Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian formula one driver who became famous for his extraordinary feats of speed on the race tracks. He won three Formula One world championships in 1988, 1990, and 1991. He died in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy.

Senna was a staunch catholic.

He married his childhood sweetheart Lilian de Vasconcelos Souza in February 1981. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.

After Senna's death, it was discovered that he secretly donated million of his own money to help poor children in Brazil.

During his lifetime, Senna was one of the most successful Formula One drivers. Today, he is considered by many the greatest racing driver of all time.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.Ayrton Senna

And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.Ayrton Senna

Fear is exciting for me.Ayrton Senna

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.Ayrton Senna

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.Ayrton Senna

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.Ayrton Senna

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.Ayrton Senna

Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.Ayrton Senna

These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.Ayrton Senna

Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.Ayrton Senna

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.Ayrton Senna

Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna was a famous Brazilian race car driver, who was born on March 21, 1960. As a person born on this date, Ayrton Senna is listed in our database as the 7th most popular celebrity for the day (March 21) and the 16th most popular for the year (1960).

People born on March 21 fall under the Zodiac sign of Aries, the Ram. Ayrton Senna is the 150th most popular Aries.

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