After winning the prestigious British Formula 3 title and impressing the Formula 1 world with his first test in the category (with a Williams, at Donington Park), Ayrton Senna still had to face a big and important challenge in...
Audio: Brian Perkins reading the evening news bulletin at 6 pm on BBC Radio 4 in which the death of Ayrton Senna is announced. (may 1st 1994)
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The Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna has been killed in a crash at...
In 1993, Ayrton Senna trailed just two points behind overall leader Alain Prost (34 to 32), who was now a Williams driver – the team that had ruled the previous season with Nigel Mansell and still had the superior...
Audio: Part of Australian GP press conference in 1993 - Senna Interview
Ayrton Senna really wanted to win his last race with McLaren and have the team break Ferrari's legendary record. He did it, indeed. But in reality, the Grand...
Initially, Ayrton Senna was so unconvinced by the car and the engine that he demanded a race-by-race contract at $1 million per Grand Prix, though others suggested that this was a marketing ploy between Senna and Ron Dennis to...
Audio: Saturday Press Conference from the Spanish Grand Prix 1990
The carnage, shattered car, the rescue and medical teams fighting to save the lives of the helpless drivers.
It provoked memories, too, of the day in 1990 our Martin Donnelly so...
100th Grand Prix for Ayrton Senna
Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna dominated the session, run on a track that was dry but had been washed clean by overnight rain. The weather forecast was bad for the race, but as it...
The 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 12, 1987 at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro. It was the first race of the 1987 Formula One season.
It was the sixteenth Brazilian Grand...
1993 Interview with Ayrton Senna, from A Season with McLaren series. Senna talks about relationship between mechanics and cars in Formula 1
A Season With McLaren is a 7 part TV series produced by John Gau Productions for the BBC during...
