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==Formula One==
 
==Formula One==
 
===[[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]]: [[Williams]]===
 
===[[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]]: [[Williams]]===
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Senna swapped seats with reigning driver's champion [[Guillaume Gauthier]] ahead of the 1987 season, with the Frenchman heading in the opposite direction to [[Lotus]]. After a single point in [[Australian Grand Prix|Australia]], Senna would take a lights-to-flag victory at the [[San Marino Grand Prix]]. He'd follow that win up five races later at the [[French Grand Prix]] - another race he'd win from pole. From the [[German Grand Prix]] onwards, Senna would embark on a record nine straight pole positions - which would stretch until the first race of [[1988 Alternate Formula One season|1988]] - but unfortunately for the Brazilian he was only able to convert the [[European Grand Prix]] into a win as he'd retire from ten races in 1987. A frustrating season in terms of reliability meant that Senna announced he would be leaving Williams at the end of 1987.  
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Senna swapped seats with reigning driver's champion [[Guillaume Gauthier]] ahead of the 1987 season, with the Frenchman heading in the opposite direction to [[Lotus]]. After a single point in [[Australian Grand Prix|Australia]], Senna would take a lights-to-flag victory at the [[San Marino Grand Prix]]. He'd follow that win up five races later at the [[French Grand Prix]] - another race he'd win from pole. From the [[German Grand Prix]] onwards, Senna would embark on a record nine straight pole positions - which would stretch until the first race of [[1988 Alternate Formula One season|1988]] - but unfortunately for the Brazilian he was only able to convert the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] into a win as he'd retire from ten races in 1987. A frustrating season in terms of reliability meant that Senna announced he would be leaving Williams at the end of 1987.  
  
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===[[1988 Alternate Formula One season|1988]]-[[1989 Alternate Formula One season|1989]]: [[Ferrari]]===
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===[[1988 Alternate Formula One season|1988]]-[[1991 Alternate Formula One season|1991]]: [[Ferrari]]===
 
Senna's frustrations caught the eye of a then-ailing Enzo Ferrari, who saw fit to sign the Brazilian alongside the French star [[Alain Prost]]. After finishing his pole streak in San Marino, Senna took another characteristic pole and win at [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]]. Despite the far superior [[McLaren]] MP4-4, Senna was able to pick up another two wins in the [[Soviet Grand Prix|Soviet Union]] and [[Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]] as well as another long string of pole positions - with seven in a row between [[British Grand Prix|Britain]] and [[Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]]. Thankfully for Senna, reliability was less of an issue at Ferrari and he was a frequent podium finisher during this streak of poles - albeit often behind his [[McLaren]] rivals [[Gerhard Berger]] and [[Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler]]. Senna would finish equal on points with third-placed Prost, but it was Prost who would finish ahead of him due to the dropped scores - so Senna finished 1988 in fourth place.
 
Senna's frustrations caught the eye of a then-ailing Enzo Ferrari, who saw fit to sign the Brazilian alongside the French star [[Alain Prost]]. After finishing his pole streak in San Marino, Senna took another characteristic pole and win at [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]]. Despite the far superior [[McLaren]] MP4-4, Senna was able to pick up another two wins in the [[Soviet Grand Prix|Soviet Union]] and [[Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]] as well as another long string of pole positions - with seven in a row between [[British Grand Prix|Britain]] and [[Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]]. Thankfully for Senna, reliability was less of an issue at Ferrari and he was a frequent podium finisher during this streak of poles - albeit often behind his [[McLaren]] rivals [[Gerhard Berger]] and [[Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler]]. Senna would finish equal on points with third-placed Prost, but it was Prost who would finish ahead of him due to the dropped scores - so Senna finished 1988 in fourth place.
  
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Senna remained alongside Prost in [[1989 Alternate Formula One season|1989]], winning the championship with a fifteen point lead over Berger.  
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Senna remained alongside Prost in [[1989 Alternate Formula One season|1989]] and started in the best possible fashion by winning the first three races of the season. A slump in reliability allowed McLaren's Berger to get a brief hold of the championship lead in the middle of the year but a superb run of form - including two wins - in the final five rounds secured the title for Senna with a lead of fifteen points.
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Senna and Prost's relationship had deteriorated over the course of 1989 once Senna had outperformed him all year - and Prost left the team a year early, accepting a lucrative offer from [[Williams]] with [[Nigel Mansell]] moving in the other direction. Senna's [[1990 Alternate Formula One season|1990]] started relatively slow - the Brazilian failing to convert three pole positions in the first four rounds. Senna did manage to win in [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] for the third year running and also in [[French Grand Prix|France]] but Ferrari were still well back on their British rivals in [[McLaren]], [[Arrows]] and [[Williams]].
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In [[1991 Alternate Formula One season|1991]], Senna was joined by former Tyrrell and Lotus driver [[Jean Alesi]] when Mansell opted for a sabbatical. Frustratingly for Senna, the 1991 car was not suited his driving style and he struggled for much of the season barring a win in the attrition-hit [[German Grand Prix]]. Tension was high at Maranello and after the [[Spanish Grand Prix]], Senna was fired for repeated public criticism of the team's car, famously calling it "a truck", and Frenchman [[Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler]] was called up to fill in for him at the [[Japanese Grand Prix]].
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Senna, disenchanted with F1 due to its politics, then announced that he would leave for CART in 1992 to sign with Marlboro Team Penske.
  
 
==Complete Formula One World Championship Grand Prix Results==
 
==Complete Formula One World Championship Grand Prix Results==
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! WDC
 
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''JPN'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''MEX'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''MEX'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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! 7th
 
! 31
 
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| ''JPN''<br /><small>1</small>
 
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| ''JPN''<br /><small>1</small>
 
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| ''AUS''<br /><small>3†</small>
 
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| ''AUS''<br /><small>3†</small>
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! 4th
 
! 4th
 
! 66
 
! 66
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|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''AUS'''<br /><small>2</small>
 
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''AUS'''<br /><small>2</small>
 
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| MEX<br /><small>2</small>
 
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| MEX<br /><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''1st'''
 
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''1st'''
 
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''73'''
 
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''73'''
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''[[Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]'''<br /><small>3</small>
 
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''[[Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]'''<br /><small>3</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''[[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''[[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''[[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]''' <br /><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''[[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]''''' <br /><small>1</small>
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|[[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>5</small>
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|[[Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>3</small>
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| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]  
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]] <br /><small>1</small>
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| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''[[British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>6</small>
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| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| ''[[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''[[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
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|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>2</small>
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| [[Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''[[Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]'''<br /><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''3rd'''
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''54'''
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|-
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! [[1991 Alternate Formula One season|1991]]
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! [[Ferrari|Scuderia Ferrari]]
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! Ferrari 642 <br> Ferrari 643
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! Ferrari 037 3.5 V12
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| ''[[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>9†</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| [[Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
 
| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
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| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
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| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]‡
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! 13
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! 7th
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! 6th
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! 27
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; border-top: 5px solid #78FF78; width: 500px; text-align: center;"
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!colspan=3| Sporting Accolades
 
|-
 
|-
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| width="33%"| Preceded by:<br>'''[[Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler]]'''
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| width="34%"| '''[[Formula One]] World Champion'''<br>[[1989 Alternate Formula One season|1989]]
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| width="33%"| Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Gerhard Berger]]'''
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
[[Category:Real-life drivers]]
 
[[Category:Real-life drivers]]
 
[[Category:Formula One Drivers]]
 
[[Category:Formula One Drivers]]
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[[Category:Formula One World Champions]]

Latest revision as of 19:20, 12 April 2022

Ayrton Senna da Silva (born 21st March, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian former Formula One driver who won the World Championship in 1989.

Ayrton's nephew, Bruno, also raced in Formula One.


Formula One

1987: Williams

Senna swapped seats with reigning driver's champion Guillaume Gauthier ahead of the 1987 season, with the Frenchman heading in the opposite direction to Lotus. After a single point in Australia, Senna would take a lights-to-flag victory at the San Marino Grand Prix. He'd follow that win up five races later at the French Grand Prix - another race he'd win from pole. From the German Grand Prix onwards, Senna would embark on a record nine straight pole positions - which would stretch until the first race of 1988 - but unfortunately for the Brazilian he was only able to convert the Portuguese Grand Prix into a win as he'd retire from ten races in 1987. A frustrating season in terms of reliability meant that Senna announced he would be leaving Williams at the end of 1987.

1988-1991: Ferrari

Senna's frustrations caught the eye of a then-ailing Enzo Ferrari, who saw fit to sign the Brazilian alongside the French star Alain Prost. After finishing his pole streak in San Marino, Senna took another characteristic pole and win at Monaco. Despite the far superior McLaren MP4-4, Senna was able to pick up another two wins in the Soviet Union and Japan as well as another long string of pole positions - with seven in a row between Britain and Belgium. Thankfully for Senna, reliability was less of an issue at Ferrari and he was a frequent podium finisher during this streak of poles - albeit often behind his McLaren rivals Gerhard Berger and Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler. Senna would finish equal on points with third-placed Prost, but it was Prost who would finish ahead of him due to the dropped scores - so Senna finished 1988 in fourth place.

Senna remained alongside Prost in 1989 and started in the best possible fashion by winning the first three races of the season. A slump in reliability allowed McLaren's Berger to get a brief hold of the championship lead in the middle of the year but a superb run of form - including two wins - in the final five rounds secured the title for Senna with a lead of fifteen points.

Senna and Prost's relationship had deteriorated over the course of 1989 once Senna had outperformed him all year - and Prost left the team a year early, accepting a lucrative offer from Williams with Nigel Mansell moving in the other direction. Senna's 1990 started relatively slow - the Brazilian failing to convert three pole positions in the first four rounds. Senna did manage to win in Monaco for the third year running and also in France but Ferrari were still well back on their British rivals in McLaren, Arrows and Williams.

In 1991, Senna was joined by former Tyrrell and Lotus driver Jean Alesi when Mansell opted for a sabbatical. Frustratingly for Senna, the 1991 car was not suited his driving style and he struggled for much of the season barring a win in the attrition-hit German Grand Prix. Tension was high at Maranello and after the Spanish Grand Prix, Senna was fired for repeated public criticism of the team's car, famously calling it "a truck", and Frenchman Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler was called up to fill in for him at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Senna, disenchanted with F1 due to its politics, then announced that he would leave for CART in 1992 to sign with Marlboro Team Penske.

Complete Formula One World Championship Grand Prix Results

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1987 Canon Williams Honda Team Williams FW11B Honda RA167E 1.5 V6t AUS
6 		SMR
1 		BEL
9 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		DET
4 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		YUG
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POR
1 		EUR
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		7th 31
1988 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari F1/87/88C Ferrari 033E 1.5 V6t BRA
3 		SMR
Ret 		MON
1 		MEX
Ret 		CAN
4 		DET
2 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
2 		HUN
2 		YUG
3 		SOV
1 		ITA
Ret 		BEL
2 		JPN
1 		AUS
3† 		4th 66
1989 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 640 Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12 BRA
1 		SMR
1 		MON
1 		FRA
Ret 		USA
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		GBR
3 		GER
2 		HUN
Ret 		SOV
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ITA
1 		BEL
2 		JPN
1 		AUS
2 		MEX
2 		1st 73
1990 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 641 Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12 USA
12† 		BRA
7 		PAC
3 		SMR
Ret 		MON
1 		CAN
5 		MEX
3 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
2 		POR
1 		JPN
3 		AUS
2 		3rd 54
1991 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 642
Ferrari 643 		Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 USA
7 		BRA
6 		PAC
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		MON
5 		CAN
3 		MEX
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
9† 		GER
1 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
5 		ITA
5 		POR
2 		ESP
Ret 		JPN AUS‡ 7th 27
Sporting Accolades
Preceded by:
Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler 		Formula One World Champion
1989 		Succeeded by:
Gerhard Berger
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