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"The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile."⁠ Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, who would have turned 60 today.⁠ The Brazilian racing driver won the championship three times before his death in an accident, aged 34, at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.⁠ Highly influential on the track, Senna was revered as a national hero in his own country. Having quietly donated millions to charity during his lifetime, the Instituto Ayrton Senna was set up in November 1994. An NGO supporting young Brazilians, Senna had ambitions to found such an organisation at the time of his death.⁠ For more coverage, follow our bio link.⁠ 📷: Pascal Rondeau/Allsport/Getty Images Classic Sport | gettyarchive | gettysport | #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #ayrtonsenna #formulaone #grandprix #F1 #senna #motorsport #sportsicon #sportshistory #f1legend #honda #onthisdayinhistory #motorsportphotography #formula1 #racing #spe...

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