'Your dad is a murderer': Williams relives Senna's death, 25 years on


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“Quite quickly, my mum came upstairs. I was due to go back to boarding school at 6pm that evening, and mum said you are going now. I knew then that something serious was going on.


“I was put on a train and sent away. My parents preferred to shelter us from it. They did that with dad’s accident and they did so with Ayrton’s death, too.”


Judge Antonio Costanzo reads the decision clearing Frank Williams, among others, from charges of manslaughter over Senna's death.

Judge Antonio Costanzo reads the decision clearing Frank Williams, among others, from charges of manslaughter over Senna’s death.Credit:AP


Tragically, it marked the second time a driver had died in one of Frank WIlliams’ cars. Piers Courage lost his life in a fireball inferno at Zandvoort, Holland in 1970.


“It was an excruciating thing to happen to dad again,” added Claire. “He went to Ayrton’s funeral in Brazil which, from a safety perspective, we were all very worried about because Ayrton was an enormous hero and he died in our car, but Frank wanted to be there.


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