Ecclestone: "Ayrton Senna's death was positive for F1"

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Senna's Death was good for F-1", says Ecclestone

Owner of the commercial rights for F-1, Bernie Ecclestone as regretted Ayrton Senna's death, in 1994, but said that the tragedy has brought advertisement to the discipline. The declarations were said to Fábio Seixas in an interview published on this Sunday's edition of Folha de São Paulo.

"It was an unfortunate. But the advertisement generated was immense... It was good to F-1. It's a shame that we'd lost Ayrton for that to happen. He was popular, but many who didn't know of him, had knew F-1 on account to all the advertisement generated with his death", he declared.

On the interview, Ecclestone, which is english, said that he had wished that Felipe Massa won the 2008 champioship.

"Doesn't have to be an englishman. I just was disappointed how things happened. Of course I was happy to see Lewis as champion, but Felipe had bad luck. And it was Ferrari who had lost that championship, not him. Just like it did happened to Lewis in the year before", he said.
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Taken from the online edition of Folha de São Paulo

Comments any one, if any?... :dunce:
 
homeforsummer
Ecclestone's death would be even more "positive" to F1...
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God, what an idiot, If he's going to say something like that... Say it at least halfway around the world from Brazil! Senna was a national hero there! iirc They mourned for three days when he died. They might actually think different ;)
 
Wow, I hoped Bernie would atleast talk about the push for safety in F1 despite the rediclous thread title. Guess I was wrong.

This guy really needs to go:tdown:
 
nissan tuner
Wow, I hoped Bernie would atleast talk about the push for safety in F1 despite the rediclous thread title. Guess I was wrong.

This guy really needs to go:tdown:
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Yeh. I thought after reading the title the thread would be about Bernie talking about how his death had made Formula 1 more aware of safety and precautions to stop other injuries and deaths, instead I find he says this 👎
Can't believe someone would think losing a life is a positive way of creating popularity and publicity (and ultimatly making more money)... What's next? throw a bomb in Hamilton's car ?
 
Bernie is a daft old man, and suffers from the biggest case of little man syndrome ever known. He should grow up and get over himself.
 
Hahahaha I rofl'd at the fact the 3rd paragraph refers to Ecclestone as in inanimate object....or a disease.
 
Why is he even making comments like that, while it may be true, he shouldn't and doesn't need to say it.:sick: It's almost as if he is glad that Senna died, because it made him more money.👎 This kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable and I am sure I am not the only one who feels this way.:irked:
 
So what exactly was said between the ellipse?

"But the advertisement generated was immense... It was good to F-1."
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Perhaps this was taken out of context?
 
Well, I also think the death of Senna had a somewhat positive part for F1: safety. How many F1 drivers have died (in a race accident) after Senna? None. The closest one I remember was Henry Surtees on the F2, and that was a one-in-a-milion chance.
 
On the interview, Ecclestone, which is english, said that he had wished that Felipe Massa won the 2008 champioship.
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I like how it is considered wrong to support a foreigner. Not everyone goes for their countrymen just for being their countrymen.
 
Bernie Ecclestone is always making off the wall comments which can quite easily be misconstrued, I can never figure out if he knows what hes doing when he's saying things or if he's that detached from reality that his views of the world are vastly different to the rest of us normal people
 
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Bernie Ecclestone is always making off the wall comments which can quite easily be misconstrued, I can never figure out if he knows what hes doing when he's saying things or if he's that detached from reality that his views of the world are vastly different to the rest of us normal people
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Sometimes he comes across as a brilliant mind-games brain. Other times he comes across as an idiot. Guess he's one of those genius/insane people.

I can never tell when what he says has an agenda or not, usually it does, he will say or do things that will in the end always benefit him, even if it doesn't look like it at first. Look at the Donington mess, he's managed to get Silverstone to agree to sort themselves out (though it depends on a longer contract) and will probably have a long-term contract sorted. Not to mention all the publicity F1 got from that in Britain.
Meanwhile, Donington is effectively screwed as a racing circuit now and Bernie looks clean as its all blamed on his "friend".
 
homeforsummer
Ecclestone's death would be even more "positive" to F1...
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:lol::lol::lol:

Okay, I thought he couldn't get any dumber, and there he goes and proves me wrong. How is any death positive in any way at all? What a 🤬
 
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Oh for crying out loud, I request this thread be closed on the grounds of idiocy, if not, at least change the thread title and get people to read the quote.
 
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How is any death positive in any way at all? What a c***
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Death can be positive. I'm not going to bother arguing why, especially not in this case, it should be obvious.

Also, censoring your words still violates the AUP if I'm not mistaken.
 
In the grand scheme of things, It led to massive changes in the sport, and thus saving many, many, many lives.

Its just a shame it came to such a great driver and man.

I wouldn't take his quotes too seriously or out of context.
 
I guess I understand what he's trying to say, much like I understood his "Hitler" comment. Still that doesn't make it right. Why does it have to take someone's death to be the catalyst for safety improvements?

No, Senna's death was NOT good for F1. Think of what he could've achieved had he lived longer.
 
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No, Senna's death was NOT good for F1. Think of what he could've achieved had he lived longer.
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Total dominance? Much like the sort that came to Michael Schumacher? Which almost killed the sport to the casual fan?

I'm not going to say I agree with the sentiment of the article, but I'm also not going to fall for the bait that this journalist has placed.
 
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I'm also not going to fall for the bait that this journalist has placed.
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Half of writing an article is obscuring the points you don't agree with.

I'm not going to rush to Ecclestone's defence. Nor am I going to say I agree with him. But a part of me suspects that this is like the Hitler episode where Bernie has said one thing and meant another. He's always struck me as being a bit of a blunt bastard, and that it's easy to miss the intended meaning of what he is saying unless you know him fairly well.
 
I have a print interview where Ayrton says if he did get into a major crash he hoped it would be *whack* and over with instantly. He dreaded being partially and permanently incapacitated.

Senna's death did draw global publicity, but not to F1. The world wide 'advertisement' was for his skill, his spirit, his accomplishments, ..and his being suddenly dead.

Any good that follows such a loss is like sweeping up after a wild party. You dont think, 'sweeping is the positive outcome of the party' - no. The party is over, and the rest is just crap you do afterwards.
 
But the advertisement generated was immense...
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He was popular, but many who didn't know of him, had knew F-1 on account to all the advertisement generated with his death
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He's not talking about safety as some people here are thinking. He's talking about popularity, and how the sport grew with Senna's death. Forgetting how inapropriate his comments were, I'd have to disagree. I know many people who stopped watching F1 after Senna died.
 
That is a horrible thing to say, it wasn't good for F1, it is good for driver safety though, but ya, Senna was a great driver, I wish I was older so I could have seen his races.
 

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