Driving onthe limit
"The limit" is a cliche among racing drivers, with very few having a real understanding of what the limit actually means. It is generally thought that when a driver drives below the limit, he is slow or conservative, and when he operates over or beyond the limit, the risk of losing control and crashing is greater. But that notion is incorrect."
Opportunity of a lifetime
Two chassis and six engines.
This was the standard “arsenal” provided to Ayrton Senna for the more important races by DAP, an Italian...
New Teammate: Elio de Angelis
Elio de Angelis was a unique charismatic person who was highly respected in the Formula 1 world. He was a very good man, a...
Guide to the Senna’s watches
For better or for worse, watch ambassadors have become an indispensable part of the marketing landscape these days. Some of them have a genuine...
For the love of the Brazil
When Mateus goes to bed he settles down on the kitchen floor beside the cooker. There are seven people living in two rooms. It...
New Teammate: Elio de Angelis
Elio de Angelis was a unique charismatic person who was highly respected in the Formula 1 world. He was a very good man, a...
SENNA most charismatic driver
On May 1 1994 Ayrton Senna was killed on the track at Imola, on the seventh lap of the San Marino Grand Prix. He...
F1 Estoril report: January 1994
It may have been merely a little self-indulgence, but the unavoidable impression was that the man inside Formula One's most distinctive helmet had launched...
First … After all, Portugal Grand Prix 1985
In 1985 the price of a grandstand seat at Estoril was about the same as the average weekly wage, and as well as that...
Grand Prix talks: Mexico 1990
100th Grand Prix for Ayrton Senna
Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna dominated the session, run on a track that was dry but had been washed...
Macau 1983 Interview with Ayrton Senna
After winning the prestigious British Formula 3 title and impressing the Formula 1 world with his first test in the category (with a Williams,...
Adrian Newey on FW16 design
Adrian Newey – most successful Formula One car designer, current chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing, has reveals the new details of...
Ayrton and Michael, a rivalry
Mika Häkkinen had raced Ayrton Senna; had hoped for the best while fearing the worst next to Michael on the Imola 1994 podium. And,...
Suzuka Circuit 1990
Before the pair started talking a video clip was played. The film showed Senna’s white-and-red McLaren ploughing into the rear of Alain Prost’s scarlet Ferrari at the...
Ayrton Senna: Norfolk memories
Imagine if Diego Maradona, when arriving in Europe in the 1980s, signed not for...
Real sounds, real emotions - Feel the power of the 80' and 90'
Racing in Japan – Suzuka 1992
For Ayrton Senna, the race in Suzuka was a huge letdown. Senna had worked hard to fine-tune his car, paying homage to Honda with...
Journey to triumph
The 1991 Formula 1 season had kicked off in early March in Phoenix, Arizona, and McLaren's Ayrton Senna lost no time in asserting his...
Podcast with Martin Brundle
As a racing driver he fought wheel-to-wheel with - and on his day beat - the very best of his era, including Michael Schumacher,...
webCast: Monaco Grand Prix 85
After dominating both days of qualifying and taking his third pole-position in a row, Ayrton Senna's Renault V6 in his Lotus 97T let him...
Start of the Detroit Grand Prix 84
A short interview at the grid with rookie Ayrton Senna
Warm and sunny weather returned on Sunday after an overnight storm had washed the...
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Portuguese Grand Prix: Walking on water
Following a late electrical failure that took him out of the running for a podium finish in Rio de Janeiro’s opening round, Senna arrived...
Two Legends: Clark and Senna
Two-time Formula 1 world champion (1963 and 1965), Jim Clark was one of the greatest drivers of all time and one of the main...
Why Schumacher and Senna are different from others?
An F1 legend revealed what makes Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna different from the present-day racing stars.
Formula One is one of the most electrifying...
Suzuka Circuit 1990
Before the pair started talking a video clip was played. The film showed Senna’s white-and-red McLaren ploughing into the rear of Alain Prost’s scarlet Ferrari at the...
Williams: Senna in our minds
The Brazilian legend, and arguably the greatest Formula One driver in history, lost his life at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when, on...
Connected: Eric Comas & Ayrton Senna
When the Frenchman drove in Formula 1 at Ligier in 1992 he crashed heavily during a practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix. Ayrton...
Luciano Burti: Ayrton saved me
Former Ferrari Formula 1 test driver Luciano Burti says he only survived his 111G accident in the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix thanks to safety...
Ayrton Senna in 1993 Indy 500
Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi has revealed that Ayrton Senna was set to race at the 77th running of the Indianapolis 500...
Flying colours of Ayrton SENNA
Fueled by his desire to stand out from the crowd of plain white helmets, Ayrton Senna experimented with a number of helmet designs before...
Voice of Ayrton SENNA
