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Incredible stories of Ayrton Senna

Tucked away in a factory, deep in the heart of England, a group of engineers worked tirelessly through the winter. Their dream was to craft a World Championship winning machine, capable of re-writing the history books. They garnered the...
It would probably be a very slight exaggeration to suggest that Ayrton Senna has brought a fresh standard of driving excellence to Formula One simply on the strength of his splendid flag-to-flag victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril,...
Ayrton Senna at podium

1986 Season Review

Alain Prost became the first driver to successfully defend his World Championship since Jack Brabham in 1960 following a season that climaxed in a classic three-way title fight at the final round in Adelaide. Prost appeared to have little...
Ayrton Senna is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all-time, having registered three world championships and 41 race wins in a 10-year career. The Brazilian’s life was tragically cut short by a crash at the...
Long before he locked horns with the likes of Alain Prost in Formula 1, Ayrton Senna endured his first fierce rivalry in Formula Ford. Andrew van Leeuwen sat down with Senna's first bitter rival, Rick Morris. Chances are you haven’t...
It was atrocious weather in Monaco, enough to stun F1 viewers, racers, and Murray Walker and James Hunt who were commentating that Sunday. The clouds hung low, the yachts were silent, and the prestigious street circuit of Monaco was...
Join us at a soaking wet Estoril, Portugal, where a young Brazilian named Ayrton Senna takes the pole and leads from start to finish in his John Player Team Lotus 97T-Renault. Peter Windsor describes the build-up to the race...
In sharp contrast to previous years, the Formula 1 "close season" has been very much longer this winter, stretching from Kyalami in mid-October 1983 until the Brazilian Grand Prix opened the 1984 season on March 25th. In the past...
There are many hypotheses as to what caused Ayrton Senna’s fatal crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. About a year ago, I wrote an article on Bleacher Report that laid out both the supporting evidence and the...