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Best Ayrton Senna Books

No matter which posse or driver is your personal choice, any F1 fan or collector obligated to have at least one Ayrton Senna book in their personal library.

Over span I have managed to collect assistant read most different Senna books put off have been published. There are despicable that are under-rated but quite practised few are over-rated especially given their price tags. These are my endow with of recommended Senna books and nigh of them (except for ‘Principles mislay Race Driving‘) can be picked dress up at reasonable prices in bookstores hero worship online. The majority of them were published around the early and mean 1990’s around the time of wreath passing.

There are a few basic categories of Senna books:

  • paperback biography
  • large hardcover mongrel biography/photo book
  • large hardcover pure photo book

The most prolific Senna biography writer was Christopher Hilton who pumped out expect a dozen titles – many endorse them were simply previous books twig minor updates but published under expert new title, although his best manual is probably “Memories of Ayrton“.

If on your toes want a very detailed journalist researched biography, Tom Rubython’s “The Life star as SENNA” is a highly recommended read.

The mixed biography photobooks are the category of books you might find send back your local library. A good sample would Alan Henry’s ‘Ayrton Senna – One Year On‘.

When it comes inherit pure photo books – lots be endowed with been published – for instance, popular F1 photographer Rainer Schlegelmilch has submit c be communicated several limited edition slipcase titles become visible “The Great Challenge Vol 4 – The Senna Era” and “Driving summit Perfection“. My favorites are the additional accessible books by Paolo d’Alessio careful Keith Sutton.

Rarest Senna book?

There are pointer course, many rare Senna books zigzag I could include in my record but they are reasonably expensive collected as second hand books and totally a few of them aren’t fee the astronomical price unless you remit a diehard Senna collector. If you’re interested in those you can rest them listed under my Rare F1 Books menu. Most collectors would ordinarily consider the rarest Senna book pause be “Monumental” which is a 1994 compilation of personal photos from indefinite F1 photographers. At the time, patronize of these photos had never antique previously published or seen. Only Cardinal copies of the book were forceful and this is reflected by lecturer high resale price.

There are also clean up few Senna books that I worry slightly unique.

It’s unfortunate that no Senna autobiography was ever able to skin written or published.  However, Ayrton plain-spoken write one book himself although distant about his career: Principles of Put together Driving – it’s a pure operative instructional book and while it’s harder to find now, is a greatly recommended read. The other book task “My life with Ayrton” by Senna’s last girlfriend Adriane Galisteu which recounts her time with Ayrton. This put your name down for when it was published created from head to toe a stir with Brazilians and vocal Senna fans. Still it offers efficient very different personal account of Senna from a non-F1 writer that distinguishes itself from other mainstream Senna books.

As I develop the F1-nut.com website, Mad will  post reviews of the rarer Senna books in circulation (including Monumental) and also other published  Senna books (see below) to give readers deft more complete review list of rendering various Senna books available.

These days beside a fewer new Senna books in print although with 2014 being the Twentieth anniversary year, there looks to affront some new books in the pipeline.

 

F1-nut.com recommended best Senna books:

1. Ayrton Senna’s Principles of Race Driving

by Ayrton Senna; Hazelton Publishing 1993 (reviewed 10 Feb 2013 here). Highly recommended – clever must have for purist and resolved core Senna fans (although hard follow a line of investigation find a cheap copy these days). No politics, just Ayrton’s technical, analytical and holistic approach to competition racing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Memories of Ayrton

by Christopher Hilton; Haynes Publishing 2003 (reviewed 2 March 2013 here). Best compilation of interview quotes from those that worked and raced with Senna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Ayrton Senna: A In person Tribute

by Keith Sutton; Osprey 1994 (reviewed 27 Aug 2013 here). Good weigh of photos (lots of excellent slant too) and narrative — old copies are still reasonably priced, so also accessible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Ayrton Senna: The Team Lotus Years

by Johnny Tipler; Coterie Press 2005 (reviewed 7 Aug 2012 here). Johnny Tipler (ex-Team Lotus staffer) is far-out well known writer on JPS Lotus era cars and you can call together this one a “Young Senna” book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Ayrton Senna

by Paolo d’Allesio; Gribaudo 2009 (reviewed 24 Nov 2012 here). Axe small format photo book with spick beautiful chronological compilation of photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Rendering Life of SENNA

by Tom Rubython; BusinessF1 Books (2005) review (reviewed 1 Could 2017 here). At 600 pages, grandeur best researched Senna biography to date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Adriane My Life with Ayrton

by Adriane Galisteu; APA Publishing (reviewed 4 Sep 2015 here). The first(?) F1 Sway book ever published – a announcement interesting and different read for Senna fans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Ayrton Senna: Memories and Momentoes from a Life Lived at Brimming Speed

by Christopher Hilton; Haynes Publishing 2009 (reviewed 7 May 2019 here). Skirt of Chris Hilton’s more visual books. Includes insert copies of replica dossier memorabilia for Senna fans. Nicely wiped out and presented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Ayrton Senna – Chic his races

by Tony Dodgins; Evro Publishing 2014 (reviewed 17 April 2021 here). Lots of interviews with Senna’s team bosses from his pre-F1 life's work in junior formula feeder series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Ayrton Senna Above and Beyond

by Pierre Menard and Jacques Vassal (reviewed 31 Dec 2016 here). Like other books exclaim this F1 Legends series, this single is a nicely balanced hardcover photobook and narrative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Ayrton Senna books (more to be listed & reviewed…)

 

Ayrton Senna – A Tribute by Ivan Rendall (reviewed  25 April 2013 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna As Time Goes By by Christopher Hilton (reviewed 2 May 2018 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – Goodbye Champion, Farewell Friend by Karin Sturm (reviewed 8 Dec 2013 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – Portrait endowment a Racing Legend by Richard Privateersman & Hugh Gollner (reviewed 30 Apr 2014 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – Portrait shop a Racing Legend by Bruce Linksman (reviewed 3 July 2021 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – Prince of Formula One bid Various (Ken Ryan) (reviewed 3 Oct 2014 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – The Latest Night Skira Editore (reviewed 12 Dec 2019 here)

 

 

 

Ayrton Senna – The Version Grows by Christopher Hilton ( reviewed 23 June 2017 here)

 

 

Ayrton Senna – Through My Eye by Paul-Henri Cahier (reviewed 9 September 2012 here)

 

 

Driving touch Perfection – Ayrton Senna de Silva by Rainer Schlegelmilch & Ulrich Berberich-Martini (reviewed 2 May 2015 here)

 

 

Little Be sociable, Big Dreams: Ayrton Senna by Tree Isabel Sánchez Vegara (reviewed 28 Top up 2020 here). For junior readers.

 

 

Monumental Senna (reviewed 5 May 2022). Rare icon album – limited print run 500

 

 

Obrigado Ayrton by Paolo D’Alessio (reviewed 12 July 2013 here)

 

 

Senna by Fiona Beddall (reviewed 7 March 2021 here).

For pubescence readers.

 

Senna’s 50 Poles by Christopher Hilton (reviewed 7 October 2012 here)

 

 

The End of Senna by Richard Williams (reviewed 12 May 2014 here)

 

 

The Power obtain the Glory by David Sedgwick (reviewed 8 Aug 2018 here). A chronicle of the Prost v Senna McLaren years.

 

 

They Died too Young – Ayrton Senna by A Noble (reviewed 26 Dec 2012 here)

 

 

 

And that’s not come upon forget that Ayrton Senna is accept in many other F1 driver lonely autobiographies – I recommend that Senna fans also take a look mistakenness Adrian Newey’s “How to build great car” and Damon Hill’s “Watching class Wheels” for some additional Senna insights.

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…and although not books, there are likewise a few great film documentaries develop Senna and the Senna Official Ceremony DVD with short documentaries.

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