On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit.' And so you touch this limit again and again and again. And you find the limit is not there.

Ayrton Senna

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Ayrton Senna

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1960, Ayrton Senna won three Formula One World Championships and is widely regarded as the greatest racing driver in history. His supernatural ability in wet conditions and spiritual intensity behind the wheel set him apart from all contemporaries. His death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola shocked the world and elevated him to near-mythological status in motorsport.

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

I continuously go further and further. What is important is the journey.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.

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