Ayrton Senna

In 1981, he married his long-time childhood sweetheart, Lilian de Vasconcelos Souza. The couple divorced the following year.

In 1985, he began to date Adriane Yamin. The couple was engaged for a brief period of time but their courtship ended in 1988.

He was romantically involved with Xuxa, Christine Ferracciu, American model Carol Alt, Marjorie Andrade, Elle Macpherson and Adriane Galisteu.

Ayrton Senna da Silva was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the well-to-do family of Milton da Silva, a land and factory owner and Neide Senna da Silva. Since he was four years old, he exhibited keen interest in motor racing and cars.

In 1977, he graduated from the Colegio Rio Branco, from where he obtained a grade five in physics. He also studied subjects like Mathematics, Chemistry and English.

By the time he was thirteen years old, he began to take part in karting competitions. The first kart that he owned was a small 1 HP go-kart, which was built by his father. In his very first race, he started on pole position and dominated the run a little before the end.

Watching his interest in karting, his father encouraged him and appointed Lucio Pascal Gascon as his manager. He went on to win the South American Kart Championship in 1977.

From 1978 until 1982, he contested in the Karting World Championship. His performance increased with each race. He finished runner-up in the 1979 and 1980 season.

In 1981, he relocated to England to establish his racing career as a single seater. He participated in the Townsend-Thoreson Formula Ford 1600 Championships and the RAC competition, under Van Diemen team and ended up winning both the championships.

In 1982, he was the winner of the British and European Formula Ford 2000 championships. The following year, he was the recipient of the British Formula Three Championship title. He also won the Formula 3 Grand Prix.

In 1984, he made his debut in Formula One season with the Toleman team. The following year he moved to Lotus-Renault and won a total of six Grand Prix in three seasons.

This Brazilian driver holds in his kitty three Formula One Championship trophy. He died a tragic death in his third race of the 1994 season.