Remembering Ayrton Senna

The most definitive and compelling book about the legendary racing driver, now a BAFTA award-winning documentary. 'For the casual racing fan it's a mighty good read, for the Senna fan it's indispensable' Time Out Millions of people around the world watched in horror on that fateful day in Imola at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna's car careered off the track at 190mph. The greatest driver in Formula One history was dead. In this classic sports book, Richard Williams explores the complex Brazilian who was a hero in his own country and an icon to everyone who loved not just motor-racing but sport itself. In his drive to win and his desire always to test himself to the limit, Senna embodied all that is best and most thrilling in sport.

"Series first published in Spain in 2020 under the series title Pequeäno & grande, by Alba Editorial, in Barcelona"--Copyright page.

First published as "Remembering Aryton Senna," this updated edition includes additional text, F1 career record statistics, and photographs to mark the first year after Senna's fatal crash in 1994. Aryton Senna is regarded as one of Grand Prix racing's finest drivers, and this book tells the story of his rise to fame in F1 and his behind-the-scene personal life. "The text provides a remarkable amount of insight to the background of this great Brazilian." Autosport.

Five years after his tragic death at Imola, race fans continue to display a huge interest in the life and career of Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna. This new study offers fresh insights into the Brazilian's wealthy childhood in Sao Paulo, the Imola crash inquiry, the charitable Senna Foundation and the grief that still lingers among F1 fans. Also includes interviews with drivers who raced against Senna.

This deeply personal and beautifully illustrated volume - published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death - draws together the memories of those who knew and loved him, telling in their own words why he was so special to them, as a driver, as a man, as a colleague, as a friend, and as a hero. Christopher Hilton, author of previous sensitive studies of Senna, asked a host of people inside and outside motorsport for their strongest memory of Senna. Their answers were touching and surprising.

Ayrton Senna was more than a great racing driver: he was a giant of a man who, 17 years after his death, is still mourned as no sportsman has ever been. Much has been written about him, but this book approaches the subject with a powerfully different focus. More than 120 people who knew him, worked with him and competed against him were asked a single question: what is your strongest memory of Senna? The result, told entirely in direct quotes, stands as an intimate, heartfelt portrait of the man, from his early days as a karter to his death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Previously published as Aryton Senna: The Legend Grows, this book has been reformatted in conjunction of the highly documentary movie, Senna.