‘I don’t accept it’ - Alain Prost attacks Ayrton Senna mini-series

Alain Prost has criticised the makers of a Netflix ಞmini-series about the life and death of ❀Ayrton Senna.

Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were great F1 rivals
Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were great F1 rivals

Alain Prost has hit out at the biographical mini-series about F1 legend Ayrton Senna.

The six-part series - called Senna - is a biographical sports drama baꦡsed on the three-time world champion who won the 1988, 1990 and 1991 world titlꦇes for McLaren.

Senna was tragically killed while racing for Williams after a crash at the 19ꦉ94 San Marino Grand Prix.

Prost ඣand Senna endured a fierce rivalry which went down in F1 folklore as one of theꩲ greatest of all time.

Following Prost’s retirement, the pair put their spectacular on-track battles to one sid꧃e ꦦand became friends.

Four-time worldꦗ champion Prost, 69, has criticised the makers of the Netflix series, which has been met with mixed reviews since its releas꧃e last November.

"I'm sure Ayrton wouldn'🌃t like it, not least because it shows a lack of sensitivity," Prosꦦt told RMC Motori

"It's a great story and you shouldn't tell things that weren't true ♐out of thin air.

"If you havᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe to do something commercial, it's not nice to do it in Senna's name. I don't like it an☂d I don't accept it.”

Senna was filmed in partnership with his family. Ayrton’s sister Viviane said in 2020 that “it is very special to be able to announce that we will tell the story 𒉰that only a few people know about him.

“The Senna family is commꦇitted in making this project something totally unique and unprecedented.”

Prost was also critical of the 2010 Sennꦑa docume🐻ntary film that achieved widespread acclaim from fans and critics.

“I resent the film that was done,” Prost said. “They could have really told a fabulous story, because there was what happened when we were racing and t⛎hen after [I retired].

“The film claims his last message ‘I miss you Ala🐻in’ was fake. Well I think the film was fake.꧟”

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