Pilotul care alearga in ajutorul lui este, daca nu ma insel, chiar Ayrton Sena.

Ayrton Senna a alergat pana in 1994, cand erau masini mult evoluate fata de ceea ce-ai vazut in filmele alea si a murit in Marelui Premiu al Republicii San Marino deoarece masina sa a atins carosabilul si in acelasi timp i s-a rupt coloana de directie, facandu-i masina incontrolabila intr-un viraj de mare viteza!
Te rog, pentru oamenii care chiar iubesc acest sport, nu mai face astfel de afirmatii daca nu stii! 

He is perhaps best known for his actions during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix, where he selflessly stopped his race and valiantly attempted (but failed) to save fellow GP driver Roger Williamson from his burning car. A picture taken by photographer Cor Mooij of Purley's anguished face after it was clear his attempts had failed won the Sports category of that year's World Press Photo. That same year David Purley was awarded the George Medal for his rescue attempt.

Purley survived a deceleration rate 173 to 0 km/h in 66.0 cm in a crash during pre-qualifying for the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This is equal to 178 g, which has been claimed to be the greatest g ever survived by a human[1]. He suffered multiple fractures to his legs, pelvis and ribs. Purley recovered to race again although confined his activities to the minor Aurora AFX series of F1 races in Britain.

Purley died on July 2, 1985 when he crashed with a Pitts Special aerobatic biplane into the sea off Bognor Regis.

Roger Williamson participated in 2 grands prix, debuting on July 14, 1973.

On Sunday, Pedro Lamy and J. J. Lehto were involved in a starting-line accident. Track officials deployed the safety car to slow down the field and allow the debris from the starting accident to be removed. The cars proceeded under the safety car for 6 laps. On lap 7, from the onboard camera of Michael Schumacher's Benetton, Senna's car was seen to break traction twice at the rear, go off the track at Tamburello corner and strike an unprotected concrete barrier. Telemetry shows he left the track at 310 km/h (193 mph) and was able to slow the car down to 218 km/h (135 mph) in less than two seconds before hitting the wall.

The programme concluded that an unusually long safety car period had reduced the pressures in Senna's tyres, thereby lowering the car. As the car entered the Tamburello bend, it bottomed-out and the loss of the ground effect led to a sudden reduction in downforce, and hence grip. As Senna instinctively corrected the resultant slide, the downforce and grip suddenly returned, and Senna effectively drove off the circuit. The programme came to the conclusion that if Senna's reactions had actually been slower, he might have survived the crash.

There are other factors – Senna did not like the position of the steering column relative to his seating position and had repeatedly asked for it to be changed. At Imola Senna found himself in a car with his team's engineers struggling to cope and adapt to the ban of active suspension. Patrick Head and Adrian Newey agreed to Senna's request to shorten the FW16's steering column, but there was no time to manufacture a shortened steering shaft. The existing shaft was instead cut, shortened, and welded back together with reinforcing plates. Many surmise, based on comparing hours of onboard video footage from Brazil and Imola that the movement of the steering wheel during the race at Imola was completely abnormal. Senna on his final lap is seen turning the wheel left to full lock with no movement of the front wheels. Others have raised suspicion at what can clearly be seen on the onboard footage as Senna looking down onto his steering wheel seconds before entering Tamburello.

The irony of the on board video available from Senna's car is that the final seconds of footage are missing. The approximately 1.5 seconds of remaining video which would have provided a definite answer as to the cause of Senna's death were lost in an act of astounding coincidence when the TV race director decided to switch camera signals at the very instant the Williams started to leave the track.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, numerous rumours abound that the remaining 1.5 seconds are not lost and reportedly show Senna's steering wheel clearly coming off in his hands as his car is leaving the track. Although allegations exist that this video has been seen by a number of people at the top level of motorsport, there is no evidence to support its existence.