Williams finally drops Senna-logo tribute on their F1 cars
8 July, 2012
Jul.8 (GMM) Eighteen years after Ayrton Senna’s death, Sir Frank Williams has finally removed the Senna S-logo tribute from the nose of his Grove-built Formula 1 cars.
Ever since that fateful day at Imola in 1994, Williams’ small, silent tribute to the great Brazilian has been visible to eagle-eyed spectators.
“We’ve dropped that [now],” Williams, now 70 but still the team principal, told the Guardian. “It’s time. And, also, we’ve now got Bruno.”
He is referring to Bruno Senna, the great Ayrton’s nephew who now races a Renault-powered Williams.
Senna, 28, is commonly written off as a pale comparison to his famous uncle, riding on the back of sponsors and his surname.
But Williams insists they are not the reasons Senna got the drive.
“Bruno was just a good candidate and a very intelligent person. There were no negatives – just some good, positive reasons to say ‘Yes, let’s give him a go’.”
But it is Senna’s fabled uncle that Williams names as his favourite Williams driver.
“I was very emotional about it [his death] because it was one of our cars and he was such a special person. He was immensely charming, but also tough, ruthless and brilliantly gifted,” he said.
Sir Frank has stepped down as chairman and even as an active board member of his team, but he is still the ‘team principal’ and has taken back some of the tasks completed previously by the recently-departed Adam Parr.
“I’m at work every day of the week because there is a lot to do and I love F1,” he said. “I’m just not ready to make a dramatic change in my life – like staying at home.”
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This does not make any sense.
Just to be clear, I don’t know why those “?” appeared in my last post. I cut and pasted from twitter and there are no question marks in what @WilliamsF1Team wrote.
From the @WilliamsF1Team twitter feed, July 8:
“To everyone asking, the Senna ‘S’ is still present on our cars and won’t be coming off….. ?#neverforgotten?”
“It’s time. . ” – Frank Williams
I’m not convinced. Why do something like this in the middle of a season? or at all for that matter. Foolish move – bound to be a PR disaster.
Unless someone is gonna pay for that spot, The tribute should stay.
yalla plz stop posting silly and false news..shame on you!!!
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME!!!
that is not true..
Can’t say I agree with Williams on this one
Williams may choose to forget… but fans never will. Too bad Williams doesn’t get it! Sad day for Williams… Fans won’t forget this either… bad move…
It was on the car yesterday (Saturday), so I don’t think this is true.