Former Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo revealed how close Ayrton Senna was to signing a season contract with the Italian team 1995. Montezemolo added that this would most likely mean Michael Schumacher would not be racing in a red car in 1996 F1 season.
Senna passed on 1994 after he replaced Alain Prost at Williams who retired after winning the title. Williams dominated 1993 with his infamous “active suspension”, but the FIA system banned it for 1994, which meant that the Williams car was no longer as competitive.
Senna’s fatal accident in Imola occurred shortly after the start of the season, and Montezemolo has already agreed with three-time champion to transfer to the Ferrari , because Senna was dissatisfied with his new British team after transferring from McLaren.
On the Wednesday before the tragedy in Imola, Ayrton came to Bologna, “ Montezemolo revealed to Sky Italia. ” He told me that he wanted to race for a Ferrari at all costs and that he wanted to get rid of Williams. “
“We agreed to talk after Imola, and then happened what happened. That would be the icing on the cake of this team, as Michael later was. ”
Montezemolo acknowledged that Senna’s arrival would probably mean that Schumacher would not come Ferrari in 1996.
“The fact is that it would be difficult to have such drivers together.”
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