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"Ayrton is an idol that even after so many years , remains in the minds of people in a very present way. His strength and charisma still wiggle including individuals who never saw his race. Example of this is part of new generation of F1 drivers has him as great idol and example."

Back in time: San Marino Grand Prix 1988

1st may 1988 The two McLaren MP4/4-Honda V6 turbocharged cars simply annihilated every-one, finishing the 60-lap race 2.334 sec apart, but a whole lap in...

Ayrton Senna: King of Monaco

Ayrton Senna Tributevideo
A series of tributes to Ayrton Senna are made during the week of the 2017 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – the Brazilian driver, who...

Ayrton Senna Interview , June 1991

This interview was conducted in the Human Performance International (HPI) Laboratory on Isle Notre Dame (Montreal, Canada) following the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix of...

Ayrton Senna by Jon Nicholson

Senna portrait
During the winter of 1993 I started working on a book I was to produce with Damon Hill. It was going to be all...

Spanish Grand Prix Memories 1988

Ayrton Senna in France 1988
There might have been a hint of post-race tiredness in Nigel Mansell's voice, but there was no disappointment. Just admiration. Jerez, scene of the...

Senna: The funniest Autograph Story

(Note: This piece was originally published in 1993, when I was in the middle of my F1 career.  I brought it back because it’s...

United States Grand Prix 1991

Senna and Honda Marlboro McLaren wrote themselves another slice of F1 history in Phoenix with a faultless performance which netted the Brazilian his 27th...

Nigel Roebuck on Ayrton Senna

motorsportmagazine.com | July 2011 For a few days after seeing Senna movie, I couldn't get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly...

Ayrton Senna 1/20 scale figure

Still sticking with my miniature driver figures, I spent the afternoon refining the painting on this 1/20 figure of Ayrton Senna. The figure is by...