Bruno Senna, F1 driver

The Briton was beaten to the front row of the grid by rookie team-mate Piastri by a scant 0.035s, although Max Verstappen's advantage over the Australian spanned over half a second en route to pole position.Norris explained that McLaren would "try" to take the fight to Verstappen, but deadpanned that there was not a lot that the team could do unless Piastri resorted to more nefarious tactics to ...

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The Mercedes driver also referenced Ayrton Senna’s famous quote about no longer being a racing driver if you don’t go for a gap.The Turn 15 incident led Perez to retire from the race with bodywork damage and triggered a 5-second penalty for Hamilton after the stewards decreed that he was predominantly at fault.That dropped him from fourth place on the road to seventh in the final sprint ...

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Senna collected his victories between 1985 and 1993 prior to his death in 1994. For years, the Brazilian's record was dwarfed by only Alain Prost's total of 51 wins but has since been surpassed by Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, and Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen has now reached that level with his win in Montreal, his sixth of the season, and also helped Red Bull reach the milestone of 100 ...

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The feature documentary project was announced by Apple in March of last year. It will entail a film crew shadowing the seven-time world champion both in the F1 paddock and in his personal life. This and archive footage will be spliced alongside high-profile interviewees.
While details thereafter are scarce, it is known that the behind-the-scenes programme will be produced by Hamilton ...

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Michael, unaware of Ayrton’s problems, would hit out after the race – believing Senna had been “playing some kind of game”.
The 1992 season was a Williams walkover, and Brazil would play host to the third 1-2 thus far for the Renault-powered team. Nigel Mansell overcame a fast-starting Riccardo Patrese for victory, so the real race was for third, which Senna was determined to ...

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The man who heads race promoter Saudi Motorsport Company, and who is largely responsible for the success of the event, is Briton Martin Whitaker.
Prior to becoming involved in the circuit and event operation business Whitaker's career followed an unusual path that saw him working for bosses as diverse as Bernie Ecclestone, Jean-Marie Balestre, Max Mosley and Ron Dennis.
Along the way, he's ...

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Senna is most famously remembered for his success with McLaren, having earned all three of his world titles for the Woking-based team.
Following the Brazilian?s death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the Williams team that he was driving for at the time continued to carry his name and famous Senna-S on the nose of its car.
However, ahead of the 2022 season, Williams elected to remove the ...

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The repainted former McLaren show car has been transformed as part of an art project called ?Senna Now?.
One side of the car is made up of three different iconic liveries from Senna?s F1 career ? the black-and-gold of Lotus, the Rothmans Williams and Marlboro McLaren.
The other side of the car has been given over to a design by French street artist Jisbar, who has taken inspiration ...

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Hamilton narrowly missed out on a record-breaking eighth world championship in 2021 after a last-lap defeat to Red Bull rival Max Verstappen in their winner-takes-all Abu Dhabi showdown.
Hamilton, 37, is contracted to race for Mercedes until the end of 2023 as he bids to pull clear of Michael Schumacher?s tally of seven titles. He already holds the record for the most poles (103) and most ...

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Since 1995, the first season after Senna's death at Imola driving a Williams FW16, the team had been displayed the Senna S logo on the nose of its car to honour the late Brazilian.
It continued that tradition last season, but when the Grove team revealed the striking blue livery of its new-for 2022 FW44 car, it appeared the Senna logo had finally been removed.
When asked about the decision ...

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The tally of seven constructors? and six drivers? titles doesn?t reveal the innovation that Colin Chapman?s team brought to the sport.
Many great drivers raced Lotus machinery between its F1 arrival in 1958 and Team Lotus folding in 1994. That made producing this list tricky, but here?s our pick of the top 10 Lotus F1 drivers.
We?ve considered the amount of success the drivers ...

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Bruce McLaren's firm made its F1 world championship debut in 1966 and the New Zealander scored its maiden victory in the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. Since then, 19 other drivers have taken wins for McLaren and seven have won drivers' titles.
For the selection of the top 10 McLaren F1 drivers, we have considered the amount of success the drivers scored with the team, the impact they had on McLaren ...

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Hamilton trails Red Bull rival Verstappen by 12 points heading into the final five races of the season as he chases a record-breaking eighth world championship.
Hamilton and Verstappen have crashed together twice this season ? at Silverstone and at Monza ? amid one of the most intense title battles F1 has seen in the past decade.
Comparisons have been drawn to the fierce battles between ...

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Last Sunday Ricciardo handed McLaren its first ever win since 2012, with Lando Norris' second place ensuring the Woking team's first 1-2 finish in 11 years.
Ricciardo became the 20th different driver to win an F1 grand prix for McLaren, joining an illustrious list featuring the likes of Senna, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, James Hunt, Niki Lauda and Emerson Fittipaldi.
That occasion was not ...

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The eight-part series called Lucky! will be produced by Pandey?s company Jiva Maya after completing extensive filming with Ecclestone at his home in Switzerland through lockdown.
Ecclestone, 90, started out as a racing driver before becoming a team owner and ultimately going on to be F1?s ringmaster for over four decades, overseeing its evolution into the global series and commercial giant ...

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The weather conditions were wretched as pole-winner Prost slithered through Sainte Devote for the first time. Ferrari?s Rene Arnoux and Derek Warwick tangled behind him, and Warwick?s Renault teammate Patrick Tambay was unable to avoid him ? putting both of them out. Not a great start to the day for France?


Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/2, leads the start
Photo by: Sutton ...

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Monaco is known as being a nigh-on impossible place for anyone to overtake. While that characteristic has turned many of its grands prix over the years into dull affairs, in 1992 it made the race one of the most exciting in F1 history as Senna pulled off a brilliant victory.
Heading in to the weekend, Senna had known that his chances were pretty slim, with the Williams of championship leader ...

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The latest edition of the official F1 video game will be released by Codemasters - its first since being acquired by Electronic Arts - on 16 July, featuring an all-new story mode and three new tracks. 

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But for all his brilliance, not every F1 weekend turned out as he liked ? and this day marks the anniversary of the only time that the Brazilian failed to qualify.
Senna had arrived at the 1984 San Marino Grand Prix fresh off the back of a tough outing at the Belgian GP, where he had finished in seventh place and out of the points for Toleman (although would be promoted one place later ...

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In an era when Formula 1 as a whole became more professional, Senna is often credited with changing the way drivers approach a race weekend, taking mental and physical preparation to a new level.
Senna?s fierce McLaren rivalry with Alain Prost was a big driving force in that change of attitude. Going up against a driver who proved to be his match, Senna understood it was necessary to pull out ...

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Julian Jakobi has been involved in managing drivers for over 30 years and has represented the interests of some of the biggest names. At one time he pulled off the incredible feat of looking after Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost at the same time, while more recently he achieved a coup by landing a Red Bull Racing drive for Sergio Perez.
A tough negotiator, he remains highly respected both by the ...

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Following a late electrical failure that took him out of the running for a podium finish in Rio de Janeiro?s opening round, Senna arrived at Estoril looking for his first points of the season. Senna and Lotus had certainly showed flashes of pace-setting form in Brazil, but here he was able to unleash some fearsome speed from his Renault-powered 97T right from Friday?s first qualifying ...

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?It was a race like old times ? going hard, from the heart. I had to be smart over when to press the rhythm, and when to hold back. It was a fantastic race. I am happy for all of us. Not just for me, but for the team and staff. It was a dream. God knows, and when he wants something, then nothing can stop it.?
The quote above was given to Brazilian television, delivered in Senna?s native ...

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Of the bunch, Senna qualified highest ? the future three-time world champion taking 17th on the grid, albeit over 5s off the pole time, but ahead of Toleman-Hart teammate Johnny Cecotto.?
Brundle, whom Senna had beaten to the 1983 British Formula 3 title, would line up two places behind in 19th in his normally aspirated ...

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Ayrton Senna is perplexed. He?s just won the 1990 United States Grand Prix but has been surprised by the fighting spirit of young Tyrrell racer Jean Alesi, who had the impudence to repass him after what was supposed to be the winning overtaking move in a vastly-superior car on better tyres.

Not only did it mean he had to pass Alesi again on the following lap, even then the upstart almost ...

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