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I was very lucky to meet Ayrton
Senna, and even luckier to get to know him.

After all, I was
one of many people making

documentary films
about Formula One racing,

and he was a world champion.

These numbers tell the story of a career.

This film tells the story of a man.

In between seasons, Ayrton
always went back to Brazil to unwind,

only returning to
test the next year's car.

How is it returning to the
racing car with such a long absence?

Well, it's nice first of all to
see number one on the nose of your car.

That is really a great feeling.

It's the second time I experienced
that, and I hope I will have a few other times.

I wondered if at this stage in his
career he felt that he had anything to prove.

In the end, what
matters is to do it the way

you like to do, the
way you believe is right.

And you have to be positive, you
have to be strong, psychologically speaking.

Very, very tough, very, very strong
to go through the doubts and knockdowns and

kind of war that goes on sometimes, to be

tough and go
through it and make sure you get

to the other end of the tunnel.

Ayrton Senna was not one of the boys.

In a group photograph, he
can't seem to get away soon enough.

This attitude led to the
perception that he was arrogant,

but this was simply because of his
exceptional dedication to the matter in hand.

There has never been a more
focused driver than Ayrton Senna.

On Ayrton's visit to the
factory after a winter break in Brazil,

he wanted to see the new car that
could carry him to another world championship.

How carefully he touches it.

He was always
thoughtful, as can be seen from

his reflection, about
the best qualifying strategy.

Depends on each event, on
what situation you find yourself,

what are your difficulties, what
are your strengths at each Grand Prix,

technically speaking, relatively
not only to your car but to other people.

Then you have to play the game as
it comes to you, as it presents to you.

He tried to get the maximum out of any

situation, even at a
test interrupted by bad weather.

As the track dried up, he
checked its condition in a borrowed Porsche.

He was determined to use all the
available time for developing the car,

and suggested moving
the track worker's lunch break.

Some places are dry, but here on the

street, it's quite damp
still at the end of the street.

Can they stop at
11.30? Maybe. 11.30 to 12.30?

That is very, very difficult for them.

Yeah?

Even for 12 is difficult,
but 11.30 is very, very difficult.

Is it dry enough that you could just
get a run, so we can check the fuel pumps out?

Get that pressure ready? Oh, yes, sure.

Sure, we can do that. And then stop.

Later, on a break,
while the track was still drying,

someone brought a small road car with
a new engine that fascinated the mechanics.

Ayrton was interested too, but
he couldn't wait to get back to work.

Time to work! Come on!

Outsiders may have found
him distant, even unfriendly,

but he was always very amiable with me,

even after a long overnight flight in
his private jet back from his winter break.

But I'm looking forward
much more than I was a year ago.

I had the opportunity
to relax, cool down, restart,

and get ready in the best
shape as possible for these 91 seasons. so...

We'll wait and see.

At a formal dinner, I could see
that he wanted to hear the speakers,

but he could naturally put
up with the attention of his fans.

It's always important
to understand people.

Because if you are able to establish

a good understanding relationship,

you can evaluate better
the situations you get faced to

during the stress
and during the pressure.

At the beginning of one season, a
new co-driver arrived at a Silverstone test,

with zero experience of Formula
One and no knowledge of the circuits.

Andretti had to get
used to the new paddle shifters.

One good thing about it,
you just keep your eyes on the road.

But Ayrton was very sympathetic
to the learning curve ahead of him.

I think he has a
tremendous challenge in front of him.

With the limited time in practice,

still learning about
the car and totally new circuit,

it will be difficult for him.

But Senna did his best to help,
showing him lines and braking points.

My car last year was, but
I think this car will be better,

because it's a better car of a race.

How do you enter here?
This is over here?

You aim for here,

brake straight into
that angle there and then back.

So you downshift?

Yeah, you downshift
there. Stop a moment.

You downshift there,
going to that edge of the curve.

Clearly the most important
relationship in Ayrton's Formula One world

was with McLaren's Ron Dennis.

He's a very
ambitious man, and I like that.

He works very hard for
the team and to the success.

And he's a very clever man.

And I'm saying all that
because I really do believe in everything.

And I am probably
one of his biggest fans.

Although we have our differences
sometimes, I respect him a lot.

Ron Dennis was able to sum
up his star driver in three words.

Simply the best.

Beneath the soft-spoken
exterior, there was certainly passion.

So much determination,
so much strength, you just go...

And there is very little to stop you.

You just commit to it.

And you may see things that drivers
that are not to that level cannot see.

Or take a little longer to realise.

Was this arrogance?

No, he was his own harshest critic.

And suddenly, boom, everything goes away.

Nothing.

You end up with nothing.

And that race, it's frustrating
because it was hard weekend anyway.

It was a hard race.

I had done almost a
two-hour race at that stage.

I had some technical problems, which I
believe I could have control until the end.

But in some ways, I allow
myself to be caught once more.

And from the frustration and the
anger immediately after, I just use it.

Use it for the next one.

And get it right the next one.

Learn from that one a lesson.

And try to avoid the next time.

Will not catch me again.

None of this means that he
didn't get any fun out of racing,

as you can see when
he drove the car for the

first time after
his winter break in Brazil.

Everything happens
very, very fast in a Formula 1 car.

And when you drive only road cars
for three months, as powerful as they can be,

it's a huge difference.

And you only really realize
when you actually drive it again,

even if you have driven
for many years Formula 1 cars.

It's really something
when you actually do it.

Motor racing is dangerous. And
only the fool hardly never think about it.

When you're driving, you are risking.

There's no difference.

Of course, some drivers
have accidents every time they drive,

it's because they are doing it wrong.

They are taking the risks,
but they are taking the wrong risks.

So when you are driving, you are risking,

and you have to judge the risks you take.

I wondered just how
seriously he took the danger.

It's very strong in my mind.

And it's very good that it's there.

The way it is because it gives you
the right feeling for self-preservation.

At moments when you are
dealing with a danger very near,

in a way that it's a very
close relationship, it's attractive.

And being attractive, it could go
a little bit too much at certain moments.

And the fact that you are aware of it,

that you can be hurt or you can die,

gives you the ability of stopping at
some moments where you really have to stop.

And it's there, but
I live with it very well.

And it's something that I use as a
self-preservation feeling more than anything.

Ayrton was in a number of my
films, and he was always very friendly.

But I was surprised when he
called me one day, quite out of the blue,

and asked me if I'd like to
go to Brazil and collaborate with him

on a film about his life there.

Well, who wouldn't?

But I had one caveat.

And I said, "You're a very quiet
person, and I'm very noisy and outgoing,

and I can't alter my
personality just to fit in with you."

I heard a laugh at the
other end of the phone, and he said,

"Don't worry, I can handle you."

Here is the film we made.

Ayrton Senna is 31 years old.

He is a professional racing driver.

He has twice been world champion and
may be the greatest racing driver of all time.

His extraordinary life
divides neatly into two halves.

The working half is spent
among the pressures and turmoil

of racing and developing the car.

Ayrton has had an amazing life in racing.

He has not only won
the world championship twice,

he also has won the second largest
number of races in Formula 1 history.

And he is beyond
doubt the fastest driver,

proved by his record number
of fastest qualifying drivers.

The other half of Ayrton Senna's
life is spent in his home country, in Brazil,

in circumstances that
can only be described as idyllic.

You don't get to be
a world champion by chance,

and Ayrton is a man with
extraordinary singleness of purpose.

Even while staying at his beach house,

he is in training for the
other working half of his life,

preparing with a thoroughness which
is characteristic of everything that he does.

This pair of tennis shoes
have done probably,

they are only about
over two months old.

Almost finished.

A lot of running.

I've been doing 12,
15, 20 kilometres a day.

Three days, one day
stop, three days, one day stop.

Behind it the motivation is that I know,
not only for my profession is important,

but also for my health.

It's a responsibility I
have even if I am on holiday,

as I must keep very close
and very much under control,

because it will make a difference
when I go back to the racing car,

to the tracks and testing or racing.

I'll be in a better shape,
I'll drive better, I will perform better.

Sometimes Ayrton runs on the beach,

but today he's heading
for a less glamorous location,

an oil jetty about a
mile offshore from his home.

This is not a man who runs at random,
as much or as little as he feels like.

He runs to a planned pattern and it
helps to know just how far he's running.

Conveniently, the oil jetty is
exactly one and a half kilometres long.

Are you competitive by nature?

You seem to me to be
very easy going, very charming.

Do you save it entirely for racing?

If I am on holiday, off-season,
it's a different way of living, totally.

Then when you're doing interviews,
when you're testing during the season,

racing, competing during the season,

you have to allow yourself

a different mental approach,

a different way of
looking the day and night.

And...

And only that way I find possible
to get the necessary equilibrium

to then give everything
I have when it really matters.

But in normal things,
I am competitive.

I like to compete and I like
to do well. I like to be the best.

The running may be finished, but
the boat ride back to the beach house

is nothing more than a
pause in the exercise routine.

You can drive a Grand Prix
car, whether you are fit or unfit,

but for how long you can drive,
how precise, how consistent you can drive

under stress, under high temperatures,

under difficult conditions
during race is another thing.

You know that's going to be
tough. You're going to feel tired.

You're going to have some pain.
You're going to lose a lot of liquid.

But you know you can do it
as good as anybody, if not better,

if you are well trained, well fit.

So if you are not fit, your
concentration just tends to go gradually away

during a race distance.

Let's take a look at a
typical day in his working life.

It starts around 6.30 in the
morning when he leaves his hotel.

Astonishingly, he
drives himself to the circuit

and has to find his own way there.

Ayrton's work for the day
usually consists of setting up the car

for its best performance for each
circuit and its weather conditions.

This means lapping the track many times.

Returning to the garage for discussions

and then lapping the track again.

You have plenty of time to
do all the work that you have to.

And...

You can think more, you can go
through things methodically...

And learn.

And...

I like always to learn a bit more.

And at the end of a very long day,

you are quite likely to find
him still at the circuit.

In this case, trying to
improve the fit of his helmet.

This is just testing.

In a race for two hours,
drivers are subjected to 5G in braking,

3G on acceleration and 4G in the corners,

so that a driver's head has a sudden
increase in weight up to about 50 pounds.

Imagine the impact of that on the neck.

And you can see why this
unrelenting effort is necessary.

But while Ayrton works out so
relentlessly, his friends just do their thing.

By the time he's finished exercising,
Ayrton has worked up a healthy appetite.

Ayrton, can you eat what you like?

Pretty much. Not only what
I like, but as much as I like to.

As much as I want to.

I don't normally have a
problem with any kind of food.

Of course, I try to eat healthy food.

I love fruits in general.

I like also typical
Brazilian type of food like rice beans,

potatoes, salad.

But I avoid red meat now for a few years.

I cut it slowly.

But when I'm in Brazil, I
eat a little bit from time to time.

I eat a lot of fish, particularly
when I am in the beach house.

It's very nice
having your own helicopter.

If you want to show
people around your hometown.

Ayrton's hometown is the
world's second largest city, São Paulo,

the commercial capital of Brazil.

This is the center, the
business center of São Paulo.

The big avenue with all the banks and everything.

It's the center.

A big center.

A lot of things going on.

This is Praça da Sé

It's the beginning of São Paulo.

It's the Marco Zero.

So tell me, what is this building Ayrton?

It's my new office.

It's going to be my new office.

And on top of it, is especially being
built for a helicopter landing pad for us.

We have three levels of the
building just for my... Our activities.

Here is where I keep my private
jet, which I fly all over the world.

It's a twin jet, it is a
HS-125-800, made by Richard Spinks.

My assigned leader
is where I keep my jet.

Now we're coming up
to the surface, Interlagos,

where we come now to race
the Brazilian Grand Prix.

It has gone through
major rebuilding last year

and we had the
Grand Prix back in São Paulo

before it used to be Rio

Now, as you can see,
some work is still going on,

just before the race in March.

Beside the racing
circuit, there is the go-kart circuit,

which is where I
started racing 15 years ago.

That's the go-kart circuit
there, beside the main street.

Back in 1973, I did my
first official race, which I won.

I actually won the race.

The circuit is over there,
on our left, where I used to run.

Where I do my training.

It's a university area.

It's only for the students.

And they have this
club for exercise and fun

and all kinds of sports activities.

And it's a place only
for young people

It's good atmosphere,
good mind, which is important,

especially when
you're doing hard training,

to have a good atmosphere,

a good positive attitude

towards to your exercise,
your training program.

In the suburbs, Ayrton
showed us his parents' house,

where he's lived for 15 years.

We built the house from zero.

The people in São Paulo
know you live here?

Some, some.

And now if he goes
away, you see the mountain.

São Paulo may be a big and important city,

but like the rest of
Brazil, it's remote from Europe,

the home of Grand Prix Racing,

and little known to
people outside South America.

So why has Brazil produced
such successful racing drivers?

I believe when somebody
10,000, 12,000 kilometers away

decides to go to Europe
from South America, from Brazil,

you must have in yourself a lot of guts.

We have to create much more.

We have to innovate
much more from our own source.

We are still very young.

We are still disorganized,
generally speaking,

and therefore we have
much more problems

to do things and to achieve things.

And when we decide
to go for it and compete,

we have in our instincts,
I think, a little bit more power

to go through difficulties
and to create a little bit more

in situations where it is
the ability you have to imagine

and create and put it in reality.

Maybe we have a little bit more.

Racing drivers really are very different

from the way the public imagines them.

Ayrton does not drive
a tire-burning supercar,

but a practical Teutonic
station wagon.

When he's not at his beach house,

Ayrton spends time on his country estate,

100 miles from São Paulo.

This is a totally different
environment from the beach house,

but in its own way as carefree.

Were these lakes here before?

There were originally two lakes.

This one was the higher one,

and we decided to join them.

And we made one big lake
which is over one kilometer long.

The water is unnatural.

Water is spring water.

There is no outside water.

It's completely clean,
so it's beautiful to water ski,

jet ski, swim, just
play water sports, which I love.

And we also are
planning to put some fish here,

15,000, 20,000, to then
be able to also fish a little bit

and have a fresh
fish, the ones we like most,

and have fun.

Now, over here...

What are these buildings I see here?

Well, they were not
in the farm when we bought

and then part of our
development program,

we decided to build
those houses for the workers.

And so we have
built so far about 10 houses,

and the people who then work
for us can have a good way of life.

And also, it's nice to
see new things done properly,

with the right shape,
right design, right style.

We are also making the
main house for us.

It's gonna have 10 suites,

they'll be facing the lakes,

and we have a swimming
pool down here.

And then we have the main house,

which is automatically
connected with the suites over there,

with the saloons and all the other things

that we like to have in a private house.

We've been working here
for a year and a half already,

and I believe we
have another two years to go.

Everything is facing the two lakes,

so all the time our
view will be the two lakes.

We have a tennis court
right in front, the swimming pool.

We have the boathouse
there on the left,

and we try to preserve the
trees that were here from the beginning

to have the atmosphere, the environment,

as untouchable as possible.

So it's gonna be
nice when it's finished.

This is our pier
that will link the house.

We have stairs going up
there that go on the terrace,

and that house
is the boathouse,

where we have the entrance.

The water will go,
actually goes into the house,

so the boat go into
the house, the jet skis,

and we have a crane there
to pull the jet ski out of the water

and put it over a special place.

I have there also
a place for the go-karts,

a place for the boat, a place
for the radio control model aircraft.

So it's a place only for fun.

All the hobbies I
like to play all the time,

and I can play here on
the farm in many different ways

are all concentrating there.

So I will be spending a lot
of my time there with my friends

and my cousin and the
people who like the same hobbies.

Just as he was concerned that his
house would not spoil the trees around it,

Ayrton is determined that the
estate will grow its own healthy food.

You've got a lot of
stuff growing here, Ayrton.

Yeah, this is just a small corn
plantation that we have for our own need

for our own consumption.

And we use not only for
us to eat, but also for the cows.

You can see here,
it's still premature.

But it's our own corn
with no chemicals

or anything else that
can be bad for your health.

See here, the corn, right?

It's terrific.

It's natural. No chemicals.

So...

OK, here we are with the
orange trees, one-year-old orange tree.

And you can see, still very green.

It's not the season,
but it's full of fruits already.

And again, it's our own.

You can come and grab
from here and eat immediately

with no chemicals
or anything else.

This is just for everybody on the estate?

Yes, it's just for our own use.
For my family, my friends,

and also the people
who live here in the farm.

We have oranges, we
have tangerines, we have lemons,

we have bananas over
there, we have corn, we have rice.

We have lots of fruits.
And it's only for our own consumption.

Why are you pulling this poor tree out?

Because it's a Mandioc tree and
it's the way to get the stuff out

so you can have a
nice and fresh vegetable.

Ok, this is it.

Here is the Mandioc, all the way.

But now you've destroyed the tree.
How long before you get any more Mandioc?

It's about six months.
You get a new one.

It grows very fast, and it's
the way to have this agriculture.

Hi!

Ayrton's father is a shy man, and
he didn't like being seen in the film.

You got him?

Yes, we got him.

Tell me what you think you got
from your family and your upbringing.

I think, first of all, a lot of love.

I think this is important
in human being.

And I happened to have a
lot when I was a kid from my family,

and that gave me all the strength
I have in my education, my personality.

Of course, I had all the support from
my family in everything I've been involved.

I've been always followed
very close by my parents particularly,

and all those I had
freedom to choose things.

Anytime, whenever
I was going out of line

of what is healthy
and a good way to live,

they were right there to show me,

to explain me what was going on

and what was going to happen
later, which then you have no idea.

And they were trying to
prevent major disasters, let's say,

and yet I was able to do
wrong things and learn by doing it,

which is sometimes the best
way of learning, by mistaking yourself.

And I think I'm very fortunate
because my father and mother

gave me the fundamental
feelings that I have until today.

Together with that,
of course, I have a

wonderful sister
and a very special brother,

and we always live very close
together, always doing things together,

always thinking as a group, as a
whole, always being positive about things.

We always had a healthy life,
we always had anything we want in life.

So in that aspect,
I think I am a fortunate guy.

The ambiance on
Ayrton's estate is a curious

combination of the
glamorous and the ordinary.

People arrive in private airplanes
as casually as they might arrive by bus.

There are always children around

with lots of different
gadgets to amuse them.

Some of these people may be wealthy,

but they're all just folks, old friends,

laughing and joking together.

The local estate agent
even dropped in,

trying to sell a little
parcel of land.

And his weight led
to some good-natured banter.

When was the last time
you saw your belly?

but Ayrton Senna does,
and it's for go-karts.

His private go-kart race
meeting was a down-home affair.

If his old friends appear to
show as much respect as friendship,

then it was simply the
respect due to a world champion.

Ayrton's racing success,
particularly when the

crowd is concerned
with any kind of motorsport,

makes him a kind of local squire.

A kart had been
specially built for Ayrton

and although this
meeting was just for fun,

he checked it with professional care.

It was years since
he had driven a go-kart,

but he obviously hadn't forgotten
how to jump in on the move.

How was it Ayrton?

Fun but they go
too fast for me.

No way! They push
very hard. They go pretty fast.

They have also their engines
really going well, they pull very strong.

Fun.

I'm gonna try
some other go-karts,

see if I find a better one.

Like the professional that
he is, Ayrton tried several karts.

When I was eight or nine, I already
had a proper go-kart,

which was big for me.

I was so small and light,
so my go-kart was fast

I was so light compared to other
people, and I used to run with other people,

just playing at weekends.

And we were outside Sao Paulo,

suddenly, there were so many
people playing there with go-karts

that they decided
to organize a small race.

They asked my father if he
would allow me to also participate

because I was 8 or 9,
there were guys with 20, 25, 18.

And my father was a bit scared
of us and he eventually said okay.

So they put all the
numbers there, grid position,

and I was, because I was
the little one, they told me,

"You take the first one, the
first one to choose, take the number."

And I took number
one. So I was on pole position.

And that was really my
first taste of competition.

And I remember I led
35 laps out of 40

because my go-cart
was too fast for them.

I was big advantage
being light

and eventually I was, the last
five laps, I was second or third.

And the guy behind me, who was
much faster than me on the corners,

could not overtake me on the straight.

Eventually, he hit me from
the back, and I went off the circuit.

And so I didn't finish, but
it was good fun, good memories.

Naturally Ayrton's friends
organized a race

and they decided that it was only
fair for him to start in last position.

He drove kart number 42,

his distinctive yellow helmet,
identifying him.

Inevitably, as the race wore on,

he worked his way up
through the field.

He started last and finished third.

His father advised the organizer
to disqualify Ayrton for irregularities.

He was beaten by
a beaming small boy,

who'll probably never forget
the day he beat Ayrton Senna.

Ayrton isn't only
interested in real aircraft.

Model aircraft have
been his hobby for many years.

This is from Japan.

Ayrton Senna is special

It was a friend of
mine in Japan who did it.

And every year by the Grand Prix time

they make a plane for me, a model.

They are from Honda
Motor Company.

They also have a hobby, Model Flying.

And this is the second
plane they give me in three years.

The big one in the
wall is the Christian Eagle one,

also was done by them.

Beautiful.

His frequent model-flying
companion is his cousin Fabio.

These models aren't toys.

They're constructed
with advanced materials,

and they're controlled with
complicated lightweight electronics.

How did you find doing
this when you first started?

It's very difficult.

I've been doing it for five years

and I have damaged and broken
many, many models.

It's a very special hobby. I love it.

It's relaxing?

When you're playing here,
yes, when you actually fly

it's not so relaxing
because you cannot mistake.

Your mistake, the model is gone.

And sometimes it
takes months to build a model.

Therefore you create
some love for it

because you know how
hard it is to build one.

And to damage or
destroy one, maybe one second.

So in some ways it's also
a little bit stressing

to do it when you fly.

But it takes your mind
completely away from anything else

because it absorbs
your mind, your concentration.

So it's relaxing in a way to forget

any racing cars or
interviews, things like this.

This is an activity which
demands great coordination,

concentration,

manual dexterity,

exceptional sight,

all qualities that successful
racing drivers must have.

Unlike the real thing,

there's no feel or sensation
with the model aeroplane

It needs a precise
intellectual perception.

This is never more
true than when landing,

but you can't land
much better than this.

You had no engine on that landing?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The engine
stopped on the approach.

So I was gliding only.
But the plane is marvelous.

It flies very beautifully,
very smooth.

So it's not too difficult to fly
compared to other models.

Fabio is a less experienced and
less skilled model pilot than Ayrton.

Flying needed all his concentration.

When it came to the landing,

Ayrton was ready with
a word of advice.

And the result pleased everybody.

It's doubtful that Ayrton's racing fans

think of him as this cheerful,
relaxed man.

Because his public image
is that of a man

concentrating hard on an
intensely competitive activity.

But some schoolboys in Scotland were
lucky enough to see another side of Ayrton.

Mr Senna is happy to answer
any questions that anyone may have.

Mr Senna, which of your fellow
competitors do you admire most and why?

One of the greatest
drivers of all times is Fagio.

Not only because he won
five times the world title,

but because of his attitude.

I had the possibility
of meeting with him

on different occasions
over the past two or three years.

He came to some events,
some races.

I had some moments with him and I
really like his way of approaching

certain situations,
his concepts about life,

his ideas about motor
racing at his time and today.

And for me, he is not
only a world champion

in the circuit, but also a real
gentleman outside racing car.

So for that reason, I am a
great fan of him and I admire him a lot.

Sir, how do you personally
relate religion to Formula 1?

I had a very nice experience
today when I arrived here

in the school because I was
taken to the chapel that you all know.

When you talk about religion,
it's a touching point,

very difficult,
easy to be misunderstood.

But for me, it's a fact.
It's not only by reading the Bible,

where you read black and white.

But I try hard, as hard as I can,

to understand life through God.

And that means
every day of my life,

not only when I am home,

but when I am doing my work too.

Sir, when do you hope to retire?

Well, I'm only 31 years old.
I think I have still a long way to go.

Every time I sit in the car,
I have a challenge.

And that is what gives
me the motivation

to drive fast and to dedicate

most of my time to my
profession, to train hard.

And the challenge is
just going as fast as I can

and be every time ahead

and win as many races as I can.

My lifestyle puts me
in pressure all the time.

You have won the
World Championship twice.

You've demonstrated with
all your pole positions

that you're the fastest driver.
Why go on?

Because I need it.

I need it in first place.

It was a kind of a...

Choice of life.

The thrill I get from
driving the speed,

the challenge to succeed,

to be the best,

to beat records

in terms of being
successful all the time,

the records keep going.

And I learn about
myself through it.

I continuously go
further and further,

learning about my own limitations,

my body limitations,
my psychological limitations.

I just love winning.

I just love racing.

I just love the challenge

to beat somebody else

and in many occasions
even to beat myself.

Ayrton's dream time is the time he
spends at his beach house.

After the end of the of the 1990 season

in December and January,
he spent 40 uninterrupted days here,

replenishing all the physical
and emotional resources

drained by his working life.

Life here has the simplicity
only wealth can provide.

On a day when the weather is dull,

Ayrton simply takes his helicopter
from its concealment in the trees.

A few short minutes away is
a large uninhabited island.

On the other side of
the island's mountains,

the sun is usually shining

Ayrton Senna must be one of
the world's most eligible bachelors,

so you wouldn't expect him
to be short of women friends.

My lifestyle is very particular

and therefore makes it very difficult
to have stable relationships

with particularly women

because you're traveling too much,

you're away too much,
especially when you're Brazilian.

And when I find the right
woman at the right time,

it's going to happen.

This island is a special place for Ayrton

and holds one very
special memory for him.

Well, I come here
late in the afternoon.

It was a beautiful end of the day,

no clouds, just the
sun going down.

The beach was completely clean

and there wasn't a
single footprint in it.

And I run, go to the end
of it, and when I turn,

on the way back, I realize that
the whole of this was here for me.

It was nobody else, nothing else.

And it was such a
feeling of peace suddenly

and such a strong feeling of health

that I run harder and harder,
stronger and stronger.

And still, I felt so good.

And I remember I ran for
an hour in the soft sand,

which is hard.

But my vision was so good,

was such a good feeling
that kept my body going.

And the fact that I could
only see my own footprint

as I was going back and forward

was an amazing feeling,
like it was a gift

From the outside,
it looks as if you have

a very special life.
Does it seem that way to you?

I'm sure of it.

First of all, few
people in life

have the opportunity to
do what they want to do

and to have their profession,
what was their hobby.

Secondly, to be successful
in the activity that we are,

very few have come from
nowhere to where I am today.

Still, with 30 years old,
it's a great achievement

And not only that,

to be healthy,
strong and still with

a long way to go, with so
much still to learn and achieve.

It's very unique

to have a good family

in the modern days,

where divorces and things
like these are so common.

So our main problems
for sure are that big

when you look generally speaking

to other people's lives.

And therefore, and even so,
they are big to us

because they are the
only ones we have.

So I think I am very
fortunate for that.

I have won 15, 16 races.

But, among those,
some beautiful wins

But I always believe my
best one is still to come.

And that's what keeps me going,

is the feeling that
the best is still to happen.

I believe the important thing
is to be in peace with yourself.

Ayrton Senna was a
very unusual person.

as if there was more to him
than you could see and touch.

It's very rare in life that you
meet anybody like that.

And if you do, you'll
never forget them

I will certainly
never forget Ayrton Senna.