Ayrton Senna never hid the fact that he was a big fan of Madonna \u2013 who turns 58 today, August 16. The American singer\u2019s pop music was always blasting from Ayrton\u2019s headphones, especially during his long trips between Brazil and Europe.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian driver also liked other American musicians, like Michael Jackson and Tina Turner, but the queen of pop was certainly one of his favorites \u2013 an opinion shared by Bianca Senna, the three-time champion\u2019s niece.<\/p>\n
A mishap involving a Madonna laser-disc and sage advice from Ayrton ended up teaching Bianca an important life lesson:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was probably 11 and we were spending our January vacations in Angra dos Reis (RJ), as usual. I wanted to watch one of Beco\u2019s laser-discs. It was a Madonna one that he loved. Only it slipped from my hand and landed on the floor. It broke in half. I was freaking out because I knew that he loved that LD. Naively, I put it back in place and pretended nothing had happened. Later, he asked me if I knew who had cracked the Madonna LD. I got nervous and wasn\u2019t able to lie. I ended up confessing and apologizing profusely. Beco, as calm as ever, said, \u2018I don\u2019t care that you broke the LD. The bad part was that you tried to hide your mistake. You shouldn\u2019t do that. Not to me, not to anyone.Especially not to yourself. It will only hurt you\u2019. At the time, I probably turned redder than a tomato. But overtime I was able to understand that lesson and I always think about it when something goes wrong.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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