There are many glass-fronted offices São Paulo district of Pinheiros. But only one has a McLaren MP4/5 – specifically the one Ayrton Senna drove to victory in the 1990 Italian GP – on the 15th floor. This is the home of the Ayrton Senna Institute, where the three-time world champion’s ambition to give Brazilian children better opportunities lives on.
“At the beginning of 1994, Ayrton was having a conversation with his sister Viviane,” explains Thiago Fernandes, business development director at Senna