" Write a screenplay that tells the story of Senna's life, no one will believe it", entry slice Asif Kapadia, who knows a lot about incredible lives. The Londoner has made a trilogy of brilliant documentaries, on Maradona, Amy Winehouse, and a first, therefore, called Senna, released in theaters just ten years ago. Evoking the Brazilian driver first amounts to listing an extraordinary track record, 41 victories and 80 podiums (out of 161 Grand Prix, or a maddening ratio), and three world champion titles (1988, 1990, 1991) - a pace that only one pilot was familiar at that time, a certain Alain Prost. Like icons that left too early, such as Kurt Cobain or JFK, Senna's name is also invariably associated with his tragic disappearance, at the wheel of his car, in the vicious Tamburello corner of the Imola circuit on May 1, 1994 He was only 34 years old.
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