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Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva, was born in Brazil, Sao Paulo. He died whilst leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
His father was a wealthy landowner, and he got behind the wheel of a kart at the age of 4. When he was thirteen, he entered karting at the legal age. In 1977 he won the South American Kart Championship, and was runner up several times in the World Championship, but never won a race.
In 1981, he joined the British Formula 1600 competition, which he won. In 1982, he won 2 of the Europe Grand Prix, the British, and European Formula Ford 2000 Championships.
In 1984, he joined Formula One, and started off with the Toleman team. He scored his first point in April 7th, 1984 at the South African Grand Prix.
The next year, Senna joined the Lotus team powered with Renault engines. On April 21st, at Estoril in Portugal he finally won his first Grand Prix from pole position. In that season he also won at Belgium. At the end of 1985, he finished 4th in the world championship. In his 2nd season with Lotus he won twice again and 4th again. In 1987 he finished 3rd in the World Championship.
In 1988, Senna joined the McLaren team with then-two-time World Champion Alan Prost as a teammate. The duo won 15 of 16 races, with Senna winning more, and finishing the season as World Champion, and McLaren winning the Constructors Championship. He also won the 1990 and the 1991 World Championship titles.The Williams-Renault team was getting stronger, and gave Ayrton Senna a seat in their team. His season didn’t start well with 2 retirements, in the first 2 races, but worse was to come.The San Marino Grand Prix was to become a major turning point in Formula 1 racing. Firstly, Senna’s fellow Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello crashed in practise, and was unconscious for seven minutes.Then the Austrian rookie, Roland Ratzenburger crashed at Villeneuve corner and was killed. It was decided to carry on with the race on the Sunday even though many drivers were concerned. After a safety car period, Senna lost control of his Williams at the fast left hand corner at Tamburello. He drove head-on into a
concrete wall, part of the cars front suspension pierced Senna’s helmet and he died a short time later.Senna achieved a lot in his racing career, he held a lot of records which were ever only bettered by Michael Schumacher. He won the Monaco Grand Prix 6 times, and was known as the “Master of Monaco”.
Senna was a very popular driver and was known for helping others. He gave money to childrens charities in Brazil. But the biggest thing he will be remembered for will be the changes made to Formula 1 after his death.The FIA who are the people in charge of Formula 1 changed all the high speed turns, into slow chicanes. An example of this would be Tamburello.
After Ayrton Senna’s crash, they made Tamburello a slow and steady a double turn, so drivers have to slow down. They also made changes to the cars and to helmets, and also the safety harnesses.
In fact in 1994 and the next year following the crash, the FIA introduced 31 new safety regulations. Since the loss of Senna, F1 has become a much safer sport.
“In life unbeatable, in death irreplaceable
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Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva, was born in Brazil, Sao Paulo. He died whilst leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
His father was a wealthy landowner, and he got behind the wheel of a kart at the age of 4. When he was thirteen, he entered karting at the legal age. In 1977 he won the South American Kart Championship, and was runner up several times in the World Championship, but never won a race.
In 1981, he joined the British Formula 1600 competition, which he won. In 1982, he won 2 of the Europe Grand Prix, the British, and European Formula Ford 2000 Championships.
In 1984, he joined Formula One, and started off with the Toleman team. He scored his first point in April 7th, 1984 at the South African Grand Prix.
The next year, Senna joined the Lotus team powered with Renault engines. On April 21st, at Estoril in Portugal he finally won his first Grand Prix from pole position. In that season he also won at Belgium. At the end of 1985, he finished 4th in the world championship. In his 2nd season with Lotus he won twice again and 4th again. In 1987 he finished 3rd in the World Championship.
In 1988, Senna joined the McLaren team with then-two-time World Champion Alan Prost as a teammate. The duo won 15 of 16 races, with Senna winning more, and finishing the season as World Champion, and McLaren winning the Constructors Championship. He also won the 1990 and the 1991 World Championship titles.The Williams-Renault team was getting stronger, and gave Ayrton Senna a seat in their team. His season didn’t start well with 2 retirements, in the first 2 races, but worse was to come.The San Marino Grand Prix was to become a major turning point in Formula 1 racing. Firstly, Senna’s fellow Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello crashed in practise, and was unconscious for seven minutes.Then the Austrian rookie, Roland Ratzenburger crashed at Villeneuve corner and was killed. It was decided to carry on with the race on the Sunday even though many drivers were concerned. After a safety car period, Senna lost control of his Williams at the fast left hand corner at Tamburello. He drove head-on into a
concrete wall, part of the cars front suspension pierced Senna’s helmet and he died a short time later.Senna achieved a lot in his racing career, he held a lot of records which were ever only bettered by Michael Schumacher. He won the Monaco Grand Prix 6 times, and was known as the “Master of Monaco”.
Senna was a very popular driver and was known for helping others. He gave money to childrens charities in Brazil. But the biggest thing he will be remembered for will be the changes made to Formula 1 after his death.The FIA who are the people in charge of Formula 1 changed all the high speed turns, into slow chicanes. An example of this would be Tamburello.
After Ayrton Senna’s crash, they made Tamburello a slow and steady a double turn, so drivers have to slow down. They also made changes to the cars and to helmets, and also the safety harnesses.
In fact in 1994 and the next year following the crash, the FIA introduced 31 new safety regulations. Since the loss of Senna, F1 has become a much safer sport.
“In life unbeatable, in death irreplaceable
So whadda think? Pics i'll be in full version