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When principle beat passion: Why Todt denied Senna a Ferrari seat
© XPB Phillip van Osten
19/04/2026 at 17:1119/04/2026 at 15:11 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. The road not taken in Formula 1 is often paved with ego, timing – and in this case, principle. And if you ask Jean Todt, it was principle alone that kept Ayrton Senna out of Ferrari red in 1994. Speaking on the most recent High Performance Podcast, Todt peeled back the curtain on an evening at Monza in 1993 when the greatest driver of his era practically begged for a seat at Maranello – only to be shown the door by a Frenchman’s rigid sense of honor. Back then, Todt was tasked in 1993 with resurrecting a then-moribund Scuderia, the mission was so toxic that insiders...
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