{"id":20563,"date":"2017-06-26T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=20563"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:43:22","slug":"o-comeco-de-carreira-de-senna-na-europa-o-titulo-da-f-ford-em-82-e-as-aparicoes-na-imprensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/o-comeco-de-carreira-de-senna-na-europa-o-titulo-da-f-ford-em-82-e-as-aparicoes-na-imprensa\/","title":{"rendered":"The start of Senna\u2019s career in Europe: his \u201982 F-Ford title and appearances in the media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The 1982 season was one of the most flawless in Ayrton Senna\u2019s career before he made it to Formula One. In his second year in Formula Ford, the Brazilian driver had 22 wins and 18 poles in 28 races, counting both the European and the British tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In June 26, Senna achieved his 11th win out of 12 races in the British Championship, after a victory in Oulton \u00a0Park. The Brazilian crossed the finish line four seconds ahead of Britton Calvin Fish, his main rival that season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">During the qualifying sessions, Senna led both heats and was confident he could walk away with another win to increase his lead in the standings. Before the start, the rain that was falling over the circuit seemed light, but it was enough to create pools of water on the spot the Brazilian was supposed to start from, on the grid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">At the start, his tires spun in place and his Van Deiemen car was overtook by Fish. Before the first lap was over, the driver in the number #11 car had made a recovery and took the lead back from his British rival. Ayrton held on to that lead for the full 15 laps and won.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the championship, the Brazilian went up to 239 points, while Fish \u2013 who was in second place both in the race and the standings \u2013 had 159.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Take a look at the race\u2019s final results (top 5 only):<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">1- Ayrton Senna (Brazil) &#8211; 15 laps in 16min10s04 &#8211; 147,1 km\/h on average<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">2- Calvin Fish (England)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">3- Kenny Andrews (England)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">4- Max Bourlinger (Germany)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">5- Russel Spence (England)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Interestingly, Senna used to write his own account of each race to British Photographer Keith Sutton, which was then forwarded to his manager and friend, Armando Botelho. One of the rarities stored at the Ayrton Senna Institute is the press-release about the Ayrton Senna\u2019s Frmula Ford title, which was distributed to the international press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/o-comeco-de-carreira-de-senna-na-europa-o-titulo-da-f-ford-em-82-e-as-aparicoes-na-imprensa\/senna82\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20566\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/senna82.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As a Globo TV reporter (Brazil), Reginaldo Leme got to know Senna even before the driver started in F1. The driver and the journalist first met in 1982, when Senna won the opening race for the German F1 GP, in Hockenheim, which counted towards the European Formula Ford championship. The race took place on August 8, but Ayrton went looking for the reporter, at his hotel, to introduce himself.\u00a0 Learn more about the story in Reginaldo\u2019s interview to Senna TV.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Especial Reginaldo Leme | F\u00f3rmula Ford e F3 | #SennaTV - 041\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqlnyltRPQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">One year later, in 1983, as journalist Castilho de Andrade told Senna TV, the Brazilian driver toured the newsrooms of several newspapers in order to talk about his career, which was unusual for a driver to do, at the time. His concern in having a good relationship with the media was one of Ayrton\u2019s greatest virtues, according to the journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6TjSXtwocsI<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1982 season was one of the most flawless in Ayrton Senna\u2019s career before he made it to Formula One. In his second year in Formula Ford, the Brazilian driver had 22 wins and 18 poles in 28 races, counting both the European and the British tournaments. 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