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The official cause of Senna's crash was due to a failure of the steering column that was modified before the race. Not du to loss downforce.
by Pat_Murph 3y ago
The official cause of Senna's crash was due to a failure of the steering column that was modified before the race. Not du to loss downforce.
- lallysingh 3y agoAdrian Newey, the man who designed the car Senna was driving, gave this quote: ” The honest truth is that no one will ever know exactly what happened. There’s no doubt the steering column failed and the big question was whether it failed in the accident or did it cause the accident? It had fatigue cracks and would have failed at some point. There is no question that its design was very poor. However, all the evidence suggests the car did not go off the track as a result of steering column failure… If you look at the camera shots, especially from Michael Schumacher’s following car, the car didn’t understeer off the track. It oversteered which is not consistent with a steering column failure. https://www.formulanerds.com/features/the-story-and-conspiracy-surrounding-the-death-of-ayrton-senna-27-years-on/ https://www.formulanerds.com/features/the-story-and-conspira... There's still debate on this.
- Pat_Murph 3y agoThere is a very interesting video and I think it's from the official investigation. It seems to show that the steering broke before the corner and Senna tried to turn but he just kept going streight. https://youtu.be/UfgadmP5PzY?si=CjSvAw9aGXb7uU0_ https://youtu.be/UfgadmP5PzY?si=CjSvAw9aGXb7uU0_
- neuralRiot 3y agoYes, i doubt “ground vacuum effect” had anything to do with the accident as it wasn’t as popular in the 90’s. For more info on “vacuum cars” check: https://motorsportexplained.com/ground-effect-f1/ https://motorsportexplained.com/ground-effect-f1/