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Senna versus Schumacher Keep your enemies closer His heart was saddened by the necessity of what he was about to do, but at the same time determined to make a difference. He and his fellow Formula One drivers had just held their drivers’ meeting and were adamant to make their voices heard. Ayrton Senna opened the door of La Rascasse restaurant, surprised by the sheer number of cameras and microphones he was about to address. A few moments of silence passed before he spoke. “At the drivers’ meeting today, we agreed to form the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association”, he said. “It was agreed that the representatives of the GPDA will be myself, Michael Schumacher, Gerhard Berger, and Christian Fittipaldi. Consultants to the GPDA will be Niki Lauda and Alain Prost. The GPDA requests representation and recognition within the FIA to improve the safety of Formula One, after the accidents of Rubens Barrichello, Roland Ratzenberger, and myself at Imola, and Karl Wendlinger, yesterday. At our meeting, we discussed to take immediate action to look at the next three grand prix circuits, together with the FIA, for possible improvements.” As soon as Senna had made his statement, the dozens of members of the press fired their questions towards him. But his thoughts were already elsewhere — he was a worried man. One by one, he looked his fellow GPDA directors in the eyes. And they looked back at him. “We’re doing the right thing, Ayrton”, said Michael Schumacher. Senna nodded in agreement, as did the others, while the quartet stepped back into the restaurant, leaving the mob of journalists outside. “We are, Michael”, Senna replied. “We needed to act after all that has happened. We cannot have any more accidents. And I trust that the FIA will do the same. Over the next few weeks and months we will have to work together to prevent this from happening again.” Senna’s thoughts wandered back to the events of the previous grand prix, a fortnight ago. He was still coming to terms with what happened, and with how he would respond to it. For the tragedies that had unfolded were something that Senna hadn’t experienced before. As one of the senior drivers in the field, the only remaining World Drivers’ Champion amongst only a handful of race winners, he felt obliged to take action. It all began prior to the 1994 season. In order to combat the spiralling costs of running a Formula One team, and to counteract criticism that over-reliance on technology was reducing the drivers to a secondary role, sweeping rule changes had been introduced for 1994. Most notable among the changes was a ban on electronic ‘driver aids’ such as active suspension, anti-lock brakes, traction control and launch control. Senna had been one of the critics of these driver 3
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