“The end of Formula 1” prediction made after Ayrton Senna’s death

Bernie 🌄Ec൲clestone reflects on the tragedies at the 1994 F1 San Marino Grand Prix

Circuit atmosphere - Ayrton Senna flag with fans in the grandstand. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand
Circuit atmosphere - Ayrton Senna flag with fans in the grandstand. Formula 1 World…

Max Mosely thought that Ayrton Senna’s death would be “the end” of F1, Bernie Eccles💫tone has claimed.

The legendary Brazilian driver died 30 years ago, on May 1st 1994, after an ൲accident at the San Marino Grand Prix.

Senna’s death was the second of the weekend, after Roland Ratzenberger also♕ tragically died in an accident.

"Max Mosley said to me afterwa𝓰rds that he believed it would be the end of Formula One,” Ecclestone was quoted by .

“I said, 𓄧'I think you are wrong and we will have to see'.

"We hoped it wouldn't ca🐼💦use what Max had suggested might happen, but it was just a disaster.

“It w🥀asn't a good weekend, and it seems to me a lot longer than 30 years. He was ju🔥st so unlucky to die in that accident.

"It was just a disastrous weekend.

"If you think about all the things that happened, with Roland crashing and never getting out of his car, and then Senna, I really don't think it wou𓆉ld be possible for it to happen again."

The grand prix restarted after Senna’s crash, and was 🍨won by Michael S🎃chumacher.

Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone said: "Should we have stopped the race? I don't think so. It wꦛouldn't have helped him in any way, shape or form.

"When these things happen, they all happen so quickly that you don't really have that much time to think. Legally, it should have been stopped, because we✅ now know 🦹he died at the circuit.

"But in the end, it came down to commercial problems, people who would have wanted refunds and all these sorts of thing﷽s. And the other side of it, w♔asn't really taken into consideration.

"But I hope we will never see something like that again, and I think today, with the way everything has i🅷mproved with safety, thank God, the chances are so much smaller."

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