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
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.
exciting
Fear is exciting for me.
thinking racing limits
On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.
trouble
Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.
motivational motor-racing car
I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.
mean winning people
By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing --competing to win.
thinking waiting nephew
If you think I'm fast, just wait until you see my nephew Bruno.