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BELGIUM GP 1992: How Ayrton SENNA saved the life of Erik COMAS

Friday’s free practice for the Belgian Grand Prix 29 years ago was marked by an event that will forever remain one of those celebrating humanity and caring for others.

Eric Comas is in the 1992 season with the team race car Ligier Renault collected four points and although by the end of the season there are no more, they can GP of Belgium 1992 is considered one of the happiest moments of his career because he stayed alive.

He's in Friday's free practice French namely ugly collided with Blanchimont and lost consciousness while the engine was still running, Comas however, he still had a foot on the accelerator. Senna, who was a few hundred yards behind the racer Ligier, saw the accident, stopped, found that the Frenchman was unconscious and turned off the Renault engine in the Comas race car, which was still "flying" below maximum revs. The Brazilian then checked Comas condition and supported his head until the rescuers arrived.

A French racer who has competed for the Formula 1 driver in his career Ligier in Larousse, is still convinced today that he is Senna then saved a life: “By shutting down the engine, he prevented the explosion. At that moment, Ayrton Senna saved my life. "

Comas they were then taken to hospital, so he did not take part in the race in Spa, but returned in the next race in Monza. Senna he qualified as second and was even in the lead of the race for a while, but in the end, also due to the wrong strategy of the team, he landed in fifth place. He celebrated the victory Michael Schumacher z Benetton, which was the first of many victories of the German, who is in F1 right in They connect debuted the year before.

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