Senna - The RIGHT to WIN [Documentary HD]
Ayrton Senna -
The Right to
Win
Ayrton Senna da Silva (21
March 1960 -- 1 May
1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three
Formula One world championships. He was killed in an accident while leading the
1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He was among the most dominant and successful
Formula One drivers of the modern era and is considered one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. He remains the most recent driver fatality in Formula One.
Senna began his motorsport career in karting, moving up to open-wheel racing in
1981, and winning the
British Formula 3 championship in
1983. He made his Formula One debut with Toleman-Hart in
1984 before moving to Lotus-Renault the following year and winning six Grands Prix over the next three seasons. In
1988, he joined
Frenchman Alain Prost at McLaren-Honda. Between them, they won all but one of the 16 Grands Prix that year and Senna claimed his first
World Championship.
Prost claimed the championship in
1989, and Senna his second and third championships in
1990 and
1991. In
1992, the Williams-Renault combination began to dominate Formula One. Senna nonetheless managed to finish the
1993 season as runner-up, winning five races and negotiating a move to
Williams in 1994.
Senna has often been voted as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time in various motorsport polls. He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap and from 1989 until
2006 held the record for most pole positions. He was also acclaimed for his wet weather performances, such as the
1984 Monaco Grand Prix, the
1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, and the
1993 European Grand Prix. He holds a record six victories at the prestigious
Monaco Grand Prix, and is the third most successful driver of all time in terms of race wins. Senna courted controversy throughout his career, particularly during his turbulent rivalry with Alain Prost
. In the Japanese Grands Prix of 1989 and 1990, each of which decided the
Championship of that year, collisions between Senna and Prost determined the eventual winner.