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Thu 19 Jan, AT 10:36
Brazilian driver was just 10 when Ayrton died and for years his family forbade him from racing
In pictures: Brazilian motor racing genius Ayrton Senna
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Thu 2 Jun, AT 14:01
Film of the week: Story of Brazilian driver’s rise and fall is ‘compelling, tragic and transcendental’
The Northamptonshire racetrack was built as a military airbase in 1943 and was converted for car racing at the end of World War Two. The course's inaugural race, the RAC Grand Prix in 1948, was won by Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati, who recorded an average speed of 72mph round the 3.67 mile course to claim the first prize of £500.
