Why Brazil still weeps for tragic Senna

Racing driver’s death at Imola 20 years ago traumatised a nation who loved him like no other.

Everyone here remembers where they were. Twenty years on, some even remember the words as the familiar voice of Globo’s Galvao Bueno startled a nation that sat staring at their televisions, scared to look but too terrified to move even their eyes away.

“Senna bateu forte... A batido muito forte,” he observed, meaning Senna has hit hard, he’s hit very hard.