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...
Roland Ratzenberger-The Tragedy
When Roland Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, he became the first Formula One driver to die during a grand prix weekend since Riccardo Paletti at the 1982...
Senna’s final F1 wins for Lotus
I’m not a fan of racing’s raw statistics without context, but while bored in that quiet gap between Christmas and New Year, I was checking out F1’s updated records and a couple of figures...
Why he’s a F1 legend?
On 11 April 1993, the 'greatest lap in Formula One history' was completed by Ayrton Senna on a rainswept racetrack in the East Midlands. This April, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this incredible...
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...
Magic Senna
A lot has been said, written and debated about the man who is hands down considered the best to have ever graced the sport. Not all of it good though, he had and still...
Dream Team: Prost and Senna
I met him first in 1984 at the opening of the new Nürburgring GP circuit, where there was a race for F1 drivers in Mercedes road cars. I took Ayrton from the airport, and...
Light at the end of the road
May 2004
Eleven-and-a-half laps to go, over half-a-minute in the lead, and the world's fastest driver makes an elementary mistake at Portier, shaves maybe an inch too much apex. His right-front wheel clangs the barrier,...
Ayrton saved my life
Ayrton Senna was the next driver on the scene and stopped his McLaren to help while the rest of the field raced by. He turned off the Ligier's engine and held Comas's head upright...