{"id":23406,"date":"2021-06-21T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=23406"},"modified":"2021-06-21T18:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T21:34:24","slug":"primeira-vez-que-senna-levantou-bandeira-do-brasil-na-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/primeira-vez-que-senna-levantou-bandeira-do-brasil-na-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"The first time Senna lifted the Brazilian flag in F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Americans, in general, weren\u2019t huge soccer fans, but the atmosphere surrounding the 1986 World Cup had reached Detroit, that weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Senna had scored the pole position on Saturday, with a lap of 1min38s201, more than half a second ahead of rival Nigel Mansell. It was Senna\u2019s fourth pole-position after seven races in the 1986 season. But while Senna made Brazilians happy on the tracks, the national squad was eliminated on the turfs of Mexico, in the quarter-finals, by France, the country of origin of most of the mechanics tied to his Lotus\u2019 Renault engine \u2013 and of rival Alain Prost.<\/p>\n<p>The small group of Brazilian fans on the circuit had a special request for the driver, that Sunday: to beat Alain Prost and restore Brazil\u2019s reputation. Ayrton Senna laughed at the sign being held up, gave a thumbs-up to them and got into his gold and black car. The Brazilian had accepted the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/primeira-vez-que-senna-levantou-bandeira-do-brasil-na-f1\/86us_021-ra5-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24370\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/86US_021-RA5-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even after making a mistake when switching gears, at the start of the race, which cost him the lead to Mansell, Senna regained the first position at lap number eight, and immediately started widening the gap. However, a few laps later, a blown tire made Senna drop to eighth, 20 seconds behind the new leader, Ren\u00e9 Arnoux.<\/p>\n<p>Senna got out of the pit lane with a renewed disposition, and started a series of amazing overtakings. He passed Michele Alboreto on lap 15 and Stefan Johansson on lap 17. Arnoux, Prost, Mansell e Laffit stopped to change tires and Senna took the opportunity to steal the second position, only 1s7 behind leader Piquet.<\/p>\n<p>After Piquet\u2019s pit-stop, Senna made the best of his 30s leadership and won well ahead of the two Frenchmen who shared the podium with him: Laffite in second place and Prost in third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was behind Nelson (Piquet) and I saw him go into the boxes, I knew that I could pass him. Afterwards, he ran into the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his slowing-down lap, Senna saw a fellow Brazilian next to the track with a Brazilian flag. He didn\u2019t think twice before stopping, taking the flag and finishing the lap while holding it up \u2013 a gesture made famous through several of his victories. The race couldn\u2019t have had a better ending!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"video-response\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Ayrton Senna-Detroit 1986\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBJK2gvDgmU?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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans, in general, weren\u2019t huge soccer fans, but the atmosphere surrounding the 1986 World Cup had reached Detroit, that weekend. Senna had scored the pole position on Saturday, with a lap of 1min38s201, more than half a second ahead of rival Nigel Mansell. It was Senna\u2019s fourth pole-position after seven races in the 1986 season. 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