Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994. Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
Background
- Born in
- maternity hospital of São Paulo
- Educated at
- Colégio São Luís
- Awards
- 🏆 L'Équipe Champion of Champions🏆 Formula One World Champion
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breathtaking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most."
"Racing, competing, is in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I've been doing it all my life. And it stands up before anything else."
"If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs me my life, I hope it is in one go. I would not like to be in a wheelchair. I would not like to be in a hospital suffering from whatever inju…"
"We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them. There are many different ways of experience them all. Perhaps one different thing,…"
"I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been only a question of improving it, and learni…"
"If you take away Eau Rouge, you take away the reason why I do this."
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Timeline
1960
Born
Birth1994
Died
Death
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