End of the eighties and early nineties in Grand Prix world was marked by Ayrton Senna, McLaren’s driver, who is according to the many fans of Formula 1 the best driver of all time in that sport. Senna had won his second and third world champion titles in 1990 and 1991. At that time he was a legend that walked the earth. The audience loved him like no any other driver in F1 history.In the early nineties Sennas competition were the Williams team drivers - Nigel Mansell who won the championship in 1992, and Alian Prost who was the best in the year 1993. In 1994, Sena has also become a Williams’s driver. The best driver in the best team, everyone would think. But no one imagined that the year 1994 was going to be the year of the greatest tragedy in the history of Formula One, at least according to the audience.
Ayrton Senna died in a terrible accident on the Grand Prix of San Marino at Imola track on May 1st. Sadness and disbelief have affected the racing world. The biggest hero of the audience was killed on the race track. The cause of the accident has never been revealed with certainty, but it is assumed that the car had a defective wheel. However, many fans of Formula 1 are still feeling sad beacuse of the death of their greatest hero.
After the death of Senna, Formula 1 continued its journey. The mid-nineties were marked by several new talented drivers. Michael Schumacher came into Formula One in 1992 and won the two titles in 1994 and 1995 driving for the Benetton team. His rival from those years, the British driver Damon Hill - son of former champion from the sixties Graham Hill, won the title in 1996, and Jacques Villeneuve - the son of Gilles Villeneuve was the best in the year 1997. Also in the early nineties Lotus team stepped down from Formula One.
In the second half of the nineties, Michael Schumacher moved to Ferrari, and Meklaren team found a new talented driver - Mika Hakkinen from Finland
