Former F1 Driver Michael Schumacher Hurt In Skiing Accident

Seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher remains in a coma after suffering serious head injuries while skiing with his son. Former motor racing world champion Michael Schumacher is in a coma following a skiing accident in France.

The 44-year-old German suffered a "serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation," according to the hospital treating Schumacher in the French city of Grenoble.

Frank Williams says about Ayrton Senna "Ayrton was the most committed of all"

“Ayrton was the most committed of all. What was outstanding about him was his mental application. He had an air of invincibility around him. He put his entire body and mind into winning.” - Frank Williams

Winning was no accident for Ayrton Senna – it’s what his whole life was about right to the end. In his last Grand Prix in Imola on 1st May 1994, he was leading the field from pole position when he died.

Many of Ayrton Senna’s 41 Grand Prix victories amounted to comprehensive driving lessons that remain textbook examples of how to win at the pinnacle of motorsport. Only death stopped him challenging Alain Prost’s 51-win record and possibly putting it beyond the reach of Michael Schumacher or any other successor.

Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher, Imola 1994

To win was what he desired more than anything else. That he was more successful at getting pole than he was at winning was a mystery to him, as it was to others. He once said: “You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver who is designed to win races, or you come second, third, fourth or fifth. I am not designed to come second or less. I race to win. As long as I feel it is possible. Sometimes you get it wrong, sure. It is impossible to get it right all the time. But I race to win because I am designed to win.”

And that was probably the problem – he tried too hard to win and wore out the car or went off trying when he should have held for second and possibly inherited victory. Senna’s designs on the art of winning, his detailed planning to parlay his superlative natural talent into ultimate success, were unsurpassed. Michael Schumacher has become the dominant driver of his era by emulating Senna’s pioneering pursuit of excellence. 

But prior to Senna, none of the sport’s other superstars worked as hard at winning. Sir Frank Williams only employed him for a short time but it was long enough to realise what distinguished Senna from the team’s other greatest winners, Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost.

Source: "The life of Senna" - by Tom Rubython

Ayrton Senna and family in Angra dos Reis, 1990 - Photos - Pictures

Ayrton Senna and niece Paula, and nephew Bruno (in the water) in Angra dos Reis

“I wouldn’t be here as a racing driver, with so much success, if I didn’t have a good family, special people around me throughout my life, that really led me in the right direction. People who share with me the very good moments, but also the very bad moments. It is very important for me to have that side of my life separate from the racing, because racing is really difficult to put together. 

My biggest problem in motor racing is having to be away from Brazil, where I have my family and friends. If you have the right conditions, you can have a very nice life in Brazil, and I like my home in São Paulo very much.” 

Ayrton Senna - 1990

Photos - pictures of Ayrton Senna and his family, enjoying in the Brazilian paradise of Angra dos Reis

Ayrton Senna met Cindy Crawford in 1990 in Sao Paulo, after the end of his relationship with Xuxa

Ayrton Senna and super model Cindy Crawford, in the party where they met at the beginning of the year 1990

One of Ayrton's many conquests: supermodel Cindy Crawford, who would later get married to Richard Gere. She spent a couple of weeks in 1990 in Sao Paulo, and one of them it was with Senna in Angra dos Reis... Here on the picture at the party where they met. She was 23 and he was 29. Ayrton had so many beautiful women...

Senna and Cindy met after he famously split up from Xuxa, a Brazilian TV presenter, who, according to all close friends of Senna's, was the real love of his life.

When Senna met Crawford in 1990, he had just split from his big love, Xuxa, a Brazilian TV presenter in Th Globo

Cindy Crawford was one of the most famous top-models of the 90's, she has posed for more than 600 magazine covers, among them Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, etc... 

She was one of the highest paid models, with yearly earnings over 5 million dollars, especially since her contracts with Pepsi Cola and make-up brand Revlon. Along with Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington, she was one of the "Big 5", named so because of their ability to represent the fashion and mass consumption markets in front of millions of people worldwide. 

Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, photographed by Peter Lindbergh in 1989

The famous picture taken by Herb Ritts in 1989 of the most important fashion models at the time, among them Cindy Crawford

Read more: Did Ayrton Senna love Xuxa or Adriane Galisteu?

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