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F1Rogues Crash Investigation: Ayrton Senna, Imola 1994

After the start line accident that involved Lamy and Lehto the safety car was deployed and the race completed three tours behind the safety car at a significantly reduced speed. The effect of this would be the loss of temperature in the cars tyres and thus a loss in pressure. The result of this is that the cars would be running closer to the ground than normal at the re-start. It was noted that Senna’s car was "bottoming out" more than usual after the safety car was withdrawn.

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