John Norris

Dreadful. I am giving up after ep.2. There are so many untruths here. To begin, I have read the epic 'Life Of Senna' (book) and I don't recall, in its 600+ pages, it mentioning that he 'bonked' a princess on the eve of the 1984 Monaco GP. In reality I believe he was rather shy. In addition, I was touring the British club racing circuit in that era. I saw Senna and Brundle race. Neither had an unfair advantage in terms of engines, and Brundle fans were not bare-chested shouty neanderthals as depicted here. If anything, (we) fans were thoroughly fair, applauding anyone who won a race. Furthermore, South American drivers residing in the UK at that time seemed to value the company of other south Americans over here. Hence, Ayrton got along well, (and hung out,) with Quique Mansilla from what I heard. As he did with Alfonso ('Fonzie') Toledano, who didn't even rate a mention in the script. The series might entertain those who don't know what happened, but don't go thinking it a history lesson...