Italian Grands Prix under threat

The future of the Italian and San Marino Grands Prix were under threat today after Williams technical director Patrick Head and former chief designer Adrian Newey were told they will have to return to court to face charges relating to the death of Ayrton Senna.

Head and Newey were acquitted of manslaughter charges in 1997, upheld by an appeals court two years later, over the death of Brazil’s three-time world champion Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola on May 1st 1994.