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Pope Francis received, this Wednesday, in the Vatican, a bronze sculpture depicting driver Ayrton Senna, sculpted by visual artist Paula Senna Lalli, a niece of the driver. Besides the \u201cMeu Ayrton\u201d [\u201cMy Ayrton\u201d] piece, Bianca Senna, Paula\u2019s sister and the Ayrton Senna Institute\u2019s Director, also gifted the Pope with one of her uncle\u2019s helmets.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cIt was a very emotional day. It\u2019s an honor to meet the Pope in the Vatican, on the week of Easter, to deliver such a special piece made by my sister, Paula. He thanked us and complimented the bust. Today\u2019s sermon was about reaching out to God on difficult times, and that reminded me of Ayrton, because he always did that\u201d, said Bianca.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019d also like to thank Claudio Giovanonni, who knew that my uncle\u2019s faith was one of his core values, and who helped us to experience this unique moment\u201d, added Bianca.<\/span><\/p>\n The action is another tribute to Senna in 2019, when we celebrate the 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the legacy left by the three-time F1 champion. \u201cMy Ayrton\u201d started being conceived and sculpted in early 2016, when the driver\u2019s mother, Neyde Senna, personally commissioned it to her granddaughter, visual artist and composer Paula Senna Lalli.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>The masterpiece was first displayed to the public today, during the meet between Bianca Senna and Pope Francis, and now belongs to the Vatican Museum. \u201cIt was a great honor to have my sculpture delivered to Pope Francis\u201d, says Paula, who has just given birth to her second child \u2013 which was why she was represented by Bianca.<\/span><\/p>\n The artist created the sculpture during her first pregnancy, using pictures and memories as reference. Paula was also helped by relatives, who posed for her in order to bring life to aspects of Ayrton\u2019s anatomy that images couldn\u2019t capture.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was very proud to be given this mission by my grandmother, who wanted to portray the way he is remembered by the family, with lots of warmth. I took on the challenge, even though I knew it would be hard: not many pieces like this are approved by our family, and even fewer by grandma (Mrs. Neyde), who is known for having high standards\u201d, says Paula.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope Francis received, this Wednesday, in the Vatican, a bronze sculpture depicting driver Ayrton Senna, sculpted by visual artist Paula Senna Lalli, a niece of the driver. Besides the \u201cMeu Ayrton\u201d [\u201cMy Ayrton\u201d] piece, Bianca Senna, Paula\u2019s sister and the Ayrton Senna Institute\u2019s Director, also gifted the Pope with one of her uncle\u2019s helmets. \u00a0\u201cIt […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experiencias-para-fas","category-noticias","category-novidades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}