There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two teammates who were embittered with each other.
Terdapat banyak perdebatan mengenai apakah Prost sengaja menabrak Senna, atau apakah Senna terlalu berambisi dalam manuver pengambilan posisi, atau apakah kecelakaan ini hanya insiden balapan di antara dua rekan balap yang saling sakit hati.