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21/3/1960 - 1/5/1994

Record updated 21-Mar-23

Ayrton Senna won the Formula One Championship three times until his fatal crash at the San Marino Grand Prix.

A monumental genius with frightening commitment, Ayrton Senna da Silva is arguably the greatest driver in Formula-One history.

Senna was born in São Paulo. As the son of a wealthy Brazilian landowner, he quickly developed an interest in motor racing.

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Encouraged by his father, a racing enthusiast, Senna got behind the wheel of his first kart at the age of four. He entered karting competition at the legal age of 13. Ayrton Senna himself describes his first ever kart race in a documentary that was made in the early 80s.

He described how the circuits were made on regular streets and car parking lots. Starting positions were written on pieces of paper, mixed in a helmet and were drawn.

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The number he drew for his first race was the number 1. He therefore started his first ever race from pole position. The com