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Berger: Hard racing, frogs in bed, briefcases and helicopters

Gerhard Berger can joke about how he plagued Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna with frogs, and tossed the Brazilian's briefcase out of a helicopter over Monza, but there comes a point in every tale where the laughter stops. Triple F1 World Champion Senna died after crashing at Italy's Imola racetrack 25 years ago on Wednesday and Berger is wary of too much focus on the pranks that framed their friendship. 'We had bloody hard racing at the time. Really hard,' the Austrian, a winner of 10 grands prix and survivor of a fiery crash at Imola in 1989, told reporters at a recent lunch. 'And then just to remember frogs, you feel no good. I'm happy to tell (the story) sometimes, but in general when I...
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