'Our history is completely linked,' says Prost of Senna
Twenty-five years after Ayrton Senna's death at Imola, one of his great rivals, French driver Alain Prost said: "Not only my career but also my life is tied to Ayrton Senna".
"These are things that can be explained, but not completely," Prost told AFP.
"There is not a day when we do not talk about this ... On social media, practically every day there is something. It's phenomenal. We made a big impression on people's spirits, although we did not necessarily realise it at the time."
"We had gone from a world where Formula One was for specialists to a completely open world. The big media came in because there was this human battle with drivers of different characters, different charismas, different cultures and different education."
"Our rivalry was incredible but it was also related to the whole context and, unfortunately, Ayrton's death left it frozen."
Prost, who started racing in Formula One in 1980, had retired in 1993. Senna drove his first Grand Prix in 1984.
The pair were team-mates, and rivals, with McClaren in 1988 and 1989. Senna won the drivers title the first year, with Prost second. The next year Prost won with Senna only fourth.
"I actually only drove two years...