Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, and by some as the greatest ever. He died in an accident leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix driving for Williams Racing.
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| Full name at birth | Ayrton Senna da Silva
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| Claim to fame | three-times Formula One world champion (1988, 1990, 1991)
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| Date of birth | 21 March 1960
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| Place of birth | Sao Paulo City, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Date of death | 1 May 1994
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| Age | 34 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Bologna, Italy
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| Cause of death | Car crash
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| Occupation | Racer
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| Height | 5' 7¼" (171 cm)
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| Weight | 144 lbs (65 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Left-hander
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| Dress size | 7
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| Shoe size | 10
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| Net worth | $400,000,000 USD
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- Teammates in Formula One were: Johnny Cecotto, Stefan Johansson, Elio De Angelis, Johnny Dumfries, Satoru Nakajima, Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger, Michael Andretti, Mika Häkkinen and Damon Hill.
- F1 Racing Magazine voted him the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time in 2004.
- Son of Neyde Senna and Milton Theodoro Silva.
- Younger brother of Viviane Senna and older brother of Leonardo Senna.
- Held the record of most pole positions in Formula One with 65 of them. Since his first in pole position in June 1985 until his tragic death on the 1st of May in 1994, he had earned altogether 65 pole positions. Eventually he was overtaken - more than a decade later - by Michael Schumacher in April 2006, but his record for pole positions remained to be the hardest one to overtake during the time of modern tracks.
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