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Ayrton Senna

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Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994, winning three World Drivers Championship titles with McLaren. He held the record for most pole positions in the sport at the time of his death, with 65, and won 41 Grands Prix across eleven seasons. Senna was killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, and he is remembered as one of the sports greatest drivers as well as for his philanthropic work in Brazil.

Facts
Birth Year
1960 1
Birth Date
1960-03-21 1
Death Year
1994 1
Death Date
1994-05-01 1
Nationality
Brazilian 1
Career Highlight
Won three Formula One World Drivers' Championships with McLaren and held the record for most pole positions (65) at the time of his death in 1994. 1
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1. Wikipedia, Ayrton Senna
Wikipedia
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "21 March 1960"
    21 March 1960
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "21 March 1960"
    21 March 1960
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, nationality clause: "Brazilian racing driver and philanthropist"
    Brazilian racing driver and philanthropist
  • en.wikipedia.org lead paragraph, career-highlight sentence
    Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, death-date clause: "1 May 1994"
    1 May 1994
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, death-year figure: "1 May 1994"
    1 May 1994
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How many Formula One World Drivers' Championships did Ayrton Senna win?

Three titles with McLaren.

Ayrton Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, all with McLaren. He also held the record for most pole positions in the sport (65) at the time of his death on 1 May 1994.

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