{"id":460225,"date":"2004-07-01T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2004-07-01T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=100951"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:39","slug":"ayrton-senna-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ayrton-senna-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayrton Senna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I write this column in late April, the mass media is full of stories about Ayrton Senna. I must be the only person who saw Senna\u2019s early races not to have grasped that I was seeing greatness in formation, but I didn\u2019t. It\u2019s amazing how stories get changed in retrospect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Ayrton Senna da Silva first arrived on the scene, I was learning my trade covering British club meetings for Autosport and Motoring News. His second race was at the Easter Monday Thruxton Meeting in a works Van Diemen FF1600 car and he won. However, it was not a surprise to see a Brazilian win in a works Van Diemen\u2014it happened all the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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