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===Immediate reactions=== For the next race at [[1994 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]], the FIA decided to leave the first two grid positions empty and painted them with the colours of the Brazilian and the [[Austrian flag|Austrian]] flags, to honour Senna and Ratzenberger.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2014 |title=1994 Monaco Grand Prix: A weekend to be endured |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1994/22/a-weekend-to-be-endured |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185511/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1994/22/a-weekend-to-be-endured |archive-date=2 September 2021 |access-date=2 September 2021 |work=Motorsport Magazine}}</ref> Throughout the rest of the 1994 season, Senna was commemorated in various ways. Damon Hill, along with Michael Schumacher, dedicated their individual success to Senna with Hill's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix and Schumacher's world-championship victory in the Australian Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 November 1994 |title=Mansell wins battle, Schumacher the war |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ldPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4571,4500221&dq=san+marino+gp&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190358/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ldPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4571,4500221&dq=san+marino+gp&hl=en |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=1 November 2020 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 May 1994 |title=Hill victory sparks Williams optimism |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ya4mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3755,4641199&dq=ayrton+senna&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405204604/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ya4mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3755,4641199&dq=ayrton+senna&hl=en |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=1 November 2020 |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |page=42}}</ref> At Honda's Tokyo headquarters, so many floral tributes were received that they filled the large exhibition lobby, even though Honda no longer participated in Formula One.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アイルトン・セナの去った夜|url=http://www.honda.co.jp/collection-hall/episodes_old/motor/mp44/index.html |language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110711133916/http://www.honda.co.jp/collection-hall/episodes_old/motor/mp44/index.html |archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> Senna had a special relationship with company founder [[Soichiro Honda]] and was beloved in Japan, where he achieved a near-mythic status.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Insider|date=18 November 2008 |publisher=P1MAG |url=http://grandprixinsider.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/monday-18/ |access-date=16 June 2012|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502162802/https://grandprixinsider.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/monday-18/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverio|first=Ricky |date=2014-05-01|title=MOTORSPORT: Why Ayrton Senna is a Japanese hero|url=https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/motorsport-why-ayrton-senna-is-a-japanese-hero/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Japanese Nostalgic Car|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725013933/https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/motorsport-why-ayrton-senna-is-a-japanese-hero/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 1994, the [[Brazil national football team]] dedicated their [[1994 World Cup|World Cup]] victory to Senna, and collectively held a banner with their dedication on the field after defeating Italy in the final, which read ''Senna... Aceleramos juntos, o tetra é nosso!'' ({{lit|''Senna... We speed together, the fourth title is ours!''}}).<ref>{{cite web |date=7 June 2010 |title=World Cup history: 1994 |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/article437858.ece/World-Cup-history--1994 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104021559/http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/article437858.ece/World-Cup-history--1994 |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=13 September 2010 |publisher=Times LIVE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 March 2003 |title=FIFA World Cup USA '94 – Tournament Report |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/62/wc_94_tr_part1_272.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220065927/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/62/wc%5f94%5ftr%5fpart1%5f272.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2011 |access-date=13 September 2010 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |at=p. 23 (document page: 22) |quote=... while the proud and delighted Brazilians were unrolling a banner on the pitch dedicating their win to the late Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna, who died in Imola in May 1994 ...'}}</ref> Senna had met various members of the squad, including [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]],<ref>{{cite web |date=21 March 2014 |title=Ronaldo publica foto antiga em homenagem a Ayrton Senna |url=http://caras.uol.com.br/tv/ronaldo-publica-foto-antiga-em-homenagem-ayrton-senna-aniversario-famosos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722063541/http://caras.uol.com.br/tv/ronaldo-publica-foto-antiga-em-homenagem-ayrton-senna-aniversario-famosos |archive-date=22 July 2015 |access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> as well as [[Leonardo Araújo]], three months earlier in Paris, telling them "this is our year".<ref>{{cite web |date=3 May 2004 |title=Ayrton Senna |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/03/content_358748.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502071833/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/03/content_358748.htm |archive-date=2 May 2020 |access-date=1 May 2014 |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}
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