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Senna in mclaren cocpit
The exceptional powers of concentration which helped Ayrton Senna capture three Formula One world championships were brought sharply into focus today for the young drivers pursuing their own path to the top in Abu Dhabi. Senna’s unique psychological approach to race driving was highlighted by sports scientist Dr. Tadhg Macintyre...
New Ayrton Senna Book
The complex relationship between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost gave rise to one of the greatest rivalries in the history of sport. The two drivers shared the McLaren garage for two seasons in 1988 and 1989, and staged a series of spectacular confrontations and clashes. The career of the Brazilian idol...
Rolan Ratzenberger
For quite a few fans of Formula One, we only remember Roland Ratzenberger for being the first death at the fateful 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Many an article has been written about Ratzenberger, but nearly all of them centre around Imola. Roland Ratzenberger was a charming man with one...
Senna's house
The figure of Ayrton Senna is immortalized in the memory not only of Brazilians but also of people from all over the world, such as one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. Had he not died tragically on that fateful May 1, 1994 at the San...
June 3, 1984: a day that has gone down in motor-racing folklore. For on that damp and soggy afternoon, a rookie, a relative unknown, announced his arrival on the world stage in spectacular style. Driving a Toleman, this young man from Brazil, a certain Ayrton Senna, tamed the unforgiving streets...
Ayrton Senna in Australia 1985
I don’t remember the day men landed on the moon, but I remember the day when I watched Ayrton Senna’s crash on television. I first met Ayrton in 1979, when I was working in Formula 3, and our Brazilian driver Chico Serra – who was one of the upcoming...
Senna in Testing of Honda NSX
It took the touch of a master to create Honda's masterpiece. You'd hesitate to use phrases like "half-baked" about an automotive legend, but when the Acura NSX bowed at the Chicago Auto Show 26 years ago, it wasn't quite done yet. Had the cherry-red machine that sat proudly spinning on...
Lewis Hamilton in Brazil
Lewis Hamilton has always had a special relationship with Brazil - it was in Sao Paulo where he won his first F1 drivers' championship in 2008 with a final corner overtake. This was renewed on Wednesday when the now four-time world champion touched down in South America ahead of this weekend's race. Hamilton was...
McLaren Senna supercar
Senna — the second model in McLaren’s top-tier Ultimate Series, reserved for its most potent of cars — is a serious bit of kit. Breadth of ability has sort of been McLaren’s top trump card ever since the MP4-12C, so it sounds strange to hear the company admit that...
Hamilton in Mercedes
His long-running rivalry with former teammate Nico Rosberg was subject to sustained media coverage, with the British driver’s attitude frequently coming under fire. Ultimately, Hamilton emerged worse off from the feud as the German claimed the 2016 F1 Championship in the last race of the season. Given the choice of any...