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Ayrton Senna da Silva
Born
March 21, 1960(1960-03-21)
São Paulo, Brazil
Died
1 May 1994(1994-05-01) (aged 34)
San Marino/Imola Circuit, Imola, Italy
Nationality
Status
Deceased (crashed in San Marino GP 1994)
Ayrton Senna da Silva (Portuguese: eye-AIR-ton; English: AIR-ton; born 21 March 1960 in São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil – died 1 May 1994 in San Marino/Imola Circuit, Imola, Italy) was a Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion. He is believed by many to be the greatest driver ever to grace the sport of F1. Senna won Drivers' titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991 as well as 41 race wins in a career which spanned only just over ten years. For most of Senna's career, he formed a great rivalry with four-time World Champion, Alain Prost, to whom he finished runner up in 1989 and 1993.
After winning the
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I never understood people´s fascination with car racing. My primal girl-self cannot grasp what type of adrenaline one gets from hearing the sound of screeching tires and the humming of machines for what I would plainly categorise as a man sport. Since being involved in a minor accident years ago, I had sworn never to drive again. But lo and behold! Seeing the documentary on Ayrton Senna had made me change my mind. Aside from becoming a fan of the legendary driver and having a newfound respect for Formula One, I´m no longer afraid to take up driving once again.
Who would have thought that a film about racing would touch my soul to the core? But that´s what exactly this film did. Directed by Asif Kapadia, the film is in itself a breakthrough in documentary filmmaking as it tells the story of Senna through archival footage
, giving us a blow by blow account of the events as if we are breathing it live. No fancy special effects, multiple cameras and fast cuts that would di
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It’s been 20 years since the gods driver death in Formula 1. We know this because it was the tragedy of Ayrton Senna’s crash at the San Marino Grand Prix that served as a wake up call for the sport. So much has been said of Senna over the years that it fryst vatten hard to add any praise or focus on his life that hasn’t already been voiced or implied.
Perhaps one of the more sobering views of Senna fryst vatten his death and the stark reality that it took this tragic event to usher in real, meaningful efforts for safety in F1. Along with Roland Ratzenberger, Senna’s death that weekend was so galvanizing that the idrott has still not fully recovered from the emotional scarring it endured.
That weekend, the specter of Death was hovering over the entire circuit cloaked in black with his scythe. He tried to take Rubens Barrichello and having failed, he turned to Ratzenberger but that wasn’t enough. He wanted the star. He wanted the man who was the most alive and lived life to the fullest. He wanted Senn