1 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,640 The opportunity to join McLaren with the Honda together. 2 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,480 It's a great opportunity for me. 3 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,080 Professional, and as a personal point of view, 4 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,000 I feel very happy to work together with Alain. 5 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,520 Are we ready? 6 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,160 You're helping your teammate in this. 7 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,120 Do you think he's learning from you? 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,840 I think he doesn't need to learn anything, 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,400 especially on being quick and qualifying. 10 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:48,240 I think it's been good for both of us this year, 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,360 and the car has been good. 12 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,800 He has more points, I don't have. 13 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,760 But, still, a lot of race to come. 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,800 Ayrton Senna crosses the line and you can see his exultation. 15 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,560 He's saying to the camera 'I am number one!' 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,960 Demonstrated very clearly, you don't need 20 teams. 17 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,640 You just need one team and two drivers 18 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,120 that both want to win. 19 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:19,400 The worst part of that year was when we lost Enzo Ferrari. 20 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,120 Only six people were told, 21 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,320 and when I had dinner in the evening 22 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,680 with Silvio Berlusconi, in his house, 23 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:38,200 I had to tell him, which was very strange. 24 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,760 So I was honoured that I was one of the people that was being told. 25 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,800 I was very close to him in a very funny way. 26 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,880 We never had an argument and there was a good reason for that. 27 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,760 'Cause I didn't speak Italian and he didn't speak English. 28 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,560 So it was wonderful. 29 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,880 But we got on really, really... 30 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,160 And trusted each other, which is more important. 31 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,840 At the end of the year, Petra was born in London, 32 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,960 and I was living in London at that time. 33 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,880 I remember going in to the hospital to see the little one and her mum. 34 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,440 A father is so happy when the little one's born. 35 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,520 Something brand new in your life. 36 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,680 Petra and Tamara I suppose, say they're different. 37 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,040 Tamara is a little bit more active. 38 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,960 And a bit more upfront. 39 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,840 She'd give anything a go that was put in front of her. 40 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,680 Petra is a bit more reserved. 41 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Not so much upfront. 42 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,280 Senna got on really well with Tamara, 43 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,960 and he used to call from Brazil and speak to them. 44 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,560 Nigel Mansell has made the big move 45 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,920 to join Ferrari, here at Maranello. 46 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,400 To drive for the world's most famous Grand Prix team. 47 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,520 And Prost leads the way! 48 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,280 Prost made a fabulous start but Senna is attacking. 49 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,320 And Senna outbreaks Prost. 50 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,760 I was very angry because we had an agreement 51 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,880 saying that the one who takes the best start 52 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,680 won't be attacked by the teammate 53 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,320 before the first corner. 54 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:05,280 I was very upset because I've always been very honest with my teammates. 55 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,440 I've done everything I could for the team and I felt very bad. 56 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,080 Prost made quite a lot of complaints about Senna... 57 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:25,000 ..and created a very bad atmosphere at McLaren. 58 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,040 I have decided that I'm not going to drive for McLaren next year. 59 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,680 It's very important to say today 60 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,960 that, uh, I had six years, fantastic. 61 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,800 On a racing point of view and the human point of view, 62 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,000 there will never be a problem between McLaren and Alain Prost. 63 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,400 I propose more. You're saying 10,000, 64 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,000 I agree with 10,000. No! 65 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,880 But if you're, if you're saying... 66 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,120 His proposal is the money that has been paid in fine, 67 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,160 doesn't matter why, doesn't matter why. 68 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:09,120 It's just to put the most money, the biggest money possible together 69 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:14,000 that can be substantially valuable for him. 70 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,360 Not only for six months, but for a longer period. 71 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,920 You understand? 72 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,680 89 really highlighted how important television was 73 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,320 to Formula 1. 74 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,800 Majority of the cars that year carried on board cameras 75 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:39,280 so people really could be part of the car as a driver. 76 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,480 They could see exactly what was going on, all the time. 77 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,000 Television really came alive. 78 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,560 A beautiful start by Alain Prost who goes into the lead. 79 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,000 From the public's point of view, it was good racing. 80 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,160 It's how racing should be. Two guys trying to win. 81 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,800 The stage is now set. 82 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,920 This is a sprint for the chequered flag. 83 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,760 And as we speak, Alain Prost is in race control 84 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,720 talking to Jean-Marie Balestre, the president of FISA, 85 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,120 so the politics have started already. 86 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,800 Jean-Marie disqualified Senna for missing the chicane. 87 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,520 Why did he take this attitude against Senna? 88 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,920 Happened to be a French driver and French president. 89 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,040 Alain, big smile please. 90 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,440 It'd be better for Alain to win the Championship. 91 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,880 Good for France, 92 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,760 good for Jean-Marie. 93 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,680 Good for the French Federation. 94 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,080 I don't know whether that came into it at all. 95 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,240 I doubt it. I don't think people think like that. 96 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,720 Jean-Marie was the President. 97 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,400 And he shouldn't be a judge. He should be a President. 98 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:58,120 I did a good race and was very sad if Ayrton was not disqualified 99 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,480 after what happened. 100 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:01,840 The problem with Ayrton, he can't accept not to win, 101 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:06,280 and he can't accept that somebody resist an overtaking manoeuvre. 102 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,560 I never caused the accident. 103 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,760 It was never my responsibility 104 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,040 and that you should see in a video, not by my own words. 105 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,720 We all, not only me, but we all as you people, press, 106 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:22,120 everybody that contributes direct or indirect to motor-racing 107 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,800 have a responsibility, to worldwide, 108 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,240 all the fans and everyone that follows. 109 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,800 Millions of people that follow racing on television 110 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,480 because they have passion for it, they follow it. 111 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:37,840 It's a show for them. 112 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:50,800 A really monstrous decision to call Senna 113 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,360 a dangerous driver and the penalty is just ridiculous. 114 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,320 I do not see the reasoning. 115 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,680 The reasoning behind those two actions, 116 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:05,720 and it obviously casts some sort of lack of confidence. 117 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,520 Creates lack of confidence in one's mind 118 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,320 about the way the governing body runs itself. 119 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,960 Do you really, really need me to answer that question? 120 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,560 I refuse to walk away from the fight. 121 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,200 It's my nature to go right to the end 122 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,040 and that's what I'm going to do. 123 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,600 Jean Marie demanded to Senna for an apology. 124 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:38,120 Senna wouldn't apologise. 125 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:43,440 And Jean-Marie said, "Well I need, I want an apology." 126 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,240 So Max wrote the letter for Senna 127 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,720 and gave it to Jean-Marie, 128 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,080 and Jean Marie did what he would normally do, 129 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,080 changed the letter completely. 130 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,480 'Cause he wanted to give the letter to the press, 131 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:01,320 showing that Senna had apologised to him. 132 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,800 And in the end, Ron paid the fine 133 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,840 because we couldn't lose a superstar like Senna. 134 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,960 I know it can be very nice with, uh, with Nigel, no problem. 135 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,800 I hope it's strong, I hope it's nice. 136 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,000 There's going to be a lot of information 137 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,880 that Alain is going to bring to the team, 138 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,120 and I personally look forward to working with Alain. 139 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,160 Both on the race track and on the golf course. 140 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:30,250 00:12:55.360 -- 00:12:57.720 Senna gets a brilliant start. 141 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,880 Alain Prost up in to second place. 142 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,680 Oh dear, oh dear. 143 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,400 And it's race leader Ayrton Senna, 144 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,640 he's definitely lost a left nose wing. 145 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:19,720 And that means to say that Alain Prost now is into the lead. 146 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,080 Victory for Alain Prost, 147 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,280 victory for Ferrari at the Brazilian GP. 148 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,520 (CROWD CHEERING) Senna, Senna, Senna, Senna! 149 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,480 John, of Benetton, had spoken to me and said, "We're not winning. 150 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,880 "We're going to get rid of the team." 151 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,440 I said, "It's obviously a problem of management." 152 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,640 He said, "I've got a guy that's now working for us in America. 153 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,600 "He's running one of our shops there. 154 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,160 "What do you think about that?" 155 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:04,880 I said, "There's no reason, if he's a good manager 156 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,960 "and you're confident in him, he couldn't do the job." 157 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,400 So Luciano put him in charge of the team. 158 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,160 I liked Flavio when I met him. 159 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,800 He would be the sort of guy 160 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,840 that would make the right decisions. 161 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,440 I had a very good offer from Benetton 162 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,200 and it looks like the team will be very strong. 163 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,160 Nelson Piquet really is driving like a racing driver again. 164 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,920 People warmed to Flavio. 165 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,680 A lot of very nice looking young ladies did the same thing. 166 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,120 How's it been working with Alain, Nigel? 167 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,720 Is it working out well together? 168 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,120 Perhaps some of the information 169 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,720 doesn't come flowing out, 170 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,920 so, from that point of view alone it's probably disappointing. 171 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 He always wants to know what I'm doing, 172 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,080 but, very reluctant to tell me what he's doing. 173 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,040 Alain Prost goes over the line to win the British GP. 174 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,360 For his fourth victory of the year. 175 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,360 Three race wins on the trot. 176 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,760 Yes. I think it's first time it happened to me. 177 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,560 First time ever? Yeah. 178 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,480 1990 ended dramatically. 179 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,560 The hot news from Suzuka is that Ayrton Senna 180 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,720 is starting from the right hand side of the grid. 181 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,120 The right hand side is pole position and the track is dirty there. 182 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,320 Senna asked for the pole position to be changed to the left. 183 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,320 His request was refused and the result is that Alain Prost, 184 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,560 starting from second on the grid, 185 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,320 on the left hand side, 186 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,040 is actually going to have a start advantage. 187 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,880 That pole position in Japan was a little bit silly 188 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,160 because you were the quickest, you should be given 189 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,400 the most advantageous part of the circuit. 190 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,120 Jean Marie decided that Senna 191 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,120 should start where he was told to start. 192 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,000 Which I thought was completely wrong. 193 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,880 And Senna sprints away but Alain Prost takes the lead. 194 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:38,560 Well, that is amazing, but I fear, absolutely predictable. 195 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,440 Ayrton Senna, I've heard that you've recently ran 196 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,120 the world championship. 197 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,280 Have you got something to say about this? 198 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,760 It's over. 199 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,520 I think for sure I want to win the race today, 200 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,680 the same way I won in 88, to win the championship. 201 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,040 Do you think that he deliberately crashed into you? 202 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,640 Absolutely, 100%. If there were only 1% chance, 203 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,600 I'd say, "OK, there is a doubt," 204 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,600 but there is not even 1%. 205 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,400 A lot of people thought it'd be a good idea 206 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,160 not to have Jean-Marie as President. 207 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,480 They thought maybe a fresh face, and with fresh ideas, might be good. 208 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,120 When the election came the following year, 209 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,320 he expected not to be opposed. 210 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,400 He expected to go sailing through without any problems. 211 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:53,000 It was strange to see Frank going to Renault for engines 212 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,000 and even stranger for Renault giving engines to him. 213 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,720 Your relationship with Renault, really seems to have blossomed, 214 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,440 and a lot of people really didn't think 215 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:03,760 it was going to work, did they? 216 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,800 If you're referring to the fact that 10 years ago, 217 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,760 the British teams, and the French and Italians 218 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,920 took opposite sides of an argument, 219 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,960 I would just say that it's only six months ago 220 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,400 the Berlin Wall came down, 221 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,440 I mean, everything in life changes dramatically 222 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,240 in any period of time or history. 223 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,080 Nigel almost won the world championship in 1986, 224 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,120 1987, and we thought his experience 225 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 and his strength, his strength of character, would be vital 226 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,960 to us in our desire and our need to win a world championship again. 227 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,480 They have persuaded me that they do have a package together 228 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,120 which is certainly worthy of another try. 229 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,440 Morning from New York. 230 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,080 Good evening New York, calling Moscow. 231 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,520 The EBU, which was based in Switzerland 232 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,120 used to be the distributors 233 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,120 for all the broadcasters. 234 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:01,680 They could decide what was broadcast and what wasn't... 235 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,440 ..and pay what they wanted. 236 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,320 They didn't want competition 237 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,040 in the television industry. 238 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:13,000 The fact is, we're not living in the 30s and 40s, pre-television, 239 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,520 where it was all played for the love of the game. 240 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,960 Now it's played for the love of money. 241 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,640 I decided that we would do a deal 242 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,040 with each of the broadcasters, individually. 243 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,640 The EBU said, "If you do that, 244 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,960 "you're gonna lose all the broadcasters. 245 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,480 You won't see any live Formula 1 on television." 246 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,640 So we had a little bit of a discussion about this. 247 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,080 In the end, the BBC were the first people to say, "Let's do a deal." 248 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,800 And when that happened, everybody else sort of followed. 249 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,840 Nowhere else can you get so close to the cars. 250 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,160 Nowhere else is the noise so loud. 251 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,680 And nowhere else are the colours so bright. 252 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,640 Watch it on BBC television. 20 seconds. 253 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,120 Stand by. 254 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,360 No one has ever won the first four GPs of the season, 255 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:32,000 but Ayrton Senna has victory in the 1991 Monaco GP. 256 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,040 When people managed to find themselves in problems, 257 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:45,800 I did whatever I could to help them. 258 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,640 And this is no different with Eddie. 259 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,640 Poor Eddie gave me a call and said, 260 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,080 "They're going to get some bailiffs to come along 261 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,080 "and take our cars, and pound everything they can." 262 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,040 So I said "I tell you what I can do... " 263 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,440 Schumacher was available this weekend. 264 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,560 I've seen him in Formula 3 and I had this attitude 265 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,320 to give youth a chance 266 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,360 and to see what the potential of Schumacher is for the future. 267 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,640 The arrival of Schumacher in Formula One 268 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,200 was the same as Senna. 269 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:31,600 Eddie was over the moon to have found a superstar in the making. 270 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,520 I said to Flavio, "You need to get this guy, before it's too late. 271 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,440 "Before somebody else gets him, you need to get him, 272 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,680 "because he's going to be the number one." 273 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,800 I said, "don't worry about Eddie, 274 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,400 "you can always do a deal with Eddie." 275 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:49,800 You can look forward to Monza now. 276 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,960 If I can drive in Monza, then yeah, sure. 277 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,640 So I spoke to Michael and said to him, 278 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,760 "You better come down here, to the hotel we were staying in, 279 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,160 "I'm going to see you get to drive in the Benetton." 280 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,440 So this went on all night. And with conversations with Eddie 281 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,280 and Flavio and me. 282 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,800 And Schumacher was in his bedroom asking me 283 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,640 how everything was going and I said, "You just, you, go to sleep! 284 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,720 "Be ready to get up in the morning, 285 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:21,920 "you're going to be a Benetton driver." 286 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,400 It's undoubtedly clear that Jordan and Schumacher 287 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,400 had some sort of written agreement 288 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,880 for the rest of 91, 92, 93 and an option for 94. 289 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:40,600 The ethics and how we go about honouring people's contracts. 290 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,840 I mean, we either have to get drivers to sign contracts, 291 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,760 or we just leave it free for all. 292 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,400 I'm easy either way but I think we do have to have 293 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,200 some firm situations. 294 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,920 Eddie had got a few dollars to help him along the way 295 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,640 so it was a happy weekend. 296 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:13,080 Michael Schumacher finishes his first Grand Prix 297 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,960 in a superb, point-scoring 5th position, 298 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,200 ahead of his teammate Nelson Piquet. 299 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,080 Wheel to wheel stuff, look at this. They're almost touching. 300 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,680 Mansell gets in there. 301 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:58,250 00:24:01.200 -- 00:24:05.280 Jean-Marie's task was just to make sure that he got enough votes 302 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,560 to be re-elected. 303 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,640 Jean-Marie didn't do much lobbying, but Max did. 304 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,560 The night before the election, 305 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,800 I'd had dinner with one or two people. 306 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,080 I called Jean-Marie, I said, 307 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,160 "Jean-Marie, you're not going to win. 308 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,160 "Why don't you stand up and say that, "I'm sorry, 309 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,640 "I've decided I'm not going to stand now, 310 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,440 "and I'd like you to support my friend Max Mosley." 311 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,880 "Urgh," he said. "You should... Why you say this to me? 312 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,440 "First thing in the morning, you upset me early in the morning. 313 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,880 "Why you saying that?" 314 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,800 I said, "Jean-Marie, because I wouldn't want 315 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,520 "to see you not winning." 316 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,640 Mansell harrying Ayrton Senna. 317 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,400 And off! Mansell! 318 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,560 That's him. Mansell out. 319 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:28,080 At the very corner that claimed Prost and Senna last year. 320 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,920 Into the chicane goes Ayrton Senna, 321 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,960 on his way to win the world championship. 322 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,320 89 was a disgraceful championship. 323 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,920 I won the race here and I was robbed from it 324 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,800 and I will never forget that. 325 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,440 Then 1990 was the result of the 89 championship. 326 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,920 We had a disgraceful race again here 327 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,240 and it was a bad memory in my career, 328 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,200 a bad memory for Formula 1 for sure. 329 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,120 And this year, we show that, 330 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,760 without the politicians being involved, 331 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:07,680 we can have a sportive and tight and very competitive championship. 332 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:49,920 We are upset because the behaviour of Alain Prost 333 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:56,480 was not at the level that Ferrari would like for his top driver. 334 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,320 Ferrari decided to dispense with Prost's services, 335 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,840 which was a bit of a shock to Prost. 336 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,840 It's a typical, really Ferrari ending. 337 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,080 When Luca came back to Ferrari, 338 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,080 it wasn't such a wonderful thing to be handed. 339 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,880 And it was more a liability than an asset. 340 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:05,680 So Luca got hold of Niki and Niki become special advisor. 341 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,040 I spoke to Luca and explained to him they needed to have a manager. 342 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,320 So, I thought Jean Todt would be the ideal person for this. 343 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,760 Mansell crosses the line, to take the chequered flag 344 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,320 before the delighted Frank Williams. 345 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640 We are not as fast as Williams. 346 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,320 We'll be 3rd or 4th if the two Williams finish 347 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:30,400 and not much we can do about it. 348 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,760 You are about to see Nigel Mansell 349 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,120 become the world champion of 1992. 350 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,200 Still with five races to go. 351 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,880 And, I can't remember when that last happened. 352 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,320 I always used to say about Nigel, 353 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,960 "If you don't win the world championship, 354 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,600 "you should get an Oscar for acting." 355 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,920 Because he was the greatest. 356 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,960 Nigel, you are world champion, what is left now? 357 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,880 Win a lot more races and I hope defend it 358 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,120 with the same team next year. 359 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,800 It's no secret that I've been trying very hard 360 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:30,480 to, to get some, some deal with Williams, 361 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,520 but I don't think Nigel's position today 362 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,960 or before was the problem for me going there or not. 363 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,400 The problem is somebody else. 364 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,440 Yeah, it's a non-event, I don't know why you're here. Excuse me. 365 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,440 Excuse me, out of the way, please. 366 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,000 it's impossible to accept somebody to come to a team, 367 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,880 February in a year with a signed contract, 368 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,440 veto myself and himself too, 369 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,080 and eventually they change his side 370 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,120 but stay with the veto on myself. 371 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,920 And I think if Prost wants to be called a "so" champion, 372 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,360 3x world champion, 373 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,920 come back in a sportive way and maybe win another championship. 374 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,440 He should be sportive. 375 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,440 The way he's doing, he's behavin, like a coward. 376 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,240 Will you all settle down, otherwise I shall go. 377 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,600 It's up to you. I have a statement here. 378 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,080 (LOUD FEEDBACK) 379 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,120 It's taken many hours... 380 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,200 It's taken many hours to put together. 381 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:47,920 And I haven't, er, I haven't slept. 382 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,240 I've just been given a message, 383 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,240 which I'm not at liberty to tell you 384 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,760 but it's tried to stop me doing what I'm doing now. 385 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,920 Due to circumstances beyond my control 386 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,920 I have decided to retire from Formula 1. 387 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,760 I have made this decision with some regret. 388 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,160 Of course a team owner, any team owner 389 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,360 is free to choose whomever he likes to work for him. 390 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,480 I thought I had a deal, when clearly I did not. 391 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,680 Ut's always push and shove in Formula 1, 392 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,360 it's such a brilliantly competitive sport. 393 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,840 I love it. I'd be uneasy if it were quiet. 394 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,960 I'd think I was being knifed in the back, 395 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,880 or about to be knifed in the back. 396 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,160 Prost had gone to Williams, 397 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,800 Senna was left in McLaren, but knew the car wasn't up 398 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,640 to beating Williams so he went to America and tested an Indy car. 399 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,080 When Phillip Morris heard of all this 400 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,800 and knew exactly what was going on... 401 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,840 ..the only way they could convince Senna to stay 402 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,920 was to offer him $1million a race. 403 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:14,200 And this strangely, had an effect on Senna. 404 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,600 We didn't have too many superstars, 405 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:24,200 so again, Philip Morris did a lot for Formula 1. 406 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,240 Ayrton literally had no chance 407 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,160 against Prost in the Williams. 408 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,160 Well I've heard directly from Max Mosley, 409 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:50,760 which means it's confirmed that Prost will be a given 410 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,280 a 10 second penalty for a jump start. 411 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,520 Well, how about that? 412 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,240 I can't understand because I think the car was moving a little bit 413 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,360 at the start but I didn't do anything wrong, I think. 414 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,000 The car was moving maybe 10 cm, 20 cm 415 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,120 because the clutch was not correct, but I did a perfect start. 416 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,800 For sure when you do a perfect start it's always close to the limit. 417 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:21,000 Ayrton Senna crosses the line to win the 1993 Monaco GP 418 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:25,760 with Alain Prost following him home, a lap adrift in 4th position. 419 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:31,000 I think the penalty was just to make the race more interesting, 420 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,040 and I don't think that is correct. 421 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,160 I want to stop in the best, best way. 422 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:22,520 Being on the top on the track, being happy outside. 423 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,720 I had a very, very good relation with Frank Williams 424 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,960 and his whole team, and despite all this year, 425 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,480 we had a fantastic relation with, er, with Damon. 426 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,560 And everything is perfect. 427 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,000 So some could say, "if it's perfect, why doesn't it continue?" 428 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,160 and some would say, "and that's the best moment to stop." 429 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:51,250 00:37:05.320 -- 00:37:08.080 James Hunt, the former world motor racing champion 430 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,040 has died suddenly. 431 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,680 He was 45 and suffered a heart attack at home, in London. 432 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,480 James lost a lot of money, in fact, 433 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,960 a little while before we'd lost him, he'd come to borrow £2,000. 434 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,440 And he was a bit embarrassed to ask. 435 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,280 And I was embarrassed that he had to ask. 436 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,280 'Cause he was such a superstar. 437 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,040 We lost something which I thought, and still believe, 438 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,840 is very important in F1. 439 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,280 That a driver should drive a car completely unaided. 440 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,320 So he gets in the car. 441 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,360 From then on in, it's his decisions 442 00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,240 whether he wins or loses or has a crash or whatever happens, 443 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,480 it's up to him. 444 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,960 The Williams suspension system is brilliant. 445 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,040 It's really really clever with the things it does. 446 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,680 But in the end, even Frank's effort becomes self-defeating 447 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,720 because they will then win by such a huge margin 448 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,480 that no one will want to watch anymore. 449 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,760 The decision has to be to stop. 450 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,600 We're all a little upset that the rules are changed 451 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,280 so abruptly from time to time because racing cars 452 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:45,240 are very, very complicated machines and have to be managed correctly. 453 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,640 I'm starting a completely new partnership with Williams. 454 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,120 This new set of rules will bring the team closer together. 455 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,120 Williams is not going to enjoy the same advantage. 456 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,960 I was determined that we would have the best coverage 457 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,400 of any sport on television. 458 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,480 We controlled 459 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,520 exactly what was going to be broadcast. 460 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:55,800 As it was early on in the race, 461 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,760 I was sort of doing what I normally do during that time 462 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,400 and I'd sort of, I think, picked up an apple to eat 463 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,400 and I was going to see somebody. 464 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,640 And then I heard Ayrton hadn't come round 465 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,280 so I went to the controller to find out why. 466 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,160 All they knew was it was an accident. 467 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:18,120 So I called Sid Watkins on our radios. 468 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,160 I said, "What happened?" 469 00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,960 So Sid said, "Well, it's his head." 470 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,480 And I thought he said he was dead. 471 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,480 So walked down out of the control tower 472 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,200 and saw Ayrton's brother. 473 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,480 And said to his brother, "I'm terribly sorry that... 474 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,400 "Sorry he's...he's dead." 475 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,240 Chucked the apple away, 476 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:41,840 then spoke to one or two other people. 477 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,960 They said about stopping the race or not stopping the race. 478 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,480 And eventually it became quite clear 479 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,920 that it would be the worst thing for the promoter in Italy 480 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,640 for the race to be stopped, by law it would be bad 481 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:55,680 if we did that because we'd be completely responsible, 482 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,560 even if we're not responsible. 483 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:06,080 And then found out obviously he had died. 484 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:30,200 My wife wanted to go to the funeral 485 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,280 because she was quite close to Ayrton. 486 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,600 I wasn't too popular. 487 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:43,200 His brother had of reported to the rest of the family 488 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,040 he thought that I was a bit callous and didn't give a damn. 489 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:04,120 I stayed in the hotel and watched it on television. 490 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,880 Max said to me, "Now Formula 1 is dead." 491 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,520 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv