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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Ayrton senna Biography

Ayrton Senna (born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 21, 1960 - died in Bologna, Italy, May 1, 1994 at age 34 years) is a former Formula 1 racing driver from Brazil. He is the Formula 1 world champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991.

Senna was driving for four teams namely Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, and Williams. Couples with world champion Alain Prost for the McLaren team in 1988 he became the first world champion in Formula 1. Feud with Prost often remembered as one of the greatest once bitterest feud in the history of Formula 1. Several others are rivals Senna Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell.

Senna is known for kehebatannnya in a Formula 1 car driving in the wet circuit. Senna is often dubbed as "The Rain Man. Prowess on the track wet can be seen in the Monaco Grand Prix 1984 where the car is less qualified him to second place, his first victory was so dominant at Portugal GP 1985, and at the European Grand Prix 1993. At the 1993 European Grand Prix circuit at Donington, England, Senna in a distance less than one lap managed to become leader after a race in fifth position. Senna is also often called the Master of Monaco because he won the Monaco GP 6 times. Other Senna's greatness is that he very good at qualifying. He noted the pole position 65 times in 162 races before broken by Michael Schumacher who recorded the pole 65 times in 236 races. Brazilian Grand Prix victory in 1991 and the Japanese GP in 1988 are some examples of his best performances. Throughout his career, Senna has won 41 Grand Prix.

He died of a severe accident at the Tamburello corner while leading the race at San Marino GP at Imola Circuit along with the Williams team on May 1, 1994.
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