“it was the final race of the season, senna was leading in points but had prost won, he’d have taken the championship. so senna drove into him taking them both out and winning the championship. it was a dirty trick, but to senna the ends justified the means.”
You have told only 1/2 of the story...
The PREVIOUS year Prost was leading the championship and Senna was faster and all around better than Prost. Prost deliberately crashed into Senna - ending both of their races/seasons and Prost ‘won the championship’ stating that there was a problem with the car...Senna’s car was drivable and he rejoined the race and won after pitting to replace his front wing. The stewards after the race disqualified Senna for: ‘cutting the chicane’ — McClaren appealed the ruling and the FIA fined Senna $100,000 and gave him a 6-month race ban (which they suspended).
A really nasty bit of officiating...
The next year when the tables were reversed Senna got his revenge on the nasty French man that I flip-off every time I see him on TV. The FIA head Jean-Marie Balestre was complicit in both years of horrendous decisions that went against Senna; Jean-Marie Balestre was a Frenchman and he clearly was helping Prost and interfering with Senna.
This years last race was NOTHING in comparison to ‘89 & ‘90.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for clarifying that.