I will always feel a degree of responsibility for Ayrton’s death but not culpability. The guilt I felt was for me to work out for myself, not in the forum of an Italian court, presided over by a judge who was operating in direct contravention of the family’s wishes. The fact that the Ratzenberger case had been so easily swept under the carpet left me suspicious that Passarini’s principal motivation might be personal glory and notoriety.
