{"id":20961,"date":"2020-10-09T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2020-10-09T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:00:23","slug":"bastidores-do-primeiro-contrato-de-senna-com-um-time-de-ponta-na-f-1-lotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/behind-the-scenes-of-sennas-first-deal-with-a-major-f1-team-lotus\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes of Senna\u2019s first deal with a major F1 team: Lotus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With several titles and records in the entry categories, Ayrton Senna caught the eye of the big teams even before his F1 debut, in 1984. With great performances over the course of his first year \u2013 especially his first podium-finish in Monaco, under a heavy rain \u2013 the Brazilian attracted a lot of interest from the category\u2019s top teams for the following year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And in August 1984, Senna secured a position as a Lotus driver for the 1985 season.\u00a0 That, however, had to remain under wraps, in order to avoid problems in his relationship with Toleman at the end of the current season.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the day He signed the contract, in England, Reginaldo Leme, a TV Globo reporter, was the only journalist in attendance, and he talked to Senna and Peter Warr, the principal of team Lotus. Watch the interviews (in portuguese).<\/span><\/p>\n