Dr Giovanni Gordin was on hand when Ayrton Senna crashed his Williams and died during the San Marino Grand Prix on May 1, 1994. The doctor on duty that day, for the 118 emergency services of Bologna, was one of the medical team, headed by the late Professor Sid Watkins who did all they could to save Senna, to no avail as the triple F1 World Champion was proclaimed dead at 18:37 pm local time. Now 67-years-old, Dr Gordin spoke for the first time about those final moments of the Brazilian's life, recalling the tragedy 27 years after it happened during an interview with Gazzetta, on what is May Day, fittingly also Ayrton Senna Day Before going into profound details, some of which have never...
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