Ayrton Senna on McLaren’s tribute supercar?

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...

The death of Roland Ratzenberger

Ratzenberger at Imola
On the morning of the San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994, Ayrton Senna placed an Austrian flag in his racing car. The great Brazilian champion had planned to wave the flag as he passed the finishing line in victory. Senna wanted to share...

Passion of Imola

Imola from above
The Imola circuit, or the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari which is its official name, is one of the best known racing circuits in the world, even though it doesn’t assume the position of one of the top venues. Located at the outskirt of the town of...

FIA Hall of fame honors Ayrton Senna

FIA Hall of fame
Last Monday, the International Automobile Federation honored all 33 Formula One world champions with the inauguration of its Hall of Fame, in Paris, France. Ayrton Senna was represented by his nephew, Bruno Senna, who won the World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 category earlier...

Remembering Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna in his Lotus in 1986
It’s often said by people of a certain era that they remember exactly where they were when they heard that JFK had been assassinated. I missed that historic moment because I was five years away from entering this world. The 11th September 2001 was...

History: Schumacher pays tribute to Senna

Ayrton Senna at Imola in 1994
23 Apr 2004 Michael Schumacher paid tribute to Ayrton Senna at the circuit where the Brazilian driver was killed in a crash 10 years ago as the German chased him. "It was a privilege for me to be able to race against him," Schumacher, who won...

The Story of Senna and Ducati

Ducati 916 Senna
All credit for this article goes to Raffaele Fumo It is always like this when you talk about myths, and here we have two. The only thing I was sure about was that the article was not supposed to prove that Ayrton Senna and Ducati...

Carlos Sainz Jr. donates helmet to the Ayrton Senna Institute

Senna Tribute helmet
Spanish driver Carlos Sainz Jr. donated a helmet painted by graffiti artist Shock Maravilha to the Ayrton Senna Institute, run by the Brazilian's family, who died in a 1994 accident at the San Marino Grand Prix. The helmet, painted in green and yellow and inspired...

Lewis Hamilton arrived in Sao Paulo

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...

Adrian Newey on FW16 design

Ayrton Senna in his FW16
Adrian Newey – most successful Formula One car designer, current chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing, has reveals the new details of the modification made to Ayrton Senna’s Williams FW16 ahead his fatal crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, and...