Ayrton Senna was born in March, 1960 in Sao Paulo, Brasil. When he was a child, his father built a small kart and he participated at the race with his friends. But, was in 1973, when he entered in the European competitions. From 1978 to 1982, he participated in the World Champion, finishing runner up in 1979 and 1980. In 1981, Senna moved to England, and he won the Formula Ford 1600 and in 1982 the Formula Ford 2000. In 1983, he participated in the British Formula 3 Championship.
In 1984, Senna debuted in Formula One and in his second race scored his first point. The best result of the year was a second place, behind of Alain Prost, had done a fantastic comeback. This year he got two more podiums and finished ninth in the standings. From 1985 to 1987, he ran for the Team Lotus and got six victories and sixteen poles positions. His best years were with the McLaren F1 Team which competed from 1988 to 1993. In 1988, he was crowned as a world champion, beating his fellow Alain Prost. In 1989, he was runner up and in 1990 and 1991, he was a world champion. In 1992, he had a difficult year and finished fourth with three victories. In 1993, he was runner up again, with a very slow car.
The following year, Ayrton decided to make a change in his career and he joined the Williams F1 Team, the best of the moment. But in the third race of the Formula One Championship in 1994, he had a terrible accident and died three hours later at the hospital.
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