The story of Heroes
People expect their heroes to be perfect. But I draw inspiration from the imperfect heroes; the ones who stumble and fall, but then get up and try, again and again.
It must have been the...
Brazilian Grand Prix 1984
In sharp contrast to previous years, the Formula 1 "close season" has been very much longer this winter, stretching from Kyalami in mid-October 1983 until the Brazilian Grand Prix opened the 1984 season on...
San Marino Grand Prix 1985
As soon as the Portuguese Grand Prix was over, all the cars and material were loaded into the familiar articulated transporters and, ten days later, everything was unloaded in the paddock at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari...
Senna’s crazy weekend
Ayrton Senna – rally driver. Now there’s a cover line any magazine editor would covet. It happened too, on a blustery, grey Welsh hillside in 1986. Ayrton Senna and five rally cars in a...
Ayrton Senna Legacy
May 1996
Wealth and poverty live shoulder-to-shoulder in the industrial capital of Brazil. Consequently, the thieves' work is the stuff of legend. One year, for instance, Goodyear's laundry went missing, only to appear on the...
In Focus: Senna’s former Norwich bungalow
The former Norwich home of Brazilian motor-racing legend Ayrton Senna has been sold in May 2015 by an estate agents which was unaware of its connections to the star.
The three-time Formula 1 champion rented...
Formula 1 Review: Estoril 1985
For many of us, Grand Prix racing entered a fallow period after the death in May 1982, of Gilles Villeneuve, and none felt that more keenly than Denis Jenkinson. Even though, with his love...
United States Grand Prix 1990
Thank goodness for Jean Alesi and Pirelli. Thanks to that combination, the US GP in Phoenix had a modicum of interest for half its length, even if it was an interest the overall format...
Jackie Stewart vs Ayrton Senna
I had done my homework and Ayrton Senna, at that time, had been involved in more collisions with other drivers than the combined total of all the world champions since 1950. He was agitated,...
Ayrton Senna Institute and BB Foundation announce partnership
The Ayrton Senna Institute and the Banco do Brasil Foundation have announced a partnership focused on the full literacy of thousands of Brazilian children....
