Just How Good Was… Ayrton Senna

Senna didn’t die. He’s just one lap ahead of everyone else.

Senna was Senna, nothing can compare, nobody will be the next Senna, there is only one, there will be only one "Ayrton Senna"

If you come to Sao Paulo, Brazil go visit Senna’s grave. It’s a peaceful place with lots of tributes. He’s a truly hero 😢🙏🏼

Every time I see documentaries about Senna, I get goosebumps. Ayrton Senna: Simply the best! Better than all the rest.

I had the privilege of meeting him during the 1988 Canadian GP, I was in his box during qualifying, when he left the car the amount of adrenaline going through his body was so immense that he stood against the wall and he couldn’t speak and left the helmet on for quite some time.

Im old enough to have seen Senna live on TV. It was magical as was all the drivers and racers at this time. When he died something else died in F1 and it has never been the same. RIP Sir. He was The MAN,....

In 1989 the normally aspirated engines arrived and many thought that Senna would lose some of his amazing speed without turbos. But Ayrton remained supremely fast in all conditions. While going around corners he still refused to take his foot off the gas pedal, a technique he learned as a kid during his karting years. Ayrton Senna's trust in divine intervention helped him to go faster than he normally could have. Being guided by a higher power enhanced his performance beyond what it would have been without religion. His faith made all the difference. Ayrton had an unshakable belief that he was fulfilling God's will. He prepared himself better than any other driver before, both physically and mentally. He was an innovator in using sport psychology, physical, and mental trainer Nuno Cobra before anyone else in Formula 1. He used techniques to control his breathing and relax when he was becoming over-aroused. These methods allowed him to concentrate at almost superhuman level and get into the zone almost at will during races. Prost describes how, after a race at Monaco, Ayrton explains how he monitored his performance during the race itself: He managed to visualize from a 'third person' perspective (i.e. as if watching from outside) during the race and corrected his mistakes. Ayrton Senna had the qualities to be the best racing driver of his time, and that is exactly what he was. His tombstone simply reads: 'Nothing can separate me from Gods love'

It gets really emotional for me to see the greatest racing driver in history being honoured by people who are not from Brazil this way. A really well writing and accurate script, mah man! Great job, bro!

I had the privilege to see the last Ayrton’s practice on saturday morning, 30th april 1994.. In the afternoon he never touched the wheel due to Ratzenberger accident. I loved Senna since 84. I cried in 94. He makes me sad on 2024. Obrigado, Ayrton.

"When it comes to completing a task, there´s no negotiation, you either do it right or you don´t." -Senna

The Ayrton Senna's Foundation is still active and his family keeps doing an amazing work here in Brasil! Senna is the reason I love F1 to this day. He is the greatest of all time!

That concrete block story is mad…. man was an artist

There are racing drivers. Then there is Ayerton Senna. A true legend. ❤

Bear in mind that Senna was driving during the insanity that was the 1980s turbo era. During which, engine manufacturers were squeezing an unheard of 1,400 BHP from 1.5 litre V6 engines at the peak of the era. These engines were propelling cars that were featherweights in comparison to 2020s era F1 cars, and had virtually no driver aids. The reaction times needed simply to pilot one of these cars around a track competently on its own, with no other traffic to worry about, are phenomenal. To race one of these cars at full chat against opposition of the calibre of Prost, Mansell and Piquet, is quite possibly a full two orders of magnitude beyond again. I remember Murray Walker commentating on one of the Monaco Grands Prix in which Senna participated, and Walker mentions that Senna was capable of responding to tiny changes in chassis stress under the seat, and point his car where he wanted it with laser precision AND do so in the wet. It was as if the car became an extension of his nervous system when he sat in it. He could bend to his will a machine that would kill 99% of the rest of us if we tried to operate it at even 25% of his level ... assuming any of us mere mortals would even reach that point of course. In the cockpit of an F1 racing car, he existed on a different plane to everyone else.

Ayrton Senna was and will always be my number 1 F1 driver of all time

Senna was simply an extraordinary human being! My forever hero who lives on in many hearts around the globe. The most remarkable Brazilian of all time, who did more for his country than anyone else. He was and is still an example of dedication, patriotism, compassion, faith and love for his profession, his family, his fans and others. Long live Ayrton Senna of Brazil! 🇧🇷🙏🏻🏎️💨

Great video man, I remember watching him qualifying in 1991 at Silverstone and everybody in the crowd was cheering Mansell . There must of been at least 200 of us and I was the only one that put both arms up into the air at the entrance to the corner then as he continued round the corner, he lifted his right hand of the steering wheel, and made a waving hand in reply to my support, which showed to me what detail this man went to, a memory I treasure!

what made Senna who we call the GOAT is that, he drove cars in the majority of the time inferior than the others, their cars didn’t have the “technology” and computer/electronic controls they have now, when Williams had the active suspension in their car Senna still somehow was closer to them than any other team but above all, Senna drove his car many times with few or one gear and WON the race. Those days the physical, i mean PHYSICAL conditions of the drivers was way more important than today… In my humble opinion, he, Senna, was just a special kind of human being in ALL levels. great work in the video but you can make one with things that was/are controversial and amazing regards his driving abilities.

The Greatest Racing Driver of all time

I met him in person, I have three autographs from him; two of them in photographs that I had taken a year before. The best car racer EVER!!!