Martin Brundle's interview on TG about the Senna/Prost Japanese Grand Prix crash for the championships is dead on, Senna had zero intention of making that corner, he charged as if Prost did not exist everything after (interviews, scrutiny, reconciliation with Prost) was a minor pain in exchange for being the man on top at the end of the season. 7:40 in the video below, also a good discussion with Brundle about aggressive passing however I disagree with his views about how Senna was the first with the "psychological warfare make you back down" mentality and that it was something special, maybe it was a new level for F1 in particular but it was old hat for circle track racers for decades at that point.
https://vimeo.com/89217406
Now in regards to aggressive position taking and defending, I'm of the opinion that I'd rather be a gentleman than bump someone out of the way but that's how I was raised, I'd rather win a fair fight than take a cheap shot (bending the rules when it comes to the technical aspects of the car excluded of course). A clean slide job or going deeper on the brakes or making your car 3x as wide all are considered kind of 'cheap tricks' but if you do it clean, no contact, they all have their drawbacks and leave you open to be taken advantage of.
Spent three years racing competitive as a kid, Quarter Midgets if that means anything to you, raced against Alex Bowman if anybody follows NASCAR, and a couple other names trying to break into the big leagues.
I want to be rich so I can hit the dirt track again
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvJqm93DI60"]The Slide Job - YouTube[/ame]