Guest post crafted by the brilliance of my wifie

Some time in the early 1990’s, random curiosity prompted my brother to tune into a Formula 1 race on television. He didn’t know any of the teams or drivers, so he selected a car because it “looked cool” and decided that he would root for the driver of that particular vehicle. That driver ended up being the great Michael Schumacher, but at that time no one knew just how great he would be. He was still just a very talented but relatively new phenom on the Formule 1 racing circuit. In any case, my brother Joseph’s first F1 race would end up being a very fateful one: Ayrton Senna would die on the track that day, ending one era and commencing a new one. Joseph’s been a die-hard (and rather encyclopedic) fan ever since. continue reading »