The tragic death of Ayrton Senna exactly 30 years ago marked many people in the world, fans and not so much of Formula 1. But that loss was much stronger for his family, including his nephew Bruno, who shares the passion for the cars and speed.
“His life was very serious most of the time with the competitions, the dedication he put into it and his concentration to be the best and work so hard for it. So any moment he had to get out of that role he was a child again,” Bruno recalled, describing the family profile of the Brazilian driver.
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“He was someone who always wanted to be with the rest of the family when he came home,” he said on the Beyond The Grid podcast hosted by Formula 1. After the accident on May 1, 1994, his relatives banned Bruno, then 10 years old. years old, advance his passion for speed, although his mother and Ayrton’s sister, Viviane, helped him revive his career in motorsport.
I have a recurring dream: I’m sitting with Ayrton Senna at Interlagos, recording an episode of #F1BeyondTheGrid. Podcast gold, surely. Thirty years on from Imola, his nephew Bruno shares incredible stories about his uncle, and reflects on his own F1 career https://t.co/sC8yzcGIGN
— Tom Clarkson (@TomClarksonF1) May 1, 2024
Bruno hit the tracks in Formula 1 between 2010 and 2012 and also raced on Formula E circuits, among other categories. “There was always this stigma that he wasn’t as good as my uncle and that was the only thing that mattered, even though the opportunity never came,” he said in the interview.
“As a kid, I had my hero by my side, which is very rare,” he explained. “So I had this amazing thing where my reference, the person I wanted to be like, was there, and he was teaching me at that moment. I thought, ‘I want to do the same thing as him.’ It was a strange thing because it was very special, but it was also this motivation for me to go and be like him,” he said, remembering his uncle.
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
The first three episodes are available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel. Stay tuned for the upcoming releases as we keep telling this legend’s life story.
