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Senna was my favorite driver. End of story. I ate, lived, and breathed motor racing with Senna. When he died, I finished the season and didn't watch Formula One for 2 years.
While everything is temporal and topical, good sportsmanship is not. If we are to all be honest, Senna, Prost, and Schumacher should be removed from the conversation based on this single attribute. And for those saying, "it's just what was done back then", where is the list of drivers who also employed such tactics?
There isn't one.
Saying MSC, SEN, and PRO are in the conversation for GOAT is condoning cheating and poor sportsmanship. Jim Clark didn't crash other drivers off the road. Niki Lauda didn't crash other drivers off the road.
Condoning this behavior is akin to showing approval for the student that cheated his/her way through college and graduated at the top of the class.
We all know it's wrong.
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Last edited by MKSixer; 10-19-2020 at 06:23 PM..
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