Champions don’t die but in fact they rest…that was the famous quote
said by the Brazilian Prime Minister Alfred Cardoso in Ayrton Senna’s funeral.
Known as the legend of formula one car racing Senna was born in march 21st
1960 in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
At school he excelled in gymnastics, art and chemistry but found mathematics,
physics and English difficult. The son of a wealthy Brazilian
landowner, he developed an interest in motor racing at an early age.
Senna began his motorsport career in karting and moved up the ranks to win the British Formula 3 championship in
1983. Making his Formula One debut with Toleman in 1984, he moved to Lotus-Renault the following year, and won six
Grands Prix over the next three seasons. In 1988 he joined McLaren-Honda and he ended
that season by winning the world
championship a title he would go on to win again in 1990 and 1991. Senna is
regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One. He was recognized
for his qualifying speed over one lap and held the record for most pole
positions from 1989 to 2006. He was among
the most talented drivers in extremely rain-affected conditions. Senna the three-time Formula
One world champion was killed in
a crash while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the third
race of the season and till now he remains the most recent Grand Prix driver to
die at the wheel of a Formula One car. Last but not
least Senna's death was considered by many of his Brazilian fans to be a
national tragedy, and the Brazilian government declared three days of national
mourning. An estimated three million people lined the streets to give him their
salute while seeing him for the last time.
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