Hamilton will drive Ayrton Senna’s McLaren-Honda in Brazil

The “Senna Semper” commemorations for Ayrton Senna, 30 years after his death on May Day 1994 at the GP Ag. Marino on the Imola circuitculminate this three-day race in the hometown of the great three-time Formula 1 champion.

According to Brazilian media outlet Band, Lewis Hamilton will be actively involved in the Interlago event, driving the 1990 McLaren MP4/5B for some demonstration laps at Interlago this three-day event.

According to the schedule, the “Senna Sempre” event will start at 17:00 on Saturday afternoon, after all the Formula 1 racing rounds have been completed – namely the Sprint race in the morning and the GP qualifying tests in the afternoon.

Hamilton, who entered F1 in 2007 with his helmet in the colors of Senna’s helmets, has won the Brazilian GP three times (2016, ’18 and ’21) and was made an honorary citizen of the country in the days before the Interlago race in 2022.

Also, when he equaled Ayrton’s 61 pole positions at the 2017 Canadian GP, ​​the Senna family presented him with an authentic helmet wearing his childhood mascot.

In a 2014 BBC article, Lewis wrote a moving piece about everything he felt about Ayrton Senna. Specifically, he wrote: “Everyone loves a winner. That’s the way the world is. And Ayrton Senna was one of the greatest winners this sport has ever known.

But beyond that, he was a true hero – an iconic figure who inspired people from all over the world. It made a huge impression on me growing up.

I started watching her Formula 1 with my father when I was only four or five years old. I loved cars. Back then, Senna and Alain Prost were the pioneers and I was instantly interested.

Ayrton was always very cool and composed in the interviews after the match. Plus, kids are drawn to colors and I really liked that red and McLaren’s white and Ayrton’s yellow helmet.

I started watching him and following his successes, and as I grew older, I wanted to know more about this man.”

Explaining what he most admired about Senna, Hamilton added: “It was the fact that Senna was a completely pure competitor that was very important to me.

I can really relate to this. That’s exactly how I feel too. So I feel like I’ve had that connection with him since I was a kid. I want to compete, and I feel like he was one of the few real competitors I’d seen.”

We remind you that as part of this year’s “Senna Sempre” events, in the Spring at Imola Sebastian Vettel drove Ayrton’s McLaren from 1993 (which is personally owned by the German), and also organized the drivers’ visit to the iconic Senna monument that stands at the Tamburello bend.