"The first challenge Senna faced, at the moment he arrived in the UK, was teaching his name. He was just a little boy. And he was incredibly thin! Thin as a rake! That 21-year-old beardless Brazilian racer seemed a bit shy at the beggining, however he had a lot of determination.
Never someone named 'A-Y-R-T-O-N' had stepped in the island before. Ralph Firman, Van Diemen's owner and Senna's team boss, was the first one to try to pronounce it while introducing the driver to his future engineers.
'This is Harry-ton', Firman said confidently, anouncing his new driver on a rainy day on February, 1981. Since 'Ayrton' was unpronounceable and Harry-ton sounded like an offense, Senna became Harry. For the team, he will always be HARRY!"
"Ayrton Senna, o piloto" - Os Arquivos da Fórmula 1 de Lemyr Lemos ("Ayrton Senna, the driver" - The Archives of Formula 1 by Lemyr Lemos)
that's my favourite chapter of this book, guys <3
so, i decided to share it with you :D please, ignore any mistakes (english is not my first language, so the traslation may be a little sloppy)
the hottest thing a man can do is create a cartoon character based on himself !!
btw, senninha is my comfort character
hey! this is my first time on tumblr...
just wanted to say hi
follow me if you love that 90s/00s f1 aesthetic <3
there's no fucking way kalle rovanperä was born in 2000
he was 22 when he won his first championship, that's crazy af
i had no idea
ain't no fucking way these two BITCHES used to HATE each other!
i think their love language was just a bit... agressive
here is seb and kimi wearing matching shorts <3
hope i made your day a little better
when i was a kid, i had to be convinced that kimi and mika weren’t relatives
i really used to think they were father and son 😭
happy birthday, boss <3
we miss you every single day :(
feliz aniversário, senna
imagine being this gorgeous! <3
fernando during his renault years was something else, right?
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