Senna Page #4

And progressively, I fight back,

and I got much stronger after that incident.

Somehow I got closer to God and that

has been very important for me as a man.

Monaco was the turning point

in the '88 season.

Ayrton went on an amazing run,

winning six of the next eight races.

Putting him just ahead of Prost

in the championship.

What happens now, you two?

Good fun.

We will have good fun from now on.

Fight. Maybe we fight outside the car.

I think it's gonna get

more and more exciting, the championship.

Is it possible to be equal

in the championship?

- No.

- Sh*t.

Can only be one winner.

Fifteenth race of the season.

In the small hours, Brazil is waiting

for Ayrton Senna

to win his first world title in Formula One.

His childhood dream.

The pressure was on Ayrton.

He was on pole,

he was going to be World Champion

if he won that race,

so the pressure was huge.

They are going to start,

let's go, green light.

Senna stalled!

Senna left on the grid.

Prost took the lead,

Ayrton Senna is way behind.

There is Ayrton Senna

in fourteenth place.

I thought, "The Championship is over.

"It's all over."

Senna is already up to eighth place.

He is making a fantastic recovery.

But then his favorite thing happened,

it began to rain.

Senna's now in fourth place.

Senna's coming,

he's coming, coming, coming!

Senna is getting close.

Senna's gonna challenge for the lead.

Ayrton Senna goes for it

and overtakes Prost.

Ayrton Senna has got the lead.

I started being thankful

as I was doing the last lap.

I thanked God.

I couldn't believe I was actually

going to win the Championship

with all the anxiety and tension.

I felt His presence.

I visualized, I saw God.

It was a special moment in my life.

An enormous feeling.

I have registered it in my memory,

and it remains a part of me.

Ayrton Senna of Brazil!

World Champion of 1988!

A fantastic race!

A brilliant win because

he came back from sixteenth place.

Ayrton, do you feel

like a World Champion now?

I just feel peace.

It feels like tons of weight have lifted

from my head and shoulders.

And it is hard to comprehend

what being a World Champion is.

He is an incredible person.

He is so humble,

and he raises the image of Brazil abroad.

He shares his victories with us.

I admire him so much.

He's a very brave man.

That's all I know of him.

He is our pride.

One of the few things

we can still be proud of.

I once asked Ayrton

when he would stop racing.

Mum, I'll stop

when I become World Champion.

I knew deep inside it is not true.

We all know that.

When the 1988 Championship was over

and he'd won,

it was plain to see

how he'd become a different person

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