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'The Aryton Senna Story - He was born into a wealthy Brazilian family. He competed in 161 Grand Prix over ten years. And he took 64 Pole Positions, winning a massive 41 of them. He has been described as being charismatic, single-minded, and totally focused, as well as lauded by his peers as Inchan extraordinary driver, and an extraordinary personInch. Aryton Senna was the idol for millions of Formula One fans, one of them being current champion Lewis Hamilton, who lists Senna alongside Alain Prost as his heroes. To so many of his fans and colleagues, he is remembered as one of the greatest Formula One champions of all time. Senna grew up in San Paolo, Brazil, the son of a wealthy landowner, and became interested in racing car driving at an early age. So much so that he entered a Brazilian Cart competition at the age of thirteen. By 1977 he had won the South American Cart Championship, and contested the World Carting Championship on several occasions, finishing second in 1979 and 1980. In 1981 he moved to England with his wife Lilly-Ann, and began racing single-seaters in Europe, winning the British Formula Four 1600 Championship. He followed that up with wins in the British and European F4 2000 Championships in 1982. He moved onto F1 racing in 1984, meeting future rival, talented French driver Alain Prost for the first time. With an impressive winning history under his belt, Senna had attracted the attention of F1 racing teams such as Williams, McLaren, Brabham, and Tollman, all of which he had tested for. In the end he was taken by Tollman, and with Senna on board the Tollman result sheet was to record their best achievements ever. His performance in the 1984 Monaco GP brought him further attention. From 13th on the grid, he worked his way to second place behind Prost, but to the disappointment of fans the race was stopped for safety reasons. Senna went on to take tw
