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 the granddaughter of an Italian immigrant
while his father was born to a Spanish mother 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 from his father Milton
but before he had 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 t h e S o u
t h A m e r i c a n
K a r t Championship which he won 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 i n
t h e W o r l d K a
r t i n g Championship His performance increased well
with each race and he finished the race as runner-up
in the 1979 and 1980 season In 1981 he relocated to
England in order to further his racing career as a
single-seat driver He participated in the Townsend Thoreson Formula Ford
1600 C h a m p i o n s
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competition under the Van Diemen team and ended up winning
both championships In 1982 he won the British and European Formula
Ford 2000 Championships In the following year he competed and
was the recipient of the British Formula Three Championship Title
With his brilliant performance Ayrton Senna was able to win
the Formula Three Grand Prix Based on this success in
the year 1984 he made his debut in the Formula
One season with the Tolemen team and in the following
year he moved to Lotus Renault and won a total
of two races before he moved to McLaren for the
1988 season He joined Alain Prost at McLaren Honda which
is one of the top Formula One teams During that
season the two drivers were able to dominate the Formula
One campaign In this capacity Ayrton Senna was able to
claim his very first World Championship at the age of
28 His determination and dedication helped him achieve 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 season 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 championship 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
from where he won 14 races out of 16 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 c o n
s i d e r i n g o n
h o w t o improve safety for the drivers
in Formula One a During the 7th lap Senna suffered
fatal crash He was driving his car at top speed
The car left the track at around 205mph (330km/h) and it
hit the concrete retaining w a l l a r
o u n d 135mph 217km/h Even though he was
quickly taken to the hospital he was declared dead on
arrival His death was a great shock to the world
of sport and to Brazil It is said that about
3 million people lined up in the streets of Sao
Paulo for the return of Ayrton Senna's body which was
a record for a gathering for any memorial at that
time Ayrton Senna as a devout Catholic and someone who
regularly 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 helping 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
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