Senna’s Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera
Ayrton's European home was in Portugal. Senna acquired a Porsche 3.2 Carrera Cabriolet in 1987.
Apparently the Porsche was bought by a Portuguese banking friend, Braguinha. Then recently the Porsche changed hands for a large...
When Berger met Senna – Macau Grand Prix 1983
After winning the prestigious British F-3 title and impressing the F-1 world with his first test in the category (with a Williams, at Donington Park), Ayrton Senna still had to face a big and...
Sonic F1 Trophy Won By Ayrton Senna
Not so long ago, we ran a little piece on the 1993 Formula One European Grand Prix, or - as it was also known - the XXXVIII Sega European Grand Prix.
Held on a rainy day in...
How I nearly made the most important barn find in motorsports history
Most Formula One cars end up on display or in the private collections of the über wealthy. A car like the McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna drove to the F1 World Championship in 1991 should...
Remembering Ayrton on this day
Brazilian Ayrton Senna was a famous professional race car driver and sportsman at the time of his death 24 years ago in a racing crash at San Marino Grand Prix. After an outstanding career...
My First Car: Carol Alt’s Mercedes memories
Supermodel, actress and entrepreneur Carol Alt knows a thing about cars and driving.
At nineteen a boyfriend gave her a red Ferrari 308 GTS; her father said the car looked fast just standing still.
A friend...
Gerald Donaldson: An interview with Senna
Ayrton Senna was at first reluctant to give me a private interview because he assumed I was a British journalist, several of whom he believed had written unfairly about him.
Too often, he felt, he...
Martin Donnelly: My horrific smash changed Ayrton Senna
The carnage, shattered car, the rescue and medical teams fighting to save the lives of the helpless drivers.
It provoked memories, too, of the day in 1990 our Martin Donnelly so nearly died in Spain,...
Professor Sid Watkins looks back on one of motor racing’s blackest weekends.
Imola is different these days. Where once the cars were absolutely flat out for close to a mile, from the pit straight all the way to the hairpin at Tosa, now they must negotiate...