Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna Da Silva was born in Sao Paulo in Brazil. He was born to a wealthy family. He had an older Sister named Vivane and a younger brother named Leonardo. His mother was a granddaughter of an Italian immigrant, while his father was born to a Spanish father and a Brazilian father from Sao Paulo. Ayrton Senna was raised in the Northern zone of the City of Sao Paulo in Serra Da Cantareira. He shared his room with his brother, Leonardo. He went to high school and to the racetrack from the city of Sao Paulo. He got a go – kart at the age of 4 by his father Milton but before he got the go – kart he had a tricycle and when he got onto his tricycle he would jump onto it and ride. When he was about 8 years old regularly he would compete in karting events. At the age of 17 he competed in the South American Kart Championship. He was able to win the South American Kart Championship. While watching Aryton Senna’s interest in karting, his father encouraged and appointed Lucio Pascal Gascan as his manager before he competed in the American Kart Championship in 1977. From 1978 to 1982, he participated in the World Karting Championship. His performance started to increase well with each race. He finished the race and he became the runner – up in the 1979 and 1980 Season. In 1981, he was relocated to England in order to improve or increase his racing Career as a Single Seat Driver. He participated in the Townsend Thoreson Formula Ford 1600 Championships and RAC competition, under the Van Diemen team and ended up winning both the championships. In 1982 he was able to win the Bristish and European Formula Ford 2000 Championships. In the following year, he was able to be the recipient of the British Formula three Championship Titles. With his brilliant performance Ayrton Senna was able to win the Formula 3 Grand Prix. In the year 1984, he was able to make his debut in Formula One Season with the Tolemen team and in the following year, he moved to the Lotus – Renault and won a total of two races before he moved to McLaren for the 1988 season race. In 1988, he joined Alain Prost at McLaren – Honda – which is one of the top Formula teams. During that season the two drivers were able to dominate the Formula 1 Campaign. Ayrton Senna was able to claim his very first World Championship at the age of 28. He went on getting and achieving this ultimate prize. After a great rivalry with Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna was able to Win the World Championships during the 1990 and 1991 race. In 1994, Ayrton Senna signed a contract with Williams. He showed his views on the reservation of his new car and the new rules for the first formula and he said “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.” During his first two races he gained a perfect position but due to different reasons he failed to finish the race. On the third race which was held in Imola, San Marino. Senna said that his campaign would start from here and he won 144 races out of 16 races. However, the weekend was full of tragedies, accidents, death and horrors. During the first practice round on Friday his compatriot, Rubens Barrichello was injured badly when his Jordan Car flipped over, smashing into a fence. On the next day, which was Saturday an Austrian rookie driver Roland Ratzenberger was killed when he smashed into a concrete wall. Senna had been emotionally affected since he had met Ratzenberger recently. He went to the scene of the accident and climbed over the medical fence to see the crash site. Senna spent his last morning meeting with his fellow drivers and considering on how to improve the safety of the driver for Formula One. During the 7th lap, Senna suffered a fatal crash. He was driving his car on top speed. The car left the track at around 205mph (330km/h) and it hit the concrete retaining wall around 135mph(217km/h). Even though he was quickly taken to the hospital, it was declared that he had died during his arrival. His death was a great shock to the world of sport and to Brazil. It is said that about 3 million people had been lined up in the streets of Sao Paulo for the return of Ayrton Sennas’ body which is a record for a gathering for any memorial. Ayrton Senna as a devouted Catholic and someone who regulary read the Bible. He said, “Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus,” which means “Nothing can separate me from the love of God”. He donated millions of dollars to the poor Brazilians and before he died, he created the “Ayrton Senna Institute” which was dedicated to help the disadvantaged people in Brazil. Senna inspired millions of people all over the world because of his skill and dedication to his sport. THE END Inspirational Word Spoken by Ayrton Senna “On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, ‘Okay, this is the limit.’ As soon as 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.” “I’m very privileged. I’ve always had a very good life. But everything that I’ve gotten out of life was obtained through dedication and a tremendous desire to achieve my goals…a great desire for victory, meaning victory in life, not as a driver. To all of you who have experienced this or are searching now, let me say that whoever you may be in your life, whether you’re at the highest or most modest level, you must show great strength and determination and do everything with love and a deep belief in God. One day, you’ll achieve your aim and you’ll be successful.”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdiolsNOVO
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