Team Lotus Press Release - May 1, 1994


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RACE INFORMATION

      GRAND PRIX  SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX - ROUND 3
         CIRCUIT  IMOLA
            DATE  SUNDAY 1 MAY 1994

  JOHNNY HERBERT  10TH
      PEDRO LAMY  DNF

  JOHNNY HERBERT:
  "This was the worst weekend of my career - but I don't mean that to sound
   selfish.  What happened to me in the race is immaterial.  This is not a
   day to consider such things.  My thoughts are with our team colleague Neil
   Baldry who was injured when Alboreto's car sent debris into our pit; and
   with the spectators who were hurt in the incident on the startline.  I
   wish them the best.
  "I am greatly saddened by the accident which befell Ayrton.  He is a driver
   whom I have always admired tremendously, and is the standard by which all
   others who are currently racing are judged."

  PEDRO LAMY:
  "As we left the grid the car I was behind - deCesaris I think - suddenly
   dived to the right.  I saw a space to the left and went for it.  That is
   when I hit JJ.  I had no chance to avoid him as until that point I was
   unable to see that there was a stationary car on the grid at all.
  "I feel fine - not stiff, no headache - nothing.  I am very lucky.  I have
   seen JJ and he is okay too.  If the race had been stopped immediately, I
   would have felt fine to got out in the spare car."

  PETER COLLINS:
  "Thankfully Neil Baldry has been cleared by the doctors and has been
   released from the medical centre following his fall when Alboreto crashed
   as he was leaving the pits.  He will stay in hospital in Imola overnight
   for a precautionary X-ray to make sure that he did not sustain any
   breakages, and he will stay as long as necessary so we can be sure 
   everything is okay.  He had a very nasty shock and we look forward to
   him making a full recovery.
  "Team Lotus is extremely upset by the events of the weekend, culminating
   in Ayrton Senna's accident and the pit lane incident.  As a former team
   driver Ayrton played a significant part in establishing the history of the
   team and our thoughts are with him as we pray for his recovery."

[ LCML editor note: Ayrton Senna was pronounced "brain-dead" as a result ]
[ of the "massive head injuries" that he received as a result of his     ]
[ accident at Imola, according to reports on CNN and ESPN.               ]

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