Jackie Stewart recalls the moment Ayrton Senna was absolutely furious with him after F1 title win

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Ayrton Senna was notorious for being one of the fiercest drivers in Formula 1 and had some memorable rivalries throughout his career.

Martin Brundle and Senna battled on their way up to F1, with the Brazilian eventually coming out on top and showing he had another level to his driving that the talented Brit couldn’t reach.

Senna went on to become the king of the Monaco Grand Prix, dominating one of the most technically challenging circuits on the calendar.

However, Ayrton Senna’s biggest rival during his time in Formula 1 was a certain Alain Prost.

In 1989, Senna was controversially disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix after colliding with Prost for receiving a push start.

It handed the championship to the Frenchman and signalled the end of their time together as teammates at McLaren.

At the same track the following year, Senna and Prost came to blows again, but this time it was the Brazilian that walked away with the title.

Jackie Stewart recalls furious Ayrton Senna exchange after 1990 F1 championship victory

Jackie Stewart was speaking on his grandson Lucas Stewart’s YouTube channel about how the argument unfolded.

Stewart accused Senna of deliberately driving Prost off the road at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix during an interview at the end of that season.

Senna proclaimed to the press at the time, “I can’t believe how somebody like you, would say something like that. I am never going to speak to you again,” and lived up to that promise for over a year.

Stewart was asked about the interview he did with Senna in 1990 and said: “Well, it was the second-last Grand Prix of the season, the last Grand Prix being in Australia at that time.

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“I was doing television for Australia and Australian television who I was working for wanted me to do the interview and get to the bottom of what went on.

“We started the interview, and I said, ‘Getting to the story of the last Grand Prix and you securing the world championship, I believe you did that intentionally didn’t you?

“And he absolutely went a——! He didn’t want to talk to me anymore, [and] killed the interview.

“And a year or two later, he phoned me up one day while I was in Australia again and he said, I want to apologise for what I said to you, but I’d like you to help me.

“He wanted to make motor racing even safer. He never actually said that [he intentionally crashed into Prost]. He agreed with what I had that it could have been avoided.

“It was very difficult at the time because I thought Alain Prost should have won that championship on that particular occasion.”

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Senna went into the 1991 Formula 1 season as the reigning champion and alongside Gerhard Berger went on to win what would be his third and final title.

Prost’s attempt to challenge Senna at Ferrari quickly fell apart, with the Brazilian winning each of the first four Grand Prix.

The Frenchman only joined him on the podium once during that time and by the end of the season it was clear he was about to quit the sport.

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His final race for Ferrari was at the fated Japanese Grand Prix before sitting out the last event of the season.

Prost was suggested as a potential teammate for Michael Schumacher the following year but ended up returning for one final campaign in 1993.

He inherited a remarkably quick Williams to take his championship tally to four, a number that Senna was never able to match due to his untimely death at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994.

The pair had plenty of mutual respect, although Prost blocked Senna from joining him at Ferrari to create another F1 superteam.