Ayrton Senna da Silva

Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈiʁtõ ˈsẽnɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] (About this soundlisten); 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991. Senna is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to win the World Championship and won 41 Grands Prix and 65 pole positions, with the latter being the record until 2006.

Ayrton Senna was a legend in his own lifetime. A man so dedicated to his profession that nothing, it seemed, could ever stop him. Senna was charismatic, strong-willed, forceful and seldom vulnerable. Behind the wheel of a racing car he exhibited a ‘magic’ rarely, if ever before seen. Looking for a crack in Senna’s armour became a hobby for some people. It proved an unrewarding pastime.

An artistic painting of Ayrton Senna