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      10-20-2020, 07:37 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by 4play View Post
He suffered 2 fatal injuries.

Basal skull fracture from the collision with the wall/tire impact to his head. Suspension A-arm pierced his helmet.

As determined by the Italian legal system, the cause was a broken steering column. Patrick Head and Adrian Newey (yes, that Adrian Newey) were tried for manslaughter. Newey was acquitted, but later under appeal, Head was found to be guilty of negligent homicide/manslaughter, but no penalty was given, as the statue of limitations had expired by the time the trial was completed.

The car was returned to Williams in 2002 and destroyed, Senna's helmet was sent to Bell, who studied it and then destroyed it. Engine was returned to Renault and the status is unknown.
I'm shocked that Williams destroyed the car, they could have sent it to Sao Paolo but then that's what Ferrari did to all of their shark nose 156 cars later after the '61 horror crash with von Trips and Clark.
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