From another angle – Senna movie
I’ve recently watched two major sports documentaries that were both out in cinemas last year and that have both received high critical acclaim.
On Saturday night, I watched Senna (dir. Asif Kapadia) on DVD. On...
Back in time: 1990 Formula 1 World Championship
Ayrton Senna is one of the top F1 drivers, perhaps the greatest of all time, and few will wish to deny him the 1990 World Championship; the pity is that it went out with...
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...
Grand Prix Story: Belgian Grand Prix 1985
The race on the circuit of Spa Francorchamps was going to take place that year, in June. Zolder was going to be replaced once and for all by the gigantic circuit in the region...
Feel the spirit in the air – Interlagos ’95
When the Class of '95 had their picture taken yesterday in the pit lane at Interlagos, it was without their head boy. For the first time in 12 years Ayrton Senna was not part...
Ayrton Senna’s Super Monaco GP II
Released in 1988, the Sega Mega Drive heralded the coming of the 16-bit era and inaugurated the Console Wars of the 1990s. A year later, Sega released the Mega Drive in the United States....
Simtek Ford S941
Simtek Grand Prix started out in life as a British engineering consultancy firm. In 1989 Simtek Research was founded by future FIA-president Max Mosley and designer Nick Wirth. The company was involved in various...
German Grand Prix 1989
In the end, the result was all too familiar: Ayrton Senna first, Alain Prost second. Nothing too surprising about that, in this age of McLaren-Honda domination of Formula One. Yet the German Grand Prix...
David Brabham: Imola 1994
We had just returned from the first GPs of the year, in Brazil and then Japan, where our small, underfunded Simtek Grand Prix team got two finishes - quite a milestone. Two away races...
Interview with CEO of Senna brand-Bianca Senna
From the moment I met Bianca, I was starstruck, and we naturally started speaking in our native language, Portuguese. She is extremely polite and...
