Automotive Art – Arthur Benjamins’ “Ayrton Senna”

Ayrton Senna Artwork

Rarely in the history of motor racing was one person so revered as Ayrton Senna da Silva.

From the start of his karting career in 1973 at the age of 13, he traveled through the formulae at an equally rapid pace culminating in his first F1 race at the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix. Driving for Toleman, Lotus, McLaren and Williams, he won 41 Grands Prix and 3 World Championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991. All his Formula-1 victories were eventually eclipsed by another master – Michael Schumacher, at the Indianapolis Grand Prix in 2000 – who in the emotional post-race interview broke down in tears when it dawned on him that had achieved that statistic.

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