he could give the menacing Senna a run for his money. Now beat that Schumi! He only had Mika Hakkinen to compete against and he retired eventually due to his new born child. So any argurment? well theres hardly any just watch 1988 season all the way up to 1994 season because you would see the real race and proved once again that Senna was truly a great driver.