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Ayrton Senna was serious about racing ’93 Indy 500 – Emerson Fittipaldi
Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi has revealed that Ayrton Senna was set to race at the 77th running of the Indianapolis 500 in 1993. The Brazilian spoke of his close relationship with Senna in the ‘Beyond the Grid’ F1 podcast with Tom Clarkson where he was open about the details which led him to lure his compatriot to the American single-seater series. Senna was out of contract at the end of 1992 F1 season and was weighing up his options. Fittipaldi revealed that he tempted Senna into the famed test in his own Penske car in Phoenix in December of that year over dinner. “There is a little story because I told Ayrton you have to try my car, you have to...
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