Subscribe to The Times
Home > Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna

Netflix announces eight-part Ayrton Senna drama

Published 08 September 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
Netflix has announced an eight-part, fictionalised drama about the career of legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna, set to be released in 2022.
F1 names fastest drivers of last four decades

F1 names fastest drivers of last four decades

It's hard to separate an F1 driver's skill from their car or team. However, Formula One has now named fastest racer of the last four decades.
Published 18 August 2020
FaceApp reveals how F1 drivers who died before their time might have looked in old age - Gilles Villeneuve

Deceased F1 drivers given FaceApp old filter

What if — or rather, if only — F1 drivers killed in accidents had survived to old age? A new app gives us a glimpse of what might have been.
Published 19 July 2019

Incredible life-size bronze Senna statue unveiled

Three of these superbly detailed life-size Ayrton Senna statues will be created by the artist Paul Oz — and only one will be offered for sale.
Published 13 January 2019
The nephew of the great Formula One champion chased Uncle Ayrton in his go-kart. Bruno Senna interview by Jeremy Taylor for Sunday Times Driving.

Me and My Motor: Bruno Senna, racing driver

Bruno Senna has raced in Formula One, Formula E and now competes in the World Endurance Championship. He is the nephew of Ayrton Senna...
Published 21 December 2018
Ayrton Senna's last go-kart heading to auction

Ayrton Senna's go-kart heading to auction

One of the last vehicles ever driven by F1 legend Ayrton Senna will go under the hammer next month, at RM Sotheby's upcoming London sale.
Published 16 August 2018
Has Bernie Eccleston bought Ayrton Senna's old racing car

Did Bernie Ecclestone buy Ayrton Senna's race car?

Ayrton Senna's 1993 Monaco Grand Prix-winning Formula One car has sold for €4.1million (£3.7m) in an auction in Monaco.
Published 15 May 2018
Me and My Motor: Brian Johnson, AC/DC frontman

Me and My Motor: Brian Johnson, AC/DC frontman

Brian Johnson, longtime frontman of the hard rock juggernaut AC/DC, is almost as at home on a racetrack as he is on stage.
Published 23 January 2018
Me and My Motor: Gordon Murray, design legend, on his type of car

Me and My Motor: Gordon Murray, design legend

As a young racing car designer, Gordon Murray helped Senna...
Published 26 September 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

News: Countdown to the new Honda NSX begins before...

The original Honda NSX, launched in 1989, may have been a high performance supercar that forced Ferrari to rethink how it designed, engineered and...
Published 18 December 2014
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

News: Ayrton's Senna's first F1 car up for sale

Ayrton Senna is best remembered behind the wheel of the red and white cars of Marlboro McLaren Honda, with which he enjoyed three world championship...
Published 09 December 2014
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Test your knowledge: Where and when was Ayrton Senna's...

Team Lotus may have jumped a transporter truck over an F1 car, but there are many arguably more significant achievements in its history. Perhaps...
Published 28 November 2014
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Interview: Bruno Senna on Jaguar D-types, Formula E...

Senna: no, not that one ‒ his nephew, Bruno. That’s what life for the 30-year-old former F1 driver has been like
Published 02 July 2014