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Remembering Ayrton Senna: Five great stories
PlanetF1 ^ | 5/1/2020

Posted on 05/01/2020 11:10:07 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna will be forever remembered as one of the all-time greats in Formula 1.

Here are five stories that give you a glimpse, a reminder, of what made him such an iconic driver. He will never be forgotten.

(Excerpt) Read more at planetf1.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: ayrtonsenna; f1
Twenty-six years ago today...
1 posted on 05/01/2020 11:10:07 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers; Chode

Good stuff! Heads up Chode!


2 posted on 05/01/2020 11:21:07 AM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

the documentary on Senna’s life released a few years ago is incredible and highly recommended...

https://www.amazon.com/Senna-Ayrton/dp/B006JD48NM


3 posted on 05/01/2020 11:31:18 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I can believe the “wall moved” story. Reminds me of two others.

Raymond Berry was coaching some wide receivers on out patterns, let me show you. Ran the route and said the hash marks are wrong. They were.

Bill Bradley was shooting baskets, said the hoop was at the wrong height. It was.


4 posted on 05/01/2020 11:48:15 AM PDT by Tymesup
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

He was a legendary driver alright, but also a legendary jerk.


5 posted on 05/01/2020 12:18:54 PM PDT by pelican001
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To: pelican001

He was awesome to us at Montreal’s Portofino. Thanks for the post, couldn’t believe what I was watching 26 years ago.


6 posted on 05/01/2020 12:23:04 PM PDT by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
My wife works at a private race track in the area. Last year she called me one day to ask about some cars that were brought in on McLaren trucks, and some people who arrived in a helicopter. They weren't allowed to take pictures, so she described the cars to me.

There were what sounded like a handful of McLaren road cars, but the standout car was Senna's 1993 Monaco winning car.

The people in the helicopter, I later learned, were Zak Brown - CEO McLaren Racing, Gil deFerran, and Mario Andretti.

She took Andretti's lunch order at the little counter service café. Said he was very nice.

7 posted on 05/01/2020 1:14:39 PM PDT by Christopher
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To: Christopher

Before all this happened, I worked part-time at Sonoma Raceway. I haven’t worked any private test days there, since I’m at my day job during the week.

I am itching to get back to a track!


8 posted on 05/01/2020 1:34:56 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Bkmk. My husband loves Formula 1.


9 posted on 05/01/2020 1:45:40 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

I used to see Senna at the best restaurants in Sao Paulo. Always had a table with unreal beautiful girls. My hosts would invariably point to him and say in English, “Pole Position.”


10 posted on 05/01/2020 2:50:24 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I have a program from a Silverstone race meet in the early 80s with his name in it back when he was in formula 3 he went by Ayrton Senna DA Silva back then


11 posted on 05/01/2020 3:00:55 PM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: bobby.223

good stuff indeed!!!


12 posted on 05/08/2020 12:26:41 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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