Suzuka Special 2004 - Emails to webmaster

Where were you when Senna nearly killed Prost?

I have my own special memories of Suzuka because of winning the championship there and that fantastic race in 1994, but the 1990 race sticks in my mind for the wrong reasons. I was supposed to be in a Formula 3000 race at Le Mans the following day, but I got up to watch the GP, because there was so much excitement over what was going to happen. It should have been a great race, but it lasted five seconds, which was the time it took Senna to drive Prost off the track. I was so angry about what I had seen that I couldn't get back to sleep. It was no way for a World Championship to end, because the spectators and viewers had been robbed of a spectacle. It should have been a classic battle, but it didn't even get past the first corner.

Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World Champion,
naming his "Top 10 F1 moments"
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