Added: Jul 3, 2010
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SENNA CRASH SENNA IMOLA SENNA CRASH IMOLA 1994 IMOLA CRASH SENNA CRASH AYRTON SENNA F1 SENNA CRASH IMOLA AYRTON SENNA CRASH F1 AYRTON "They" want you to believe this... http://www.thesennafiles.com/s-files/picslib/picf3_3.jpg Actually made a perfect rounded hole like this?: http://www.thesennafiles.com/s-files/picslib/picf3_1.jpg That´s the melted hole made by a BULLET. F1, lies and videotape In a surprise move the state prosecutor announced that certain officials from the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) are to be investigated over alleged false testimonies. The investigation will be carried out by the attorney's office in Bologna. Passarini has, in the past, commented about the problems encountered by the prosecution in obtaining the final footage from Senna's in-car camera. He claimed that the responses given by the FOCA employees were 'disconcerting or downright comic, if not tragic.' Bernie Ecclestone, at one time thought to be called as a witness, is not directly concerned with this investigation. Passarini did indicate however that letters received by the legal authorities from Ecclestone would be examined to see if there was a separate case to answer. This could relate to the film taken from Senna's on-board camera. The Williams team were provided with the footage within a week of Senna's death whereas it took over 6 months for Passarini's office to obtain the tape. "This is typical of the disdain with which the Formula One world has treated this enquiry," Passarini said. Another FOCA employee, public relations executive Francesco Longanesi Cattani, may also face investigation. Later Passarini told reporters that those primarily involved were Alan Woolard FOCA TV director, Eddie Baker FOCA TV producer and Andrew James FOCA video switcher. These three individuals were manning the control truck on May 1 1994 and were responsible for working the video camera on Senna's car. In order to allow the enquiry to commence, Passarini has asked for their testimonies to be forwarded to the attorney's office. Head of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Max Mosley and the FOCA maintain that the last second of Senna's crash was never filmed as the coverage was switched to another car. Passarini has always contended that the footage supplied from Senna's in-car camera was incomplete because it stopped nine tenths of a second before Senna's fatal impact. He said that nine minutes had been spent following Senna's Williams and therefore it was comical to believe that it was 'sheer coincidence' that FOCA's TV staff decided to switch shots 0.9 seconds prior to impact. He did not believe the testimonies given by the FOCA television employees who maintained that the car camera was switched from Senna's vehicle to that of Gerhard Berger's by chance. A moment later Ayrton Senna was dead. The state prosecutor maintains that the camera was still running at the time of the crash and believes the missing footage would have proved his case: that the steering column snapped whilst Senna was still on the track.
Channel: Autos
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bg2eo Says:
Jul 15, 2010 - Spot on about the missing video tape, Passarini's determination on this brought out the most direct pressure of all exerted by FIA to influence the outcome. I tend to think though, that all the missing footage shows is the steering wheel being thrown from the car. I think maybe when this was first seen it was so shocking, and given the backdrop being Italy, and the history already with Jim Clark, and being that it involved Williams- all these factors contributed motivation to hide the video.
Funfisique Says:
Jul 4, 2010 - Marshalls found the ECU intact after the crash, as the engine bay was never affected by that crash. Moments after a couple of Rinoo engineers came into parc fermee with Charlie Whiting and contrary to proceedings they took off the car the ECU. At Senna Trial the ECU was presented totally smashed and Rinoo told that they´d found it like that, and had to "restore" all the data...in where Senna was pefectly changing gears and braking heavily...something totally missing on the external footages