Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and is regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix for Williams...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth21 March 1960
CountryBrazil
believe mean have-faith
Just because I believe in God, just because I have faith in God, it doesn't mean that I'm immune. It doesn't mean that I'm immortal.
believe interesting able
I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been only a question of improving it, and learning more and more and there is almost no end. As you go through you just keep finding more and more. It's very interesting, it's fascinating.
believe motor-racing forget
I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it.
believe personality stronger
I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger
believe brazilian-celebrity equipment
It is important, when your techical equipment is not the best, to believe there will always be a better race; that is a part of my motivation.
became car circuit concentration driving felt giving high level reached though together vice
I felt as though I was driving in a tunnel. The whole circuit became a tunnel... I had reached such a high level of concentration that it was as if the car and I had become one. Together we were at the maximum. I was giving the car everything - and vice versa.
risk serious lucky
It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.
gone splits
Because in a split second, it's gone.
sea islands misery
I cannot live on an island of prosperity when I'm surrounded by a sea of misery.
team two car
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.
atmosphere different kind
Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.
winning race design
You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that's designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win.
circuits accidents
There are no small accidents on this circuit.
apology men thinking
When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.