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There is nothing important

I could not teach you.

Does your wife drive you home?

We're very confident that we have

the best two drivers in the world.

The two most professional drivers, as well.

If we're not consistently

in the winning circle next year,

then we certainly won't be able to

put the blame at the drivers.

It's a great opportunity for me, professional.

And as a personal point of view,

I feel very happy to work together with Alain.

The first year at McLaren

was very decisive in Ayrton's life.

He was very tense,

it was like he had the weight of the world

on his shoulders

because now he had a responsibility

to prove he really was a top driver.

Ayrton has, for the first time in his career,

the car able to be World Champion,

and he doesn't want to

let his chance go anywhere.

- That's normal and that is going to push us.

- What about you?

- What about you?

- It's a little bit different.

So, you're going to let it go?

I have a little bit more pressure than...

You put me more pressure.

I think you could see smiles,

but at the same time

some slightly strange body language,

as they realized just where they were

and what was going to unfold.

Alain, who obviously felt

he was well-nested down at McLaren,

and the young pretender coming in

and clearly threatening that position.

Both had great intellects

and both were very good racing drivers.

Beating each other

became far more challenging

than beating the rest of the field.

That day, I suddenly realized

that I was no longer driving conscious.

And I was in a different dimension, for me.

The circuit for me was a tunnel,

which I was just going, going, going.

And I realize I was well beyond

my conscious understanding.

Ayrton was multiple seconds into the lead,

had the race in hand

with only a handful of laps to go,

and he received a radio message that said,

"You are so far in the lead, slow down."

Ayrton Senna has hit the wall.

Senna in the barrier! He's out of the car...

Ayrton Senna is out of his car

and out of this race.

Ayrton Senna goes out of the lead

of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Absolutely incredible!

He never wanted to beat me.

He wanted to humiliate me.

He wanted to show the people

that he was much stronger.

Much better. And that was his weakness.

His post-accident emotion

was pure anger with himself,

and he couldn't cope with it at all.

He actually walked back to his apartment,

and it was two or three hours

before he surfaced.

I just came so close to perfection

that weekend, that I relax.

I open windows for mistakes,

and I learned that there.

And since then

my progressive comeback, because I lost

some confidence at that moment.

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