News Details

Newey questions cause of Senna's death in 1994

Formula 1 design guru Adrian Newey questions whether Ayrton Senna really died as a result of a steering column failure, despite a lengthy investigation to that conclusion. The Italian courts claimed that a poorly designed column on the Newey designed FW16 resulted in the Brazilian's death, after he veered off track and hit the barriers at the high-speed Tamburello corner during the 1994 Imola Grand Prix. Newey, who admits he is still tormented by the crash, doesn't believe the steering column was the cause of the accident and subsequent death. "What happened that day, what caused the accident, still haunts me to this day," he told the BBC's Radio 5 Live. "The steering column...
Full Story »
12y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Senna accident still haunts Newey

Ayrton Senna on track during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Sutton...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Newey: What happened that day, what caused the...

Newey: What happened that day, what caused the accident, still haunts me...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Newey still haunted by Senna crash

Adrian Newey admits he is tormented by the death of Ayrton Senna, saying...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Senna's death still haunts Newey

Design legend Adrian Newey reveals he is still haunted by the death of...
12y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Honda confirms early discussions for 2028 factory...

Honda, one of two engine manufacturers that supply IndyCar, has confirmed...

Romain Grosjean returns to IndyCar with full time seat...

Dale Coyne Racing has made public its plans for the 2026 IndyCar season,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 681 – 16.02.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
51m ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal hold strongest interest in signing Real Madrid...

Arsenal are reportedly leading the chase to sign Real Madrid defender...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

FA Cup fourth round: 10 talking points from the...

ssure is telling on Scott Parker at Burnley while Dominik Szoboszlai is...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

“Didn’t score but pretty much did every other...

Pundit Steve Nicol singled out Arsenal star Eberechi Eze for praise...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.