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Teamed with legendary driver Alain Prost, Senna won eight races and his first World Championship in 1988 — just four years into his F-1 career.
Brazil exploded.
A son was a star, the star was bom to run and the run wasn’t about to end.
A year later. Senna would finish second to Prost in the World Championship despite winning more races. After a bitter feud between the two drivers, Prost left for Ferrari and Senna stayed on with McLaren. Senna would win world titles in 1990 and 1991. Eventually, changing engine suppliers would bring about the decline of McLaren. Only Senna’s brilliance remained. In 1994 that left as well.
While driving for the Williams team. Senna crashed into a barrier at Imola, Italy.
His limitless talent and indomitable will to win were cut short in midstream.
The colorful character would go out on top, remembered as always being that 34-year-old champion who turned the world on its axis. More that one million people attended his funeral.
In 162 races entered, he would sit on the podium 80 times. He stood on the top tier 41 of those times-.
The man with the undeniable spirit for life — a lover of jet skiing, waterskiing, Brazilian food and fast cars — left with an undeniable spirit.
An uncoordinated boy who became a determined man.
■ Jason Stein is a feature writer and the editor of Wheelbase Communications ’ Race WEEK racing page. He can be reached at jstein@wheelbase.ws. Wheelbase Communications supplies automotive news and features to newspapers across North America.
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