Dear Nigel,
When discussing the Singapore episode lately you have brought up Senna’s crash with Prost in 1990 as an example of the inconsistent manner in which the FIA punishes teams. I was wondering if that incident made you feel differently about Ayrton. Did you respect him considerably less after that or could you oversee it given the circumstances of the championship in 1989?
Mario Carneiro Neto
It’s been Formula 1 all the way for Nigel – he started covering the sport in 1971. In the mid-1970s he worked for Graham Hill’s Embassy F1 team, before joining Autosport for whom he has written over 400 Grand Prix reports. Nigel joined Motor Sport full-time on January 1 2008. As well as reporting on F1 for national newspapers, he has written 19 books on motor racing. His insightful writing and candid interviews with the great names in racing have made him one of the recognised authorities on F1.
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