Ayrton Senna’s F1 career in pictures
F1 pictures
Marking the opening of the film Senna in the UK, here’s a special gallery looking back on the three-times champion’s F1 career in pictures.
From his first test to his last race – here is the career of Ayrton Senna in pictures.
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- 1983: First F1 test with Williams
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- 1983: First F1 test with Williams
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- 1984: F1 debut season with Toleman
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- 1984: Winning a Mercedes 190E race for F1 drivers at the Nurburgring
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- 1985: First year with Lotus
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- 1985: Challenging Keke Rosberg for the lead at the Nürburginrg
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- 1985: Heading into Paddock Hill alongside Nigel Mansell
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- 1985: On the podium with Mansell
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- 1985: A fraught battle with Rosberg at Adelaide
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- 1986: Two Brazilians on the podium at Jacarepagua – Senna and Nelson Piquet
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- 1986: Narrowly beating Mansell at Jerez
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- Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Estoril, 1986
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- 1987: First race with new team mate Satoru Nakajima at Jacarepagua
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- 1987: Heading for the podium at Silverstone
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- 1987: Last season with Lotus
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- 1988: Sixth win out of eight in Hungary
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- 1988: Controversial encounter with Prost at Estoril
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- 1988: Prost wins Adelaide finale but Senna is already champion
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- 1989: Impending collision with Gerhard Berger means no home win again
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- 1989: Rivalry with Prost reaches new heights
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- 1989: Senna leads at Silverstone before retiring
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- 1989: A classic Senna win in dreadful conditions in Spa
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- 1989: Win in Spain keeps him in the title hunt but three weeks later Prost wins the title
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- 1990: Heading for win number three in Monaco
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- 1990: Under pressure from Mansell’s Ferrari at Silverstone
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- 1990: Celebrating his second title win with McLaren
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- 1991: Another season off to a winning start in Phoenix
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- 1991: A strong start to the season with his third win in a row
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- 1991: Conferring with team mate – and friend – Berger
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- 1991: Mansell gives Senna a lift back to the pits in Silverstone
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- 1991: Side-by-side with Mansell in Barcelona
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- 1991: Mansell spins out in Japan and Senna is champion for the third time
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- 1992: Unable to give to chase to the Williams in last year’s McLaren at Kyalami
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- 1992: A long season for Senna and Berger
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- 1992: Senna couldn’t defend his crown in the MP4-7
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- 1992: Holding off Mansell to win in Monaco
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- 1992: A lean season – just three wins
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- 1993: Fending off Prost and Michael Schumacher in Kyalami
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- 1993: Under pressure from Schumacher in Brazil
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- 1993: Leading the drivers championship after winning in Monaco
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- 1993: Record sixth win in Monaco
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- 1993: With a young Rubens Barrichello in his first F1 season
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- 1993: Final victory at Adelaide
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- 1994: The first year with Williams in the FW16 got off to a bad start
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- 1994: Senna leads Jean Alesi and Schumacher – the latter going on to win
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- 1994: Senna’s last home race ended in retirement
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- 1994: Racing Schumacher to turn one at Aida
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- 1994: …but he’s taken out at the first corner
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- 1994: San Marino Grand Prix
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- 1994: San Marino Grand Prix
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Hamish said on 4th June 2011, 8:24
Wow
Dan Newton said on 4th June 2011, 8:52
You beat me to it.
Wow indeed.
The Sri Lankan said on 6th June 2011, 0:31
Amazing! can we please get some post f1 pictures of senna? especially his RALT in macau?
The Sri Lankan said on 6th June 2011, 0:31
sorry i meant pre f1
Chops said on 4th June 2011, 8:47
Fantastic! Thank you so much Keith!
vickyy (@vickyy) said on 4th June 2011, 8:58
absolutely breathtaking
Mike said on 4th June 2011, 9:45
Brilliant
Stephen Jones (@aus_steve) said on 4th June 2011, 9:35
wow, awesome pictures!
james_mc said on 4th June 2011, 10:51
Amazing quality! I presume these were old 35mm (or similar) film originally?
Damon said on 4th June 2011, 11:35
Woah! What was that all about?
Dipak T said on 4th June 2011, 12:20
This sort of thing really has to be done more often
Atticus (@atticus-2) said on 4th June 2011, 13:22
It was a one-off race held for the opening of the new Nurburgring. Everybody competed with the same car and that was what has made it special for Senna because at that time he was relatively unknown in the higher classes of auto racing. The fact that he managed to beat every world class drivers of that era – including Lauda and Prost – given the same conditions confirmed him as one of the quickest driver of his generation. Besides Monaco 1984 this was the race based on which he has been considered one of the brightest new talents of Formula 1.
roberto said on 5th June 2011, 15:25
He didn’t really beat Prost. Prost took the pole for this race, and Senna pushed him out of the track on the first corner. Prost finished among the last
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 4th June 2011, 11:37
I can’t begin to imagine how much of a telling off you would get today for catching a lift back with a fellow driver!
Maverick_232 said on 4th June 2011, 12:20
Scrolling down to the San Marino shots gave me such a chill.
So amazing, tears in eyes. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So much!
Icthyes (@icthyes) said on 4th June 2011, 12:35
See, Renault could have kept the yellow livery from last year and still have “been Lotus”! Just change the black writing to blue and hey presto!
Wonderful pictures.
Douglas 62500 said on 4th June 2011, 16:58
lol they couldn’t copy the Honda logos though !!
GeeMac (@geemac) said on 5th June 2011, 14:18
Because Tony Fernandes would have alrady bought the rights to use them… ;)
Aldo said on 4th June 2011, 13:32
Epic.
King Nigel Mansell said on 4th June 2011, 13:49
Great pics, thanks so much !
Douglas 62500 said on 4th June 2011, 14:27
Can’t possibly get better than this collection. Thanks Keith !!
Scribe (@scribe) said on 4th June 2011, 14:43
Suberb, absolutley fantasic to see. Magnificent compilation.
Remco H. said on 4th June 2011, 15:23
Greatness @ his best.
Travis Humphery (@travis) said on 4th June 2011, 15:25
Thank you, thank you, thank you Keith…