Senna’s first bitter rivalry
Chances are you haven’t heard of Rick Morris. A career Formula Ford racer, Morris might not be a household name. But back in the...
Ayrton Senna by Jim Shelley
Suddenly, a radiant glow lights up Senna’s face. His words take on the same lucid calm that he has when he talks about his...
Formula 1 Safety
Racing in the rain is scary beyond belief. To drivers at the top of motor sport, a wet track has always offered the supreme...
The Magic: Ayrton Senna
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...
Ayrton Senna: McLaren successes
Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest Grand Prix driver of all time, died 22 years ago after crashing in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. For...
Senna book reminds me of my childhood
So that’s lunch-time and most of the afternoon ruined then. Earlier, just as I started unwrapping my sandwiches, Autocar’s editor-in-chief Steve Cropley – knowing...
Last Win: Australian Grand Prix 1993
Ayrton Senna’s win (his 41st) was the 104th for McLaren, a result that enabled McLaren to overtake Ferrari as the most successful team in...
The Man Senna Could Never Beat
It was August 1980, in Jesolo, Italy. Ayrton Senna, aged 20, lay in a deck chair by the hotel pool—steely-eyed, angry. He had been...
Keith Sutton recalls a friendship with Ayrton Senna
Keith Sutton remembers the beginning of his career simply. "I was a young lad from Cheadle with a passion for motor sport and photography,"...
A fantastic instinct: Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna did things with a racing car that I've seen no other driver do, before or since, and there was an obscene level...
