The painting \u201cAyrton Senna \u2013 Overcoming\u201d was concluded in March. But, due to the pandemic, the launch was postponed to May 12, the date of the 80th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of Interlagos \u2013 which is officially named Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace, after another great Brazilian driver.<\/span><\/p>\n Senna is one of Kobra\u2019s greatest sources of inspiration. He\u2019s the \u201ccharacter\u201d who appears the most in the work of the Brazilian urban artist: 11 murals overall (besides a small, medium and large-sized painting), the most recent of them at the \u00cdmola Raceway, in Italy. \u201cI actually thought about calling the whole thing off, due to terrible worldwide pandemic, but then I realized that Senna, as a model of resilience, is an even more important symbol in a period as difficult as this one. That was why I chose to portray, in the mural, the iconic moment \u00a0on March 24, 1991, when, after driving the final stretch of the race with just the sixth gear, he climbed on the podium and, despite being totally exhausted, found the strength to lift up the trophy in his right hand\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Kobra, \u201cSenna turned the act of driving a racecar into more than a sport, a true artform, enchanting everyone\u201d. He added, \u201cIn all my murals around the world, I paint the Brazilian flag, which is a direct influence of the pride Ayrton Senna felt when waving the flag after his races, and especially of his desire to share his accomplishments with all Brazilians\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the city\u2019s Tourism Secretary, Miguel Calderaro, Giacomini, the mural is a gift in more than one way. \u201cWe\u2019re honored by the partnership. To have a reminder of such an important moment to one of the greatest athletes ever, Ayrton Senna, at the Interlagos Raceway, as conceived by Eduardo Kobra, a S\u00e3o Paulo-born muralist who is celebrated all over the world for his talent and original style, makes the city even more colorful and vibrant. From now on, everyone who attends an event at the venue will have the occasion marked by the presence of a Brazilian idol\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always an honor and a joy to receive another homage made by Kobra to Ayrton, perpetuating his legacy through an artform that reaches thousands of people. Without a doubt, this one will be special, since it\u2019s at Interlagos, where Ayrton made unforgettable memories, from the beginning of his career at the go-kart track that now bears his name to his epic F1 wins\u201d, says Bianca Senna, the driver\u2019s niece and CEO of Senna Brands.<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cAyrton Senna \u2013 Overcoming\u201d mural at the Interlagos Raceway is an initiative by Eduardo Kobra, in a partnership with Senna Brands and the City of S\u00e3o Paulo through its Tourism Bureau.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLegend of Brazil\u201d Mural<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Kobra has unveiled, on November 10,\u00a02015, near Paulista Avenue, in<\/span>\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo, a huge Ayrton Senna Mural. For about a month, the artist worked daily from 8 AM t 7 PM, at the site, with his team of artists, so the painting would be completed before the Formula One Grand Prix at Interlagos.<\/span><\/p>\n The mural \u201cLegend of Brazil\u201d is 41 meters high and 17.5 meters wide, covering a whole side of a building located at 2608 Consola\u00e7\u00e3o Street (on the corner of Paulista Avenue, in front of the Jos\u00e9 Molina Square). It shows, in bright colors, the driver\u2019s helmet and his expressive gaze. The artwork consumed two thousand liters of paint and 500 spray paint cans. Senna is one of Eduardo Kobra\u2019s main role models. \u201cFor years, I have dreamed of painting a mural at Interlagos with this example of talent, determination and resilience as my subject\u201d, says Kobra, who has already painted several murals depicting the F1 three-time world champion (born on March 21, 1960, in S\u00e3o Paulo).<\/span><\/p>\n Mural at Imola<\/strong><\/p>\n The 21-meter long by 7-meter high mural was unveiled at \u00cdmola in September of 2019. The Italian track was the setting of the Brazilian driver\u2019s fatal accident on May 1, 1994, but it\u2019s also a place where Ayrton set records and won races. He still holds the F1 record for most poles in San Marino (8 in total), besides having won three times at the place (1988, 1989 and 1991). The painting stands above the entrance of the Checco Costa museum, inside the raceway.<\/span><\/p>\n In the mural, Kobra also references Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger, who passed away on the same weekend, during the qualifying sessions for the race. On Senna\u2019s helmet, Kobra painted an Austrian flag, which Senna planned to wave after the end of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite being out of the F1 calendar, the \u00cdmola circuit still hosts several races of other categories, besides attracting a host of fans \u2013 especially Japanese and Brazilian ones \u2013 who want to pay their respects to their idol.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Muralist Eduardo Kobra has created a mural to honor Ayrton Senna at the Interlagos Raceway, where the Brazilian driver made history with two memorable F1 wins, in 1991 and 1993. The S\u00e3o Paulo Tourism Bureau, responsible for the track\u2019s management, offered one of the place\u2019s as a 27-meter high by 10-meter wide canvas for the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23279","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\/23279","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=23279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/379109_937423_mural_ayrton_senna___crA_C_dito_para_felipe_del_valle__11_.jpg\")
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