#FOREVER SENNA

“I was only 7 years when the accident happened. Through my father, I learned what a great driver Ayrton Senna was. He was a big fan of Ayrton and gave me a ‘Senna’ doll and a small Senna toy car. However, the closest I got to Ayrton was watching a Friday practice session from the grandstands at Hockenheim during the German Grand Prix. Sadly, I never had the chance to meet him in person. Later in my racing career I learned a lot about him from people in and around the Paddock, their stories about him as a person and a driver. What I particularly valued about him, much later on, was that he was not only one of the best racing drivers ever but that he also showed compassion and support for the often difficult social problems and poverty that affected his home country Brazil. This support continues today, 30 years on, thanks to the Senna Foundation. That’s the legacy of a truly great driver and that’s why I would like to remember Ayrton Senna with all his fans today and forever.” (Sebastian Vettel)

On the occasion of the 2024 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, thirty years after the tragic events at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, and in collaboration with the Senna Foundation and Formula 1, Sebastian invited the paddock to join him to pay tribute to Ayrton Senna – and of course Roland Ratzenberger who also suffered a fatal accident on the same circuit the day before Senna…