... 40th anniversary, Estoril, 1985, celebrating his 1st win: Senna's Lotus 97T: exclusive shoot of F1 legend's first winner - Motor Sport Magazine Rigged, like most everything else on God's green acre, Senna's first win would likely have been, Monaco 1984, in Ted Toleman and Brian Hart's TG183-B: 1984 Toleman TG183B Senna – formula143 The Senna-Bellof show revisited (e.g., Murray & Hunt commentating), Bellof humiliating Arnoux at Mirabeau, Senna putting on a clinic passing Lauda like he didn't much matter, taking 4 seconds (!) a lap off Prost, we could not believe what we were seeing: Number one problem to this day, in organized motorsport? Had it not been for race rigging? What would have otherwise been the greatest dual in F1 history, Senna would have otherwise had his work cut out for him, staying off Stefan Bellof, in his nimble 012 Tyrrell. Had Monaco 1984 been allowed to go full race distance, the result would have otherwise been a commercial catastrophe for F1, unacceptable to the corporations. Had this been allowed to happen, there would have been hell to pay: 1). Senna or Bellof - 9 2). Bellof or Senna - 6 3). Alain Prost - 4 4). Keke Rosberg - 3 5). Elio de Angelis - 2 6). Pericarlo Ghinzani - 1 For their high crimes and misdemeanors, the audacity of turning F1's totem pole upside down? With extreme prejudice, the race was flagged, half distance, a slap in the face to Ayrton Senna, relegating him to his 2nd place indignation, the corporations intervening to preserve what was left of F1's azz-backward pecking order. Taking the white glove to his nimble 012 Tyrrell, ceremoniously disqualified, that day in May Stephan Bellof single-handedly proved to the world: yes, not only can the corporations keep a good man down? Whensoever they please, as often as they please, they can do so, at their whim. And, they can keep you down. Indefinitely - Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile //////////////////////////
