Drivers vote: Ayrton Senna the greatest ever
In 2009 Ayrton Senna has been voted the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time by a unique poll of 217 of his fellow world championship drivers conducted by AUTOSPORT magazine.
Senna beat Michael Schumacher...
Mercedes story by Ayrton Senna
In Australia, there is a Mercedes-Benz 190 E running down the streets of Melbourne. But this is no ordinary Mercedes. In fact, it was once owned by the legendary Ayrton Senna. Incidentally, it was...
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...
Hungarian Grand Prix 1988
If Alain Prost's brilliant manoeuvre had worked at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix's 49th lap, the Frenchman still would have been the leader of the World Championship chase after 76 gruelling laps...
Ayrton Senna Forever
Many years ago at an airport in Buenos Aires, Gustavo Soares found himself waiting in passport control; the warm, circulated air was humming with the scattered voices of travelers and native Argentinians. Passport in...
F1 duels: Senna vs Patrese
Ricardo Patrese, the Italian driver who achieved a lot of success as a Williams’ driver in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, turns 62 on Sunday. Patrese is among the athletes who raced the...
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 front of the third man. Ayrton Senna was on pole...
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...
Grand Prix Story: Detroit Grand Prix 1987
Fans expected great things from Senna in Detroit. The driver was coming off of a big win in Monaco, three weeks earlier, and had already won in the US in 1986, also driving a...