Senna's Death Trial


16 September 1997 Today at Imola the trial for Senna'd death restarts after the summer break. Today's hearing will be the 19th and Michele Alboreto is going to testify for the second time. He will be asked to view the film from Senna's on-board camera, to assess whether the steering wheel was moving in an anomalous way. Apparently the defense will present a written statement by Coulthard (who took Senna's place) saying that the type of movement seen in the film is normal for a Williams.

16 September 1997 The Senna trial restarts after the summer break. Michele Alboreto testified today and said that a F1 driver would only leave the track at the Tamburello as a consequence of a mechanical failure. He also said that the normal movement of a steering wheel is 2-3 mm, if they were more the driver would know immediately as his hands would hit the chassis. After seeing the images from Senna's on-board camera Alboreto said that he is convinced that the accident was caused a by a mechanical failure. He added that he has seen a video which proves that Senna's steering wheel was moving by as much as 3 cm and if this video is accepted as evidence, it will prove that something was seriously wrong with the Williams. No steering wheel ever moves by centimeters, he concluded.


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