30 Anos | Travelling to Ayrton Senna Statue in Imola

#ayrtonsenna #f1 #imolagp
Foreword by Malcom Folley from Senna Versus Prost book
"For the first time in twelve years, Formula One had to learn how to deal with death at a race weekend. The day before, Roland Ratzenberger lost his life. Some handled it worse than others, and Senna seemed the worst affected of all. After a decade in Formula One without intentionally yielding an inch of road, after waging a feud against Alain Prost, and after a decade of driving at breakneck speed without acknowledging a weakness in his mind, Senna was now confronted by an event beyond his experience. Death. At 34 years old, he had finally met his match on race track."
- I don't recall much of my very early childhood, but I do recall a day like this me on picnic with family and close relatives where suddenly everyone got emotional and it was abruptly interrupted, someone died. I was just 4 years old and too small to understand much of it, but I was captivated by it, fascinated. Who he was and why he left such a big impact to people that never met him.
It was probably the start of my interest in Formula 1.
Now 10 days before the 30th anniversary of that day, going there coincidentally with the same age that Senna was when fate intervened, I just realize how young he was. Just month ago I had no idea or any plans to make this trip, and finally here I was on my way to visit this place where all that happened, the memorial, paying tributes to the man that probably started all for me - the passion for racing and my fascination with speed.
Standing there and seeing all those tributes, including my country's flag, the macedonian flag, surrounded by a group of people admiring just the same, silently - literally a fly could pass and would be heard - reminded of the fragility of life and the relentless pursuit of greatness that defines us all. Very emotional and poignant reminder of the fleeting nature of time and the importance of cherishing every moment.
"The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile."
- Ayrton Senna
#sennasempre
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[@DuxDrive]

12k views in less than 24 hours. I wasn't expecting this! Apart the video where I filmed live the fight of Hamilton & Perez in Turkey '21 & the tribute for Michel Mouton years ago, this is my third most viewed video after only less than 24 hours of publishing it. Thank you all! Why this means a lot to me is because of the fact that I started this youtube account from scratch, after losing almost 20 years of work I previously had on two other accounts where I posted videos ever since 2005. Anyway, because I read that many plan or hope to go soon to this place, I will share my experience which might be helpful to some and another - to put this video into perspective better. About this trip, specifically to the statue of the great Ayrton Senna, like I've said in the description of this video, just month prior I had no plans whatsoever to come here. My girlfriend suggested trip to Bologna because of cheap tickets and she jokingly said that "there are even museums for you, those of Ferrari" at which point I realized that I never actually checked, were any motorsport landmarks nearby?! I find out that Modena is roughly 20km on the north, Imola 20km on the south. My eyes lit! I had to visit this place! Long story short (I will write with more details maybe in another video) After a day in Bologna we went in Modena & Maranelo & on the way back, while in the train, I felt very weak, it was from the food poisoning me & my girlfriend had day prior arriving in Bologna, and the virus was now taking toll on me. Hour after midnight on the day I drove in the simulator in Maranelo (video I posted) - I felt very strong stomach pain & urge of throwing up. Rushing on the way to the bathroom I completely collapsed in the hallway. Falling like a tree braking a medieval kitchen door in the process with the back of my head. I could barely recall how it happened, I thought I lost balance - I only saw the next day on security camera - that I barely walked, stopped for a second, and collapsed completely falling backwards. Luckily, apart some strong pain around my butt and 300 euro fine for the door, my head was fine. Another day in Bologna and then Imola. That meant I had only 24 hours to rest before visiting Imola - for which my girl was strongly against considering what just happened. So we made a deal, dully taking all pills, lots of vitamins, strict diet for 24h so we are sure nothing alike the day before happens again, so all had to be done quickly in Imola. The world could go upside down, I wasn't missing it. The morning I woke up like kid before Christmas. We walked 5km fast or 50min to the train station and missed our train, two tickets for Imola that we booked prior wasted - we were planning on taking taxi to the station but taking taxi proves to be impossible unless you have an app and ours wasn't working. I booked another two tickets for train in 30minutes. 10:30 we were on the train, 30min to Imola. I am okay, no stomach pain. Only anxious to see the statue. We arrived in Imola on the small train station, we go out to a long two way street, and I am thinking - "this is the place every F1 driver went through. Probably Senna himself." - leading up to some medieval square to which we walked another 20min - along the way among the verdant trees sneaking through I spot banners of Senna helmet colors, and the 30th anniversary event. I no longer felt any trouble walking, or any pain. I was full of adrenaline and only goosebumps! We were near! Taxi still nowhere to be found so desperately we pleased salesman in local shop to call one for us. We got in and after literally 2 min drive we were in front of the bridge of Imola. Finally we arrived! All those races I've seen as a kid on TV, all those documentaries about Senna, now were flashing right in front of me. It wasn't that hard to locate it, but I wasn't all alone, and we had no idea whether my mood was due to the pills or just adrenaline, and how longer will they keep me okay. Without any hesitation I make step forward & race track workers with official badges stop me from entering, they say there is World Endurance Championship so we cannot enter, although my first knowledge from researching was that the Senna statue is accessible, located in public park - not true - they point to a barrack nearby and I run to it. Final boss before we finally reach the place I so much wanted to see! Two tickets for two for friday which were 60 euros in total - for all I care if she asked 600 euros I might have paid those too! I came all that way I wasn't returning now. We entered, going across the bridge I feel like I am now threading on a holy ground. We reach the entrance of the paddock on the left, on the right a path leading under a bridge. We come out on the other side, the infield & first sign - Ayrton Senna Statue to the right. We follow that path. We come to another sign, says further to the right. We follow that path too. In less than a minute on my right side behind the bushes the first tributes appeared and my heart started beating faster. Surely enough, right behind the bushes along the track, I realized that's the Ayrton Senna statue. Now all kind of people daily go in there like it's a normal every day thing - and I understand that, but to me going there for the first time, to me it wasn't just going to a place of a statue of a fallen F1 hero. It was coming home to the place from where through a course of circumstances, in me it was ignited a lifetime passion and fascination with racing & speed. Where all it begun! His legacy will live on forever!

[@osmaisrelevantes3780]

SENNA The Best Driver

[@darrenjeng3856]

R.I.P Ayrton Senna The greatest racing car driver ever

[@mikejimenez1518]

Ayrton Senna Roland Ratzenberger RIP. 🙌🏎️

[@DuxDrive]

Very nice of you to mention Roland Ratzenberger as well. I plan a series of videos in his name as a tribute. Hopefully in the weeks or months to come they will be all published.

[@jean-yvesvaleri1504]

Ayrton 30 ans sont passés tu es toujours present pour tes fans . Bon anniversaire ayrton ❤

[@janiquevaillot6234]

Magic Senna forever and ever ❤😢

[@DuxDrive]

eterno!

[@_Diamond-Dog]

I will never forget you ayrton ♥️

[@narcelioalves3470]

Magic SENNA number one

[@reinhegge7487]

Michael Schumacher

[@narcelioalves3470]

@@reinhegge7487 voce NÃO sabe nada da verdadeira F1.SENNA best

[@reinhegge7487]

@@narcelioalves3470 no Schumacher

[@joespeed5991]

The Italians honoured King Ayrton like he was one of their own even though he never drove for Ferrari. Respect to them and the tribute to the greatest human who changed F1 forever since that horrific accident weekend that took him and Rolland. May they rest in peace but we will keep on steering the memory forever. Sempre Campion.

[@DuxDrive]

Very well put!

[@joespeed5991]

The video is very if not excellently put together. Congrats and thanks. 🙏🏻

[@TironaFanatics7]

He was half Italian by her mother. And Sena’ is a Italian surname.

[@DuxDrive]

@@TironaFanatics7 That is something new I never knew! Thanks for sharing that!

[@TironaFanatics7]

@@DuxDrive you’re welcome. Senna's mother was the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, form Porcari. Is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Florence.

[@anastasiodristiliaris2448]

Ότι καλύτερο είδαμε στον παγκόσμιο αθλητισμό και ένας υπέροχος Ανθρωπος!νιώθω τυχερός και ευλογημένος που έζησα την εποχή του!εχω βρεθεί και εγώ σε αυτό το ιερό σημείο στην Imola Παντού στον κόσμο αγαπάνε αυτόν τον σπουδαίο Άνθρωπο! Στην καρδιά μου Ayrton Senna do Brazil 🇧🇷 Σας ευχαριστώ🇬🇷 πολύ για το βίντεο!

[@DuxDrive]

👏🏻🙌🏻 ευχαριστώ! Παρακαλώ!

[@rusellfoel2336]

I am 59 years old and I still cry looking at this great human being a gift from GOD you are always there for me and I try to carry my self as a man and I will never forget you my friend Amen Russell Foell Greenville North Carolina

[@TironaFanatics7]

Ci manchi un casino anche dopo 30 anni sembra come se fosse successo ieri. Riposa in pace Legenda ❤

[@coldvoid]

I miss You, Ayrton 🥺💔

[@DuxDrive]

He will be never forgotten!

[@digigarb]

Beautiful tribute video! Thank you To me he is and still is the best that ever raced in F1

[@w709gerentedeauditoriadein4]

Ya pasaron 30 años de tu partida y Nadie a podido igualarte,van a pasar 30 años más y tú legado será más grande aún

[@thecentralscrutinizer304]

30 years after and people feel it like it was yesterday. We love Ayrton, hes immoratlized now.

[@DuxDrive]

Spot on!

[@irenedemarco1354]

I have walked that walk... 2010.... He died on my birthday... so i went to honour his passing by visiting his Statue at Tamborella Corner....on my Birthday. Its lovely there, the Italians look after his Memorial Site.... So hard to believe its 30 years...🙏

[@DuxDrive]

That's a beautiful story...thank you for sharing that and Happy Birthday! As long as we live, he lives too..

[@irenedemarco1354]

@@DuxDrive Thank You... It was also an Invitation Race Day for the Porche Italia Club.... so i also watched some car racing....that was a bonus, especially as i didnt need to pay to get in... Imola is a beautiful town with gorgeous gardens and i had travelled from Florence to Faenza, then on a wee train (with gears) over to Imola.... So many lovely experiences that day...all the way from New Zealand... It was worth it, because i had watched Senna arrive into F1 and loved F1 racing.

[@DuxDrive]

​@@irenedemarco1354 When I went the World Endurance Championship was taking place, so I saw Mick Schumacher, Button, Valentino Rossi too fly past in their hypercars. I was told the entrance was free, but since there was a WEC race, it wasn't. I paid 60 euro for Friday entrance only, for myself and my girlfriend, only to be able to visit the statue of Ayrton Senna. Otherwise from what I read, it was free for public visit

[@irenedemarco1354]

@@DuxDrive That would have been amazing, to be there while other great drivers were riding... Thats the Italian Paradox...! You went in a day where important races were driven, so you couldnt go to Ayrtons Statue for free.... I guess the day i arrived, was an "informal " meet, for those who owned street cars to try the famous track? Perhaps that was the difference... But, here we are... we can all know we communicate, BECAUSE of Senna to this day... and thank you for putting the video together....🙏

[@DuxDrive]

@@irenedemarco1354 thank you very much , you’re welcome and there will be lot lot more!

[@richnewall8564]

Thank you for making this wonderful tribute, to a legend we will never forget. He lives on in all our hearts. ❤ 30 years may have past, but we will never forget. R.I.P Ayrton.

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you and I am very glad you loved it! He will be never forgotten! #sennasempre

[@Bhargav.Changela88]

Thanks... Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@DuxDrive]

You are welcome!! Love back from Macedonia!

[@namirclementino3308]

Miss Ayrton ❤

[@lucassilveira2761]

Thank you for making this wonderful tribute, to a legend 🇧🇷 Brazilian Hero

[@DuxDrive]

You are welcome! It was my pleasure!

[@JornadaSalesforce]

Awesome. Thank you. Cheers from Brasil.

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you too! Saúde! 🙌 🏁

[@nenadvladisavljevic4256]

Hvala za ovaj video ovo je nesto sto nikada ne bih mogao da odem i da vidim

[@DuxDrive]

О брате, хвала ти! Најискреније надам се да чеш једног дана имати такву прилику да посетиш овај парк и овај прелепи споменик!

[@nenadvladisavljevic4256]

@@DuxDrive Tesko

[@angelortunorubio6899]

Senna sempre 🇧🇷 Beautiful vídeo, thanks for sharing.

[@DuxDrive]

My pleasure! 🙏🏻 obrigado

[@angelortunorubio6899]

@@DuxDrive Muito obrigado a você

[@mycommerceUSA]

Beautiful vid - thanks so much for sharing

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you so much! It was my pleasure! There is no 1st of May that goes without mentioning him. And not only on 1st of May.

[@antonio.mineiro]

Thanks for this.

[@DuxDrive]

You are most welcomed! There will be lot lot more! I have 7 books on Ayrton Senna and anecdotes that I have to write & share. Lot more videos that I have filmed & edited but had no time to put in right now.

[@antonio.mineiro]

@@DuxDrive Thanks! Seriously, this is priceless. I work as a truck driver and I passed like 40km away from Imola and my heart was trembling... 🥺

[@DuxDrive]

​@@antonio.mineiroI am very very glad you think that! And as a fellow passionate for racing in general and F1 in specific, I understand you not 100% but 1000% as I am the same myself

[@rafaeldebritoandrade9025]

Senna the king

[@gertjanzuidema]

The place is as he was, humble I will definitely visit the monument soon

[@flaviobraga3174]

Senna, a ferida aberta do brasileiro.

[@reinhegge7487]

Ruhe in Frieden, dieser Crash hätte nicht sein sollen. Aryton Senna, Roland Ratzenberger wünsche ich im Himmel weiter zu leben

[@user-dd3yz5bf1q]

こんなに旗や花が捧げられてるのか。。。セナの魂よ、永遠なれ。

[@cesar20127]

Por qué te fuiste Senna???, por qué corriste ese maldito fin de semana?????, por que no escuchaste tus instintos.......Dios mio ¡¡¡¡

[@CarlosMontiel-in4gr]

Cierto fue Terrible su partida😔😔😪

[@TheArestus]

Such an interesting video, some shots have never seen before. Thank you 🙌

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidsimpson5569]

Amazing. I wasn't expecting to be so emotional today,but ur video has helped. Well done 👏

[@DuxDrive]

@@davidsimpson5569 Thank you very much for the kinds words!

[@laurent5585]

Endroit mythique et mystiques. Senna,le plus grand pilote de tout les temps. Un talent et un pilote d exception. A jamais dans ma mémoire.

[@sennagalisfan]

Senna the GOAT

[@clintchiao]

Senna Forever ~

[@maelkyoko]

legends never die

[@ezequielpatricia4325]

Ayrton Senna da Silva por los siglos de los siglos Ayrton Senna da Silva.

[@andersonbatista521]

Parabéns pelo seu vídeo muito lindo!! Aqui é Brazil!!tamo junto!!

[@wandaorth6324]

Senna❤❤❤❤❤😢

[@theakyosmith]

Thank you for sharing. It's beautiful to see flags from so many countries showing their love❤

[@marthariganti6811]

Vai Passar 30,50,100 anos e o Brasil 🇧🇷 nunca te Esquecerá, uma Lenda não morre, apenas está apenas um volta a nossa frente, grande saudade, Eterno Campeão 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@DuxDrive]

Well said! 🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@marthariganti6811]

@@DuxDrive Obrigada 🇧🇷🇺🇲

[@nurby1824]

❤❤❤😢😢😢

[@terrypatel1081]

The LEGEND lives on.

[@annakisfaludinebaan]

I cry every time I look at these pictures! He was the greatest! God give him peace!

[@mclarenf-1team.503]

My Lithuanian flag cover another flag :(

[@veronique2406]

R.I.P Ayrton Senna ❤

[@henkvandervliet8746]

After the crash in 1994 i havent slept all night, and after the official news Senna was death i did not go to work, i was so much broke about the loss and till this day i still am

[@TRPGpilot]

Senna forever! I went here in 2015 and walked around the track. Only uploaded a short video though.

[@Metal.Gyn.1969]

Amazing legend

[@Bhargav.Changela88]

❤❤

[@barbarianzg8826]

that is amazing tribute♥fills your heart w joy

[@DavidSilva-go1qv]

Saudades eternas

[@apenasumagarota3724]

Que lindo !!!

[@user-kz3ik7pm7o]

The red and white overalls of Maclaren suited Ayrton much better than the blue and white overalls of Williams. I wish he had listened to Sid Watkins and gone fishing instead of insisting on racing that weekend of hell. I'm convinced he didn't really want to after Roland Ratzenberger's death and the accident of Rubens Barachello but unfortunately we can't turn the clock back. I'm surprised the FIA didn't cancel the race after the amount of bad luck that weekend had brought. It was one of the worst races I've ever heard of in the whole of formula one history. RIP Ayrton and all the racing legends who lost their lives doing what they loved most 😢

[@SpeedBrazilOficial]

Beautiful ❤

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@maurooliveira984]

Quando Phillippe Streiff se acidentou em jacarepaguá ficando paraplégico, houve um estardalhaço e a corrida no brasil quase foi cancelada, até que no último momento colocaram interlagos e a corrida foi salva, inclusive com o Senna interferindo pra que acontecesse. Mas nessa pista, que deveria ter sido destruída, acidenta um na sexta, morre outro no sábado, morre o mais famoso deles no domingo, e a pista ainda é usada. É inacreditável. Se fosse em qualquer outro lugar, nunca mais teria sido usada. mas como é na europa..... As pessoas colocaram uma estátua de boa fé homenageando o Senna, mas sem pensar, que se fosse o Senna a escolher, a estátua teria também o Ratzenberger, pelo o qual dizem, ele chorou sentido no sábado

[@iarasilva4893]

Verdade! Senna ficou totalmente arrasado e angustiado no domingo, antes da Corrida oficial. 😢

[@jcm5073]

Muito lindo isso.❤❤❤❤

[@ryanstewart4444]

I was there that weekend, and the three memorials really hit me hard. Ratzenberger for complicated reasons. Villeneuve, well, I'm Canadian standing on hallowed Italian soil. Senna was different. Due to some travel and communication 'difficulties" I had been awake for 59 of the previous 60 hours and had walked 30km in 6 hours to get there for FP1 on Friday. On cobblestone and 'historic' Italian Via's. My feet were bleeding (I had popped several blisters), my legs were jello and I could barely stand. When I stood in front of Senna, it didn't matter. My pilgrimage was complete. I didn't mean to do it that way but the pain made it that much more real.

[@DuxDrive]

We might have crossed each other! My girlfriend was very tired from walking so i just ran to the monument of Vileneuve too! Great man and equally a legend of the sport. I had to see it. It isnt as special or there arent any tributes much to it but regardless. As for the Ratzenbergers memorial I couldnt get that far that quick so i turned back. Nice you reminded me to post some about it on 8th of May

[@ryanstewart4444]

@@DuxDrive Villeneuve's memorial is about his life, Senna's is about his death. I went back and you and I stood on almost the exact same spot to get the shot of Senna's Last Corner. On the positive, the WEC race was amazing and aside from the Saturday monsoon an overall fantastic weekend, eh?

[@stargate19771]

😞😞😞 We miss You!!!!!

[@MOSSFEEN]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO THANKS Whats the name of the music

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you! The name of the song is "We Trust" by JJohannes Bornlöf It's a beautiful and so fitting music. I was looking for such for 7 days, until today I decided this is the right music for this video. Very glad you liked it!

[@richnewall8564]

Thank you for making this wonderful tribute, to a legend we will never forget. He lives on in all our hearts. ❤ 30 years may have past, but we will never forget.

[@DuxDrive]

@@richnewall8564 You are welcome! I am very glad you enjoyed it! And surely there will be much more to come as I will make tributes that I have from books I read on Ayrton Senna, lot of stories lot of anecdotes and things surrounding this dark weekend, him and Roland Ratzenberger included. They will be never forgotten!

[@richnewall8564]

​@@DuxDriveThank you my friend. I hope to make the emotional visit to Imola myself one day. I I thought about Roland yesterday too. Look forward to more content from you soon.

[@averdadeliberta2893]

Número 1

[@sen5908]

Was there many people there today 😢

[@arride4590]

The GOAT!

[@jeffersondesousaesilva466]

😔😔😪😪😪🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Housestationlive]

@2:48 this can't be 1994, race, there were a big crash becasue of a car stopped on the grid. oh actually it is, the car stopped is at the end of the grid, hidden by the smoke, and the crash about to happen! not that pleasant picture but unique one!

[@Housestationlive]

i have a bad feeling about this race 😕 this place is haunted by the devils, there were floods last year.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

👍🇧🇷🏆🏆🏆🇧🇷

[@jeanmichelfouque8960]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fabianrocha9924]

Descanse em Paz Ayrton Just a small tip: "Years" in Brazilian Portuguese is "Anos" with 1 "n"

[@DuxDrive]

Thank you! I will correct it now

[@mvbelobelo6303]

😭

[@SusannaDellavia-FanChannel]

🇮🇹❤️🇧🇷

[@DuxDrive]

🙌🏻🙏🏻🥰

[@fernandocesar2388]

Song's name???

[@DuxDrive]

It is We Trust byJohannes Bornlof

[@fernandocesar2388]

@@DuxDrive thank you 🙏🏻👍❤️

[@pressstart1490]

We will forget this man

[@DuxDrive]

I am sure you wanted to say “we will NOT forget this man” 🙌🏻

[@angelosalinitro9964]

un grandissimo pilota , una bella persona , peccato se ne andato cosi presto , molto commovente il video la sua statua a imola e tutte le bandiere del mondo in suo ricordo , grazie airton per le tue gare ci hai fatto emozionare