Suzuka 1989: ‘The Clash of the Titans’.

It’s actually funny when I read that “Senna could have out-driven Prost riding a bicycle” when he scored less points than Prost in both seasons when they were team mates and in this championship decider he was behind the whole race. They were both legends and in different ways they were probably the best drivers aver seen on a race track. They both deserve respect.

Concerning this very race: Senna didn’t have any other way to try to win but Prost had the right to defend his position, and he said before the start “no more open doors” as he had to do before to avoid a crash like that.

Prost was ahead so he had the right to choose his line, that was the only “rule” at the time. He was ahead in 1989. And he was ahead in 1990 too.

Senna once said Jackie Stewart: ”If you do not take advantage of the loopholes that let other drivers in the race, you’re not an F-1 driver.” Prost clearly drove his car up on Senna, missing two meters to the tangency of the curve. Senna tookProst left the gap that way and put the car next to him. And Prost, knowing that if you took the race Senna would be champion, drove his car up. Alessandrosurpassed Ayrton Nanini the same way they tried to overtake the French, so cleanand clear, and nothing happened. Senna won the race and was disqualified byJean Marie ballestre DISQUALIFIED (French). C’est la vie …

Hunt is a fool. Senna could have out-driven Prost riding a bicycle. The back-door dealing that stripped Senna of the World Championship and the petulance displayed by Prost is one of the most embarrassing moments in sporting history. 

You are an “arrogant idiot” and Prost is 4 times world champion (and normally 5 times ’cause in 88 he has got more points that Senna if the stupid rule to conserv only the 11 best result in the season was not in the rules of championship at this moment)…And just watch more the video of the crash in 89: Senna is not at the same level of Prost when Prost turns into the corner.Prost hasn’t got the choice my friends…And it’s really funny to read a thing like “Prost can’t accept when he’s beat”..Really funny when you think about all the career of Prost …Really funny when you think about what’s Senna did in ’90, in the same circuit just after the start in 250 kmph !!  with 24 other drivers just behind them! Senna was very dangerous at this moment isn’t it? (for Prost, for the other drivers and especially for himself!!) just to have a “revenge” and win the championship…I agree with Prost: it was disgusting and more! And Balestre didn’t make a decision against Senna after japanese gp 1990, so the opinion that “he’s french he’s for Prost” etc etc…It’s a good joke!  And for your information in 89 Senna needed to win the 2 last races to be world champion: in suzuka and adelaide.In suzuka we knows what’s happened, and in adelaide he crashed with Brundle…So the title was for Prost anyway.Not the same thing in 1990 when Senna crashed with Prost…Anyway Prost and Senna were the 2 best drivers in the 80 and 90.