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Ayrton Senna's gravesite

Ayrton Senna F1 driver - in 1984: Toleman, 1985-87: Lotus, 1988-93: McLaren, 1994: Williams - three times Formula One World Champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991.
His tremendous driving skills while racing in the wet was world renowned. His main competitors, Prost, Mansell and Nelson Piquet called him the Rain Master.

He died from injuries sustained in a spectacular crash on the high-speed Tamburello corner at Imola during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 at the age of 34.
When Senna died , Brazilians were traumatised. In Sao Paulo, Senna’s funeral cortege was followed by a quarter of a million mourners.

His final resting place in the Cemitério Morumbi attracts more visitors than those of John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley combined. In 2010 he would be 50 years old.
On the grave stone - a simple brass plaque - there is the inscription in Portugues: “Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus” – nothing can separate me from the love of God. The spot is cordoned off with black-and-yellow tape and is surrounded by plants and flowers.
We have visited his grave and put flowers on it.
Requiescat in Pace.

Address: Rua Deputado Laércio Cortes, 468

Directions: Cemitério Morumbi locates on the outskirts of Sao Paulo

Other Contact: contato@cemiteriodomorumbi.com.b

Phone: (11) 9936-5699

Website: http://www.cemiteriodomorumbi.com.br/