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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 i v m a a a i Senna from Page 40 Only because other teams produced far Superior cars. His 65 pole positions Are a formula one record. Off the track Senna was outspoken and never hesitant to play politics often criticizing formula one officials and arguing Over rules and regulations. A skin Alful negotiator he would play one team against another to get exactly the ride in exactly the car he wanted. His detractors Point to the crash at the first turn of the japanese up in 1990. With archrival Prost needing Points to stay in the championship race Senna drove into the Back of the Frenchman a car and took both Drivers out of the race. Senna clinched his second world title As a result. Then last year while leading the japanese grand prix Senna became upset when Britain a Eddie Irvine failed to let the brazilian pass. Senna punched the British Driver after the race. Such incidents however could not detract from Senna a driving brilliance on the grand prix circuit. A a somehow Ayrton always gets the most out of the car a said Ron Dennis the managing director of Mclaren. A the can drive deeper into a Corner than anybody and he always knows where he is and where All the others Are on the  born Ayrton Senna a Silva on March 21, 1960, Senna burst onto the formula one scene in 1984 already touted As one of the most intense and talented youngsters Ever to come out of formula 3000. He was considered the heir to the stardom of fellow brazilian and three time. Formula one Champion Nelson Piquet. A fall he really cares about is racing a Dennis said. A the is totally focused on the car the track and the Competition. There is nothing else in his life when he is at the  runner up Nicola Larini holds his head and Winner Michael Schumacher wipes away a tear while talking with racing Otto cats on the podium after the san Marino grand prix sunday. The two Drivers had just been informed about Ayrton Senna. Yet Senna a whose skills reportedly earned More than $100 million including a reported one year salary of $24 million at one Point a always was aware of the dangers his sport presented. A to survive in grand prix racing you need to be afraid a he once said. A fear is a very important feeling to have. It helps you stay together. It helps you race longer. And live  racing was in Senna a blood from Early on. He got his first Kart at age 4, and entered competitive Kart racing at 14. In 1981, he made his professional debut in the formula Ford 1600, after winning the formula 3 european title in 1983, he signed with the Toleman formula one team for the 1984 season. He won the first of his 41 formula one victories in 1985 driving a Lotus. In 1987 he signed with Mclaren and this year he made the switch to  order closes Imola Paris Dpi the Auto rom Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit was closed monday under a court order following the fatal crashes involving three time world Champ Ayrton Senna and austrian Rookie Roland Ratzenberger in the tragic san Marino grand prix Over the weekend. An official spokesman said the local court order banned any visitors going onto the track at Imola pending an investigation into the cause of death of the two Drivers the first formula one racers to lose their lives on a race weekend since 1982. The two deaths were the first at Imola although there have been several other serious accidents at the track including one seven years ago involving another brazilian three time world Champion Nelson Piquet. Italian magistrates have also ordered autopsies on the bodies of Senna and Ratzenberger As part of their Post race investigations. The autopsies will hold up the returning of Senna a body to his Homeland where president Itamar Franco has ordered brazilian officials in Italy to help Speed up the process. Franco has also put a presidential plane at the disposition of Senna s family and cancelled All official meetings until thursday. In a related development world motor sports governing body f1a is set to meet in Paris wednesday to discuss safety in formula one. A s americans army in today a Europe the Ausa european department convention r i s t 4 $ a a arc Garmisch 17-19 May �?T94 20 grand prizes plus Bonus prize Uniss 486 pc Sega Monitor 245 my hard disk with accessories and programs Courtesy of Uniss. 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