EMERSON FITTIPALDI
WAS TESTING A PENSKE INDYCAR AT MICHIGAN AT 230 MPH AND
WAS RADIOED TO COME INTO THE PITS WHERE HIS WIFE TOLD
HIM ON THE PHONE JUST TWO WORD'S - "IT'S AYRTON".
EMERSON SAID - "I FEEL THE PAIN TODAY".
PEDRO DINIZ
WAS QUALIFYING IN FORMULA 3000 AT SILVERSTONE. HE WAS
TOLD AFTER HIS QUALIFYING SESSION. "I JUST HAD TO BE
ALONE WHEN I FOUND OUT, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY SHOCKED".
HE REALIZED LATER THAT IF IT COULD HAPPEN TO AYRTON
SENNA, IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE.
DEREK WARWICK
"I WAS WATCHING AT HOME. I WENT TO HIS FUNERAL, AND
IT WAS THERE THAT I REALIZED HE WAN'T JUST A RACING
DRIVER, HE WAS A GOD".
MICHAEL ANDRETTI
"I WAS WATCHING IMOLA ON THE TV AT HOME. WHEN I FOUND
OUT LATER HE WAS DEAD, I WAS REALLY SCHOCKED. I HAD A
REAL LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM".
STIRLING MOSS
"I WAS WATCHING THE RACE ON TV. I DON'T THINK HE WAS
A DRIVER WHO MADE MISTAKES - SO DYING THROUGH NO
REASON OF HIS OWN IS EASIER TO ACCEPT".
JODY SCHECKTER
"I REMEMBER WATCHING IMOLA ON TELEVISION. I THINK THE
RACING WORLD FELT HIS LOSS TERRIBLY BECAUSE, AS A
DRIVER, HE WAS PROBABLY THE GREATEST EVER".
MAURICIO GUGELMIN
"I WAS WATCHING THE RACE WITH MY WIFE, WHO WAS SEVEN
MONTHS PREGNANT, AT HOME IN FT. LAUDERDALE. THE
MOMENT I SAW THE ACCIDENT, I HAD THIS COLD FEELING.
I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE SOFA AND TURNED OFF THE TV.
WE WENT OUT FOR A LONG WALK. WE (AYRTON) HAD LIVED
TOGETHER WHEN WE RACED IN ENGLAND IN FORMULA FORD".
DAVID LETTERMAN
I WAS WAITING AT HOME TO GET A VIDEOTAPE OF THE RACE,
WHEN MY ASSISTANT CALLED TO TELL ME OF HIS ACCIDENT.
AND BY THE TIME I GOT THE TAPE, HE WAS OFFICIALLY DEAD.
SENNA WAS A HERO OF MINE - UP THERE WITH THE GUY WHO
GOT MY ATTENTION AS A KID, JIM CLARK".
