Legendary cars: McLaren Mp4/6
MP4/6 looked like its predecessor but inside was much different.
The car designed by Neil Oatley was looking similar to its highly successful predecessor McLaren MP4/5B but was quite different in terms of its aerodynamic...
From an early age to eternity
While Brazil cheered Emerson Fittipaldi’s wins in F-1 (in 1972, he became the country’s first world champion), a kid from São Paulo walked anonymously around the go-kart track of Interlagos. Ayrton Senna started his...
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 first met Ayrton in 1979, when I was working in...
Jacques Dallaire’s interview with Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna and Dr. Dallaire worked together over a span of several years during the Formula One triple-world champion’s illustrious career. This interview was conducted in the Human Performance International (HPI) Laboratory on Isle...
Alain Prost on Ayrton Senna
Even now, all these years later, it's difficult for me to talk about Ayrton, and not only because he's not here anymore. When he died, I said I felt a part of me had...
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 early 1980s, Morris was the thorn in Ayrton Senna's side. The...
#ASRD 2016 Ayrton Senna Racing Day
The relay marathon Ayrton Senna Racing Day will no longer be at the end of week after the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Brazil in 2016. The organizers of the event and the race...
Active suspension and Inactive danger
Automatic gearboxes, ABS, traction control and active suspension had all made their entrance by 1993. Williams was at the forefront of this development with the radical active everything FW14B which dominated the 1992 season....
Reflections on Ayrton Senna
With attention around the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend, Michael Harvey talks to Bruno Senna, nephew of F1's legendary Ayrton, about his late uncle's legacy.
It was the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend and inevitably...
Alex Zanardi pays golden homage to Ayrton Senna
Alex Zanardi is not a devout man, but as he absorbed the reality of back-to-back Paralympic gold medals he could not help but entertain the idea of divine intervention. “Normally, I don’t thank God...
