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The Greatest: Reflecting on Ayrton Senna

When Ayrton Senna died on May 1st, 1994, I was 1 year, 5 months and 19 days old. It’s fair to say I had no idea who he was. After all, I’m pretty sure I had no concept of cars, let alone how one could race them. So it might seem weird that I would be reflecting on a man for whom I have no recollection of even living, but as this past week marked 20 years since his death at the San Marino Grand Prix, I thought now was as good a time as any to look at why — to me, at least — he was one of the greatest sporting figures of the 20th century. If you’ve seen pictures of the commemorations that took place last week at the Imola circuit where Senna lost his life, you would have noticed...
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