O Piloto

His entry into Formula 1 happened in 1984 by Toleman, after attracting the attention of multiple teams. In his third GP, held in South Africa, Senna scored his first point. Two weeks later, the result was repeated at the Belgian Grand Prix. Adversity met him at the San Marco Grand Prix when he did not get the time - that was the only time this happened in his career, after all, losing was not in his plans. It was that same year, during the Monaco Grand Prix, that Ayrton, after qualifying 13th on the grid, made impressive progress through the streets of Monte Carlo quickly reaching third place. During the 19th track, he managed to overtake Niki Lauda, ​​who was in second, and with that, began to threaten the leader Alain Prost, even with a much more limited machine in his hands. At that point, it rained too much on the track and the race had to be paused for safety reasons. Senna had passed Prost, but the victory was not computed, since in those cases, was considered the position of the previous lap. Still, his moment was not erased: he had impressed everyone. In the same year, Senna won two more podiums.

Moving from team, Ayrton begins the 1985 season at Lotus with the promise of a more promising environment for his career. The first year in the team counted on some victories and many frustrations, since his machine made him abandon the track due to technical problems several times. Still, his performance was impressive. Senna became known as "King of the Pole Position" due to his times during training. In the new house, he finished his first season in fourth place. In 1986, Lotus chose scottish Johnny Dumfries to be Ayrton's teammate, under his supervision. This season started well for Senna, who got second place in the Brazilian GP. Realizing the limitation of his engine, he adopts a technique to take advantage of his opponents: postpone the change of tires. With that, he went on to lead the championship for the first time, beating Nigel Mansel's Williams time by 0.014s. The technical problems continued to disrupt his performance during the season and he ended up finishing fourth again. The year of 1987 begins with the promise of better days. Lotus was coming with a new sponsor and the possibilities for Senna were bigger. External circumstances in the tracks made Ayrton gain even more prominence after Mansel's departure from injuries. With the possibility of finishing the season in second place, the pilot took full advantage and achieved the desired goal, but his car did not pass the measurements and Senna ended up in third place. It was time for the pilot to move team one more time.

In 1988, Senna arrives at McLaren for the championship next to Prost, with whom he developed an unfriendly competition. That year, the pair won 15 of 16 races. It was also this year that Ayrton reached the top of the podium, securing his first world title. In 1989, the adversity between the pilots became a true psychological warfare. Prost wins the three-time world championship in Japan after a collision with Senna's car, which, unhappy, tries to appeal in every possible way, without success. The year 1990 arrives and, in the same circuit, the two are fighting for the world title, now with Prost in the Ferrari team. This time, a collision between the cars gives Senna an advantage, allowing him to secure his second world title. In 1991, came his third title. An impressive ascendant continued to accompany the pilot. The following year, however, eventually brought out the superiority of Williams' engine. Technical problems that toppled his car in addition to the premeditated championship of Nigel Mansel made the year quite discouraging for the pilot, who came to consider a change to Formula Indy. Although he did not believe in the competitiveness of the McLaren machines, the transfer of Senna to Williams would be impossible while Prost was part of the team. After finishing second in the opening race of the season in South Africa, Senna won the GPs of Brazil and Europe at Donington Park. Despite this, Senna finished the season in second place and secured his passport to Williams in 1994.